Rockwell Automation T3831 ICS Regent Communications Package for Winterpret - Manual (Page 5)

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Figure 3. Structure of the GPL Input Templates.
The input templates allow the Regent to understand the data
format of GPL variables from each Regent’s data packet and
where to copy the needed variables from the input buffers into
this Regent’s I/O and shared variables. In addition, the input
template contains initial and final values for each variable (as
configured in the I/O or shared variable editors). The initial
value will be used when the Regent powers up (warm starts),
until subsequent GPL data packets are received. The final
value is used for input variables when input data is not
received from a particular node on the network (all of the
input buffers for the node have timed out on all legs, see GPL
Fault Handling, starting on page 8).
The total size of the GPL input template in each Regent will
be:
GPL Input Template = 20 * (No. of Nodes) + 10 * (Qty of Variables) + 12 bytes