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Defining the minimum cycle time of the PLC project

Calculating the minimum cycle time

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DMS 4.2 EN 07/2011 TD17

12.3

Calculating the minimum cycle time

The minimum cycle time T

min

for a system results from the sum of the times detected

before, multiplied by the safety factor:

Example

Note!

A safety factor of 1.5 is included in the calculation of the minimum cycle time.

T

min

> safety factor x ( T

Task utilisation

+ T

Correction

)

Configuration: Industrial PC (ATOM 1.6 GHz) with 9 Motion axes
Detected access time

Result

Calculated correction value

T

Correction

620 μs

(80 μs + (9 x 60 μs))

Value read from task configuration:

T

Task utilisation

500 μs

Actual required computing time

1120 μs

Minimum cycle time including a safety factor of 1.5

T

min

1680 μs

Actual cycle time

2000 μs

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