Application timeout – Rockwell Automation 1756-DHRIO_DHRIOXT ControlLogix Data Highway Plus-Remote I/O Communication Interface Module User Manual
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Using the Data Highway Plus Network
Chapter 2
Application Timeout
When an error occurs while sending a message to a remote link, it appears to the 
sending station as an application timeout because error messages are not routed 
back. When an error occurs during routing, it can be dropped.
For example, if a PLC 5/40 processor sends a message to a PLC processor, and 
the PLC-5/25 processor’s buffers are full, three things happen:
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The PLC-5/25 processor refuses the message because the buffers are full.
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When no reply is received, the originator detects an application timeout.
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The originator increments its error count.
The PLC-5/40 processor can retry to send the message later. The following 
figure shows an example of an application timeout.
ControlLogix Chassis
19770
Routed messages sent over 
the backplane.
1756-DHRIO
PLC-5/25 Controller
1756-DHRIO
PLC-5/40 Controller
DH+ Link 1
DH+ Link 2
PLC-5/40 detects an 
application timeout 
and increments the 
error count.
PLC-5/25’s controllers 
are full.