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Chapter 3
Configuring Your ControlNet System
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If you want to: Do this:
specify the NUT
1. Move the cursor to the Network Update Time (ms) field
2. Type a number between 2 and 100
3. Press
[Enter]
view the percent of scheduled bandwidth
used in the worst casea percent that
changes depending on the NUT and the
completed maptable entries
See the Scheduled Bandwidth Usage field
view the number of scheduled I/O maptable
entries indicating data transfers between the
scanning processor and other nodes
See the Map Entries field
view the percentage of bandwidth used for
the ControlNet PLC5 processor that you
are using
See the PLC BW (%) field
view the percentage of the DIF being used See the DIF (%) field
view the percentage of the DOF being used See the DOF (%) field
change a module or message's type
1. Move the cursor to the entry's Type field
2. Press
[F10]—Select Option to toggle to your selection; or enter a unique substring
of the name of the new module or message type
change the ENPT for a module or message 1. Move the cursor to the entry's Exp Net Pckt Time (ms) field
2. Type a number between the NUT and 15000
3. Press
[Enter]
manually enter the destination file for
information received from a module or
messagee.g., a 1771ACN, 1794ACN,
or Peer In
1. Move the cursor to the entry's Input File field
If the item is a digital module, I:" is displayed
If it is nondiscrete or peertopeer input, the DIF is displayed
(Scheduled peertopeer inputs can also use the inputimage file)
2. For nondiscrete or peertopeer input, type an offset between 0 and 999; for discrete or
peertopeer input, type an offset between 0 and the end of the input image
3. Press
[Enter]
manually enter the amount of information
received from a module or messagee.g.,
a 1771ACN, 1794ACN, or Peer In
1. Move the cursor to the entry's Input Size field
2. Type a value
3. Press
[Enter]
manually enter the source file for information
sent to a module or in a messagee.g., a
1771ACN, 1794ACN, or Peer Out
1. Move the cursor to the entry's Output File field
If the item is a digital module, O:" is displayed
If it is nondiscrete or peertopeer output, the DOF is displayed
(Scheduled peertopeer outputs can also use the outputimage file)
2. For nondiscrete or peertopeer output, type an offset between 0 and 999; for discrete or
peertopeer output, type an offset between 0 and the end of the output image
3. Press
[Enter]
manually enter the amount of information
sent to a module or in a messagee.g., a
1771ACN, 1794ACN, or Peer Out
1. Move the cursor to the entry's Output Size field
2. Type a value
3. Press
[Enter]