Instruction Manual
<APPENDIX 5. LINK MASTER FUNCTIONS>
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APPENDIX 5. LINK MASTER FUNCTIONS
A5.1 Link Active Scheduler
A link active scheduler (LAS) is a deterministic, centralized bus scheduler that can control
communications on an H1 eldbus segment. There is only one LAS on an H1 eldbus segment.
A AV550G supports the following LAS functions.
• PN transmission: Identies a eldbus device newly connected to the same eldbus segment.
PN is short for Probe Node.
• PT transmission: Passes a token governing the right to transmit, to a eldbus device on the
same segment. PT is short for Pass Token.
• CD transmission: Carry out a scheduled transmission to a eldbus device on the same segment.
CD is short for Compel Data.
• Time synchronization: Periodically transmits the time data to all eldbus devices on the segment
and returns the time data in response to a request from a device.
• Live list equalization: Sends the live list data to link masters on the same segment.
• LAS transfer: Transfers the right to be the LAS on the segment to another link master.
A5.2 Link Master
A link master (LM) is any device containing a link active scheduler. There must be at least one LM on
a segment. When the LAS on a segment has failed, another LM on the same segment starts working
as the LAS.
Figure A5-1. Example of Fieldbus conguration-3 LMs on Same Segment
LM
Node address:
0x15
SlotTime = 5
LM
Node address:
0x16
SlotTime = 5
Node address: 0x14
SlotTime = 5
Basic device
Node address:
0xF1
Basic device
Node address:
0xF2
Basic device
Node address:
0xF3
Basic device
Node address:
0xF4
LAS
There are 3 LMs on this segment.
LM
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