Calculating Cycle And Response Times - Siemens SIMATIC S7-400H System Manual

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Calculating cycle and response times

Cycle time
1. Using the Instruction List, determine the runtime of the user program.
2. Calculate and add the process image transfer time. You will find guide values for this in
3. Add the processing time at the scan cycle checkpoint. You will find guide values for this in
4. Multiply the calculated value by the factor in Table 16–7.
The final result is the cycle time.
Extension of the cycle time due to communication and interrupts
1. Multiply the result by the following factor:
2. Using the instruction list, calculate the runtime of the program elements processing the
The result is an approximated actual cycle time. Note down the result.
Table 19- 13 Example of calculating the response time
Shortest response time
3. Next, calculate the delays in the inputs and
outputs and, if applicable, the cycle times on the
PROFIBUS DP network.
4. The result you obtain is the shortest response
time.
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the tables starting at 16-3.
Table 16–8.
100 / (100 – "configured communication load in %")
interrupts. To do so, add the relevant value from Table 16-9.
Multiply this value by the factor from step 4.
Add this value to the theoretical cycle time as often as the interrupt is triggered or is
expected to be triggered during the cycle time.
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19.6 Calculating cycle and response times
Longest response time
3. Multiply the actual cycle time by factor 2.
4. Next, calculate the delays in the inputs and
outputs and the DP cycle times on the
PROFIBUS DP network.
5. The result you obtain is the longest response
time.
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