Selecting The Gap Factor - Siemens SIMATIC TD 200 User Manual

Selecting the GAP Factor

The Setup menu allows you to select the GAP Factor for the TD 200. This setting
tells the TD 200 how often to check for other network master devices. The default
setting of 10 causes the TD 200 to check once every 10 messages. A setting of 1
would cause the TD 200 to check for other masters after every message.
Use the following procedure to select the GAP Factor for the TD 200:
Key
1.
ESC
2.
3.
4.
ENTER
5.
ENTER
Note
Pressing ESC at any time while you are selecting the GAP Factor for the TD 200
aborts the edit and restores the previous GAP Factor.
SIMATIC TD 200 Operator Interface
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Action
The TD 200 enters the Menu mode.
The TD 200 scrolls down the menu
options five times.
The TD 200 scrolls down the Setup
menu to the GAP Factor option.
Press to move the cursor to the
ENTER
GAP Factor field. Use the up or down
arrow keys to change the GAP Factor.
Press to store the new GAP
ENTER
Factor for the TD 200.
Operating the TD 200
Display
MENU MODE:
VIEW MESSAGES
SETUP MENU:
TD 200 ADDRESS
SETUP MENU:
GAP FACTOR
SETUP MENU:
GAP FACTOR
SETUP MENU:
GAP FACTOR
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