Commissioning Of The Example Program - Beckhoff EL3773 Documentation

CPU utilization when using the program
The CPU utilization when using the program strongly depends on the selected cycle time
and the selected size of the FIFO data buffer. The results of internal company tests have
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shown that CPU utilization is approximately anti-proportional to the cycle time (i.e. the
faster the cycle time, the greater the CPU utilization) and proportional to the size of the
FIFO data buffer. The default settings of a 5 ms cycle time and a FIFO size of 800 places
resulted in a CPU utilization of about 35% with the following hardware:
• CPU Intel Celeron 1.90 Ghz, 2 cores
• 1024MB DDR3-RAM
• Windows XP Professional SP3
• TwinCAT Version 2.11 (Build 2230)
ð The selected oversampling factor had hardly any effect on the CPU utilization in the
tests.
Use of the program with the oversampling factor 1
If the operating mode 'DC Oversampling 1' is selected in the System Manager, then the
PDO assignment 0x1A60 must be activated in the 'Process Data' tab for the calculation of
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the 'StartTimeNextLatch'. After that the PDO must be linked with the corresponding vari-
able (default: MAIN.fbEL3773.uliStartTimeNextLatch).
6.11.2

Commissioning of the example program

The program is already pre-configured such that the settings in the PLC described below do not absolutely
have to be changed. To start you can jump directly to the item "Procedure for starting the program"
Adaptation of the PLC to the selected oversampling factor
Adaptation of the PLC to the selected oversampling factor
The structure of the program enables the oversampling factor to be freely configured. If the oversampling
factor of the terminal is changed, then the PLC must be adapted to it. The settings described below are
made in the global variable list (see fig. Global Variable List):
• The constant global variable CnMaxOvs corresponds to the selected oversampling factor.
• The constant global variable CnUpperSampleArray corresponds to CnMaxOvs – 1.
• Furthermore, the size of the FIFO buffer must be specified (see description of the function of the
example program). The size is specified by the constant global variable CnSizeOfFIFOBuffer
• The constant global variable CnUpperFIFOBufferArray is CnSizeOfFIFOBuffer – 1.
• The variable CnMaxRecordedValues specifies the number of values that are used for the floating
average calculation of the RMS values. The smallest possible value is 1
• The global variable bValuesZeroWhenDataInvalid specifies whether the FIFO buffer is to be filled with
zeros in case of invalid data. In case of invalid data no more calculations take place for the channel
concerned in any case. Filling the FIFO buffer with zeros may make it easier to find the source of the
error.
EL3773 Version: 2.5
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