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General Category => Do-more CPUs and Do-more Designer Software => Topic started by: ATU on January 07, 2021, 10:16:31 AM

Title: DXMIO
Post by: ATU on January 07, 2021, 10:16:31 AM
If I had several DXMIO racks connected to a BRX.  What is the reasonable update time for IO in the rack?  If Communications is lost with the slave, do the output shut off?
Title: Re: DXMIO
Post by: BobO on January 07, 2021, 11:33:58 AM
If I had several DXMIO racks connected to a BRX.  What is the reasonable update time for IO in the rack?  If Communications is lost with the slave, do the output shut off?

I've not ever profiled the performance (weird, I know), but I'd guess a few milliseconds. Output state is either cleared or held, as specified by the configuration.
Title: Re: DXMIO
Post by: Controls Guy on January 07, 2021, 12:28:01 PM
DM native RIO, correct?   I assume Modbus might be a bit slower.

Is the DM native I/O asynch to the scan?  Not randomly asynch like an AB CLX, necessarily, but capable of communicating during the ladder execution part of the scan?   I assume not.
Title: Re: DXMIO
Post by: ATU on January 07, 2021, 01:17:29 PM
In the Slave configuration it says " On Slave Error Inputs will"   Radio buttons for "Hold" or "Clear"  I thought that was odd, should it not be Outputs?
Title: Re: DXMIO
Post by: BobO on January 07, 2021, 01:21:10 PM
In the Slave configuration it says " On Slave Error Inputs will"   Radio buttons for "Hold" or "Clear"  I thought that was odd, should it not be Outputs?

Sorry, my bad. Outputs always clear.
Title: Re: DXMIO
Post by: BobO on January 07, 2021, 01:23:55 PM
DM native RIO, correct?   I assume Modbus might be a bit slower.

Is the DM native I/O asynch to the scan?  Not randomly asynch like an AB CLX, necessarily, but capable of communicating during the ladder execution part of the scan?   I assume not.

There are different meanings to async vs sync. It updates during the comm slice, so it's synchronous to the PLC scan, but only when new data is available.
Title: Re: DXMIO
Post by: Controls Guy on January 07, 2021, 01:39:03 PM
Yeah, that's what I was asking and what I was assuming given that you only have one CPU doing one thing at one time.