Section 2 Start-up and Configuration
Setting Cache Update Rate
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To distinguish between fast and slow update rates there are five categories for
simple values (
integer,
real,
bool) and a separate category for
strings.
The values in
the
Requested column determines the update rate of the internal cache in the OPC
server, i.e. how often items in each category are read from the controller. When
OPC Server for AC 800M is started, the values are set to default values.
The values in the
Actual column shows the current update rate. This value will vary
around the
Requested value depending on the load. A
zero value in this column
means that there is no MMS communication for that category at the moment.
The requested update rates must be given in ascending order, starting at the
High
category. The lowest permitted update rate value for any category is 50 ms.
Example
An OPC client creates an OPC group with an update rate of 1000 ms. This means
that items added to this OPC group will be reported to the OPC client once every
second.
In the OPC server, the MMS communication for this group is put in the
High category, which means that items in this category will be read from the
controller every 500 ms.
If any groups has been added, the update rate cannot be changed. The
update rate
configuration should therefore be made at start-up of the
OPC Server for
AC 800M, before any groups been added.