8-1
Communications
Performance
SECTION 6
Communications Performance
This section provides information on the time required for a complete communications cycle, for an output response to be
made to an input, to start the system, and to send messages.
6-1 Remote I/O Communications Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
6-1-1 I/O Response Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
6-1-2 Communications Cycle time and Refresh Processing Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
6-1-3 Networks with More Than One Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
6-2 Message Communications Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
6-2-1 Message Communications Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6