# Cycle time of thread (P-RTCF-00009)

P-RTCF-00009 | Cycle time of the thread
Description | This parameter defines whether the scheduler calls the thread in every interval or only in every nth interval. This is why the chosen value of the parameter must be an integer multiple of the cycle time. If this is not the case, the value is rounded up to the next integer multiple of the NC cycle time.
Parameter | thread[i].cycle
Data type | UNS32
Data range | n * cycle_time (P-RTCF-00002)
Dimension | ----
Default value | 0
Remarks |