Cycle time of an external thread (P-RTCF-00006)

P-RTCF-00006

Cycle time of an external thread

Description

This parameter defines whether the scheduler calls the external 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

external_thread[i].cycle

Data type

UNS32

Data range

n * cycle_time (P-RTCF-00002)

Dimension

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Default value

0

Remarks

Parameterisation example:

external_thread[0].cycle 2000