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3.3 Set Operational Mode
1) If necessary, expand the I/O Device tree until the Networked Driver is visible.
2) Double click on the Networked Driver to open the setting window for the device.
3) Click on the “DC” tab.
4) Under the Operation Mode setting, click on the drop down menu and select “DC_Synchron”.
5) Click on the [Advanced Settings...] button.
6) Verify or set the following:
Cyclic Mode -> Enable
checkbox is checked.
Sync Unit Cycle (µs)
is equal to the time of the correct task. If not, the variables are not linked
correctly.
SYNC 0 -> Sync Unit Cycle
radio button is enabled. In the drop down menu, set the multiplier as
needed so that the S
ync Unit Cycle (µs)
time multiplied by the multiplier value is between 2 and
50 milliseconds.
Enable SYNC 0
checkbox is checked.
Enable SYNC 1
checkbox is not checked.
7) Click [OK] to close the window.
Figure T3.4 Distributed Clock Settings
