01.07.2013 Views

Programming manual M238 | 3 MB - BERGER - POSITEC

Programming manual M238 | 3 MB - BERGER - POSITEC

Programming manual M238 | 3 MB - BERGER - POSITEC

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Introduction<br />

Modicon <strong>M238</strong> Logic Controller<br />

Tasks<br />

EIO0000000384 04/2012<br />

Tasks<br />

EIO0000000384 04/2012 31<br />

6<br />

The Task Configuration node in the SoMachine device tree allows you to define one<br />

or several tasks to control the execution of your application program.<br />

The task types available are:<br />

Cyclic<br />

Freewheeling<br />

Event<br />

External Event<br />

This chapter begins with an explanation of these task types and provides information<br />

regarding the maximum number of tasks, the default task configuration, and task<br />

prioritization. In addition, this chapter introduces the system and task watchdog<br />

functions and explains their relationship to task execution.<br />

What’s in this Chapter?<br />

This chapter contains the following topics:<br />

Topic Page<br />

Maximum Number of Tasks 32<br />

Task Configuration Screen 33<br />

Task Types 35<br />

System and Task Watchdogs 38<br />

Task Priorities 39<br />

Default Task Configuration 41

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!