
Simatic/TI 505 Ethernet Driver Help
Optimizing Simatic / TI 505 Ethernet Communications
The Simatic / TI 505 Ethernet driver has been designed to provide the best performance with the least amount of
impact on the system's overall performance. While the Simatic / TI 505 Ethernet driver is fast, there are a couple
of guidelines that can be used to control and optimize the application and gain maximum performance.
Our server refers to communications protocols like Simatic / TI 505 Ethernet as a channel. Each channel defined
in the application represents a separate path of execution in the server. Once a channel has been defined, a
series of devices must then be defined under that channel. Each of these devices represents a single Simatic 505
controller from which data will be collected. While this approach to defining the application will provide a high
level of performance, it won't take full advantage of the Simatic / TI 505 Ethernet driver or the network. An
example of how the application may appear when configured using a single channel is shown below.
Each device appears under a single Simatic / TI 505
Ethernet channel. In this configuration, the driver must
move from one device to the next as quickly as possible to
gather information at an effective rate. As more devices are
added or more information is requested from a single
device, the overall update rate begins to suffer.
If the Simatic / TI 505 Ethernet driver could only define one single channel, then the example shown above would
be the only option available; however, the Simatic / TI 505 Ethernet driver can define up to 100 channels. Using
multiple channels distributes the data collection workload by simultaneously issuing multiple requests to the
network. An example of how the same application may appear when configured using multiple channels to
improve performance is shown below.
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