Operational Notes - GE VersaMax IC200CPUE05 Manual

CPU with Embedded Ethernet Interface
IC200CPUE05
Restrictions and Open Issues
Issue
When configuration is downloaded to
IC200CPUE05 having EGD, if user
selects download and run button of
programmer, EGD is not producing.
SRTP Server timeout takes almost 15
minutes.
Multicast EGD consumer exchanges
take longer to download.
Longer power-up sequence due to
new Ethernet daughterboard.
Occasional "Backplane
Communications Fault" after cycling
power.
Network Time Protocol (NTP) not
supported.

Operational Notes

Operational Note
Configuration for Receive to
Transmit delay in RTU Master
Configuration COMMREQ
Configuration for End of Frame
timeout in RTU Slave
Configuration COMMREQ
When configuration is downloaded to IC200CPUE05 having EGD, if user selects "Download
and Start Active Target" button EGD Productions will not produce.
To avoid this issue, the user should download the configuration using separate action
commands "Download Active Target" and then transition to run using "Start Active
Target". Doing this with two separate actions EGD Productions will produce as expected.
Should the user select "Download and Start Active Target" with a configuration that
contains EGD, the user should take the PLC out of run mode using "Stop Active Target"
and put back into run mode using "Start Active Target" to get EGD productions to produce.
When a cable gets disconnected at the SRTP client side, the PLC takes 15 minutes to close
the connections. The original specification is 7 minutes.
When the user downloads Hardware Configurations having EGD Consumer Exchanges, it
takes a longer time to download to the Ethernet daughter card. If a user transitions from
Stop to Run mode immediately after the Hardware Configuration is downloaded,
exchanges may not consume.
To avoid this issue, wait around 40 sec for a maximum of 32 consumer exchanges. This
issue would not be applicable under circumstances where the PLC is powered and is
configured to Run Hardware configuration from Flash.
This is applicable to IC200CPUE05-JL and later versions.
In IC200CPUE05-JL, the Ethernet daughter card takes an additional 6 seconds to power
up.
Occasionally, a Backplane Communication Fault may be logged on an intelligent I/O
module after power-cycling the main or expansion rack. This is a diagnostic fault that can
be cleared.
NTP is not supported in this release.
Applies to RTU Master Only
This configuration provides option for user to select 'receive to transmit delay' for Master. The
device will force this delay after the last byte is received or last frame is transmitted out of
current port.
Receive to transmit delay configuration is not linked to End of Frame timeout. User has to take
care of inter-operability of these configurations.
Receive to transmit delay can be configured at Word 23 of RTU Master Configuration COMMREQ.
This is 8-bit configuration having 10 ms units. The value range is 0 to 255. The default value is 0,
which configures this delay as 3.5 character times at current baud rate.
Applies to RTU Slave Only
This feature will allow the user to configure 'end of frame' timeout in RTU Slave configuration
COMMREQ.
This configuration can be set at Word 19 of RTU Slave Configuration COMMREQ. This is 16-bit
configuration with unit of 100 µs and Value range from 0 to 65535. The default value is 0, which
configures this delay as 3.5 character time at current baud rate. The minimum value for this
configuration is 3-character time at current baud rate.
Description
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