Advanced Settings dialog box

The following table describes the settings in the
Advanced Settings
dialog box and their meanings.
Item
Description
Devices updated simultaneously
Defines how many devices to be handled at the same time, if any device is finished, it will start updating the next device.
Communications message timeout
Defines the amount of time that
FactoryTalk Action Manager
will wait for a device to respond. If the duration is exceeded,
FactoryTalk Action Manager
will retry for the number of times defined by
Device CIP message retry quantity
, then log an error message and move to the next device in this action.
Delay between devices
When a device is updated, the service will delay this time and then get another device to update, to avoid taking too much network bandwidth.
Device CIP message retry quantity
For each CIP request, if fails, it will retry the CIP request the number with no delay, if all fails, the devices update will be failed.
Device update attempt quantity
If the device fails, it will delay and then re-attempt to update the device update the number of times defined by this setting.
Action maximum time
The longest amount of time the action will be permitted to run. When this duration is reached, the action execution will be halted.
Action restart device
Defines which device in the list to restart if the last running fails.
  • First one
    Restart from the first device in the list.
  • Last stopped
    Restart from the device that stopped the last time.
Enable communications delay compensation
Enables the communications delay compensation. This improves accuracy by causing the time sent to each controller to be adjusted to accommodate communications latency.
Daylight saving time
Defines the settings of daylight saving time, including:
  • Keep
    Keeps the current setting in the controller.
  • Enable
    Enables the daylight saving time setting in the controller.
  • Disable
    Disables the daylight saving time setting in the controller.
For more information, see Daylight saving time and Time zone.
Tip:
This setting is only available for
CompactLogix
,
ControlLogix
,
FlexLogix
, and
PlantPAx
controllers.
Time zone
Defines the time zone this action uses. For
CompactLogix
,
ControlLogix
,
FlexLogix
, and
PlantPAx
controllers,
FactoryTalk Action Manager
will set this time zone to controllers. For SLC and PLC controllers,
FactoryTalk Action Manager
will calculate the time zone and adjust the time sent to the controller.
For more information, see Daylight saving time and Time zone.
Tip:
Some earlier revisions of 1756-L63 do not support time zone.
Time offset
Defines the time offset between the device wall-clock and the server computer wall-clock. The positive number means the device wall-clock is earlier than the server computer wall-clock and the negative number means the opposite. For example, the value of Time offset is 1 means the device wall-clock is one hour earlier than the server computer wall-clock. At the same time,
Wall-Clock Difference
in the
Device Status
dialog box shows -0D T01:00:00.000.
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