GFK-0467K Chapter 2 System Operation 2-11

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In the default Run-to-Completion mode, the length of the system communications window islimited to 50 milliseconds. If an intelligent option module makes a request that requires more than50 milliseconds to process, the request is spread out over multiple sweeps so that no one sweep isimpacted by more than 50 milliseconds.
DEQUEUE A REQUEST
RESTART POLLING
ANY
POLLING
TIMEOUT
PROCESS THE REQUEST
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NO
YES
NO
NO
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START
STOP
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IN QUEUE
REQUESTS
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STOPPED
TIMER
WINDOW
Figure 2-3. System Communications Window Flow Chart