Mitsubishi Electronics 700 Series, FR-A700 Watchdog Timer Operation clog up monitor timer

Watchdog Timer (Operation clog up monitor timer)

3.15 Watchdog Timer (Operation clog up monitor timer)

(1)Watchdog timer

A watchdog timer is the internal timer of the built-in PLC function designed to detect hardware or sequence program faults.

Its default value is set to 200ms.

(2)Watchdog timer resetting

The built-in PLC function resets the watchdog timer before execution of step 0 (after execution of END processing).

When the built-in PLC function operates properly and the END instruction is executed within the setting in the sequence program, the watchdog timer does not time out.

If the hardware fault of the built-in PLC function occurs or the scan time of the sequence program is too long to execute the END instruction within the setting, the watchdog timer times out.

	Sequence program	Internal	Excess of scan time over setting
			results in watchdog timer error.
		processing time
0		END 0

WDT resetting

(Internal processing)

Fig 3.23 Watchdog Timer Resetting

(3)Processing performed when watchdog timer times out

If the scan time exceeds the watchdog timer setting, a watchdog timer error occurs and:

1)The built-in PLC function turns off all outputs.

2)The P.RUN LED goes off or flickers.

3)M9008 turns on and the error code is stored into D9008.

REMARKS

The watchdog timer setting can be changed by built-in PLC function parameter setting of GX Developer. (Refer to the GX Developer manual for details.)

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