Ethernet Hot Standby Solution

 

 

I/O Scanning

The I/O Scanning provides the repetitive exchange of data with remote TCP/IP

Service

nodes I/O devices. While the PLC is running the Primary NOE sends Modbus Read/

 

Write, read or write request to remote I/O devices, and transfer data to and from the

 

PLC memory. In the secondary controller, the I/O scanning service is stopped.

 

When the Hot Standby swap occurs, the Primary NOE closes all connections with

 

I/O devices by sending a TCP/IP reset. The I/O scanning service in this NOE is

 

standby.

 

After the swap, the new Primary NOE re-establishes the connection with each I/O

 

devices. It restarts the repetitive exchange of data with these re-connections.

Global Data

 

The Hot Standby NOE is one station within a distribution group. Distribution groups

(Publish/

exchange application variables. Exchanging application variables allows the system

Subscribe)

to coordinate all the stations in the distribution group. Every station publishes local

Service

application variable in a distribution group for all other stations and can subscribe to

 

remote application variables independent of the location of the producer.

 

The communication port has only one multicast address.

 

In this network service, the Hot Standby controllers are viewed like only one station.

 

The Primary NOE publishes the Hot Standby application variables and receives the

 

subscription variables. The Secondary NOE global data service is in a stopped

 

state.

 

When the Hot Standby swap occurs, the Primary NOE stops the Global Data

 

service. The NOE does not publish the local variable during a swap. And after the

 

swap, the new Primary NOE starts to publish application variables and to receive the

 

subscription variables.

FTP/TFTP Server

 

The File Transfer Protocol/Trivial File Transfer Protocol (FTP/TFTP) server is

 

available as soon as the module receives an IP address. Any FTP/TFTP client can

 

logon to the module. Access requires the correct user name and password. Hot

 

Standby allows only one active FTP/TFTP client session per NOE module.

 

When the Hot Standby swap occurs, the Primary and Secondary NOEs close the

 

FTP/TFTP connection. If a user sends an FTP/TFTP request during the swap, the

 

communication is closed.

 

Whenever you re-open communication, you must re-enter a user name and a

 

password.

 

 

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