Theory of IEC HSBY Operation

 

 

IEC Heap

The most important new terms to understand in IEC Hot Standby are the IEC Heap,

 

the Currently used IEC Heap Size and the Maximum IEC Heap Size.

Program Data

 

The program data area has a default size of 16 KByte whenever a new Concept

Area

project is created. Its size may be adjusted to the amount of memory that’s really

 

needed for a particular application. This can be done in the Memory Statistics Dialog

 

while Concept is not connected to the PLC. This dialog can be activated through

 

Online --> Memory Statistics.

 

Configure size of program data area at the Memory Statistics dialog in offline mode.

 

 

 

Note: Changing the configured size of the program data area results in a complete

 

download of the application, no download changes are possible.

 

 

 

The maximum size of the IEC heap is the maximum amount of memory available for

 

data in any particular IEC application. What this means in terms of IEC HSBY is

 

shown in the diagram in All State RAM transferred, p. 52.

 

 

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