Chapter 15: Appendix
[2]Joining and leaving an FL-net network
(1)Participation in the FL-net
Each node monitors the circuit while the FL-net starts up, to determine the interval of a participating token detection time. When that time has elapsed, if it does not receive a token, the node concludes that the network is just starting and tries to join the network as it starts. If it receives a token, it concludes that it is monitoring a network that is in-ring startup state, and it tries to join the network.
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If the JW-50FL does not receive a token after the participating token detection time has elapsed, it will prepare to send a trigger, which it sends after 4 ms x its node number. If it receives a trigger before sending a trigger, it will not send a trigger. After receiving a trigger it will wait 1200 ms to receive a participation request frame. During that period, it will wait for all of the nodes to send participation request frames while checking for duplicate use of its node number and address. It also updates participation node management table. After the time it must wait before sending a participation request frame (node number x 4 ms) has elapsed, it will send a participation request frame. At this time, if a node has identified a duplicate use of its address by examining the participation request frames from other nodes, it sets the common memory top address and common memory size of area 1 and 2 to zero, and does not send any cyclic data. A node that identifies duplicate use of its address will set a duplicate address flag and reset the common memory data to enable, so that the flag will be seen. After the time it must wait before sending a participation request frame has elapsed, and after referring to the participating node table, the node with the smallest node number will issue the first token. A node that has identified duplicate use of its node number will not send or receive data.
| Trigger | Participation | Token |
| Start monitoring node | request frame | |
| (After power is applied or a reset | | |
Node1 | is released) | | |
| | |
| Participation token detection time (3 sec.) | | |
Node2 | | | |
Node3 | | | |
| Waiting time before sending a participation | | |
Node254 | request frame (node number x 4 ms) | | |
| | |
Waiting time before receiving a participation request frame (1.2 sec.)
Time chart when starting: 1
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