Patent ID: 11917024
Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon an executable program which, when executed by a processor of a support apparatus, causing the processor to:
provide a development environment that allows for creating contents of processing to be executed by a control device to periodically perform a control operation for controlling an object to be controlled and for setting a plurality of settings for communication processing by a controller to periodically exchange data with at least one device that is configured to communicate with the control device, the plurality of settings including a settable range of a cycle time for the controller to periodically exchange the data with the at least one device,
wherein the settable range is determined based on a task cycle time of the control operation performed by the control device and based on a plurality of safety settings,
wherein the cycle time for the controller to periodically exchange the data is an expected packet interval (EPI), and
wherein the EPI is determined based on the task cycle time of the control operation performed by the control device, a number of connections supported by the control system, a size of data allocated to each of the connections, a processing capability of the control device, and a priority of the control operation performed by the control device.