Activating S2 System Redundancy in the GSD File
For each DAP, the following additions must be made to an S2 compliant configuration in the GSD file:
SystemRedundancy element attributes according to:
<SystemRedundancy DeviceType=”S2” MaxSwitchOverTime=”45” S2MaxInputOnBackupDelay=”0” RT_InputOnBackupAR_Supported=”true” NumberOfAR_Sets=”1”/>
The attribute PrmBeginPrmEndSequenceSupported according to:
<DeviceAccessPointItem ... PrmBeginPrmEndSequenceSupported=”true”/>
The attribute PDEV_CombinedObjectSupported according to:
<InterfaceSubmoduleItem ... PDEV_CombinedObjectSupported=”true”/>
The attribute NumberOfAR (equal two times NumberOfAR_Sets) according to:
<ApplicationRelations ... NumberOfAR=”2”/>
For S2 System Redundancy, MinDeviceInterval has been set to "32" in the GSD file, equivalent to a minimum cycle time of 1 ms. This has been done to account for the potentially big load of operating two I/O AR:s.
<DeviceAccessPointItem ... MinDeviceInterval="32" .../>
Depending on the process data size and layout exchanged on the network in a specific application, it may be possible to set MinDeviceInterval to a lower value (but not lower than 8).