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Explanations of PLC Setup Settings Section 7-2
Watch Cycle Time If the cycle time exceeds the watch (maximum) cycle time setting, the Cycle
Time Too Long Flag (A40108) will be turned ON and PLC operation will be
stopped. This setting must be changed if the normal cycle time exceeds the
default watch cycle time setting of 1 s.
Note The watch cycle time setting cannot be changed while the CPU Unit is in RUN
or MONITOR mode.
Note The default value for the watch cycle time is 1 s (1,000 ms).
Fixed Peripheral Servicing 
Time
This setting determines whether the peripheral servicing for the following pro-
cesses is performed with the default settings (4% of the cycle time) or all
together in a fixed servicing time.
Exchange data with Special I/O Units when necessary
Exchange data with CPU Bus Units when necessary
Exchange data with peripheral port
Exchange data with serial communications ports
Service file access operations (Memory Card)
Peripheral servicing is performed at the end of the cycle, just after I/O refresh-
ing.
Watch 
Time
Watch Cycle 
Time
Watch Cycle 
Time
Watch Cycle 
Time
Actual Cycle 
Time
Actual Cycle 
Time
Actual Cycle 
Time
OVER
Cycle Time 
Too Long Flag 
A40108
CPU Unit operation is 
stopped.
↓
Initialization
Power ON
Common processes
Program execution 
(Tasks executed 
in order)
I/O refreshing
Peripheral servicing
Cycle 
time