Technical data of CPU 31x   
7.6 CPU 317-2 DP 
  CPU 31xC and CPU 31x, Technical Data 
7-28  Manual, 01/2006 Edition, A5E00105475-06 
Technical Data 
FCs  See the Instruction List 
•  Number 
2048 
(in the 0 to 2047 range of numbers)  
•  Size 
64 KB 
Address areas (I/O) 
Total I/O address area  Max. 8192 bytes / 8192 bytes  
(can be freely addressed) 
Distributed  Max. 8192 bytes 
I/O process image  256/256 
Digital channels  65536/65536 
Of those central  Max. 1024 
Analog channels  4096/4096 
Of those central  256/256 
Assembly 
Racks  Max. 4 
Modules per rack  8 
Number of DP masters 
•  Integrated 
2 
•  via CP 
4 
Number of function modules and communication processors you can operate 
•  FM 
Maximum 8 
•  CP (PtP) 
Maximum 8 
•  CP (LAN) 
Maximum 10 
Time-of-day 
Real-time clock  Yes (HW clock) 
•  Buffered 
Yes 
•  Buffered period 
Typically 6 weeks (at an ambient temperature of 
104 °F) 
•  Behavior of the clock on expiration of the 
buffered period 
The clock keeps running, continuing at the time-
of-day it had when power was switched off. 
•  Accuracy 
Deviation per day: < 10 s 
Operating hours counter  4 
•  Number 
0 to 3 
•  Value range 
2 
31
 hours 
(if SFC 101 is used) 
•  Granularity 
1 hour 
•  Retentive 
yes; must be manually restarted after every 
restart 
Clock synchronization  Yes 
•  In the PLC 
Master/slave 
•  On MPI 
Master/slave