The AdrNetwork is the top-level container component for AdrDevices in a NiagaraAX station. You can add the Adr Network from the “Driver Manager” view, using the button, as shown in Figure 4. You can also copy the AdrNetwork from the “adr” palette onto Drivers node in the nav tree.
The AdrNetwork component has most of the typical properties that other network components share. For more details about the common properties, see “Common network components” in the NiagaraAX Drivers Guide.
In addition to the common properties, note the following properties:
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Poll Scheduler
The ADR poll schedule defines different poll rates for “normal, slow, fast” buckets. This is different from the typical Niagara poll scheduler.
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Fast Poll Rate: 20 seconds
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Normal Poll Rate: 40 seconds
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Slow Poll Rate: 1 minute
The poll scheduler property is set to “true” by default. It can be completely disabled by setting the poll enabled flag to “false”.
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Retry Count
This property is not used.
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Response Timeout
This property is not used.
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Work on Cache Enabled
The purpose of this property is to provide a way to update point values when communication with the server is not available. Cached event op mode schedules are files that have been previously communicated to and stored in on the client. The property is set to “false” by default. When set to true, this property allows for the use of these cached values. Cached values are used at an interval set by the Work on Cache Frequency value.