System capacities

Capacity limits for SLS 1508 SIS systems

Table: SLS 1508 system capacities
SLS 1508 SIS property Limits

SLS 1508 Logic Solvers on a single DeltaV controller (can be mixed between simplex and redundant)

32

Secure parameters per SLS 1508 Logic Solver

8 (16 if high-density)

Secure parameter per SIS module (depends on if the logic solver the module is assigned to is configured for high-density secure parameters)

8 (16 if high-density)

Logic solvers that can be System Global Publishers

16

System Global Secure Parameters in an SLS 1508 system:

16 Logic Solvers × 8 System parameters (16 × 16 for high density).

128 (256 if high-density)

Logic Solver I/O channels on a single DeltaV controller:

16 I/O channels × 32 Logic Solvers.

512

SISNet Repeaters connected in a ring (The primary and secondary SISNet Repeater rings are separate and independent rings. )

100

SLS 1508 Logic Solvers in a single DeltaV system:

100 controllers × 32 Logic Solvers per controller.

3200

Function blocks per SIS module

250(1)

User-defined parameters per SIS module

247

SIS Modules in a Logic Solver

4

Non-secure parameter references in a logic solver

24

Domains in an SIS Network

15

Simulated logic solvers running in the ProfessionalPLUS workstation

32

Simulated logic solvers running in an Application Station

32

Table: SLS 1508 global publisher andsecure parameter capacities
SIS capacity Per controller Per domain Per system

Domain and system global publishers

Maximum number of logic solvers that can be domain global publishers

16

32

480

(15 domains × 32 domain publishers.)

TOTAL number of logic solvers that can publish data globally 

32

(16 Domain publishers + 16 system publishers.)

48

(32 Domain publishers + 16 system publishers.)

496

(480 Domain publishers + 16 system publishers.)

Domain and system secure parameters

Maximum number of domain secure parameters  

128 (256 if high-density)

( 16 Logic Solvers × 8 domain parameters (16 × 16 for high density.))

256 (512 if high-density)

(32 domain publishers × 8 domain parameters (32  × 16 for high density.))

3840 (7680 if high-density)

(480 domain publishers × 8 domain parameters (480 × 16 for high density.))

TOTAL number of secure parameters published globally  

256 (512 if high-density)

(128 domain parameters + 128 system parameters (256 + 256 for high density.))

384 (768 if high-density)

(256 domain parameters + 128 system parameters (512 + 256 for high density.))

3968 (7936 if high-density)

(3840 domain parameters + 128 system parameters (7680 + 256 for high density.))

Table: Capacities common to both SIS systems
Common SIS capacities Limits

Temporary variables defined using VAR…END_VAR per expression

32

Function blocks in the top level of an SIS module

127(1)

Function blocks per composite

127(1)

(1) The actual value may be less depending on a number of factors including: the complexity of SIS module configuration and the number and type of SIS function blocks used.