Configure protocol timers

You can use the server protocol timer to control the interval between protocol activities for timer-driven Communication Drivers. Your specific Communication Driver documentation will describe whether it uses this value.

The server protocol parameter corresponds to the default ProtocolTimerTick in legacy I/O Servers. This value is ignored by Communication Drivers that use an entirely event-driven protocol engine.

The DDE/SuiteLink timer controls the time between processing client requests though the DDE or SuiteLink protocols. If you set this value to a smaller number, it increases the responsiveness, but may reduce the throughput. The default value works well for most installations.

Configure timers

1. In the OI Server Manager, navigate to the Configuration node.

   1. Expand the Operations Integration Server Manager node, expand the node group, and then expand Local.

   2. Expand the Communication Driver, and then select Configuration.

   The Global Parameters tab appears in the details pane.

2. In the Server Protocol Timer box, type the value, in milliseconds, between protocol activities if the Communication Driver is timer-driven. The default value is 50.

3. In the DDE/SL Timer Tick box, type the value in milliseconds. The minimum value of this parameter is 20, and the maximum value is 6,000. The default value is 50.

4. Select Save.