Control system, support apparatus, and program for support apparatus

A support apparatus directed to a control system including a control device and a device configured to communicate with the control device, the control device including a control module configured to periodically perform a control operation for controlling an object to be controlled and a communication processing module configured to perform communication processing for periodically exchanging data with the device, the support apparatus comprising:

• a providing module configured to provide a development environment for performing at least a part of creation of contents of processing performed by the control module and making of settings involved with communication processing by the communication processing module;
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• a determination module configured to determine a settable range of a cycle time of exchange of data with the device based on contents set in the development environment provided by the providing module.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon an executable program for a support apparatus directed to a control system including a control device and a device configured to communicate with the control device, the control device including a control module configured to periodically perform a control operation for controlling an object to be controlled and a communication processing module configured to perform communication processing for periodically exchanging data with the device, the program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform:

• providing a development environment for performing at least a part of creation of contents of processing performed by the control module and making of settings involved with communication processing by the communication processing module;
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• determining a settable range of a cycle time of exchange of data with the device based on contents set in the development environment.