The Device Auto-Demotion parameters allow a driver to temporarily place a device off-scan in the event that a device is not responding. By placing a non-responsive device off-line, the driver can continue to optimize its communications with other devices on the same channel by stopping communications with the non-responsive device for a specific time period.

After the specific time period has been reached, the driver will re-attempt to communicate with the non-responsive device. If the device is responsive, the device will be placed on-scan, otherwise it will restart its off-scan time period. Devices on different channels will have a limited effect on communications due to the multi-threaded nature of the TOP Server.  See Multiple connections for more information on this feature.

You can also change these settings on the run by writing to the System Tag for each of the settings above.

Note: We suggest starting your project with this disabled until after you have verified communications to your device are working.  If you aren’t connected to a device you can also disable the device while testing to avoid getting communications errors in the event log that can effect performance.