FieldServer FS-8700-78 instruction manual Extract 4 bytes, Starting at, Byte, Apply method

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6.1.6Advanced Map Descriptor: Example 3 - Using the 'special' parameter.

Map_Descriptor_Name, Data_Array_Name, Data_Array_Offset, Function, node_name, Address, Length, DA_Func, DA_Field, DA_Method

,DA_Bytcnt, DA_Offset, DA_Elecnt				Scan_Interval
A1,	DA_AI3,	0,	rdbc,	Node_A,	0,	1 ,	dap-stat,	special,	1	4,	10,	1,	5

It would be	You can use	Performs a DAP
sensible for			Once you use		From the data bytes
DA_AI3 to be an	specials as rdbc	status query			returned by the slave,
			the parameter
array of FLOATs	and passive map
			'special' you
	descriptors.			See table
because extraction					extract 4 bytes
			must specify the
				6.3
method(=1)			additional
returns a floating				for	starting at
			parameters.
				descriptions
point number.					byte 10
				on how these	and
				extraction	apply method 1
				methods work.
					to convert the bytes
					before writing them to
					the FieldServer data

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