FieldServer Configuring the FieldServer as a HCS-R Server, Server Side Connection Descriptors

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5.Configuring the FieldServer as a HCS-R Server

For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the FieldServer Configuration Manual. The information that follows describes how to expand upon the factory defaults provided in the configuration files included with the FieldServer (See “.csv” sample files provided with the FieldServer).

This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate with a Hanning & Kahl HCS-R Client.

The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for HCS-R communications, the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared in the “Data Arrays” section, the FieldServer virtual Node(s) needs to be declared in the “Server Side Nodes” section, and the data to be provided to the clients needs to be mapped in the “Server Side Map Descriptors” section. Details on how to do this can be found below.

Note that in the tables, * indicates an optional parameter, with the bold legal value being the default.

5.1.Server Side Connection Descriptors

	Section Title
Connections
	Column Title	Function			Legal Values
Port		Specify which port the device is		P1-P83
		connected to the FieldServer
				HCS-R
Protocol		Specify protocol used		HCSR
				H&K HCS-R
Baud*		Specify baud rate		9600 (Vendor Limitation)
Parity*		Specify parity		None (Vendor Limitation)
Data_Bits*		Specify data bits		8 (Vendor Limitation)
Stop_Bits*		Specify stop bits		1
Handshaking*		Specify hardware handshaking		None (Vendor Limitation)
		Specifies the time that the FieldServer
		will reserve the Server side connection
Server_Hold_Timeout*		while waiting for the Client side to		>1.0s, 2.0s
		update data in Data_Array (if
		necessary)
Example
//	Server Side Connections
Connections
Port,	Protocol,	Baud,	Parity,		Handshaking
P8,	HCS-R,	9600,	None,		None

3Not all ports shown are necessarily supported by the hardware. Consult the appropriate Instruction manual for details of the ports available on specific hardware.

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