FieldServer FS-8700-36 instruction manual RDBC, WRBC, Wrbx

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FS-8700-36 Weigh-Tronix

Driver Manual

2.1.2.3 Client Side Map Descriptors

Section Title

 

 

Map_Descriptors

 

 

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Map_Descriptor_Name

Name of this Map Descriptor

Up to 32 alphanumeric

 

 

characters

Data_Array_Name

Name of Data Array where

One of the Data Array names

 

data is to be stored in the

from “Data Array” section above

 

FieldServer

 

Data_Array_Offset

Starting location in Data Array

0 to maximum specified in “Data

 

 

Array” section above

Function

Function of Client Map

RDBC, WRBC, WRBX

 

Descriptor

 

Node_Name

Name of Node to fetch data

One of the node names

 

from

specified in “Client Node

 

 

Descriptor” above

Address

Starting address of read block

0

Length

Length of data array

3

Data_Array_Low_Scal

Scaling zero in Data Array

-32767 to 32767, default 0

e*

 

 

Data_Array_High_Scal

Scaling max in Data Array

-32767 to 32767, default 100

e*

 

 

Node_Low_Scale*

Scaling zero in Connected

-32767 to 32767, default 0

 

Node

 

Node_High_Scale*

Scaling max in Connected

-32767 to 32767, default 100

 

Node

 

Example

// Client Side Map Descriptors

Map_Descriptor

 

 

 

Map_Descriptor_Name, Data_Array_Name, Data_Array_Location, Function, Node_Name, Address, Length

wtio_MAP,

DA_AI,

0,

RDBC, Scale1, 0,

3,

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Contents Applicability & Effectivity Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction ManualEffective for all systems manufactured after May 1 Table of Contents Hardware/Software Weigh-Tronix DescriptionDescription FieldServer as a Weigh-Tronix Client Hardware Connections Setting up the ScaleFunction Legal Values Configuration File Structure Data ArraysExample Column Title Function Legal Values Section TitleClient Side Nodes Section Title RDBC, WRBC, Wrbx Revision History

FS-8700-36 specifications

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