FieldServer FS-8704-07 Configuring the FieldServer as a AB-CSP Client, Data Arrays/Descriptors

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4.Configuring the FieldServer as a AB-CSP Client

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 an AB-CSP Server.

4.1.Data Arrays/Descriptors

The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for AB-CSP communications, the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared in the “Data Arrays” section, the destination device addresses need to be declared in the “Client Side Nodes” section, and the data required from the servers needs to be mapped in the “Client 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.

Section Title
Data_Arrays
Column Title	Function		Legal Values
Data_Array_Name	Provide name for Data Array		Up to 15 alphanumeric
			characters
Data_Array_Format	Provide data format. Each Data		INT16, INT32, BIT,
	Array can only take on one format.		FLOAT
	Number of Data Objects. Must be
Data_Array_Length	larger than the data storage area		1-10,000
	required by the Map Descriptors for
	the data being placed in this array.
Example
// Data Arrays
Data_Arrays
Data_Array_Name,	Data_Format,	Data_Array_Length
DA_AI_01,	Float,	200
DA_AO_01,	Float,	200
DA_DI_01,	Bit,	200
DA_DO_01,	Bit,	200

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