FieldServer FS-8704-13 instruction manual Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters

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FS-8704-13 GE-SRTP

Driver Manual

5.4.2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters

Column Title

Function

 

Legal Values

 

Data_Type

Data type

 

Discrete Inputs (%I)

 

 

 

 

Discrete Outputs (%Q)

 

 

Use one of the Data Types

 

Discrete Temporaries (%T)

 

 

specified in brackets.

 

Discrete Internals (%M)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genius Global Data (%G)

 

 

 

 

Analog Inputs (%AI)

 

 

 

 

Analog Outputs (%AQ)

 

 

 

 

Registers (%R)

 

 

 

 

%SA Discrete

 

 

 

 

%SB Discrete

 

 

 

 

%SC Discrete

 

 

 

 

%S Discrete (%S)

 

 

 

 

 

Length

Length of Map Descriptor

1 - 1000

 

 

Ensure that the length does not

 

 

 

 

exceed the table length in the PLC.

 

 

 

Address

Starting address of read block /

1 , 2 , 3

 

 

write block

 

Positive whole numbers

 

 

The 1st element of each Data type

 

 

 

 

Table is referred to as address one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Format

Has no meaning on the server as

 

N/A

 

 

the driver responds based on the

 

 

 

 

nature of the request

 

 

 

 

The map descriptors should be

 

 

 

 

considered to be the definitions of

 

 

 

 

data tables in a PLC. Thus one map

 

 

 

 

descriptor can be used to respond

 

 

 

 

to bit or byte requests.

 

 

 

5.4.3 Timing Parameters

 

 

 

 

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Scada_Hold_Timeout

Specifies time server side waits

>1.0s

 

before responding to client that

 

 

node is offline on FieldServer

 

 

client side.

 

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Contents Driver Manual FS-8704-13 GE-SRTP Ethernet DriverTable of Contents GE-SRTP Driver Description Driver Scope of Supply Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driverProvided by user Connection Diagram Hardware ConnectionsGE-SRTP Data Arrays Configuring the FieldServer as a GE-SRTP Driver ClientClient Side Connections Client Side NodesRDBC, WRBC, Wrbx Timing Parameters Driver Specific Map Descriptor ParametersRdbc = Map Descriptor Example 1 Simple ReadDaao Map Descriptor Example 2 Simple WriteMap Descriptor Example 3 Handling Bits Configuring the FieldServer as a GE-SRTP Driver Server Server Side Connections Server Side Nodes Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Tabler Map Descriptor ExampleDriver Stats Driver NotesDriver Error messages Scaling

FS-8704-13 specifications

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