FieldServer FS-8704-13 instruction manual Map Descriptor Example 1 Simple Read, Rdbc =

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FS-8704-13 GE-SRTP

Driver Manual

4.4.4 Map Descriptor Example 1 – Simple Read.

This example provides a map descriptor to read 10 bytes of Discrete Input states, starting at the very first Discrete Input. The data is stored in a data array called DA_DI and the first input is stored at location 100 in the array (101st element). The PLC is polled every 2 seconds

Map_Descriptor_Name, Data_Array_Name, Data_Array_Offset, Function, Scan_Interval, node_name, Address, Length, Data_Type

CMD_AI_01 , DA_AI_01

, 0

, rdbc , 1.0s

, Node_A , 1

, 10 , %AI

Map descriptor names may be used in driver error messages. It is not essential, but it is useful to use unique names.

Location in the data

Read will be

array at which the first

performed

element of data will be

every 2.0

stored. The arrays are

Seconds.

zero referenced so an

 

offset of 100 indicates

 

the 101st element of

 

the array.

 

The node must have been defined previously in the Nodes section of the CSV file.

The address and length specify the first element and the number of elements that must be read from the PLC’s data tables.

GE PLC’s reference data tables starting at element 1.

Data Type. Use the

%symbol as you would if you were programming a GE PLC.

The name of the

RDBC =

data array in

Read Block

which the driver

Continuous.

will store the data.

 

The name must

The driver

correspond to a

will read data

data array defined

from the PLC

in the data array

continuously.

section of the

 

CSV file.

 

The node name connects this map descriptor to a node which in turn connects the map descriptor to a port.

Unless otherwise specified the driver reads bytes and words. This map descriptor reads 10 bytes of data

–covering %I1 to %I79.

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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

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