Table of Contents

FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual

Table of Contents

		TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. GE-EGD (ETHERNET GLOBAL DATA) DESCRIPTION			3
2. DRIVER SCOPE OF SUPPLY			4
2.1.	Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver		4
2.2.	Provided by the Supplier of 3rd Party Equipment		4
3. HARDWARE CONNECTIONS			5
4. CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A GE-EGD CLIENT			6
4.1.	Data Arrays		6
4.2.	Client Side Connection Descriptors		7
4.3.	Client Side Node Descriptors		7
4.4.	Client	Side Map Descriptors	8
4.4.1. FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters			8
4.4.2. Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters			8
4.4.3. Map Descriptor Example. 1 - Map Descriptor Basics			10
4.4.4. Map Descriptor Example. 2 - A Simple Consumer Map Descriptor			10
4.4.5. Map Descriptor Example. 3 - Multiple Consumer Map Descriptor			11
5. CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A GE-EGD SERVER			12
5.1.	Server Side Connection Descriptors		12
5.2.	Server Side Node Descriptors		12
5.3.	Server Side Map Descriptors		13
5.3.1. FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters			13
5.3.2. Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters			13
5.3.3.	Timing Parameters		14
5.3.4.	Map Descriptor Example		15
APPENDIX A.		ADVANCED TOPICS	16
Appendix A.1. Enable the FieldServer to read data from a 90-xx PLC			16
Appendix A.1.1. Use Versapro to configure/look at the EGD configuration			16
5.3.5. Create a CSV file that will consume the produced data			18
Appendix A.2.		Data Types	21
APPENDIX B.		ERROR MESSAGES	22
Appendix B.1. EGD-ii (EGD Internal Indications)			23
Appendix B.2.		Driver Stats	24
APPENDIX C.		TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS	25
Appendix C.1. ProducerID with FieldServer device as Producer			25
Appendix C.2. Produced Time Stamp			25
Appendix C.3.		Status Values	25

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