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4.Configuring the FieldServer as a Cheetah Device 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 a Cheetah Device Server.

The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for Cheetah Device 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.

4.1.Data Arrays

Section Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data_Arrays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Column Title

 

Function

 

 

Legal Values

 

 

Data_Array_Name

Provide

name

for Data

Up to 15 alphanumeric characters

 

 

Array

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FLOAT,

BIT,

UInt16,

SInt16,

 

 

 

 

 

Packed_Bit,

Byte,

Packed_Byte,

 

 

Provide data format. Each

Swapped_Byte

 

 

 

 

Data_Format

Data Array can only take

The Cheetah driver always sets Data

 

 

on one format.

 

Array elements to a zero or one. Thus,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the use of bit arrays is suggested but is

 

 

 

 

 

not mandatory.

 

 

 

 

 

Number

of Data

Objects.

1-10,000. If you use the 'All' keyword

 

 

Must be larger than the

when

setting

 

the

parameter

 

Data_Array_Length

data storage area required

Cheet_Zone/Device then the minimum

 

 

for the data being placed in

length is 128.

 

 

 

 

 

this array.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

// Data Arrays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data_Arrays

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data_Array_Name,

 

Data_Format,

 

Data_Array_Length

 

 

DA_AI_01,

 

UInt16,

 

200

 

 

 

 

 

DA_AO_01,

 

UInt16,

 

200

 

 

 

 

 

DA_DI_01,

 

Bit,

 

 

200

 

 

 

 

 

DA_DO_01,

 

Bit,

 

 

200

 

 

 

 

 

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