FS-8700-01_Modbus_RTU_(T28700-01) Driver Manual

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5.3.Server Side Map Descriptors

5.3.1.FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters

 

Column Title

 

 

 

Function

 

 

 

Legal Values

 

Map_Descriptor_Name

 

Name of this Map Descriptor

 

 

Up

to

32

alphanumeric

 

 

 

 

characters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data_Array_Name

 

Name of Data Array where data

One

of the

Data

Array names

 

 

is to be stored in the FieldServer

from “Data Array” section above

 

 

 

 

 

Data_Array_Offset

 

Starting location in Data Array

0 to maximum specified in “Data

 

 

Array” section above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Function

 

 

Function

of

Server

Map

Server

 

 

 

 

 

 

Descriptor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.3.2.

Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Column Title

 

 

 

Function

 

 

Legal Values

 

 

 

Node_Name

 

 

 

Name of Node to fetch

 

One of the Node names specified in

 

 

 

 

data from

 

 

“Client Node Descriptor” above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address_Type = ADU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coil, Discrete_Input, Input_Register,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holding_Register,

 

Single_Coil,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Single_Register

 

 

 

Data_Type8

 

 

 

Specify memory area

Address_Type = PDU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FC01, FC02, FC03, FC04,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FC05, FC06, FC15, FC16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address_Type = Modicon_5digit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- (Dash), Single_Register, Single_Coil

 

Length

 

 

 

Length of Map

1-10000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Descriptor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address_Type = ADU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-65536

 

 

 

 

Address

 

 

 

Starting

address of

Address_Type = PDU

 

 

 

 

 

read block

 

0-65535

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address_Type = Modicon_5digit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40001, 30001, etc

 

 

 

Data_Array_Low_Scale*

 

Scaling zero in Data

Any signed 32 bit integer in the range:

 

 

Array

 

 

 

-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data_Array_High_Scale*

 

Scaling max in Data

Any signed 32 bit integer in the range:

 

 

Array

 

 

 

-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. 100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Node_Low_Scale*

 

Scaling zero in

Any signed 32 bit integer in the range:

 

 

Connected Node

 

-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Node_High_Scale*

 

Scaling max in

Any signed 32 bit integer in the range:

 

 

Connected Node

 

-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647. 100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set the FieldServer

 

No_Response,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

response to the

 

Old_Data,

 

 

 

 

Node_Offline_Response

 

Modbus RTU Client

 

Zero_Data,

 

 

 

 

 

when the Server Node

 

FFFF_Data,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supplying the data has

 

Refer to Appendix A.6 for further

 

 

 

 

 

gone offline

 

information.

 

 

8Optional only for Modicon_5digit addressing, and only if Single writes do not need to be forced

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