FS-8700-105_National_Time_and_Signal_FACP Manual

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1.06Client Side Map Descriptors

4.1.1.FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Map_Descriptor_Name

Name of this Map

Up to 32 alphanumeric

Descriptor

characters

 

 

Name of Data Array where

One of the Data Array names

Data_Array_Name

data is to be stored in the

from “Data Array” section

 

FieldServer

above

Data_Array_Offset

Starting location in Data

0 to maximum specified in

Array

“Data Array” section above

 

Function

Function of Client Map

RDBC, WRBC, WRBX

Descriptor

 

 

4.1.2.Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters

 

Column

 

 

Function

 

 

Legal Values

 

 

Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the node

 

Node_Name

 

Name of Node to fetch data from

 

names specified in

 

 

 

“Client Node

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Descriptor” above

 

 

 

 

You must specify one of the 4 choices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the ‘Any’ type is used then all messages will be

 

Alarm

 

 

 

 

stored using the MD irrespective of the Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trouble

 

 

 

 

Type.

 

 

Data_Type

 

 

Supervisory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do not create two MD’s with all parameters the

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

Any

 

 

 

 

same except that one has a specific Data Type and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the other has ‘Any’. The driver can only store data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in one MD.

 

 

 

 

Board

 

The Board Number. One set of Map Descriptors

 

1, 2, 3 etc...

 

 

required for each board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loop

 

The Loop number on the Board. One set of Map

 

1,2,3 etc

 

 

Descriptors required for each loop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use one of the 4 permitted values shown on the

 

Input; Output;

 

Port-Type

 

right. You can abbreviate the port-types to use the

 

 

 

 

 

1st character.

 

Fault; P(Other)

 

 

 

 

The address and length are used to specify a range

 

 

 

 

Address

 

of Port Numbers. Think of the Address as a

 

1,2, 3 … etc

 

 

synonym for port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Starting address of read block

 

 

 

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FieldServer FS-8700-105 instruction manual RDBC, WRBC, Wrbx

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