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4.Configuring the FieldServer as a DeviceNet Master

For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configurat

ion, please refer to the FieldServer Configuration

 

Manual. Theinformationthatfollowsdescribeshow

toexpanduponthefactorydefaultsprovidedinth

e

configurationfilesincludedwiththeFieldServer(

See“.csv”filesprovidedwiththeFieldServer).

 

 

This section documents and describes the parameters

necessary for configuring the FieldServer to

 

communicatewithaDeviceNetSlave.

 

 

 

 

 

TheconfigurationfiletellstheFieldServerabout

itsinterfaces,andtheroutingofdatarequired.I

norderto

 

enabletheFieldServerforDeviceNetcommunications

 

,thedriverindependentFieldServerbuffersneedt

o

be declared in the “Data Arrays” section, the Field

 

Server virtual node(s) needs to be declared in the

 

“Server Side Nodes” section, and the data to be pro

 

vided to the clients needs to be mapped in the

 

“ServerSideMapDescriptors”section.Detailson

howtodothiscanbefoundbelow.

 

 

Notethatinthetables,*indicatesanoptionalpa

rameter,withtheboldlegalvaluebeingthedefaul

t.

 

4.1.DeviceNet Settings

Section Title

 

 

 

Bridge

 

 

 

Column Title

Function

 

Legal Values

System_Station_Address*

DeviceNetMACIDoftheFie

ldServer

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Note:

TheDeviceNetMACIDcanalsobesetviatheDIPsw itchesonthesideoftheFieldServerbutthen thesystemstationaddressparametermustberemove dfromtheconfigurationfile. RefertoAppendixB.1formoreinformation.

Example

//FieldServer

Bridge

Title,System_Station_Address

DeviceNet_Test,5

FieldServer Technologies1991TarobCourtMilpitas,California95035USA

Web:www.fieldserver.com

Tel:(408)2622299

Fax:(408)2622269

Toll Free:(888)5091970

email:support@fieldserver.com

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