FS-8700-123 MetOne Particle Counter Serial Driver Manual

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4.4.Client Side Map Descriptors

4.4.1.FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters

 

 

Column Title

 

 

Function

 

 

 

Legal Values

 

 

 

Map_Descriptor_Name

 

Name of this Map Descriptor

Up

to

32

alphanumeric

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.4.2.

Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Column Title

 

 

Function

 

 

 

 

Legal Values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the node names

 

 

Node_Name

 

Name of Node to fetch data from

 

specified

in

“Client

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Node Descriptor” above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See

Map

Descriptor

 

 

Length

 

 

Length of Map Descriptor

 

 

Example

 

for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recommended lengths

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Current Record"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Hold Time"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specify

the

function.

Additional

 

"Sample Time"

 

 

 

Met1_Function

 

 

notes

and

explanations

are

 

"Mode"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Device Select"

 

 

 

 

 

 

provided in the examples.

 

 

“SubDevice/Port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Count”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This parameter as well as the

 

“Device”

 

 

 

 

 

Met1_SubDev_or_Port

 

“Address” parameter

must

be

 

“SubDevice”

 

 

 

 

specified if a SubDevice or Port is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

being polled.

 

 

 

 

“Port”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This parameter is used to specify

 

Port numbers: 0-63

 

Address

 

 

the SubDevice or Port number if

 

SubDevice numbers: 1-

 

 

 

 

 

either is being polled.

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A method of storing count data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

using a 3-character label. Use of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Met1_Label

 

 

this parameter to allows the driver

 

E.g. “LOC” or “0.1”

 

 

 

 

 

to know which count to store.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refer to Section 0 for more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.4.3.Timing Parameters

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Scan_Interval

Rate at which data is polled

≥0.001s

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