FieldServer FS-8700-31 Client Side Connection Descriptions, Section Title, Example

FS-8700-31 Siemens TIWAY I Page 4 of 23

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.

	Section Title
	Data_Arrays
	Column Title	Function			Legal Values
	Data_Array_Name	Provide name for Data Array			Up to 15 alphanumeric
					characters
					Float, Bit, UInt16, SInt16,
	Data_Array_Format	Provide data format. Each Data Array			Packed_Bit, Byte,
		can only take on one format.			Packed_Byte,
					Swapped_Byte
		Number of Data Objects. Must be
	Data_Array_Length	larger than the data storage area		1-10,000
		required by the map descriptors for
		the data being placed in this array.
Example
	// Data Arrays
	Data_Arrays
	Data_Array_Name,	Data_Format,		Data_Array_Length,
	RAW16_Data,	UInt16,	20
	RAW8_Data,	Byte,	20
	Float_Data,	Float,	20

4.2.Client Side Connection Descriptions

Section Title
Connections
Column Title		Function		Legal Values
		Specify which port the device
Port		is connected to the		P1-P8
		FieldServer
Protocol	Specify protocol used		TIWAY, TIWAY_BDLC
Baud*		Specify baud rate		110 – 115200, standard
				baudrates only
Parity*		Specify parity	Even, Odd, None, Mark, Space
Data_Bits*		Specify data bits	7, 8
Stop_Bits*		Specify stop bits	1
Handshaking*	Specify hardware handshaking		RTS, RTS/CTS, None
Poll _Delay*		Time between internal polls	0-32000 seconds, 1 second

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