FS-8700-59 Canatal Sachnet

Driver Manual

5.4Server Side Map Descriptors

5.4.1FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Map_Descriptor_Name

Name of this Map Descriptor

Up to 32 alphanumeric characters

Data_Array_Na me

Name of Data Array where data is to be stored

One of the Data Array names from

 

in the FieldServer

“Data Array” section above

Data_Array_Location

Starting location in Data Array

0 to maximum specified in “Data Array”

 

 

section above

Function

Function of Server Map Descriptor

PASSIVE

5.4.2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters

 

Column Title

 

Function

 

Legal Values

Node_Name

 

Name of Node to fetch data from

 

One of the node names specified in

 

 

 

 

“Client Node Descriptor” above

Length

 

Length of Map Descriptor

 

1 - 1000 ( Maximum value is dependent

 

 

 

 

on the values of Cana_Series and

 

 

 

 

Cana_table. For more information see

 

 

 

 

section 6.1

Address

 

This term is used to refer to the offset into the

 

0,1,2,3 ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canatal device data table.

 

 

 

 

Each table first element is addressed as zero, the

 

 

 

 

2nd element as 1 etc.

 

 

 

 

The address & length must not exceed the

 

 

 

 

maximum length of he table being addressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Protocol Specific

 

 

 

 

Parameters

 

 

 

 

Cana_Series

 

Refers to the Canatal Corporation Inc. device

 

2,4,5,6,9

 

 

series number. Although different series of

 

 

 

 

equipment have similar tables with similar

 

 

 

 

contents they are not all the same, the contents

 

 

 

 

may vary and the data formats do vary.

 

 

Cana_Table

 

This is the data table in the device you wish to

 

Non zero integers. Legal values may be

 

 

read.

 

obtained by reading section 6.1.

Length

 

Length of Map Descriptor

 

1 - 1000 ( Maximum value is dependent

 

 

 

 

on the values of Cana_Series and

 

 

 

 

Cana_table. For more information see

 

 

 

 

section 6.1

Cana_Format *

 

Used to over-ride the default data storage method

 

Bype, BCD, BCD4, Float, Word,

 

 

the driver assigns to the table. This paramater

 

Percent, Swap_int.

 

 

may be required when reading data from a table

 

 

 

 

with midex data formats. See section 6.1 to

 

 

 

 

identify which table have mixed data formats and

 

 

 

 

what the default type the driver allocates to the

 

 

 

 

table.

 

 

5.4.3 Timing Parameters

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Scada_Hold_Timeout

Specifies time server side waits before responding to client

>1.0s

 

that node is offline on FieldServer client side.

 

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