FS-8700-59 Canatal Sachnet

Driver Manual

4.4Client Side Map Descriptors

4.4.1FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Map_Descriptor_Name

Name of this Map Descriptor

Up to 32 alphanumeric characters

Data_Array_Name

Name of Data Array where data is to be

One of the Data Array names from

 

stored 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 Client Map Descriptor

RDBC, WRBC, WRBX

4.4.2 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

Non zero integers. Legal values

 

to read.

may be obtained by reading section

 

 

6.1.

Cana_Format *

Used to over-ride the default data storage

Bype, BCD, BCD4, Float, Word,

 

method the driver assigns to the table. This

Percent, Swap_int.

 

paramater 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.

 

 

 

 

4.4.3 Timing Parameters

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Scan_Interval

Rate at which data is polled

>0.1s

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FS-8700-59 specifications

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