FS-8700-64 ATMI ACM

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4. Configuring the FieldServer as a ATMI ACM Client

The ATMI ACM driver is a passive client driver. This means that it processes unsolicited incoming data. It cannot poll for data.

For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the instruction manual for the FieldServer. The information that follows describes how to expand upon the factory defaults provided in the configuration files included with the FieldServer (See “.csv” files on the driver diskette).

This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate with a ATMI ACM Server.

The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for ATMI ACM communications, the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared in the “Data Arrays” section, the destination device addresses need to be declared in the “Client Side Nodes” section, and 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.

4.1 Data Arrays

Section Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data_Arrays

 

 

 

 

 

 

Column Title

 

Function

 

 

Legal Values

 

Data_Array_Name

 

Provide name for Data Array

 

 

Up to 15 alphanumeric

 

 

 

 

 

 

characters

 

Data_Format

 

Provide data format. Each data

 

 

FLOAT, BIT, UInt16, SInt16,

 

 

 

array can only take on one format.

 

 

Packed_Bit, Byte, INT32

 

 

 

 

 

 

Packed_Byte, Swapped_Byte

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas values should only be

 

 

 

 

 

 

stored in INT32 or FLOAT

 

 

 

 

 

 

arrays.

 

Data_Array_Length

Number of Data Objects. Must be

 

1-10,000

 

 

 

larger than the data storage area

 

 

 

 

 

 

required for the data being placed

 

 

Ensure that the arrays are 16 *

 

 

 

in this array.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

81 elements big.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data from one ACM can be stored

 

 

 

 

 

 

in multiple data arrays. Position in

 

 

 

 

 

 

the array is dependent on gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

number area number. Further

 

 

 

 

 

 

details are provided in section 6.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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