FieldServer FS-8700-78 instruction manual Table Of Contents, Driver Manual

Driver Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1	Dart Driver Description			1
	1.1	Performance Issues		1
2 Driver Scope of Supply				2
	2.1	Supplied by Sierra Monitor for this driver		2
	2.2	Provided by user		2
3	Hardware Connections			3
	3.1	Hardware Configuration – Dart Present		4
4	Basic Configuration			5
	4.1	Data Arrays		5
	4.2	Client Side Connections		6
	4.3	Client Side Nodes		7
	4.4	Client Side Map Descriptors		8
	4.4.1		FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters	8
	4.4.2		Timing Parameters	8
	4.4.3		Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters	8
	4.4.4		Map Descriptor: Example 1 – Read all possible data	11
	4.4.5		Map of How Data Aire Device Data is stored in a Data Array	12
	4.4.6		Unit Types	17
	4.4.7		Map Descriptor: Example 2 – Writing a Set-Point	19
	4.4.8		Map Descriptor: Example 3 – Writing multiple points using one message	20
5	Chapter 5			21
6	Advanced Topics			23
	6.1	Additional Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters		23
	6.1.1		DA_Func Parameter - Permitted values	24
	6.1.2		DA_Field Parameter - Permitted values	25
	6.1.3		DA_Method Parameter Values and Notes	27
	6.1.4		Advanced Example 1 :	28
	6.1.5		Advanced Example 2	29
	6.1.6		Advanced Map Descriptor: Example 3 - Using the 'special' parameter	30
	6.1.7		Advanced Map Descriptor: Example 4 - Using the 'DA_Assoc' parameter	31
	6.1.8		Map Descriptor: Example 5 - Using a special / diagnostic command	32
	6.2	Related Documents		34
	6.3	Troubleshooting Tips		34
	6.3.1		Bad Values	34
	6.3.2		Dead Nodes	34
	6.3.3		Ignored Messages	34
	6.4	Writing data to Dap Devices		35
7	Revision Change Notices			36
	7.1	Rev1.06a-Rev0 Changes from previous releases		36

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