Driver Manual

6 Advanced Topics

6.1Additional Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters

What happens if you want to poll for one specific type of data more frequently than others ? What if you want more control of the location of where data is stored ? What happens if you want to do diagnostic polls … ?

To be able to achieve solutions to any of these types of questions the driver offers advanced configuration by adding to and extending the map descriptors specific to the Dart Serial Driver.

Column Title

Function

 

Legal Values

 

DA_Func*

Specifies the Data Aire

 

Numeric/Text.

 

 

Command/Query function to be

 

 

 

 

used. Use a function

 

See section 6.1.1 for a list of

 

 

appropriate to the type of slave

 

possible values.

 

 

(DAP/Chiller/DAP80) and the

 

 

 

 

type of data required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DA_Field*

Specifies the data field to be

 

This is a text field.

 

 

retrieved from the slave device.

 

See section 6.1.2 for a list of

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salves are only capable of

 

possible values as well as Table

 

 

responding with a data

4.4.5.1

 

 

composite consisting of many

 

 

 

 

data fields. You use this

 

 

 

 

parameter to specify which

 

 

 

 

parameter is you wish to have

 

 

 

 

extracted from the data

 

 

 

 

composite.

 

 

 

 

Note1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DA_Assoc*

Use to associate passive map

 

Any positive integer.

 

 

descriptors with an active map

 

 

 

 

descriptor. In some case you

 

 

 

 

may have a read (rdbc)

 

 

 

 

addressing the same node as a

 

 

 

 

write (wrbc). Both the read and

 

 

 

 

write may have associated map

 

 

 

 

descriptors. This field is used to

 

 

 

 

make the association. Give the

 

 

 

 

rdbc & passives map

 

 

 

 

descriptors associated with the

 

 

 

 

rdbc the same value (any

 

 

 

 

number) and give the wrbc and

 

 

 

 

its passive map descriptors

 

 

 

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