FieldServer FS-8700-78 Driver Manual 4 Basic Configuration, Data Arrays, Section Title, Function

Driver Manual

4 Basic Configuration

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).

The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for Dart Driver 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.

The Dart Serial Driver cannot be configured as a data server.

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 array can	FLOAT, BIT, UInt16,
	only take on one format.	SInt16, Packed_Bit, Byte,
		Packed_Byte,
		Swapped_Byte
Data_Array_Length	Number of Data Objects. Must be larger	1-10,000
	than the data storage area required for the
	data being placed in this array.
Example

//Data Arrays

Data_Arrays

Data_Array_Name, Data_Format, Data_Array_Length

DA_AI_01,	UInt16,	200
DA_AO_01,	UInt16,	200
DA_DI_01,	Bit,	200
DA_DO_01,	Bit,	200

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