Table of Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. | Carrier DataLink Description | 3 | |||
2. | Driver Scope of Supply | 4 | |||
2.1. |
| Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver | 4 | ||
2.2. |
| Provided by Suppler of 3rd Party Equipment | 4 | ||
3. | Hardware Connections | 5 | |||
4. | Configuring the FieldServer as a Carrier DataLink Client | 6 | |||
4.1. |
| Data Arrays/Descriptors | 6 | ||
4.2. |
| Client Side Connection Descriptions | 7 | ||
4.3. |
| Client Side Node Descriptors | 8 | ||
4.4. |
| Client Side Map Descriptors | 8 | ||
4.4.1. FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters | 8 | ||||
4.4.2. Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters | 9 | ||||
4.4.3. | Timing Parameters | 9 | |||
4.4.4. Map Descriptor Example 1 – Read a Table | 10 | ||||
4.4.5. Map Descriptor Example 2 – Read a Variable | 11 | ||||
4.4.6. Map Descriptor Example 3 – Write A Variable | 11 | ||||
4.4.7. Map Descriptor Example 4 – Write Day of Week (DOW) or Time | 12 | ||||
5. | Configuring the FieldServer as a Carrier DataLink Server | 13 | |||
5.1. |
| Server Side Connection Descriptors | 13 | ||
5.2. |
| Server Side Nodes | 14 | ||
5.3. |
| Server Side Map Descriptors | 15 | ||
5.3.1. FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters | 15 | ||||
5.3.2. Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters | 15 | ||||
5.3.3. | Timing Parameters | 16 | |||
5.3.4. | Map Descriptor Example | 17 | |||
5.4. |
| Driver Limitations and Exclusions | 18 | ||
Appendix A. | Advanced Topics | 19 | |||
Appendix A.1. | Table Names | 19 | |||
Appendix A.2. Using the Carrier Datalink Driver to Obtain Field Names | 21 | ||||
Appendix A.3. Map Descriptor Length Explained | 23 | ||||
Appendix A.3.1. Client Reads a Table: | 23 | ||||
Appendix A.3.2. Client reads a variable: | 23 | ||||
Appendix A.3.3. Client writes a variable: | 23 | ||||
Appendix A.3.4. | Server: | 23 | |||
Appendix A.4. How the Client stores the states/values of the Table Variables | 23 | ||||
Appendix A.4.1. | Discrete States | 23 | |||
Appendix A.4.2. Extending the List of Discrete State Words | 24 | ||||
Appendix A.4.3. | Time Values | 25 | |||
Appendix A.4.4. | Numeric Values | 25 | |||
Appendix A.4.5. Occupancy Strings / Values | 25 | ||||
Appendix A.5. | Timing Considerations | 25 | |||
Appendix B. Carrier DataLink Device Error Response | 26 | ||||
Appendix C. | Driver Notes | 27 | |||
Appendix C.1. | Driver Stats | 27 | |||
Appendix D. Driver Error Messages | 29 | ||||
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