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5.4.Server Side Map Descriptors

5.4.1.FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Map_Descriptor_Name

Name of this Map Descriptor

Up to 32 alphanumeric characters

Data_Array_Name

Name of Data Array where data is

One of the Data Array names from

to be stored in the FieldServer

“Data Array” section above

 

Data_Array_Location

Starting location in Data Array

0 to maximum specified in “Data

Array” section above

 

 

Function

Function of Client Map Descriptor

passive

5.4.2.Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters

Column Title

Function

 

Legal Values

 

 

One of the Node Names

Node_Name

Name of Node to fetch data from

specified in “Server

 

 

 

Node Descriptor” above

Length6

Length of Map Descriptor. When reading a

 

 

 

 

 

compete table, set to the maximum number of

1 – 1000

 

 

 

 

data values to be stored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The name of the table to be polled, e.g.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISPLAY. This parameter is for display purposes

 

 

 

 

 

 

only. The driver does not use the value of this

Only Ascii characters are

 

parameter.

permitted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some system elements have multiple instances

When using the table

Table_Name*

of the same table name. For example, the

Terminal System Manager has 64 Temperature

name parameter to

 

 

specify a primary and

 

Zone configuration tables. The individual tables

 

are named TZONE1 though TZONE64. These

secondary table, leave a

 

tables are accessed by using both the primary &

single space between

 

secondary table names.

the two names.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E.g. ‘TZCONF TZONE1’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An

Ascii

string

which

Field_Name

This is the field variable pneumonic.

may not contain spaces.

 

 

Max length 8 characters.

 

 

An

Ascii

string

which

Field_Description

Returned when a Client does a read.

may contain

spaces.

Max

length

24

 

 

 

 

characters.

 

 

Field_Units

Returned when a Client does a read. If units

A

whole

number.

See

have no meaning for the variable set to zero.

Appendix A.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This parameter is used to set data quality

 

 

 

 

 

 

information that is returned when the Client polls

A

whole

number.

See

Field Status*

for data. If omitted and DA_Byte_Name has not

Appendix

A.1

for

more

 

been specified the driver returns zero as the

information.

 

 

 

status value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6Additional information on the length parameter is provided in Appendix A.

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