FieldServer instruction manual FS-8700-86 Carrier DataPort, Numeric, Time, String, Dow

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	Column Title		Function	Legal Values
		If this parameter is defined then its value must be
		the name of a Data Array. Instead of the driver		The name of Data Array
	DA_Byte_Name*	returning a static Field Status, it will extract the		defined in		the	Data
		value located at the given offset and use this		Arrays section.
		value as the Field Status.
		If the variable has a discrete state, use this
		parameter to define the word that describes the
		state when the variable’s value is 1.
		OR		NUMERIC
		Use one of the keywords to tell the driver to send
				TIME
		the value of the associated array elements:		STRING
		NUMERIC – a number
	On_String			DOW
		TIME - a time value formatted as hh:mm
				Or any other Ascii string
		STRING - a string of bytes
				which may	not		contain
		DOW – occupancy string
				spaces.
		When using the string keyword the driver reads x
		consecutive array elements and treats them as
		ASCII character values in forming the response.
		X is defined by the length parameter.
		If the variable has a discrete state, use this
	Off_String	parameter to define the word that describes the		An ASCII	string		which
		state when the variable’s value is zero. If you		may not contain spaces.
		have used a keywords described above then
		simply put a dash in this field.
	Length	Always set the length to 1 unless you use the key		1
		word ‘STRING’ as the On_String parameter.
5.4.3.		Timing Parameters
	Column Title		Function			Legal
						Values
	Scada_Hold_Timeout		Specifies time Server side waits before responding to Client			>1.0s
			that node is offline on FieldServer Client side.

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