FieldServer FS-8700-87 Configuring the FieldServer as a SDD16 Client, Data Arrays

FS-8700-87 SDD16 Driver Manual Page 6 of 10

4.Configuring the FieldServer as a SDD16 Client

For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the configuration 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” sample files provided with the FieldServer).

This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate with a SDD16 Server.

The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for SDD16 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.

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
			FLOAT,	BIT, UInt16,
Data_Format	Provide data format. Each data array		SInt16, Packed_Bit, Byte,
	can only take on one format.		Packed_Byte,
			Swapped_Byte
	Number of Data Objects. Must be
Data_Array_Length	larger than the data storage	area	1-10,000
	required for the data being placed in
	this array.
Example
//Data Arrays
//
Data_Arrays
Data_Array_Name,	Data_Format,	Data_Array_Length
Digitals_01,	Bit,	16

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