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| This identifies the GE device producing |
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| the EGD data. Although in decimal dot |
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| format, it is not an IP address and does |
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| not necessarily correspond to the IP |
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| address of the |
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| producing the message. It corresponds |
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| to the producer ID configured for the |
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| CPU producing the data. | Nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn |
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| ge_producerId |
| The default value is typically the same as | Where nnn are in the |
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| the IP address of the producer but the |
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| value can be changed and it is possible | range |
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| for one device to have multiple Ethernet |
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| interfaces and hence multiple IP |
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| addresses. |
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| Any change to the producerID must be |
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| matched by a similar change in the |
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| consumer's configuration. |
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| This and the producerID uniquely identify |
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| a packet of EGD data. Thus, the |
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| ge_exchangeId |
| consumer uses these two parameters to | Integer values >= 1 |
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| update. Any change to the exchangeID |
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| must be matched by a similar change in |
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| the consumer's configuration. |
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| Each produced data packet contains raw |
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| packed data. |
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| This keyword is used to tell the driver | Dword, Int , Long |
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| how to pack the data into the message. | Float (4 byte IEEE real |
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| Thus you can read from a BIT array in | number) or Double (8 |
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| ge_data_type |
| the FieldServer but send the data as | byte | IEEE | real |
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| words for storage in %R (register | number). |
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| memory) in the | See section Appendix |
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| Any change to the data type must be |
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| consumer's configuration. |
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| ge_offset |
| Not required | for producer Map |
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5.3.3. |
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| Timing Parameters |
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| Scan_Interval |
| Rate at which data is produced. This is the equivalent of |
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| the producer interval. |
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