FieldServer FS-8704-13 Configuring the FieldServer as a GE-SRTP Driver Server, Data Arrays

FS-8704-13 GE-SRTP Driver Manual

5.Configuring the FieldServer as a GE-SRTP Driver Server

For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the instruction 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” files on the driver diskette).

This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate with a GE-SRTP Driver Client

The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for GE-SRTP Driver communications, the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared in the “Data Arrays” section, the FieldServer virtual node(s) needs to be declared in the “Server Side Nodes” section, and the data to be provided to the clients needs to be mapped in the “Server 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.

5.1 Data Arrays

Section Title
Data_Arrays
Column Title	Function	Legal Values
Data_Array_Name	Provide name for Data Array	Up to 15 alphanumeric
		characters
Data_Format	Provide data format. Each data array can only	FLOAT, BIT, UInt16, SInt16,
	take on one format.	Packed_Bit, Byte,
		Packed_Byte, Swapped_Byte
Data_Array_Length	Number of Data Objects. Must be larger than	1-10,000
	the data storage area required for the data
	being placed in this array.

Example

//Data Arrays

Data_Arrays
Data_Array_Name,	Data_Format,	Data_Array_Length
DA_AI_01,	UInt16,	200
DA_AO_01,	UInt16,	200
DA_DI_01,	Byte,	200
DA_DO_01,	Byte,	200

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