FS-8704-14 EtherNet/IP Manual

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4.4Client Side Map Descriptors

4.4.1 FieldServer Related 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 to be

 

 

One of the Data Array names from “Data

 

 

 

stored in the FieldServer

 

 

Array” section above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data_Array_Offset

 

 

Starting location in Data Array

 

 

0 to maximum specified in “Data Array”

 

 

 

 

 

section above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Function

 

 

Function of Client Map Descriptor

 

 

Rdbc, Wrbc, Wrbx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.4.2 Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters – Unconnected Messages

Column Title

 

 

Function

 

 

Legal Values

 

 

 

EIP_Service

 

 

The action to be performed.

 

 

Get_Attrib, Set_Attrib

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EIP_Class

 

 

Class to be polled.

 

 

One of the classes supported by

 

 

 

 

the driver. Refer to Appendix A.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EIP_Attribute

 

 

Attribute associated with the class given.

 

 

See particular attributes of each

 

 

 

 

class. Refer to Appendix A.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EIP_Con_Typ

 

 

The type of data transfer required. Also referred to as the

 

 

Unconnected

 

 

 

 

 

“Transport Method”

 

 

Explicit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any space

delimited

numerical

EIP_Path*

 

 

Used to stipulate the path to the CPU in certain PLC’s. Paths

 

 

value. Refer to vendor’s device

 

 

vary and are dependent on the structure of the network.

 

 

documentation.

Also

see

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix A.3, 0 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of data elements to be mapped. If the number of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

data elements exceeds the Map Descriptor length, the list of

 

 

For any given Map Descriptor

Length

 

 

data elements will be truncated and an error message will be

 

 

there can be 200 Floats, 400

 

 

 

printed once per Map Descriptor. Refer to Appendix C for

 

 

Integers or 800 Bytes

 

 

 

 

 

further information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address

 

 

Instance of the class to be polled.

 

 

Depends

on

the

supported

 

 

 

 

instances for each class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FS-8704-14 specifications

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