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4.4.3 Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters – Data Table Read/Write.

Column Title

 

 

Function

 

Legal Values

 

 

 

EIP_Service

 

 

The action to be performed.

 

Data_Table_Read,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data_Table_Write

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EIP_Con_Typ

 

 

The type of data transfer required.

 

Explicit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any

space

delimited

 

 

 

 

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

 

numerical

value.

Refer to

 

EIP_Path*

 

 

Paths vary and are dependent on the structure of the

 

vendor’s

 

device

 

 

 

 

network.

 

documentation.

Also

see

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix A.3, 0 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tag name expressed in PLC program. The data type of

 

Maximum

length

48

 

EIP_Tag_Name

 

 

this parameter is used to set the data format of the Data

 

 

 

 

 

characters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Array if the EIP_DATA_TYPE parameter is not specified.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the parameter is specified, the data will be stored in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the specified format which may be different to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

format of the tag being polled. If the parameter is not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

set, the Data Type of the Data Array will be used. This

 

Float,

Uint16, Uint32,

Bit,

 

EIP_Data_Type*

 

 

parameter is only applicable to Data Table Write when

 

 

 

 

 

Byte, Boolean, -

 

 

 

 

 

 

FieldServer is the Client. The Data Type of the Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Array will be used for Data Table Reads when the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FieldServer is the Client. Refer to Appendix A.4 for more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of data elements to be mapped. If the number

 

For

any

given

Map

 

 

 

 

of data elements exceeds the Map Descriptor length, the

 

 

 

 

 

 

Descriptor there can be 200

 

Length

 

 

list of data elements will be truncated and an error

 

 

 

 

 

Floats, 400 Integers or 800

 

 

 

 

message will be printed once per Map Descriptor. See

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bytes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix C for further information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This parameter is required to read/write structures. The

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

driver supports read/write structures having members of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

same type, i.e. all members are of type Byte, UINT16,

 

Any 16bit

Integer number

 

EIP_Structure_Handle*

 

 

UINT32 or Float etc

 

 

 

 

 

(e.g. 59592), 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

When this parameter is defined, the number of structure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

members must be specified as the length of the Map

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Descriptor. Refer to Appendix A.7 for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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