FieldServer FS-8700-115 - Manual (Page 7)

FS-8700-115 ASCII Driver (General Purpose) Page 7 of 13
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5.2 Client Side Node Parameters
Section Title
Nodes
Column Title
Function Legal Values
Node_Name Provide name for node
Up to 32 alphanumeric
characters
Node_ID
This parameter has no special meaning for this driver.
Incoming messages could come from any Node. A Node_ID
may be allocated.
Any value may be used
Protocol Specify protocol used ASCII.
Connection Specify which port the device is connected to the FieldServer P1-P8, R1-R2
2
Example
// Client Side Nodes
Nodes
Node_Name , Node_ID , Protocol , Connection
PLC 1
, 1 , ASCII , P1
5.3 Client Side Map Descriptor Parameters
5.3.1 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 stored in the
FieldServer One of the Data Array
names from Section 4.
Data_Array_Offset Starting location in Data Array
0 to (Data_Array_Length-
1) as specified in Section
4.
Function
Function of Client Map Descriptor. Refer to the
FieldServer configuration manual for more information.
Note that in the case of a Passive Client Map Descriptor
the Map Descriptor owns the Data Array elements and no
active Map Descriptor can address the same data.
Passive, Rdbc
5.3.2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters
Column Title Function Legal Values
Node_Name Name of Node to fetch data from
One of the Node
Names specified in
Section 5.2
Data_Type
This parameter determines how data is stored. Digital data is stored as
1’s or Zero’s. Non-Float types truncate the values, thus 0.6 is stored as
zero. ASCII stores the actual received ASCII characters
Float_Reg, Int, Bit,
ASCII
Length
Length of Map Descriptor. This parameter specifies the maximum
number of string items that can be converted to numbers and stored.
1, 2, 3…
2 Not all ports shown are necessarily supported by the hardware. Consult the appropriate Instruction manual for details of the ports available
on specific hardware.