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5.3. Server Side Map Descriptors
5.3.1. FieldServer Specific 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 “Data Array” section
above
Data_Array_Location Starting location in Data Array
0 to maximum specified in
“Data Array” section above
Function Map Descriptor function Passive
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
“Server Node
Descriptor” above
Data_Type This commonly used parameter is not required for this driver.
Length
Length of Map Descriptor. When reading a
compete table, set the length to the maximum
number of data values to be stored. Refer to
1.1.
1 – 1000
Address This commonly used parameter is not required for this driver.
Table_Name
The name of the table to be polled, e.g.
DISPLAY. Some system elements have
multiple instances of the same table name,
e.g. the Terminal System Manager has 64
Temperature Zone configuration tables
named TZONE1 though TZONE64. These
tables are accessed by using both the
primary & secondary table names, e.g.
‘TZCONF TZONE1’
ASCII characters
only. When using
this parameter to
specify a primary
and secondary table,
leave a single space
between the two
names.
Field_Name This is the field/table variable pneumonic.
ASCII characters
only. No spaces,
maximum length 10
characters.
Field_Description
Field_Units
Returned when a client does a table read. If
units have no meaning for the variable then
leave this field blank or use a single dash.
ASCII string which
may contain spaces.
On_String
If the variable has a discrete state, use this
parameter to define the word that describes
the state when the variable’s value is 1.
OR
Use one of the keywords to tell the driver to
send the value of the associated array
elements as a number (keyword=NUMERIC), NUMERIC
TIME
STRING
DOW
Or any other ASCII
string which may not
contain spaces.