FieldServer Canatal Satchnet Driver FS-8700-59 - Manual (Page 9)

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5.3 Client Side Map Descriptor Parameters
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
Section 4
Data_Array_Location Starting location in Data Array
0 to (Data_Array_Length-1) as specified
in Section 4
Function Function of Client Map Descriptor Rdbc, Wrbc, Wrbx
5.3.2 Driver Related 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
Length Length of Map Descriptor
1 - 1000 (Maximum value is dependent
on the values of Cana_Series and
Cana_Table) Refer to Appendix C.1
Address
The offset into the Canatal device data table.
Each table first element is addressed as zero, the 2nd
element as 1 etc. 0,1,2,3 ... The address & length must
not exceed the maximum length of the
table being addressed.
Cana_Series Canatal Corporation Inc. Device Series Number. 2,4,5,6,9
Cana_Table The data table in the device to be read.
Non zero integers. Refer to Appendix
C.1
Cana_Format*
For tables with mixed data formats, the driver
assigns a default data format. This default can be
overridden using this parameter. Refer to Appendix
C.1
Byte, BCD, BCD4, Float, Word, Percent,
Swap_int.
5.3.3 Timing Parameters
Column Title Function Legal Values
Scan_Interval Rate at which data is polled >0.1s