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5 CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A CHEETAH DEVICE CLIENT
For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the FieldServer configuration manual. The
information that follows describes how to expand upon the factory defaults provided in the configuration files
included with the FieldServer. (See “.csv” sample files provided with the FieldServer)
This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate
with a Cheetah Device Client.
The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable
the FieldServer for Cheetah Device communications, the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be
declared in the “Data Arrays” section, the destination device addresses need to be declared in the “Server Side
Nodes” section and the data required from the Client needs to be mapped in the “Server Side Map Descriptors”
section. Details on how to do this can be found below.
Note that in the tables, * indicates an optional parameter, with the bold legal value being the default.
5.1 Client Side Connection Parameters
Section Title
Connections
Column Title
Function Legal Values
Port
Specify which port the device is
connected to the FieldServer
P1-P8, R1-R2 2
Baud* Specify baud rate 9600 (Vendor limitation)
Parity* Specify parity None, (Vendor limitation)
Data_Bits* Specify data bits 8 (Vendor limitation)
Stop_Bits* Specify stop bits 1 (Vendor limitation)
Protocol Specify protocol used
Cheetah (makes the port the exclusive domain of
Cheetah devices.) This keyword is not required when
specifying the port.
MIM_Enabled*
Enable multi-panel
communications via the MIM
module
Yes, No
Example
// Client Side Connections
Port , Baud , Protocol , Parity , Data_Bits , Stop_Bits , MIM_Enabled
P1
, 9600 , Cheetah , None , 8 , 1 , Yes
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.