Structure Of The Configuration File For The Ftp Client (.Fdb File) - Siemens CP 243-1 Operating Instructions Manual

Configuration
3.4 Other options when configuring a CP 243-1
Note
• Comments are inserted in the file with the # character.
• Valid e-mails must have entries in the fields TO, SU and TX.
• The last character of a line is \n.
• The recipient address TO and CC must not contain more than 64 ASCII characters.
• The subject SU must not contain more than 128 ASCII characters
• The e-mail text TX must not contain more than 1024 ASCII characters (incl. e-mail tags
• The sender address FROM must not contain more than 64 ASCII characters.
• All characters between 0x21 HEX and 0x7E HEX can be used for TO, CC, SU and TX if
• Empty lines are not permitted.
3.4.9

Structure of the configuration file for the FTP client (.fdb file)

The configuration file for the FTP client is created by the Internet wizard in STEP 7
Micro/WIN 32 and stored in a file with the extension .fdb. The structure of this file is shown in
the table below.
Table 3- 5 Structure of the configuration file for the FTP client
Keyword for the .fdb file
General section
TIMESTAMP
FILETYPE
FILEFORMAT
84
and formatting characters)
this is accepted by the e-mail partners involved.
Description
Time stamp
Time in seconds since 01.01.1970, in
hexadecimal format (PC time of the
creation of the *.fdb file by STEP 7
Micro/WIN 32).
During operation, the CP 243-1
continuously monitors this element for
changes. When a change is detected,
the .fdb file is read completely and the
FTP client service of the CP 243-1 is
reconfigured.
File type
Used internally by the system.
File format
Used internally by the system
Example
TIMESTAMP=3D2C4E48
Corresponds to 15:10:00 on July 10,
2002
FILETYPE=FDB
Do not change, fixed value!
FILEFORMAT=xx
Do not change, fixed value!
Operating Instructions, 03/2012, C79000-G8976-C244-02
CP 243-1