Configuring The Fieldserver As A Profibus Dp Master Client; Fieldserver; Data Arrays/Descriptors - SMC Sierra Monitor FieldServer FS-8700-122 PROFIBUS DP Master Driver Manual

CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A PROFIBUS DP MASTER CLIENT

For detailed information on FieldServer configuration, 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 up to 125 PROFIBUS DP Slaves.
The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to
enable the FieldServer for PROFIBUS DP Master 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 "Client Side Nodes" section, and the data required from the Servers needs to be mapped
in the "Client Side Map Descriptors" section. Details on how to do this can be found below.
NOTE: In the tables below, * indicates an optional parameter and the bold legal value the default.
4.1

FieldServer

Section Title
FieldServer
Column Title
System_Station_Address
4.2

Data Arrays/Descriptors

Section Title
Data_Arrays
Column Title Function
Data_Array_Name Provide name for Data Array.
Provide data format. Each Data Array can only take on
Data_Array_Format
one format.
Number of Data Objects. Must be larger than the data
Data_Array_Length storage area required by the Map Descriptors for the
data being placed in this array.
Example
// Data Arrays
Data_Arrays
Data_Array_Name ,Data_Array_Format
Byte_Output , Byte
Byte_Input , Byte
Word_Output , Uint16
Word_Input , Uint16
Float_Output , Float
Float_Input , Float
Function
PROFIBUS address of the DP Master.
,Data_Array_Length
, 10
, 10
, 10
, 10
, 10
, 10
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Legal Values
0-125
Legal Values
Up to 15 alphanumeric
characters
Float, Bit, Byte, Uint16,
Uint32, Sint16, Sint32
1-10000