Summary of Contents for FieldServer FS-8700-31 Siemens TIWAY I
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A Sierra Monitor Company Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS-8700-31 Siemens TIWAY I APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after May 1, 2001 Driver Version 1.01b Document revision Rev 1...
Connect Secondaries ..................15 Configuring the FieldServer as a TIWAY Server ............17 5.1. Server Side Connection Descriptors................17 5.2. Server Side Node Descriptors ..................18 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web:www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262-2299 Fax: (408) 262-9042 Toll_Free: 888-509-1970 email: support@fieldserver.com...
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Serving PLC status data map descriptor example ..........21 Advanced Topics ......................22 Driver Notes........................22 Troubleshooting tips ......................22 8.1. Connection Tips & Hints .....................22 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web:www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262-2299 Fax: (408) 262-9042 Toll_Free: 888-509-1970 email: support@fieldserver.com...
Page 1 of 23 1. Siemens TIWAY I Driver Description The Siemens TIWAY I driver allows the FieldServer to transfer data to and from devices over RS-232C using TIWAY BDLC “Host Adapter Command” protocol. The FieldServer can emulate either a Server or Client.
Party Configuration The BDLC protocol has to be selected on any 3 party client. 2.2.4. Optional Items PART # Vendor/Manufacturer Description FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web:www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262-2299 Fax: (408) 262-9042 Toll_Free: 888-509-1970 email: support@fieldserver.com...
(See “.csv” sample files provided with the FS). This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate with a TIWAY Server. The driver is normally used in the server mode, but may be configured as a client for testing purposes.
4.4.3. Timing Parameters Section Title Map Descriptors Column Title Function Legal Values Scan_Interval Rate at which data is polled ≥0.001s FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web:www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262-2299 Fax: (408) 262-9042 Toll_Free: 888-509-1970 email: support@fieldserver.com...
9):22. The data will be stored in the data array at offset 75 and 76. 4.4.4.5. Reading secondary PLC status Map_Descriptor_Name, Data_Array_Name, Data_Array_Offset, Function, Node_name, TIWAY_Data_Type, Length, Scan_Interval C36_STATUS_PRIM, Status, RDBC, PLC_01, Status_Primitive, FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web:www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262-2299 Fax: (408) 262-9042 Toll_Free: 888-509-1970 email: support@fieldserver.com...
The above map descriptor will execute the indicated host adapter command once every time a value is written to the data array “Cmd_Triggers” at offset 0. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web:www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262-2299 Fax: (408) 262-9042 Toll_Free: 888-509-1970 email: support@fieldserver.com...
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“Cmd_Triggers” at offset 4. Secondaries 1 9 147 and 254 will be connected to the network. To connect all secondaries, use only one value of 255 in the Secondaries_List field. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web:www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262-2299 Fax: (408) 262-9042 Toll_Free: 888-509-1970 email: support@fieldserver.com...
FieldServer buffers need to be declared in the “Data Arrays” section, the FieldServer virtual node(s) needs to be declared in the “Server Side Nodes” section, and the data to be provided to the clients needs to be mapped in the “Server Side Map Descriptors”...
Node_Name, Node_ID, Protocol PLC_01, TIWAY_BDLC * Note that no connection information such as the Port is necessary on Server side. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web:www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262-2299 Fax: (408) 262-9042 Toll_Free: 888-509-1970 email: support@fieldserver.com...
Status_Primitive, The above map descriptor serves 3 status data elements for PLC_01 in the data array “Status” starting from offset FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web:www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262-2299 Fax: (408) 262-9042 Toll_Free: 888-509-1970 email: support@fieldserver.com...