Configuring The Fieldserver As A Ws3000 Tabs Client; Data Arrays/Descriptors - FieldServer FS-8700-70 Driver Manual

FS-8700-70 WS3000 Tabs Manual
4.

Configuring the FieldServer as a WS3000 TABS 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" files
provided with the FieldServer).
This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer
to communicate with a WS3000 TABS Server. The configuration file tells the FieldServer about
its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for WS3000
TABS 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 that in the tables, * indicates an optional parameter, with the bold legal value being the
default.
4.1.

Data Arrays/Descriptors

Section Title
Data_Arrays
Column Title
Data_Array_Name
Data_Format
Data_Array_Length
Example
// Data Arrays
//
Data_Arrays
Data_Array_Name,
Points_0,
There are 8 bytes per display allowed. Eight bytes will represent the 64 points per display.
A maximum of 256 displays per slave gives 2048 bytes per slave.
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Function
Provide name for Data Array
Provide data format. Each Data Array
can only take on one format.
Number of Data Objects. Must be
larger than the data storage area
required for the data being placed in
this array.
Data_Format,
byte,
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Legal Values
Up to 15 alphanumeric
characters
Byte
1-10,000
Data_Array_Length
2048