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A Sierra Monitor Company Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS-8700-15 Modbus Daniels APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after May 1, 2001...
FS-8700-15 Modbus Daniels Manual Modbus Daniels Description The Modbus Daniels driver allows the FieldServer to transfer data to and from devices over either RS-232 or RS-485 using Modbus Daniels protocol. The FieldServer can only emulate a Client. Modbus Daniels is an inclusion into Modbus ASCII, allowing floats to be used. Modbus Daniels is designed to support floats in the address range 7000 to 7999.
FS-8700-15 Modbus Daniels Manual Hardware Connections The FieldServer is connected to the Modbus Daniels device as shown in the connection drawing. Configure the Modbus Daniels device according to manufacturer’s instructions. Configuring the FieldServer as a Modbus Daniels Client For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the FieldServer Configuration Manual.
4.1. Data Arrays/Descriptors The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for Modbus Daniels 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”...
4.4.3. Timing Parameters Section Title Map Descriptors Column Title Scan_Interval 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 Function Name of this Map Up to 32 alphanumeric Descriptor...
This data array and its format must be specified under the data arrays section. 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 6 of 7 Data_Array_Offset, Function, Node_Name,...
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