Table of Contents
Advertisement
FS-8704-14 EtherNet/IP Manual
4
CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS AN ETHERNET/IP 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.
This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate
with an EtherNet/IP Server.
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 EtherNet/IP 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.
Section Title
Data_Arrays
Column Title
Data_Array_Name
Data_Array_Format
Data_Array_Length
Example
// Data Arrays
Data_Arrays
Data_Array_Name
,Data_Format
DA_AI_01
,UInt16
DA_AO_01
,UInt16
DA_DI_01
,Bit
DA_DO_01
,Bit
FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com
Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com
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 by
the Map Descriptors for the data being
placed in this array.
,Data_Array_Length
,200
,200
,200
,200
Page 6 of 30
Legal Values
Up
to
15
alphanumeric
characters
Float, Bit, UInt16, SInt16,
Packed_Bit,
Byte,
Packed_Byte, Swapped_Byte
1-10,000
Advertisement
Table of Contents
