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4.4.2. SHOW Response Attribute States Driver Table
Column Title Function Legal Values
Protocol
The protocol must be
specified on each row of
a driver table.
Sim4100
sim4100_Attr_State_Name
Use this parameter to
extend this list of
predefined attribute
states.
Define a state word such as
‘Normal’ and associate a
value using the ‘value’
parameter.
sim4100_Attr_State_Value
This parameter is the
value to be associated
with the ‘name’
May not be zero.
4.5. Client Side Map Descriptors
4.5.1. FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters
Column Title Function Legal Values
Map_Descriptor_Name
Name of this Map
Descriptor
Up to 32 alphanumeric
characters
Data_Array_Name
Name of Data Array where
data is to be stored in the
FieldServer
One of the Data Array
names from “Data Array”
section above
Data_Array_Location
Starting location in Data
Array
0 to maximum specified in
“Data Array” section above
Function
Function of Client Map
Descriptor
RDBC, WRBC, WRBX
4.5.2. Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters
Column Title
Function Legal Values
Node_Name
Name of Node to fetch data from
One of the node
names specified in
“Client Node
Descriptor” above
Length
Length of Map Descriptor - must always be
specified.
If the length of the response (such as errors /
earths, show, revision) is not known in advance it
should be set to a value large enough to store to
allow some contingency. If data cannot be stored
because an array is too short the driver will
produce a message in the error log.
Address
Not required. The address is specified by using the card-point-sub
specification described in section 4.4.2
4.5.3. Timing Parameters
Column Title Function Legal Values
Scan_Interval Rate at which data is polled >0.1s