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FS-8700-86 Carrier DataPort Table of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. CARRIER DATAPORT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................... 3
2. DRIVER SCOPE OF SUPPLY..........................................................................................................3
2.1. Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver .................................................................3
3. HARDWARE CONNECTIONS .........................................................................................................4
4. CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A CARRIER DATAPORT CLIENT................................ 5
4.1. Data Arrays .................................................................................................................................5
4.2. Client Side Connections..............................................................................................................6
4.3. Client Side Node Descriptors......................................................................................................7
4.4. Client Side Map Descriptors .......................................................................................................8
4.4.1. FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters ...................................................................8
4.4.2. Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters ............................................................................8
4.4.3. Timing Parameters ..................................................................................................................8
4.4.4. Map Descriptor Example 1 – Read .........................................................................................9
5. CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A CARRIER DATAPORT SERVER............................10
5.1. Data Arrays ...............................................................................................................................10
5.2. Server Side Connections ..........................................................................................................11
5.3. Server Side Node Descriptors ..................................................................................................11
5.4. Server Side Map Descriptors....................................................................................................12
5.4.1. FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters .................................................................12
5.4.2. Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ..........................................................................12
5.4.3. Timing Parameters ................................................................................................................13
5.4.4. Map Descriptor Example. ......................................................................................................14
APPENDIX A. ADVANCED TOPICS....................................................................................................15
Appendix A.1. Field Status & Field Engineering Units.......................................................................15
Appendix A.2. Field / Variable Names...............................................................................................16
Appendix A.3. Map Descriptor Length Explained ..............................................................................19
Appendix A.4. How the Client stores the states/values of the Table Variables.................................19
Appendix A.4.1. Discrete States........................................................................................................19
Appendix A.4.2. Time Values ............................................................................................................20
Appendix A.4.3. Numeric Values.......................................................................................................21
Appendix A.4.4. Occupancy Strings / Values....................................................................................21
APPENDIX B. TROUBLE SHOOTING/CONNECTIONS - TIPS AND HINTS.....................................22
Appendix B.1. Connection problems. ................................................................................................22
Appendix B.2. Timeouts.....................................................................................................................22
Appendix B.3. Determining Storage Locations..................................................................................22
Appendix B.4. How to build a script file that tests a customer log.....................................................23
APPENDIX C. DRIVER NOTES ...........................................................................................................26
Appendix C.1. Driver Limitations and Exclusions ..............................................................................26
APPENDIX D. DRIVER ERROR MESSAGES .....................................................................................27
Appendix D.1. Driver Stats ................................................................................................................31