FS-RA-CLX_SlotServer_Instruction_Manual_(T17011) Page 13 of 34
FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web:www.fieldServer.com
Tel: (408) 262-2299 Fax: (408) 262-2296 Toll_Free: 888-509-1970 email: support@fieldServer.com
6.6. Server Side Map Descriptors
6.6.1. SlotServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters
Column Title Function Legal Values
Map_Descriptor_Name
Name of this Map
Descriptor
Up to 32 alphanumeric
characters
Scan_Interval
Rate at which IO image
data is updated
Use twice the rate used in
RSLogix e.g. 0.2s
Function
Function of Server Map
Descriptor
WRBC - to write into Input
Image Data buffer
RDBC - to read from Output
Image Data buffer
6.6.2. 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
IO_Data_Type Data type of IO image
Use same as used in
RSLogix to add the module
INT (16-bit integer)
SINT (8-bit signed)
DINT (32-bit double)
REAL (32-bit float)
DA_Name_Start
2
Name of Data Array to
include in IO image data
One of the Data Array
names from “Data Array”
section above. Data Arrays
must be named as follows:
DaName_x where x is a
value e.g. DaName_1
DA_Count
Number of Data Arrays to
include in IO image data
1-200
Protocol_Type_ID
Custom Value transferred in
IO image to indicate
protocol of IO image data
0 - value permitted by
IO_Data_Type
3
e.g. 0 - 65535 for INT
2
Refer to Appendix A.6 for information specific to naming Logics driver Data Arrays.
3
T
he update rate decreases as the number of blocks go up. For 25 blocks we have an update rate of
25*RPI = 25*0.1 = 2.5 seconds.