FieldServer FS-8700-115 - Manual (Page 2)

FS-8705-06 GPA (General Purpose ASCII) Manual Table of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GPA (General Purpose ASCII) Driver Description ............................................................................................ 3 1
1.1 Driver Limitations .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Driver Scope of Supply ................................................................................................................................... 3 2
2.1 Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver ..................................................................................... 3
Hardware Connections ................................................................................................................................... 4 3
Data Array Parameters ................................................................................................................................... 5 4
Configuring the FieldServer as an GPA Driver Client ....................................................................................... 5 5
5.1 Client Side Connection Parameters ............................................................................................................... 6
5.2 Client Side Node Parameters ......................................................................................................................... 7
5.3 Client Side Map Descriptor Parameters ......................................................................................................... 7
5.3.1 FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters ................................................................................... 7
5.3.2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ........................................................................................... 7
5.4 Map Descriptor Example 1 – Data Recording ................................................................................................ 9
5.5 Map Descriptor Example 2 – Polling ............................................................................................................ 10
Configuring the FieldServer as a GPA Driver Server ...................................................................................... 11 6
Appendix A. Useful Features ................................................................................................................................ 12
Appendix A.1. Separating Data Streams .................................................................................................................. 12
Appendix A.1.1. Customizing Data Stream Separation using Connection Parameters. ....................................... 12
Appendix A.1.2. Changing the default end of stream character using the registry. ............................................ 12
Appendix A.2. Interaction with the WebServer Driver ............................................................................................ 12
Appendix B. Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................... 13
Appendix B.1. Driver Specific Stats .......................................................................................................................... 13
Appendix B.2. Driver Error Messages ...................................................................................................................... 13