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5

CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A DF1 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 (See “.csv” sample files provided with the FieldServer).

This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate
with a DF1 Server

The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable
the FieldServer for DH+ 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.

5.1

Client Side Connection Parameters

Section Title
Connections
Column
Title

Function

Legal Values

Port

Specify which port the device is connected to the
FieldServer

P1-P8

3

Baud*

Specify baud rate

300 to 115200; 9600

Parity*

Specify parity

Even, Odd, None

Data_Bits*

Specify data bits

8

Stop_Bits*

Specify stop bits

1, 2

Protocol

Specify protocol used

DF1_FD,

DF1_HD_MASTER,

DF1_HD_SLAVE

Checksum

Specify Checksum – refer to Appendix A.2

BCC, CRC-16


Example

// Client Side Connections

Connections

Port

, Protocol , Baud

, Parity , Data_Bits , Stop_Bits

P1

, DF1_FD

, 38400 , None

, 8

, 1

3

Not all ports shown are necessarily supported by the hardware. Consult the appropriate Instruction manual for details of the ports available

on specific hardware.