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FS-8704-14 EtherNet/IP Manual

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Example

// Server Side Nodes

Nodes

Node_Name

, Protocol

EIP_01

, EtherNet/IP

6.3

Server Side Map Descriptor

6.3.1 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 Section 4

Data_Array_Offset

Starting location in Data Array

0 to (Data_Array_Length -1)
as specified in Section 4.

Function

Function of Server Map Descriptor

Passive

Server_Hold_Timeout*

Specifies the length of time that the FieldServer will
reserve the Server side connection while waiting for
the Client side to update data in Data Array (if
necessary)

>1.0s

6.3.2 Server Specific Map Descriptor Parameters – Unconnected Messages

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

EIP_Service

The action to be performed.

Get_Attrib, Set_Attrib

EIP_Class

Class to be served.

One

of

the

classes

supported by the driver. .
Refer to Appendix A.4

EIP_Attribute Attribute associated with the class served.

See particular attributes
of each class. Refer to
Appendix A.4

Length

Number of data elements to be mapped. If the number of data
elements exceeds the Map Descriptor length, the list of data
elements will be truncated and an error message will be printed
once per Map Descriptor. Refer to Appendix D for further
information.

For

any

given

Map

Descriptor there can be
200 Floats, 400 Integers or
800 Bytes

Address

Instance of the class to be served.

Depends

on

the

supported instances for
each class.