FieldServer Canatal Satchnet Driver FS-8700-59 - Manual (Page 7)

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5 CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A CANATAL SATCHNET PROTOCOL DRIVER 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 Canatal Satchnet Client.
The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable
the FieldServer for Canatal Satchnet Protocol Driver 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 Descriptor Parameters
Section Title
Connections
Column Title
Function Legal Values
Port
Specify which port the device is connected to the
FieldServer
P1-P8, R1-R2 2
Baud Specify baud rate
1200, 2400, 4800, 9600 (Vendor
limitation)
Parity Specify parity Even
Data_Bits Specify data bits 7
Stop_Bits* Specify stop bits 1
Protocol Specify protocol used Canatal, Satchnet
Poll Delay* Time between internal polls 0-32000 seconds, 1 s
Example
// Client Side Connections
Connections
Port , Baud , Parity , Protocol , Data_Bits , Stop_Bits
R1
, 1200 , Even , Canatal , 7 , 1
2 Not all ports shown are necessarily supported by the hardware. Consult the appropriate Instruction manual for details of the ports available
on specific hardware.