Rockwell Automation 1757-PROCESSLINX ProcessLinx OPC Server to Server Software User Manual - Manual (Page 55)

Publication 1757-UM002B-EN-P - January 2003
Import/Export 5-5
Group Declarations
All Groups in a Pipe are declared between the BEGIN_PIPE and END_PIPE
statements. A Group and its TagMaps are defined between the
BEGIN_GROUPMAP and END_GROUPMAP statements. A Group is
declared using the GROUPMAP line. Three Groups are defined in the
example file shown in Figure 4-2. The fields in the GROUPMAP declaration
are in Table 5.B.
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Table 5.B Group declaration syntax
Field # FIELD NAME FIELD TYPE FIELD DESCRIPTION Examples
1 Line Type String Contains the string GROUPMAP to define this
line in the CSV file as a Group declaration. GROUPMAP
2 Group Name String Contains the user-defined name of the Group
being declared. This filed cannot contain any
commas and is case insensitive. Group1
3 Description String Specifies the description of this Group. This filed
cannot contain any commas. May be left blank. User specified.
4 Data Flow Direction Integer Integer value representing the data flow
direction for this Group:
0 - () Data Flow from ProcessLogix to External
Server
1 - (F) Data Flow from External Server
to ProcessLogix
2 - (F) Data Flow Bi-Directional
0 or 1 or 2
5 Active Flag Integer Group Active flag, 1-Active, 0-Disabled. 0 or 1
6 ProcessLogix Deadband Float Specifies the Deadband (%) for the ProcessLogix
Server side Group. 1.0000
7 ProcessLogix Update Rate Integer Specifies the Update Rate (in milliseconds) for
the ProcessLogix Server side Group. 1000
8 ProcessLogix Time Bias Integer Specifies the Time Bias for the ProcessLogix
Server side Group. 0
9 Ext. Server Deadband Float Specifies the Deadband (%) for the External
Server side Group. 1.00
10 Ext. Server Update Rate Integer Specifies the Update Rate (in milliseconds) for
the External Server side Group. 1000
11 Ext. Server Time Bias Integer Specifies the Time Bias for the External Server
side Group. 0