ProSoft Technology PS-QS-1x10-0781 - Manual (Page 2)

FieldServer Configuration Manual Table of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 FieldServer Concepts ...................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 6
1.2 Application .................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.3 Terminology ................................................................................................................................................ 6
1.3.1 Nodes ..................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.3.2 Clients and Servers ................................................................................................................................. 7
2 Overall Operation Philosophy ........................................................................................................................ 8
3 Getting Started – Basic Configuration ............................................................................................................ 9
3.1 Configuration File Overview: ...................................................................................................................... 9
3.2 Configuration File Structure ....................................................................................................................... 9
3.3 Editing Configuration Files ........................................................................................................................ 13
3.4 Testing Configuration Files with MB8SIM.EXE.......................................................................................... 13
3.4.1 Additional worthwhile MB8SIM checks: .............................................................................................. 15
4 Map Descriptor Functions ............................................................................................................................ 16
4.1 Active vs. Passive functions ...................................................................................................................... 16
4.2 Passive Map Descriptor Functions ............................................................................................................ 16
4.2.1 Passive ................................................................................................................................................. 16
4.2.2 Passive Client (Passive_Client) ............................................................................................................. 16
4.2.2.1 Working with Passive Client – Passive Server Applications ............................................................ 17
4.3 Active Map Descriptor Functions ............................................................................................................. 18
4.3.1 Read Block Continuous (Rdbc) ............................................................................................................. 18
4.3.2 Active Read Continuous with Sequencing (Arcs). ................................................................................. 18
4.3.3 Write Block on Change (Wrbx) ............................................................................................................. 18
4.3.4 Write Block Continuous (Wrbc) ............................................................................................................ 18
4.3.5 Active Read on Trigger (ART) ............................................................................................................... 19
4.3.6 Active Write on Trigger (AWT) ............................................................................................................. 19
5 Data Manipulation Features......................................................................................................................... 20
5.1 Moves ....................................................................................................................................................... 20
5.1.1 Simple Moves ....................................................................................................................................... 21
5.1.1.1 Simple Move Example ..................................................................................................................... 21
5.1.1.2 Special Application: Grouping Data ................................................................................................ 21
5.1.1.3 Special Application: Separating Responsible Map Descriptors ....................................................... 22
5.1.1.4 Special Application: Creating a LonWorks SNVT_Switch from 2 Modbus registers. ....................... 22
5.2 Function Moves – Type Casting ................................................................................................................ 23
5.2.1 Functions Available For Type Casting: ................................................................................................. 23
5.2.2 Converting two Integers to a Float. ..................................................................................................... 24
5.2.3 Using Moves to pack and unpack bits to or from a Register ............................................................... 24
5.2.4 Example 1 – Simple Bit Extraction........................................................................................................ 25
5.2.5 Example 2 - Simple Bit Packing ............................................................................................................ 25
5.2.6 Example 3 - Extracting bit groups ........................................................................................................ 26
5.2.7 Bit Extraction – Application Example ................................................................................................... 26
5.2.7.1 Bit Extraction Example Configuration: ............................................................................................ 27
5.2.8 Task Moves .......................................................................................................................................... 28
5.2.8.1 Special Application: Node Status .................................................................................................... 28
5.2.9 Match-pattern ..................................................................................................................................... 29