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FS-8700-122 X30 Profibus DP Master Manual Page 6 of 14
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4 CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A X30 PROFIBUS DP MASTER 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 up to 125 Profibus DP Slaves.
The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable
the FieldServer for X30 Profibus DP Master 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.
4.1 FieldServer
Section Title
FieldServer
Column Title Function Legal Values
System_Station_Address Profibus address of the X30 DP Master 0-125
4.2 Data Arrays/Descriptors
Section Title
Data_Arrays
Column Title Function Legal Values
Data_Array_Name Provide name for Data Array Up to 15 alphanumeric characters
Data_Array_Format
Provide data format. Each Data Array can only take on
one format.
Float, Bit, UInt16, SInt16,
Packed_Bit, Byte, Packed_Byte,
Swapped_Byte
Data_Array_Length
Number of Data Objects. Must be larger than the data
storage area required by the Map Descriptors for the
data being placed in this array.
1-10,000
Example
// Data Arrays
Data_Arrays
Data_Array_Name ,Data_Array_Format ,Data_Array_Length
Byte_Output
, Byte , 10
Byte_Input , Byte , 10
Word_Output , Uint16 , 10
Word_Input , Uint16 , 10
Float_Output , Float , 10
Float_Input , Float , 10