FS-RA-CLX_SlotServer_Instruction_Manual_(T17011)
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6.6.
Server Side Map Descriptors
6.6.1.
SlotServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters
Column Title
Function
Legal Values
Map_Descriptor_Name
Name
of
this
Map
Descriptor
Up to 32 alphanumeric
characters
Scan_Interval
Rate at which IO image
data is updated
Use twice the rate used in
RSLogix e.g. 0.2s
Function
Function of Server Map
Descriptor
WRBC - to write into Input
Image Data buffer
RDBC - to read from Output
Image Data buffer
6.6.2.
Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters
Column Title
Function
Legal Values
Node_Name
Name of Node to fetch data
from
One of the node names
specified in “Client Node
Descriptor” above
IO_Data_Type
Data type of IO image
Use same as used in
RSLogix to add the module
INT (16-bit integer)
SINT (8-bit signed)
DINT (32-bit double)
REAL (32-bit float)
DA_Name_Start
2
Name of Data Array to
include in IO image data
One of the Data Array
names from “Data Array”
section above. Data Arrays
must be named as follows:
DaName_x where x is a
value e.g. DaName_1
DA_Count
Number of Data Arrays to
include in IO image data
1-200
Protocol_Type_ID
Custom Value transferred in
IO
image
to
indicate
protocol of IO image data
0 - value permitted by
IO_Data_Type
3
e.g. 0 - 65535 for INT
2
Refer to Appendix A.6 for information specific to naming Logics driver Data Arrays.
3
T
he update rate decreases as the number of blocks go up. For 25 blocks we have an update rate of
25*RPI = 25*0.1 = 2.5 seconds.
