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APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY 

Effective for all systems manufactured after May 1, 2001 

 

Driver Manual  

(Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual)

 

 

FS-8700-70 WS3000 TABS

 

 

Driver Version: 

1.01

Document Revision:   6 

Summary of Contents for FS-8700-70

Page 1: ...LICABILITY EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after May 1 2001 Driver Manual Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual FS 8700 70 WS3000 TABS Driver Version 1 01 Document Revision 6 ...

Page 2: ... 1 Data Arrays Descriptors 6 4 2 Client Side Connection Descriptors 7 4 3 Client Side Node Descriptors 7 4 4 Client Side Map Descriptors 8 4 4 1 FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters 8 4 4 2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters 8 4 4 3 Timing Parameters 8 4 4 4 Map Descriptor Example 1 9 4 4 5 Map Descriptor Example 2 Remote Control Commands 10 5 Configuring the FieldServer as a WS30...

Page 3: ...over a multidrop RS 422 line or over a RS 232 line and allows only one master and up to 32 slaves on a serial channel Slaves are assigned station addresses that range from 0 to 31 The master does not have a station address The protocol is strictly command response with the master polling the slave devices Each slave can be configured to hold the data for one to 256 displays Each display contains 6...

Page 4: ...9 1970 email support fieldServer com 2 Driver Scope of Supply 2 1 Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver FieldServer Technologies PART Description 25029 Cable Cat5 10 BASET w Boot 7 Yelow FS 8917 03 Conn DB9M to DCE RTS CTS DSR DTR FS 8700 70 Driver Manual 2 2 Provided by user The user has to provide a RS 422 cable for connecting the WS3000 to the RS 232 to RS 422 converter ...

Page 5: ...Y MC 408 262 2299 FieldServer RJ45 Socket Use one of RS 232 ports P1 P8 1 4 8 pins D B RS 232 G H K L RS 422 485LDRC B B Electronics RS 232 to RS 422 Converter A C GND F 10 to 30V DC GND Power Supply Dip Switch Settings Sw Setting Meaning 1 4 Down off RS 422 5 Up on Terminated 6 7 Down off Unused baud rates 8 Up on 2400 baud Rx Rx Tx Tx 5 6 7 8 pins Use one of Channels 3 9 Chan Connector no 3 P11 ...

Page 6: ...ications 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...

Page 7: ...ings on the WS3000 for setting up the serial communication settings on the FieldServer Also remember to change the baud rate setting on the RS 232 to RS 422 converter if necessary Example Client Side Connections Connections Port Baud Parity Protocol Handshaking P1 2400 Odd ws3000_tabs None 4 3 Client Side Node Descriptors Section Title Nodes Column Title Function Legal Values Node_Name Provide nam...

Page 8: ...ay 0 to maximum specified in Data Array section above Function Function of Client Map Descriptor RDBC WRBX Only for use to execute remote control commands See Map Descriptor examples Length The length of the Map Descriptor 1 4 4 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 Des...

Page 9: ...1 0s Points_0 0 rdbc Tabs_0 This can be any name but each name must be unique Name will appear in FieldServer Map Descriptor status information screens The rate at which the TABS device will be polled The Data Array name must be one found under Data_Arrays Data from the scan will be stored in the array at Data_Array_Offset This value specifies the offset into the Data Array where the data fetched ...

Page 10: ...ffset Length Points_write Write_triggers 0 wrbx Tabs_0 Write_parms 0 1 Parameters arrangement in Parms_DA Position from Parms_DA_Offset Description 0 Display number 1 1 Point number 1 0 63 2 Control type 1 0 1 2 128 255 3 Display number 2 4 Point number 2 0 63 5 Control type 2 0 1 2 128 255 57 Display number 20 58 Point number 20 0 63 59 Control type 20 0 1 2 128 255 Note To trigger the remote con...

Page 11: ...on and the data to be provided to the Clients needs to be mapped in the Server 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 Server Side Connection Descriptors Section Title Connections Column Title Function Legal Values Port Specify which port the device is connected...

Page 12: ...Side Map Descriptors 5 3 1 FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Column Title Function Legal Values Map_Descriptor_Name Name of this Map Descriptor Up to 32 alphanumeric characters Data_Array_Name Name of Data Array where data is to be stored in the FieldServer One of the Data Array names from Data Array section above Data_Array_Location Starting location in Data Array 0 to maximum specif...

Page 13: ...set Function node_name Point_data_0 Points_0 0 passive Tabs_0 This can be any name but each name must be unique Name will appear in FieldServer Map Descriptor status information screens The Data Array name must be one found under Data_Arrays Data will be sent from this array to the device polling this TABS device This value specifies the offset into the Data Array where the data will be stored for...

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