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FS-8704-01 SMC TCP/IP Driver Manual

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FieldServer Technologies

1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA

Web

:www.fieldserver.com

Tel

: (408) 262-2299

Fax

: (408) 262-9042

Toll_Free

: 888-509-1970

email

: support@fieldserver.com

3. Hardware

Connections

The FieldServer is connected to the Ethernet network as shown in the connection drawing.

FieldServer 1

FieldServer 2

Ethernet Hub or Switch

3.1. Hardware

Connection Tips / Hints

Please use the appropriate category Ethernet cable, i.e. At least CAT5 for a 100Mb/s
connection.

Summary of Contents for FS-8704-01

Page 1: ...r Company APPLICABILITY EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after May 1 2001 Driver Manual Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual FS 8704 01 SMC TCP IP Driver Version 1 01 Document Revision 0 ...

Page 2: ...Party Hardware 4 2 2 2 Required 3rd Party Software 4 2 2 3 Required 3rd Party Configuration 4 3 HARDWARE CONNECTIONS 5 3 1 Hardware Connection Tips Hints 5 4 CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A SMC TCP IP CLIENT 6 4 1 Data Arrays Descriptors 6 4 2 Client Side Connection Descriptions 7 4 3 Client Side Node Descriptors 7 4 4 Client Side Map Descriptors 8 4 4 1 FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Paramet...

Page 3: ... protocol The FieldServer can emulate either a Server or Client The SMC TCP IP driver can be used for inter bridge FieldServer to FieldServer communications to perform tasks like mirroring data arrays between FieldServers Max Nodes Supported FieldServer Mode Nodes Comments Client N A Inter bridge Communications to a virtually unlimited number of FieldServers Memory limitations may apply when a lar...

Page 4: ...iver FieldServer Technologies PART Description FS 8915 10 UTP cable 7 foot for Ethernet connection FS 8704 01 SMC TCP IP Driver Manual 2 2 Provided by the Supplier of 3rd Party Equipment 2 2 1 Required 3rd Party Hardware Part Description Ethernet 10 100 BaseT hub 2 2 2 Required 3rd Party Software None 2 2 3 Required 3rd Party Configuration Ethernet network Not all FieldServer models support 100Bas...

Page 5: ...ax 408 262 9042 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com 3 Hardware Connections The FieldServer is connected to the Ethernet network as shown in the connection drawing N1 N1 FieldServer 1 FieldServer 2 Ethernet Hub or Switch 3 1 Hardware Connection Tips Hints Please use the appropriate category Ethernet cable i e At least CAT5 for a 100Mb s connection ...

Page 6: ...e FieldServer for SMC TCP IP 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 ...

Page 7: ... Name N1 Protocol Specify protocol used SMT Example Client Side Connections Connections Adapter Protocol N1 SMT 4 3 Client Side Node Descriptors Section Title Nodes Column Title Function Legal Values Node_Name Provide name for node Up to 32 alphanumeric characters Node_ID Station address of physical server node 1 65535 Protocol Specify protocol used SMT Adapter Adapter Name N1 IP_Address IP Addres...

Page 8: ...y names from Data Array section above Data_Array_Offset Starting location in Data Array 0 to maximum specified in Data Array section above Function Function of Client Map Descriptor RDBC WRBC WRBX 4 4 2 Driver Related 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 Data_Type Data ...

Page 9: ...ll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com 4 5 Map Descriptor Example Client Side Map Descriptors Map_Descriptors Map_Descriptor_Name Data_Array_Name Data_Array_Offset Function Node_name Data_Type Target_DA_Name Target_DA_Offset Length CMD_01 DA_AI_01 0 RDBC Node_1 Register Reg_Values 0 100 The name of the Data Array in the remote FieldServer from which data is to be read ...

Page 10: ...FieldServer to communicate with a SMC TCP IP Client The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces and the routing of data required In order to enable the FieldServer for SMC TCP IP communications the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared in the Data Arrays section the FieldServer virtual node s needs to be declared in the Server Side Nodes section and the d...

Page 11: ...characters Node_ID Modbus station address of physical server node 1 65535 Protocol Specify protocol used SMT Server_Hold_Timeout Specifies time FieldServer will reserve server side connection while waiting for the Client side to update data in Data_Array if necessary 1 0s Example Server Side Nodes Nodes Node_Name Node_ID Protocol Node_1 1 SMT Note that there are no Server map descriptors for this ...

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