FS-8700-59 Canatal Driver Manual Table of Contents
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1Canatal Satchnet Protocol Driver Description ................................................................................................ 3
2Driver Scope of Supply ...................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver.....................................................................................3
3Hardware Connections................................................................................................................................... 4
3.1 Connection Notes ..........................................................................................................................................5
3.1.1 Interconnecting Cable Characteristics ...................................................................................................5
4Data Array Parameters...................................................................................................................................6
5Configuring the FieldServer as a Canatal Satchnet Protocol Driver Client.......................................................7
5.1 Client Side Connection Descriptor Parameters .............................................................................................7
5.2 Client Side Node Descriptor Parameters .......................................................................................................8
5.3 Client Side Map Descriptor Parameters.........................................................................................................9
5.3.1 FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ...................................................................................9
5.3.2 Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters...........................................................................................9
5.3.3 Timing Parameters.................................................................................................................................9
5.3.4 Map Descriptor Example......................................................................................................................10
6Configuring the FieldServer as a Canatal Satchnet Protocol Driver Server.................................................... 11
6.1 Server Side Connection Parameters ............................................................................................................11
6.2 Server Side Node Parameters ......................................................................................................................12
6.3 Server Side Map Descriptors........................................................................................................................13
6.3.1 FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters .................................................................................13
6.3.2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters .........................................................................................13
6.3.3 Timing Parameters...............................................................................................................................13
6.3.4 Map Descriptor Example......................................................................................................................14
Appendix A. Useful Features................................................................................................................................ 15
Appendix A.1. Retrieving Data from Tables with Mixed Data Formats ...................................................................15
Appendix A.1.1. Map Descriptor Example........................................................................................................15
Appendix B. Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................... 16
Appendix B.1. Improving Communication on Legacy Canatal Devices....................................................................16
Appendix B.2. Driver Error Messages ......................................................................................................................16
Appendix C. Reference......................................................................................................................................... 18
Appendix C.1. Canatal Device Data Tables ..............................................................................................................18
Appendix C.2. Recommended Data Array Formats Based on Canatal Data Types..................................................19
