FieldServer ControlNet FS-8700-104 manual

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    Driver Version: 1.03 Document Revision: 2 A Sierra Monitor Co mpany Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruc tion Manual) FS -8700-104 Contr olNet X30 Drive r APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after November 2011[...]

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    FS -8700-104_Contr olNet_X30 Manual Table of Contents FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, Cali fornia 95035 USA Web : www.field server.com Tel : (408) 262 2299 Fa x : (408) 262 2269 Toll Free : (888 ) 5 09 1970 emai l : support@field server.com T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S 1 ControlNet X30 Descr iption ............................[...]

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    FS -8700-104_Contr olNet_X30 Manual Page 3 of 13 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, Cali fornia 95035 USA Web : www.field server.com Tel : (408) 262 2299 Fa x : (408) 262 2269 Toll Free : (888 ) 5 09 1970 emai l : support@field server.com 1 C O N T R O L N E T X 3 0 D E S C R I P T I O N The FieldServer ControlNet X 30 driver can [...]

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    FS -8700-104_Contr olNet_X30 Manual Page 4 of 13 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, Cali fornia 95035 USA Web : www.field server.com Tel : (408) 262 2299 Fa x : (408) 262 2269 Toll Free : (888 ) 5 09 1970 emai l : support@field server.com 3 H A R D W A R E C O N N E C T I O N S The FieldServer is connect ed to the ControlN et netw[...]

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    FS -8700-104_Contr olNet_X30 Manual Page 5 of 13 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, Cali fornia 95035 USA Web : www.field server.com Tel : (408) 262 2299 Fa x : (408) 262 2269 Toll Free : (888 ) 5 09 1970 emai l : support@field server.com 4 D A T A A R R A Y P A R A M E T E R S Data Arrays are “proto col neutral” dat a buffers[...]

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    FS -8700-104_Contr olNet_X30 Manual Page 6 of 13 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, Cali fornia 95035 USA Web : www.field server.com Tel : (408) 262 2299 Fa x : (408) 262 2269 Toll Free : (888 ) 5 09 1970 emai l : support@field server.com 5 C O N F I G U R I N G T H E F I E L D S E R V E R A S A C O N T R O L N E T S E R V E R For[...]

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    FS -8700-104_Contr olNet_X30 Manual Page 7 of 13 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, Cali fornia 95035 USA Web : www.field server.com Tel : (408) 262 2299 Fa x : (408) 262 2269 Toll Free : (888 ) 5 09 1970 emai l : support@field server.com 5.2 S e r v e r S i d e C o n n e c t i o n P a r a m e t e r s Section Title Connections Col[...]

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    FS -8700-104_Contr olNet_X30 Manual Page 8 of 13 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, Cali fornia 95035 USA Web : www.field server.com Tel : (408) 262 2299 Fa x : (408) 262 2269 Toll Free : (888 ) 5 09 1970 emai l : support@field server.com 5 . 4 . 2 D r i v e r R e l a t e d M a p D e s c r i p t o r P a r a m e t e r s Column Titl[...]

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    FS -8700-104_Contro lNet_X30 Manu al Page 9 of 13 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 US A Web : www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262 2299 Fa x : (408) 262 2269 Toll Free : (888 ) 5 09 1970 email : supp ort@fieldserver.com 5 . 4 . 3 M a p D e s c r i p t o r E x a m p l e . // Server Side Map D escriptors Map_Descrip[...]

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    FS -8700-104_Contr olNet_X30 Manual Page 10 of 13 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, Cali fornia 95035 USA Web : www.fieldser ver.com Tel : (408) 262 2299 Fa x : (408) 262 2269 Toll Free : (888 ) 5 09 1970 emai l : support@field server.com Appendix A. Useful Features Appendix A.1. Contr o lNet X30 LED ind icators LED 1 – Module [...]

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    FS -8700-104_Contr olNet_X30 Manual Page 11 of 13 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, Cali fornia 95035 USA Web : www.fieldser ver.com Tel : (408) 262 2299 Fa x : (408) 262 2269 Toll Free : (888 ) 5 09 1970 emai l : support@field server.com Appendix B. Ven dor Information Appendix B.1. Using RSNetWorx Version 1.06 with PLC-5 scanne[...]

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    FS -8700-104_Contr olNet_X30 Manual Page 12 of 13 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, Cali fornia 95035 USA Web : www.fieldser ver.com Tel : (408) 262 2299 Fa x : (408) 262 2269 Toll Free : (888 ) 5 09 1970 emai l : support@field server.com Notes : 1. The ControlNet mod ule uses a ControlNet 32 -bit run/idle h eader, so the actu al[...]

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    FS -8700-104_Contr olNet_X30 Manual Page 13 of 13 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, Cali fornia 95035 USA Web : www.fieldser ver.com Tel : (408) 262 2299 Fa x : (408) 262 2269 Toll Free : (888 ) 5 09 1970 emai l : support@field server.com Appendix C. Referen ce Appendix C.1. Setting the FieldServ er’ s ControlNet MAC ID The MAC[...]