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    A S i e r r a M o n i t o r C o m p a n y APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after May 1, 2001 Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS-8704-12 GE-EGD (Ethernet Global Data) Driver Version: 1.02 Document Revision: 1[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Table of Contents FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. GE-EGD (ETHERNET GLOBAL DATA) DESCRIPTION.............................................[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 3 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 1. GE-EGD (Ethernet Global Data) Description The GE-EGD (Ethernet Global Data) driver allows the FieldServer to [...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 4 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 2. Driver Scope of Supply 2.1. Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver FieldServer Technologies PAR[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 5 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 3. Hardware Connections The FieldServer is connected to the Site Ethernet as shown below. Configure and connect [...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 6 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 4. Configuring the FieldS erver as a GE-EGD Client Historically, one uses the client-server model to describe th[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 7 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Example // Data Arrays Data_Arrays Data_Array_Name, Data_Format, Data_Array_Length DA_AI_01, UInt16, 200 DA_AO_0[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 8 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 4.4. Client Side Map Descriptors 4.4.1. FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Column Title Function Leg[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 9 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Column Title Function Legal Values The following keywords apply only to the GE-EGD protocol. ge_producerId This [...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 10 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 4.4.3. Map Descriptor Example. 1 - Map Descriptor Basics In this example the basics required for eac h consumer[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 11 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 4.4.5. Map Descriptor Example. 3 - Multiple Consumer Map Descriptor In this example we assume that one produced[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 12 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 5. Configuring the FieldS erver as a GE-EGD Server 5.1. Server Side Connection Descriptors Section Title Connec[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 13 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 5.3. Server Side Map Descriptors 5.3.1. FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Column Title Function Le[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 14 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Column Title Function Legal Values ge_producerId This identifies the GE device producing the EGD data. Although[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 15 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 5.3.4. Map Descriptor Example. Map_Descriptor_Name, Data_Array_Name, Data_Array _Offset, Function, node_name, L[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 16 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Appendix A. Advanced Topics Appendix A.1. Enable the FieldServer to read data from a 90-xx PLC. Appendix A.1.1.[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 17 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com • Note the Local Producer address. Typically it will be the same as the IP of th e closest GE Ethernet port. [...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 18 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 5.3.5. Create a CSV f ile that will consume the produced data. An example is shown on the following page. You w[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 19 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Adapters Adapter, protocol N1, ge_egd Nodes Node_name, IP_Address, Adapter, Protocol PLC90-30, 216.232.242.3, N[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 20 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Map_Descriptors Map_Descriptor_Name, Data_Array _Name, Data_Array_Offset, Function, node_name, Length, ge_produ[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 21 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Appendix A.2. Data Types Each produced data packet contains up to 1400 bytes of unstructured data. The specific[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 22 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Appendix B. Error Messages Multiple protocol drivers may exist on a FieldServer. Each driver may produce its ow[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 23 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Appendix B.1. EGD-ii (EGD Internal Indication s) This driver can expose data from the most recently consumed me[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 24 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Appendix B.2. Driver Stats EGD producers produce data messages for slave devices to consume. The type and frequ[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 25 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Appendix C. Troubl eshooting Tips Appendix C.1. ProducerID with FieldServer device as Producer During testing i[...]

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    FS-8704-12_GE-EGD Manual Page 26 of 26 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK[...]