Canatal Driver Manual
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Canatal Satchnet Protocol Driver Description .................................................................................. 4
2 Driver Scope of Supply ....................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Supplied by Sierra Monitor Corporation ......................................................................................... 4
2.2 Provided by the Supplier of 3
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Party Equipment............................................................................ 4
3 Hardware Connections ........................................................................................................................ 5
3.1 Connection Notes ........................................................................................................................... 6
3.1.1 Interconnecting Cable Characteristics .................................................................................... 6
4 Data Array Parameters ........................................................................................................................ 7
5 Configuring the FieldServer as a Canatal Satchnet Client .............................................................. 8
5.1 Client Side Connection Descriptor Parameters .............................................................................. 8
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
6 Configuring the FieldServer as a Canatal Satchnet Server ........................................................... 11
6.1 Server Side Connection Parameters ............................................................................................ 11
6.2 Server Side Node Parameters ...................................................................................................... 11
6.3 Server Side Map Descriptors ........................................................................................................ 12
6.3.1 FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ................................................................. 12
6.3.2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters .......................................................................... 12
6.3.3 Timing Parameters ................................................................................................................ 12
6.3.4 Map Descriptor Example ....................................................................................................... 13
Appendix A. Useful Features ................................................................................................................... 14
Appendix A.1. Retrieving Data from Tables with Mixed Data Formats ................................................... 14
Appendix A.1.1. Map Descriptor Example ........................................................................................... 14
Appendix B. Troubleshooting .................................................................................................................. 15
Appendix B.1. Improving Communication on Legacy Canatal Devices .................................................. 15
Appendix B.2. Driver Error Messages ..................................................................................................... 15
Appendix C. Reference ............................................................................................................................. 17
Appendix C.1. Canatal Device Data Tables ............................................................................................ 17
Appendix C.2. Recommended Data Array Formats Based on Canatal Data Types .............................. 18