General information about RTU Configuration can be found here. It discuss file locations and configuration interface topics common to any device using RTU Configurations.
Below is a sample configuration file for BenchMark. Please note that this is only a starting point. The file may have as many or as few table & row tabs as are necessary.
<Tables> <Table Number="0" Description="First two analogs" Selected="True" LastRead="2009/03/19 16:49:14"> <Display Key="Register" F1="Value" ID1="ExternalID1" Lnk="ItemLink"/> <Data> <row Key="7001" F1="0" ID1="DiffPress" Lnk="DP_0001"/> <row Key="7002" F1="31909" ID1="Temperature" Lnk="SP_0001"/> <row Key="7202" F1="0" ID1="New" Lnk="SP_0001"/> </Data> </Table> <Table Number="1" Description="Next two analogs" Selected="True" LastRead="2009/03/19 16:49:14"> <Display Key="Register" F1="Value" ID1="ExternalID1" Lnk="ItemLink"/> <Data> <row Key="1161" F1="0" ID1="Control Output 1" Lnk="SP_0001"/> </Data> </Table> </Tables> |
In the above sample file, notice that individual configuration items are grouped into tables. This is simply a logical grouping for the sake of readability. The user may add as many or as few tables as desired.
The Table tag has several attributes:
Within each table tag, there must be at least a Display tag. The Display tag must have a Key & F1 attributes.
The Data tag is a container for individual Row tags which define each configuration setting.
The Row tag defines a single configuration setting.