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Publication 1757-UM002B-EN-P - January 2003

Import/Export 5-5

Group Declarations

All Groups in a Pipe are declared between the BEGIN_PIPE and END_PIPE

statements. A Group and its TagMaps are defined between the

BEGIN_GROUPMAP and END_GROUPMAP statements. A Group is

declared using the

GROUPMAP line. Three Groups are defined in the

example file shown in Figure 4-2. The fields in the GROUPMAP declaration

are in Table 5.B.

Table 5.B Group declaration syntax

Field # FIELD NAME FIELD TYPE FIELD DESCRIPTION Examples

1 Line Type String Contains the string GROUPMAP to define this

line in the CSV file as a Group declaration.

GROUPMAP

2 Group Name String Contains the user-defined name of the Group

being declared. This filed cannot contain any

commas and is case insensitive.

Group1

3 Description String Specifies the description of this Group. This filed

cannot contain any commas. May be left blank.

User specified.

4 Data Flow Direction Integer Integer value representing the data flow

direction for this Group:

0 - () Data Flow from ProcessLogix to External

Server

1 - (F) Data Flow from External Server

to ProcessLogix

2 - (F) Data Flow Bi-Directional

0 or 1 or 2

5 Active Flag Integer Group Active flag, 1-Active, 0-Disabled. 0 or 1

6 ProcessLogix Deadband Float Specifies the Deadband (%) for the ProcessLogix

Server side Group.

1.0000

7 ProcessLogix Update Rate Integer Specifies the Update Rate (in milliseconds) for

the ProcessLogix Server side Group.

1000

8 ProcessLogix Time Bias Integer Specifies the Time Bias for the ProcessLogix

Server side Group.

9 Ext. Server Deadband Float Specifies the Deadband (%) for the External

Server side Group.

1.00

10 Ext. Server Update Rate Integer Specifies the Update Rate (in milliseconds) for

the External Server side Group.

1000

11 Ext. Server Time Bias Integer Specifies the Time Bias for the External Server

side Group.