An I/O Driver is an E3 module that enables communication with a certain device, by using DLL Drivers supplied by Elipse Software. A manual is supplied along with every Driver and it contains important information regarding configuration of its [P] parameters and other properties. The available types of Driver objects for communication are described on the following table.
Available objects on I/O Drivers
Object |
Description |
|---|---|
Folder |
Defines groups and sub-directories for organizing variables. It does not have a direct relationship with field devices |
I/O Tag |
Used to define communication with a variable (a memory address) of an acquisition device |
I/O Block |
Used to define communication with several variables (several memory addresses in a sequence) of an acquisition device |
Block Element |
Represent each one of the addresses of a Block and are used as if they were I/O Tags. Block Elements can point to each index inside a Block (corresponding to each monitored variable) |
