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FDTModbusChannelParameterSchema
FDTModbusChannelParameterSchema
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xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-data" xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes" xmlns:fdt="x-schema:FDTDataTypesSchema.xml" xmlns:appId="x-schema:FDTApplicationIdSchema.xml" ><!-- FDT channel parameter schema V1.0 for Modbus protocol -->
<!-- Definition of Attributes -->
<AttributeType name="schemaVersion" dt:type="number" default="1.0" />
<AttributeType name="address" dt:type="ui2" />
<AttributeType name="modbusDataTypes" dt:type="enumeration" dt:values="coil discreteInput holdingRegister inputRegister" />
<AttributeType name="quantity" dt:type="ui2" />
<AttributeType name="protectedByChannelAssignment" dt:type="boolean" />
<AttributeType name="frameApplicationTag" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="scaleValue" dt:type="string" />
<AttributeType name="statusChannel" dt:type="boolean" />
<AttributeType name="gatewayBusCategory" dt:type="uuid" />
<!-- All elements of the enumeration represent data types specified in IEC 61131-3 -->
<AttributeType name="iecDataType" dt:type="enumeration" dt:values="BOOL SINT INT DINT LINT USINT UINT UDINT ULINT REAL LREAL TIME DATE TimeOfDay DateAndTime STRING BYTE WORD DWORD LWORD WSTRING" />
<!-- Definition of Elements -->
<!-- Definition of Modbus access data element -->
<ElementType name="ModbusAccessData" content="empty" model="closed" >
<attribute type="fdt:nodeId"
/><!-- Starting address of the discrete input/coil/register -->
<attribute type="address"
required="yes" /><!-- Type of data to be accessed -->
<attribute type="modbusDataTypes"
required="yes" /><!-- Number of discrete inputs/coils/registers to be accessed -->
<attribute type="quantity"
required="yes" /><!-- Access right for reading the Modbus data -->
<attribute type="fdt:readAccess"
required="no" /><!-- Access right forwriting the Modbus data -->
<attribute type="fdt:writeAccess"
required="no" /></ElementType>
<!-- Definition of UnitScaling element -->
<ElementType name="UnitScaling" content="empty" model="closed" >
<attribute type="scaleValue"
required="yes" /></ElementType>
<ElementType name="FDTChannel" content="eltOnly" order="seq" model="closed" >
<attribute type="fdt:nodeId"
/><!-- Unique identifier for a device, module or channel -->
<attribute type="fdt:tag"
required="yes" /><!-- Unique identifier for an element within the device namespace -->
<attribute type="fdt:id"
required="yes" /><!-- Human readable description within the context of a element -->
<attribute type="fdt:descriptor"
/><!-- TRUE if the channels is set to read only by the Frame Application -->
<attribute type="protectedByChannelAssignment"
required="yes" /><!-- Standard FDT data type -->
<attribute type="fdt:dataType"
required="yes" /><!-- Standard IEC 61131-3 data types -->
<attribute type="iecDataType"
required="no" /><!-- Specifies a signal as input or output -->
<attribute type="fdt:signalType"
required="yes" /><!-- Frame Application specific tag used for identification and navigation. -->
<!-- The DTM should display this tag at channel specific user interfaces -->
<attribute type="frameApplicationTag"
/><!-- The appearance and the functionality of a DTM user interface is controlled by the -->
<!-- entry of the element applicationId, functionId, and operationPhase -->
<attribute type="appId:applicationId"
/><!-- TODO SemanticIDs need to be defined -->
<element type="fdt:SemanticInformation"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="*" /><!-- Collection of EnumerationEntry -->
<element type="fdt:BitEnumeratorEntries"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /><!-- Enumeration element -->
<element type="fdt:EnumeratorEntries"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /><!-- Current unit and the collection of possible units of a process variable -->
<element type="fdt:Unit"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /><!-- scale value for the grapical representation of the process value -->
<element type="UnitScaling"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /><!-- Address information needed to directly access the process data in the target device via Modbus -->
<element type="ModbusAccessData"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /><!-- Collection of alarms specified in FDT -->
<element type="fdt:Alarms"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /><!-- Collection of ranges specified in FDT, which describe the valid range of a process value -->
<element type="fdt:Ranges"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /><!-- Deadband is the amount of value changes that triggers for example new trend values. -->
<element type="fdt:Deadband"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /><!-- Describes a substitute value which is used in combination of the behavior of disturbed channel values -->
<element type="fdt:SubstituteValue"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /><!-- should be used if the data type is structured -->
<element type="fdt:StructuredElements"
minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" /></ElementType>
<ElementType name="FDTChannelType" content="eltOnly" order="seq" model="closed" >
<attribute type="fdt:nodeId"
/><element type="fdt:VersionInformation"
/><!-- Unique identifier for a supported bus type like Profibus or HART according to the FDT specific CATID -->
<attribute type="gatewayBusCategory"
required="no" /><!-- TRUE if the channel is for status information only -->
<attribute type="statusChannel"
required="no" /></ElementType>
<ElementType name="FDT" content="eltOnly" order="seq" model="closed" >
<attribute type="schemaVersion"
/><attribute type="fdt:nodeId"
/><element type="FDTChannelType"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" /><element type="FDTChannel"
minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" /></ElementType>
</Schema>
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