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Appendix A. Driver Notes

Appendix A.1. Driver Scope

This driver has implemented cheetah command #6.0. These messages are produced by a Cheetah device controller and are consumed by this driver. The driver has no control on the frequency of the messages and thus cannot guarantee fresh data. In addition the protocol has no method for acknowledging messages so that in the event of this driver having to discard a corrupt message, the message producer does not know and will not re-send.

Appendix A.2. Map Descriptor Specific Errors

Some errors produced by the driver are Map Descriptor specific. They can only be seen when using the Ruidebug program and looking at the Map Descriptor debugging screens. For more information on how to do this please refer to the FieldServer Utilities manual.

Appendix A.3. Multiple Cheetah Panels

Some of the broadcast messages produced by the Cheetah panel are node-less. This means that these messages do not identify the node of origin. Unfortunately, the message this driver uses to determine zone and device alarms is a node-less message. This limits the number of Cheetah panels per port to one. (If there were more than one the driver would not be able to determine the node of origin.)

Appendix A.4. How History Events are Stored

History events records are send by the panel each time an event occurs. The driver can parse these messages and store the data in either of two ways.

•The first method stores the event code at an array location that is based on the device address and loop number. See Map Descriptor example 8

•The second method stores a large number of additional event data such as the time & date in a secondary Data Array. See Map Descriptor example 9

The array locations of the additional data are indicated below

Location

Contents

Notes

0

Month

 

1

Day of Month

 

2

Year less 1900

 

3

Day of Week (1..7)

 

4

Hour (0-12)

 

5

AM-PM (A,P)

 

6

Minute

 

7

Second

 

8

Event Data (0-65535)

 

9

Custom Message

20 bytes

29

Fire Point

 

30

Zero Point

 

31

Device Type

 

32

Device Function

 

33

Zones device belongs to

32 bytes. Bit 0 -> Zone1 …. Bit 17->zone 18 …

65

Current History Counter (0-65535)

 

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Contents FS-8700-48 Fike Cheetah Table of Contents Cheetah Device Description Provided by Supplier of 3 rd Party Equipment RS-232 Connection to Fike Cheetah Panel Hardware Connections1RS-485 Connection to Fike Cheetah Panel RS-485 Connection to Fike Cheetah XI Panel Connection Notes RS-232 Connection to Fike Cheetah XI PanelData Arrays Configuring the FieldServer as a Cheetah Device ClientClient Side Connection Descriptors Plctype Client Side Node DescriptorsDriver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Map Descriptor Examples Page Map Descriptor Example 1. All Zones Data Map Descriptor Example 2.Specific Zone Data DADI1 Map Descriptor Example 3 Zone Status as a numeric valueMap Descriptor Example 4 All Devices Map Descriptor Example 5 Specific Device Map Descriptor Example 7 Panel Data Map Descriptor Example 6 Device States as a Numeric ValueMap Descriptor Example 8 History Data All Devices Dahist Daack Map Descriptor Example 11 Alarm AckConfiguring the FieldServer as a Cheetah Device Server Appendix A. Driver Notes Appendix A.1. Driver Scope Appendix A.2. Map Descriptor Specific ErrorsAppendix A.3. Multiple Cheetah Panels Appendix A.4. How History Events are StoredPage FS-8700-48 Fike Cheetah Manual FS-8700-48 Fike Cheetah Manual FS-8700-48 Fike Cheetah Manual FS-8700-48 Fike Cheetah Manual FS-8700-48 Fike Cheetah Manual AM/PM Appendix A.5. Storing Panel DataAppendix A.7. Panel Firmware Versions Appendix A.6. Acknowledging AlarmsAppendix B. Driver Error Messages DIAGUSER1 Appendix B.1. Driver Stats

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