Table of Contents

FS-8700-132 Gamewell FCI-E3 Driver Manual	Table of Contents

		TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.	Gamewell FCI-E3 Series Serial Driver Description		3
2.	Driver Scope of Supply		4
2.1.	Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver		4
2.2.	Provided by the Supplier of 3rd Party Equipment		4
2.2.1. Required 3rd Party Hardware			4
3.	Hardware Connections		5
4.	Configuring the FieldServer as a Gamewell FCI-E3 Series Serial Driver Client		6
4.1.	Data Arrays/Descriptors		6
4.2.	Client Side Connection Descriptions		7
4.3.	Client Side Node Descriptors		8
4.4.	Client Side Map Descriptors		8
4.4.1. FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters			8
4.4.2. Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters			9
4.5.	Map Descriptor Example 1 – Sensor / Module Events		10
4.6.	Map Descriptor Example 2 – Bit Storage		11
5.	Configuring the FieldServer as a Gamewell FCI-E3 Series Serial Driver Server		12
Appendix A.		Advanced Topics	13
Appendix A.1. Events and Event Categories			13
Appendix A.2. Extending the Event Table			14
Appendix A.3. How Data is stored			14
Appendix A.4.		Panel Synchronization	16
Appendix A.5. What happens when the panel sends a Reset Message			16
Appendix A.5.1. Networked Panels			16
Appendix B. Driver Error Messages			17
Appendix B.1.		Driver Stats Exposed	19

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