FieldServer FS-8700-83 instruction manual 1Driver Limitations & Exclusions, 2Data Types

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5.Configuring the FieldServer as a Gamewell Serial Driver Server

The Gamewell Serial Driver provides limited server functionality. This has been developed to allows for automated testing and Quality Assurance. It is not supported or documented however, at a client’s request it can be extended & documented (typically at an additional cost.)

6.Advanced Topics

6.1Driver Limitations & Exclusions

The driver does not support scaling when data is stored in a data array. The keywords

‘Data_Array_Low_Scale, Data_Array_High_Scale, Device_Low_Scale, Device_High_Scale’

have no meaning for this driver. The reason for this is that the values stored by the driver have specific meanings based on parsing the message. Scaling is only applicable in drivers which read and write values from the remote device.

6.2Data Types

Messages contain Status and Action information. The status information indicated the state of a device / circuit / panel. The action information describe the event that generated the message.

By specifying one of the following Data_Types you can filter the incoming messages so that on certain types of messages update certain data arrays. For example, if you are only interested in storing data from messages that report an alarm then set the Data_Tupe of that map descriptor to ‘Alarms’. If you don’t care about the particular state then use the Data_Type of ‘Any’. The driver will set the values of the array elements non-zero if any not-normal states are reported.

Data_Type

Status

Note #

Any

 

1

Alarms

Status:ALARM

2

Faults

Status:FAULT

2

Events

Status:EVENT

2

Bus

Status:BUS

2

Comm

Status:COMM

2

Control

Status:CONTROL

2

Ack

Status:ACK

2

Signal Silence

Status:SIG SIL

2

Troubles

Status:FAULT

2

Supervisories

Status:EVENT and Action contains "Supv. Event in"

2

Action_Numbers

 

3

Action_Bits

 

4

Dump

 

5

Notes:

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Contents Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual Effective for all systems manufactured after May 1Table of Contents 1Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver 2Provided by userRS-485/RS-232 Pigtail for RJ45 port Driver ManualHardware Connections 1Data Arrays Section TitleColumn Title Function Legal Values ExampleDefault 1 second 2Client Side ConnectionsNone 3Client Side Nodes 4Client Side Map Descriptors FieldServer Related Map Descriptor ParametersDriver Related Map Descriptor Parameters Timing Parameters ValueMap Descriptor Example 1 Store data from incoming messages Daack 1Driver Limitations & Exclusions 2Data TypesStatus Types and Values Status4When do Data Arrays get cleared Reset 5Action TypesAdding a New Status Type System Setup Fire AlarmSecurity Alarm Pre AlarmFS-8700-83 Gamewell Adding new Action Types 6Advanced Map Descriptor Examples Example 1 Filtering DataExample 2 Action Numbers Example 3 Action Bits Example 4 Ignored Messages 1ICTimeout 2Driver StatsOffset is obtained by multiplying the port number by Driver stores the following data Array OffsetRevision History

FS-8700-83 specifications

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