FieldServer FS-8700-72 instruction manual Server Side Connection Descriptors

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FS-8700-72 Secutron Manual

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5.2.Server Side Connection Descriptors

 

Section Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Column Title

 

Function

 

 

 

 

 

Legal Values

 

 

 

Port

 

 

Specify which port the device is connected

P1-P82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to the FieldServer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baud*

 

 

Specify baud rate

 

 

150,

300,

1200,

2400,

4800,

9600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Vendor limitation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parity*

 

 

Specify parity

 

 

 

None (Vendor limitation)

 

 

 

 

Data_Bits*

 

Specify data bits

 

 

 

8 (Vendor limitation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stop_Bits*

 

Specify stop bits

 

 

 

1 (Vendor limitation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Protocol

 

Specify protocol used

 

 

Secutron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Handshaking*

 

Specify hardware handshaking

 

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

//

Server Side Connections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connections

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port,

 

 

Protocol,

Baud,

Parity,

 

Handshaking

 

 

 

P1,

 

 

Secutron,

9600,

None,

 

None

 

 

 

 

5.3.Server Side Node Descriptors

Section Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nodes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Column

 

Function

 

 

 

Legal Values

 

 

Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Node_Name

Provide name for Node

 

 

Up to 32 alphanumeric

 

 

 

characters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Node_ID

Generic Node ID unique to port. Also used as panel

0-9

 

 

 

 

number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Protocol

Specify protocol used

 

Secutron

 

Port

Port to which node belongs

 

P1-P8

 

Example

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

// Server Side Nodes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nodes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Node_Name,

 

Node_ID,

Protocol,

 

 

Connection

 

 

Node_1,

 

1,

Secutron,

 

 

P1

 

 

2Not all ports shown are necessarily supported by the hardware. Consult the appropriate Instruction manual for details of the ports available on specific hardware.

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Contents Driver Manual FS-8700-72 Secutron Modul-R Table of Contents Secutron Modul-R driver Description Hardware Connections Data Arrays/Descriptors Client Side Connection Descriptors Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Map Descriptor Example Data Arrays Server Side Connection Descriptors Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Map Descriptor Example FS-8700-72 Secutron Manual Appendix A.2. Panel Circuit or Zone numbers Appendix A.3. Panel Power-up, Restarts and Resets

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