FieldServer FS-8700-43 instruction manual Common Applications and Examples

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4.5.Common Applications and Examples

Each Command on the VESDA has a particular data format.

4.5.1.VESDA data format for command 1 (Set Operation)

This command is mandatory as it turns the VESDA system into a master slave relationship and is of type BIT. The content of the data is irrelevant. The format for the data is as follows:

Data Arrays

Column Title	Function	Legal Values
Data_Array_Name	Provide name for Data Array	Up to 15 alphanumeric
		characters
Data_Format	Provides data format	BIT
Data_Array_Length	Number of Data Objects	8

Client Side Map Descriptors

Column Title		Function		Legal Values
Map_Descriptor_Name		Name of this Map		Up to 32 alphanumeric
		Descriptor		characters
		Name of Data Array where
Data_Array_Name		data is to be stored in the		As above.
		FieldServer
Data_Array_Location		Starting location in Data	0
		Array
Function		Function of Client Map		WRBC, WRBX
		Descriptor.
		Name of Node to fetch data		One of the node names
Node_Name				specified in “Client Node
		from
				Descriptor” above
Data_Type		Data type		dig_output
Length	Length of Map Descriptor		8
Address		Starting address of read	0
		block
Command		The command id as given in	1
		the notes.
Network		The network number	1-255
Zone	The zone number		1-255
Sector		The sector number	1-255

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