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4.3.Client Side Node Descriptors

Section Title
Nodes
Column Title			Function					Legal Values
Node_Name	Provide name for node						Up to 32 alphanumeric characters
	This parameter only has meaning						The protocol is node-less - the
	for this driver when multiple						messages		do	not	contain
	panels are networked in an FCI						information		identifying a		unique
	network.		In	this	case	the	source	and/or		destination	node
Node_ID	NODE_ID is the panel number.						address. Thus this parameter need
	Set the Node_ID of the local panel						not be specified if only one 7100 is
	to zero, and create one node						connected		per	FieldServer serial
	descriptor for each panel setting						port. In	networked configurations,
	the Node_ID to the panel number.						specify whole numbers 0,1,2,3 …
Protocol	Specify protocol used						FCI_7100,			FCI_7100_series,
							FCI7100
	Only	required		for	networked
	configurations.
	This parameter tells the driver
	what to do with ‘Reset’ messages.
	When	not	specified		or set	to
	‘Reset_by_any_Node ‘ then the
	driver will reset the data array						Reset_by_any_Node,
FCI_Reset_Acti	points associated with the given
on_Option*	node irrespective of the reset						Reset_by_this_Node_Only
	message’s origin.
	When			set		to
	‘Reset_by_this_Node_Only’ then
	the driver only resets the data
	associated with the given node if
	the reset originated from the same
	node.
Connection	Specify which port the device is						P1-P8, R1-R21
	connected to the FieldServer
Example

//Client Side Nodes

Nodes
Node_Name,	Protocol,	Connection
Panel-01,	FCI_7100,	P8

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