FS-8700-41 Simplex 4100 Driver Manual

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4.5.6.Map Descriptor Example 2. - Use unsolicited messages from the Panel to determine point status

ThisMapDescriptorcanbeusedtostorepointstat

 

usdatawhentheFieldServerreceivesanunsolicite

dmessagefromthePanel

containingpointstatusinformation(Xpointmessage

s).ThepanelsendsanXpointmessageeachtimea

point’sstatuschangesto

anynonnormalstate.UsingtheseMapDescriptors

 

willensurethattheFieldServerisconstantlyupda

 

tedwiththelatestpanelstatus

information.TheMapDescriptor’sarepassivesot

 

heycanbeusedinajointstrategywiththeclist

 

function(section4.4.1)tokeep

trackofapoint’sstatus.NotesinAppendixApro

videmoreinformation

 

 

 

 

 

 

OneXpointMapDescriptorisrequiredforstorageo

 

fXpointmessagesfromeachcard.Foragivencard

 

,thedriverusesamapping

functionbasedonthepointsubpointaddresstodet

 

erminethearraylocationtostorethestateforth

ecps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Map_Descriptor_Name,

Data_Array_Name,

Data_Array_Offset,

Function,

Node_Name,

sim4100_func,

sim4100_card,

sim4100_point,

sim4100_sub,

Length

A1

DA_AI3,

0

 

passive,

Node_A,

xpoint,

1,

0,

 

10,

1000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TheData

 

 

SimplexDevice:Card

WhenusedwithanXpointMapDescthisparameter

 

extractedfromthe

 

 

Allpointsubpointdata

 

 

Driverstores

means‘Howmanysubpointsperpoint?’

 

deviceisplacedin

 

forthiscardarestored

 

Mustbepassive

datafrom

Ifthevalueis10thenthedriveruses10arraylo

cations

thisdriver

usingthisMapDesc.

 

unsolicited

foreachpoint.Thus

 

independentdata

 

 

 

 

xpoint

 

Point0:Arraylocations09

 

array.

 

 

 

 

messages

 

Point1:Arraylocation1019

 

 

 

Setthistozeroforxpoint

 

 

 

 

Point2:Arraylocations2029…

 

 

 

 

MapDesc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ThusforthisMapDesc.IftheXpointmessageisfor

110

 

 

 

 

thenthestatewillbestoredatlocation10.

 

 

 

 

 

.IftheXpointmessageisfor125thenthestate

willbe

 

 

 

 

storedatlocation25.

 

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