FS-8700-41 Simplex 4100 Driver Manual

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1.Simplex Time Recorder Company - 4100 Computer Port Protocol

The Simplex Time Recorder Company 4100 Computer P

ort Protocol driver allows the

FieldServertotransferdatatoandfromdevicesov

ereitherRS232orRS485usingSimplex

TimeRecorderCompany4100ComputerPortProtocol

 

.

 

This driver is designed to connect to a Simplex 410

 

0 panel equipped to support the “4100

ComputerPortProtocol”asdefinedinSimplex’sdoc

 

ument950004RevisionEdated28July

2000. The implementation provides a selected subse

t of protocol functions and subset of

functionalityfor eachoftheseselectedfunctions.

It is importanttonotetheexclusions and

limitationsdescribedinthisdocument.

 

 

 

The driver is a capable of parsing and storing info unsolicitedmessageswhicharetypicallygenerated oneoftheconnecteddevices. Thedriverisalsoc dataandsomeadditionaldatasuchasthepanel’st driver is capable of setting some control points in alarmsandwritingdata(wherepermitted)tosomea

rmation sent by a panel in the form of whenthereisastatechangeinthepanelor apableofpollingforpointandpanelstatus imeandrevisioninformation.Inadditionthe the panel – acknowledging and resetting naloganddiscretepoints.

Thisisaclientonlydriverandisnotcapableof emulatingaSimplexPanel.Serveremulationis providedfortestpurposesonlyandisnotsupporte dordocumented.

1.1.Supported Panel Types

Thedriverhasbeentestedagainst4020,4100and4 100Upanels.Thereisnodifferencein theprotocolformatbetweenthevariouspanels.Wha tchangesisthepanelfirmwareversion andwiththefirmwarechangesthesupportedfunctio nsetchanges.

1.2.Simplex Panel Firmware Revision vs. Supported Functionality

Thisdriverwasprimarilytestedagainsta4020pan elwithfirmwarerevision9.2.Betatesting againsta4100panelwithafirmwarerevision10.x wasalsoperformed.

Agridoffirmwarerevisionnumberandsupportedfu

nctionsisprovidedbySimplex. This

gridisavailablefromSimplex.Requestthe‘CPPR

evisionCompatibility’Table.

Allthefunctionsdescribedinthismanualaresupp

ortedforfirmwarerevisions10orhigher.

Forrevisionsbetween9.2and10,the‘Earths’and

‘Value’functionsdescribedinthisdriver

are not supported by the Simplex Panels. For revis

ions lower than 9.2, then functions

supported need to be determined by trial and error.

We arefairly confident that all the

functionssupportedbyversion9xarealsosupporte

dbyversions8xofthepanelfirmware.

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FS-8700-41 specifications

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