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CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A SBT-FSI SERVER 6
For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the FieldServer Configuration Manual. The
information that follows describes how to expand upon the factory defaults provided in the configuration files
included with the FieldServer (See “.csv” files provided with the FieldServer).
This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate
with a SBT-FSI Client.
The driver can be used to emulate a MXL/XLS Server device. Other protocol drivers could then poll other remote
devices and access the local MXL/XLS Server data to set or clear events. In this configuration an existing SBT-FSI
system could be replaced with an MXL/XLS emulation. Existing Clients could poll the emulation driver on the
FieldServer to get the same data as from a conventional MXL/XLS Server.
Up to 99 panels can be emulated with the driver. A Map Descriptor has to be defined for each type of remote
device that would normally exist in a MXL/XLS Server. The following types can be used:
Device Type
Fire Alarm In
Fire Alarm Out
Fire Alarm Acknowledge
Trouble In
Trouble Out
Trouble Acknowledge
Supervisory In
Supervisory Out
Supervisory Acknowledge
Security Alarm In
Security Alarm Out
Security Alarm Acknowledge
Status Event
Test Event
Analog Voltage
Analog Sensitivity Voltage
Analog Threshold Voltage
The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable
the FieldServer for SBT-FSI communications, the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared in the
“Data Arrays” section, the FieldServer virtual node(s) needs to be declared in the “Server Side Nodes” section, and
the data to be provided to the Clients needs to be mapped in the “Server Side Map Descriptors” section. Details on
how to do this can be found below.
Note that in the tables, * indicates an optional parameter, with the bold legal value being the default.