FieldServer FCI 7100 Series - Manual (Page 2)

FS-8700-112 Gamewell-FCI 7100 Driver Manual Table of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 FCI 7100 Series Serial Driver Description ........................................................................................................ 3
2 Driver Scope of Supply ................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver ..................................................................................... 4
2.2 Provided by the Supplier of 3 rd Party Equipment .......................................................................................... 4
2.2.1 Required 3 rd Party Hardware ................................................................................................................. 4
3 Hardware Connections ................................................................................................................................... 5
4 Data Array Parameters ................................................................................................................................... 6
5 Configuring the FieldServer as a GAmewell-FCI 7100 Series Client ................................................................. 7
5.1 Client Side Connection Parameters ............................................................................................................... 7
5.2 Client Side Node Parameters ......................................................................................................................... 7
5.3 Client Side Map Descriptors........................................................................................................................... 8
5.3.1 FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters ................................................................................... 8
5.3.2 Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters ........................................................................................... 8
5.4 Map Descriptor Example 1 – Sensor / Module Events ................................................................................ 10
5.5 Map Descriptor Example 2 – Bit Storage ..................................................................................................... 11
6 Configuring the FieldServer as a Gamewell-FCI 7100 Series Server ............................................................... 12
Appendix A. Useful Features ................................................................................................................................ 13
Appendix A.1. Extending the Event Table ................................................................................................................ 13
Appendix A.1.1. Map Descriptor Parameters ................................................................................................... 13
Appendix A.1.2. Example 1: Index value of 'Trouble' is updated to a new value of 100 ................................. 13
Appendix A.1.3. Example 2: New Entry is added ............................................................................................ 13
Appendix A.2. Panel Synchronization ...................................................................................................................... 13
Appendix A.3. What happens when the panel sends a Reset Message .................................................................. 14
Appendix A.4. Networked Panels. ........................................................................................................................... 14
Appendix B. Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................... 15
Appendix B.1. Driver Error Messages. ..................................................................................................................... 15
Appendix B.2. Driver Stats Exposed. ........................................................................................................................ 17
Appendix C. Reference ......................................................................................................................................... 19
Appendix C.1. Events and Event Categories ............................................................................................................ 19
Appendix C.2. How Data is stored ........................................................................................................................... 20