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1. National Time & Signal FACP Driver Description
Fire Alarm Control Panels (FACPs) are manufactured by the National Time and Signal Corp.
The series 900 and 902 FACP’s can be purchased with a ‘BACnet’ interface option. When
suitably equipped and when this interface is enabled, the FACPs can transmit data to a
FieldServer which can, in turn, make this data available to other devices including devices which
are capable of communicating using the BACnet and other protocols.
This driver is a passive client driver. This means that the driver does not actively poll for data but
listens passively for data to be sent by the FACP’s that it is connected to. Messages sent by the
panel are either ignored stored by the FieldServer based on panel status. How these messages
are processed is dependent on the configuration.
No automatic panel data synchronization technique exists. The data in the FieldServer and the
panel status have to be synchronized manually.
This is a serial driver. Data is transferred using RS-232 or RS-485 (with converter).
The driver provides both client and server emulation. The server side of the driver is intended to
support FieldServer’s Quality Assurance program and is not intended to provide complete
emulation of a FACP. Thus the server side is not fully documented. However, at a customer’s
request the server side functionality can be documented and enhanced. If you are interested in
this functionality, then please contact FieldServer’s sales group.
Max Nodes Supported
FieldServer Mode
Nodes Comments
Client 1 One such connection can be made per FieldServer port.
Server
Server emulation provided for QA purposes only. Not
supported or documented except at customer request.