User Guide
FS-8700-132 Gamewell FCI-E3 Driver Manual            Page 13 of 20 
FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com 
Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970  email: support@fieldserver.com 
Appendix A.  Advanced Topics 
Appendix A.1.  Events and Event Categories 
The driver reports the event cause using the matching index value. There are 4 event categories: 
1 = Other 
2 = Fault 
3 = Alarm 
4 = Trouble 
The message category must match the ‘Event Type’ parameter specified on a Map Descriptor before 
that Map Descriptor can be considered for storage of the message data. 
Index  Category  Event 
1  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_FAULT  "Fault" 
2  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Short" 
3  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Disconnect"
3
4  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Comm Fault" 
5  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Config Err" 
6  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Eeprom Bad" 
7  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Reset" 
8  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Silence" 
9  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Cross Zone"
3
10  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Acknwldgd" 
11  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Walk Test" 
12  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Alarm Test" 
13  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"SPVSN Test" 
14  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Fault Test" 
15  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Fire Drill" 
16  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Batt Test" 
17  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"PRGM Mode" 
18  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Action" 
19  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Loop Break" 
20  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_ALARM 
"Alarm" 
21  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"P.A.S." 
22  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Off-Normal" 
23  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"RZA Fault"
3
24  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Verify"
3
25  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"CM Short"
3
26  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Test Fail" 
27  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Alert" 
28  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Dirty" 
29  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Very Dirty" 
30  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Missing" 
31  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Wrong Type" 
32  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Extra Addr" 
33  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Clock Err"
3
34  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_TRBLE  "Trouble"
3
35  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"MLT Events"
3
36  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Alrm Ackd" 
37  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Outpt Fail" 
38  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Tally Flt" 
39  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"AC Flt To" 
40  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Trbl Ackd" 
41  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Access" 
42  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Netwrk Flt" 
43  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"NetGndFlt" 
44  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Dact Fault" 
45  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Node Msng" 
46  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Node Xtra" 
47  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Fans Off" 
48  FCI_EVENT_TYPE_OTHER 
"Xzone Alrm" 
3
Not defined in the spec










