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Appendix A.4. Panel Synchronization
Manual synchronization is required. When the “Reset” button on the panel is pressed a message is
transmitted to the FieldServer, which clears the data in the FieldServer. After a reset the panel sends
messages to report all abnormal states. When all these messages have been processed the
FieldServer and panel will be synchronized. This process can be repeated at any time.
Appendix A.5. What happens when the panel sends a Reset Message
When a panel sends a reset message the driver processes every single Map Descriptor, looking at
the ‘Clear on Reset’ parameter (See section 4.4.2). If the parameter is set to yes, then the driver sets
all the Data Array elements referenced by the Map Descriptor to zero by looking up the Data Array
Name, the Data Array offset and the length. The driver also clears the relevant sections of a Data
Array specified with the DA_Bit_Name parameter.
The process can take some time. For this reason, it is suggested that you take care not to set the
Map Descriptor length to a value larger than necessary.
Appendix A.5.1. Networked Panels.
The driver can processes messages and store data from multiple panels provided that:
• The panels are connected in an FCI network and the panels are configured to report their
events to the main panel
• The main panel is configured to send the Node of origin in a message preceding the event
message. Consult with FCI for information on how to achieve this.
Example of message sent by a panel that is networked. The driver is dependent on seeing the
node of event origin included in parenthesis before each event message.
Node02:
MISSING Acclimate L1S041 00:17:06
01/01/06
Node55: 1st Floor Lobby
DISCONNECT RSTRD Ion Detector L1S024 09:51:44
01/15/06
Local:
FIRST ALARM Photo Detector L1S001 09:24:52
12/01/06
The main panel is identified as ‘Local’. The driver interprets this as Node_ID=0.
To capture events from multiple networked panels a Node Descriptor is required for each panel
with the appropriate Node_ID. Each Node requires a set of Map Descriptors.