User Guide

FS-8700-132 Gamewell FCI-E3 Driver Manual Table of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Gamewell FCI-E3 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
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Party Equipment ........................................................ 4
2.2.1. Required 3
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Party Hardware .................................................................................. 4
3. Hardware Connections ................................................................................................. 5
4. Configuring the FieldServer as a Gamewell FCI-E3 Series Serial Driver Client........ 6
4.1. Data Arrays/Descriptors............................................................................................. 6
4.2. Client Side Connection Descriptions .......................................................................... 7
4.3. Client Side Node Descriptors ..................................................................................... 8
4.4. Client Side Map Descriptors....................................................................................... 8
4.4.1. FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters.................................................... 8
4.4.2. Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters............................................................. 9
4.5. Map Descriptor Example 1 – Sensor / Module Events...............................................10
4.6. Map Descriptor Example 2 – Bit Storage ..................................................................11
5. Configuring the FieldServer as a Gamewell FCI-E3 Series Serial Driver Server......12
Appendix A. Advanced Topics..........................................................................................13
Appendix A.1. Events and Event Categories.......................................................................13
Appendix A.2. Extending the Event Table ...........................................................................14
Appendix A.3. How Data is stored.......................................................................................14
Appendix A.4. Panel Synchronization .................................................................................16
Appendix A.5. What happens when the panel sends a Reset Message..............................16
Appendix A.5.1. Networked Panels..................................................................................16
Appendix B. Driver Error Messages. ................................................................................17
Appendix B.1. Driver Stats Exposed. ..................................................................................19