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Appendix A. Advanced Topics
Appendix A.1. Hardware Handshaking
The driver does not support the Simplex RTS/CTS handshaking model. Therefore deselect
the HSHAKE terminal flag or connect CTS to RTS with a jumper on the 4100 side.
Appendix A.2. Simplex Address Formatting – Specific Keywords
The Simplex Time Recorder Company - 4100 Computer Port Protocol only uses the
standard 4100 address format of <Card>-<Point>-<Sub-point>. Symbolic addressing is not
supported. The following table lists keywords which control the behavior of the FieldServer
with respect to connection to a Simplex device and the permissible values determining the
type of data being read/written.
Keyword Description Function
Ackall
This command acknowledges all card-point-sub states
based on the values found in the associated arrays.
The FieldServer watches the Data Array to see if we need
to send an ack.
DA element Accepted
1
st
– ack all
2
nd
- ack A primary abnormal state
3
rd
– ack F Fire alarm
4
th
– ack P Priority 2
5
th
– ack S Supervisory
6
th
– ack T Trouble
7
th
– ack C Control
Set the array element to 1 to initiate the command. The
FieldServer clears the value on completion.
WRBC
Do not specify c-p-s in
the Map Descriptor.
Ack
This command allows the user to acknowledge a single
point. The specified Data Array is inspected and the value
of the single element is used to determine which device
state's are ack'd. Refer to Appendix A.4
WRBC
Specify c-p-s in the
Map Descriptor.
Clist
This command returns the current point status for one
point. Refer to Appendix A.4 and Appendix A.20
RDBC
Specify c-p-s in the
Map Descriptor.
Earths
4
This function obtains earth/ground status information from
the panel. Two Data Array elements are used to store the
normal (=1) or abnormal (=2) for each card. The first
element is for the positive ground and the second element
is the negative ground. Where cards do not report both,
the first element of the pair is used.
The array position is obtained by multiplying the card
number by two and adding the offset specified in the Map
Descriptor. Set the length of this Map Descriptor to twice
the value of the maximum card number.
RDBC
Do not specify c-p-s in
the Map Descriptor.
4
This driver function used the Simplex ‘CSHOW c-p-s CVAL’ command. It is only supported by panels
with firmware revision numbers greater than 10