User Guide

FS-8700-83 Gamewell Index
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. GAMEWELL SERIAL DRIVER DESCRIPTION ................................................................................... 1
2. DRIVER SCOPE OF SUPPLY ..............................................................................................................1
2.1 SUPPLIED BY FIELDSERVER TECHNOLOGIES FOR THIS DRIVER ............................................................1
2.2 PROVIDED BY USER........................................................................................................................... 1
3. HARDWARE CONNECTIONS..............................................................................................................2
4. CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A GAMEWELL SERIAL DRIVER CLIENT ........................ 3
4.1 DATA ARRAYS ..................................................................................................................................3
4.2 CLIENT SIDE CONNECTIONS .............................................................................................................. 4
4.3 CLIENT SIDE NODES ......................................................................................................................... 5
4.4 CLIENT SIDE MAP DESCRIPTORS ....................................................................................................... 6
FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters..................................................................................6
Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters........................................................................................... 6
Timing Parameters................................................................................................................................. 7
Map Descriptor Example 1 – Store data from incoming messages. .....................................................8
Map Descriptor Example 2 – Send a Reset / Ack / Silence Command.................................................9
5. CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A GAMEWELL SERIAL DRIVER SERVER ....................10
6. ADVANCED TOPICS ..........................................................................................................................10
6.1 DRIVER LIMITATIONS & EXCLUSIONS................................................................................................ 10
6.2 DATA TYPES ................................................................................................................................... 10
6.3 STATUS TYPES AND VALUES............................................................................................................ 11
Adding a New Status Type ..................................................................................................................12
6.4 WHEN DO DATA ARRAYS GET CLEARED (RESET) .............................................................................. 12
6.5 ACTION TYPES................................................................................................................................12
Adding new Action Types ....................................................................................................................15
6.6 ADVANCED MAP DESCRIPTOR EXAMPLES ........................................................................................ 16
Example 1 : Filtering Data....................................................................................................................16
Example 2 : Action Numbers ...............................................................................................................17
Example 3 : Action Bits ........................................................................................................................18
Example 4 : Ignored Messages ........................................................................................................... 19
7. DRIVER NOTES ..................................................................................................................................20
7.1 IC_TIMEOUT...................................................................................................................................20
7.2 DRIVER STATS................................................................................................................................20
8. REVISION HISTORY................................................................ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.