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    APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after January 18, 1999 Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS - 8700 - 78 Dart Instruction Manual Part Number FS - 8700 - 78 2/20/2003 A Sierra Monitor Company[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page Index TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Dart Driver Description ...................................................................................................[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 1 1 Dart Driver Description The Dart Driver is designed for connection to a Data Air Coporation Dart Device. The Dart device is a active element on a[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 2 2 Driver Scope of Supply 2.1 Supplied by Sierra Monitor for this driver RS485 connection adapter Driver Manual. 2.2 Provided by user Data Aire Dart[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 3 3 Hardware Connections Hardware[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 4 3.1 Hardware Configuration – Dart Pr esent When a DART device is connected to the Data Aire field devices then the Fieldserver is connected to th[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 5 4 Basic Configuration For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the instruction manual for the FieldServer. The infor[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 6 4.2 Client Side Connections Section Title Connections Column Title Function Legal Values Port Specify which port the device is connecte d to the Fi[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 7 4.3 Client Side Nodes Section Title Nodes Column Title Function Legal Values Node_Name Provide name for node Up to 32 alphanumeric characters Node_[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 8 4.4 Client Side Map Descriptors 4.4.1 FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Column Title Function Legal Values Map_Descriptor_Name Name of[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 9 DA_Field Onl y required when the function is a write (wrbc) or when the map descriptor is associated with a write by means of the DA_Assoc paramete[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 10[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 11 4.4.4 Map Descriptor: Example 1 – Read all possible data Map_Descriptor_Name, Data_Array_Name , Data_Array_Offset, Function, node_name, Address,[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 12 4.4.5 Map of How Data Aire Device Data is stored in a Data Array In the example of 4.4.1 the Fieldserver listens passively for all possible data f[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 13 63 1 1 heat_strip_config x x x x x Dap - Stat 64 1 1 hum_config x x x x x Dap - Stat 65 1 1 csUtilPct x x x x x Dap - Stat 66 1 1 hsUtilPct x x x [...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 14 487 1 1 chilled_water X X X Dap - Menu 488 1 1 compressor_config X X X Dap - Menu 489 1 1 c_mode X X X Dap - Menu 490 2 1 fire_lim X X X Dap - Men[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 15 533 1 1 csUtilPct2 x x x Chille r- Stat 534 1 1 csUtilPct3 x x x Chiller - Stat 535 1 1 valveUtilPct x x x Chiller - Stat 536 3 48 errors x x x Ch[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 16 899 4 1 adj_rate X X X X Dap80 - Menu 900 1 1 alrm_delay_1 X X X X Dap80 - Menu 901 1 1 alrm_delay_2 X X X X Dap80 - Menu 902 1 1 alrm_delay_3 X X[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 17 1081 1 1 s_delay X X X X Dap80 - Menu 1082 2 1 t_calib X X X X Dap80 - Menu 1083 1 1 t_dband X X X X Dap8 0 - Menu 1084 2 1 t_setpt X X X X Dap80 [...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 18 "7" 7 080 DAP II, no relay expansion "8" 8 080 Chiller II "9" 9 080 DAP II, with relay expansion "10" 10 N[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 19 4.4.7 Map Descriptor: Example 2 – Writing a Set - Point . A Data Aire device cannot be written to unt il it has been read. This is a limitation [...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 20 4.4.8 Map Descriptor: Example 3 – Writing multiple points using one message. Map_Descriptor_Name, Data_Array_Name , Data_Array_Offset, Function,[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 21 5 Cha pter 5 This Chapter is blank.[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 23 6 Advanced Topics 6.1 Additional Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters What happens if you want to poll for one specific type of data more [...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 24 another value for DA_Assoc. Da_Freq Used only for connection to DART’s. Specify in milliseconds the interval at which you want a wrbc/rdbc ma[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 25 IN addition to the ‘Everything’ keyword indicated in chapter 4 the following specific query functions are implemented. Func. Description Dr[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 26 DA_Field Legal Values D escription Data Format DA_Func All The whole data record returned by the slave is stored in the data array byte for byt[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 27 6.1.3 DA_Method Parameter Values and Notes The DA_Method specifies a method for int erpreting a range of bytes when the DA_Field=special. Metho[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 28 6.1.4 Advanced Example 1 : Map_Descriptor_Name, Data_Array_Name, Data_Array_O ffset, Function, node_name, Address, Length, DA_Func, DA_Field, S[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 29 6.1.5 Advanced Example 2 The DAP - II Status query returns 14 bytes of errors & status information. The arrangement and meaning of these by[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 30 6.1.6 Advanced Map Descriptor: Example 3 - Using the 'special' parameter. Map_Descriptor_Name, Data_Array_Name, Data_Array_Off set, F[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 31 6.1.7 Advanced Map Descriptor: Example 4 - Using the 'DA_Assoc' parameter. Map_Descriptor_Name, Data_Array_Name, Data_Array_Offset, F[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 32 6.1.8 Map Descriptor: Example 5 - Using a special / diagnostic command. Map_Descrip tor_Name, Scan_Interval, Data_Array_Name , Data_Array_Offse[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 33[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 34 6.2 Related Documents The driver as specified in this manual is based on Data Aire Poll and Response Protocol Revision 3.2 dated 4 Nov 1997. Th[...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 35 6.4 Writing data to Dap Devices The variables in a DAP device are not individually addressable . When a DAP device is read a data composite is [...]

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    Driver Manual FieldServer Tec hnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 6611 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.sierramonitor.com E - mail: sierra@sierramonitor.com Page 36 7 Revision Change Notices Revision Number Format Explained: 1.05a Rev0 7.1 Rev1.06a - Rev0 Changes from previous releases This is the first rel[...]