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    A Sierra Monitor Company APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactur ed after May 1, 2001 Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS-8700-83 Gamewell Serial Driver[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l I n d e x FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fie ldserv er.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262-9042 Toll_ Free : 888-509-1970 ema il : support@fieldse rver.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. GAMEWELL SERIAL DRIVER DESCRIPTION ..............................................[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 1 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 1. Gamewell Serial Driver Description The Gamewell Serial Driver al lows the Fi eldServer to acc[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 2 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 3. Hardware Connections The bridge is connected to the Gamewell panel as shown below. Configure [...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 3 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 4. Configuring the FieldServer as a Gamewell S erial Driver Client For a detailed discussion on [...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 4 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 4.2 Client Side Connections Section Title Connectio ns Column Title Function Legal Values Port S[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 5 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 4.3 Client Side Nodes Section Title Nodes Column Title Function Legal Values Node_Name Provide n[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 6 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 4.4 Client Side Map Descriptors FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters Column Title Funct[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 7 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Length Length of Map Descriptor Controls how many elements of the data array are controlled by t[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 8 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262 -9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fieldserver.com Map Descriptor Example 1 – Store data from incoming messages. This example illustrates typical m[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 9 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262 -9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fieldserver.com Map Descriptor Example 2 – Send a Reset / Ack / Silence Command. This example illustrates three [...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 1 0 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 5. Configuring the FieldServer as a Gamewell Serial Driver Server The Gamewell Serial Drive r [...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 1 1 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 1. If the Data Type is ‘Any’ then the map descripto r will be used to store data from mess[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 1 2 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com When comparing these keywords to the data in t h e Status field of the message the driver only[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 1 3 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Based on the table below if a message contai ns the string ‘Fire Alarm in’ then the action[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 1 4 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 33 New Card Detected @ System Problem 34 Out of Memory Assigning System Problem 35 I/O Restore[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 1 5 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com Adding new Action Types The following fragment from a CSV fil e shows how you ca n add two new[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 1 6 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262 -9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fieldserver.com 6.6 Advanced Map Descriptor Examples Example 1 : Filtering Data You can direct the driver to fil[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 1 7 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262 -9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fieldserver.com Example 2 : Action Numbers You can have the driver store a value corre sponding to the cont ents[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 1 8 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262 -9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fieldserver.com Example 3 : Action Bits Instead of having the driver store a value to indicate t he acti on, the[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 1 9 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262 -9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fieldserver.com Example 4 : Ignored Messages When messages are recei ved that the driver cannot find a m ap desc[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 2 0 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 7. Driver Notes 7.1 IC_Timeout The connection IC_Time out must be set to zero. This is done in[...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 2 1 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com The driver stores the following data . PORT Description 0 1 2 3 … 8 Array Offset 0 30 60 90 [...]

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    F S - 8 7 0 0 - 8 3 G a m e w e l l P a g e 2 2 o f 2 4 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Taro b Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web :www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-9042 Toll_Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fiel dserver.com 8. Revision History Date Driver Version Document Revision Resp Comment 29May2002 1.00 0 Initia[...]