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A Sierra Monitor Company Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS-8700-74 Veeder-Root APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after May 1, 2001 Driver Version: 1.01 Document Revision: 3...
FS-8700-74 Veeder Root Driver Manual Page 3 of 33 Veeder-Root Driver Description The Veeder-Root Serial Driver allows the FieldServer to transfer data to and from devices over either RS-232 or RS-485 ports using Veeder-Root protocol as defined in Veeder Root Document 576013-635 Revision J.
FS-8700-74 Veeder Root Driver Manual Page 5 of 33 Hardware Connections The FieldServer is connected to the Veeder-Root Panel as shown below. Configure the Veeder-Root Panel according to manufacturer’s instructions. TLS-350 8917-07 RJ45 CAT 5 Cable Connect to RS232 port P1-P8...
This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate with a Veeder-Root Device. The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for Veeder-Root Driver communications, the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared in the “Data Arrays”...
Not all ports shown are necessarily supported by the hardware. Consult the appropriate Instruction manual for details of the ports available on specific hardware. 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...
Not all ports shown are necessarily supported by the hardware. Consult the appropriate Instruction manual for details of the ports available on specific hardware. 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...
Legal Values Scan_Interval Rate at which data is polled >0.1s ¥ See Appendix A.1 for Data Type, Address and Length Limitations. 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...
DA_INVENTORY starting at the this example. zero’th element (offset=0) and 10 elements of the array are reserved for this data. 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...
It may be possible to extend and document the server at the request of an end-user. 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...
7 Stop Pressure Line Leak Test 10 Start WPLLD Line Leak Test (3.0 GPH only in V18) 10 Stop WPLLD Line Leak Test 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...
If the security feature has been disabled on the panel the set the route to zero as illustrated in the following CSV file fragment. Nodes Node_Name, Port, Protocol, Route Node_A , P1 , VEEDER , 0 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...
(less then 5%). • Several errors in consecutive messages may cause the FieldServer kernel to place the node offline in which case polling is slowed significantly until good communications are re- established.
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You cannot take any corrective action to eliminate this error. VRoot:#12 Err. Command Report the message to FieldServer support. It will assist in the 0x54. Bad confirmation diagnosis of the error if you can take a port log. . There are a few code.
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#7 messages. If there are any correct the errors by editing the Rqd=%d CSV file. Then reset the FieldServer. If the driver is still producing error 16 then you should report this to FieldServer support. Provide a copy of your configuration file and a port log to assist in the diagnosis of this error.
Additional information is provided in Appendix A.4 Appendix B.1. Driver Stats In addition to the standard FieldServer communication statistics described in the FieldServer User’s Manual Veeder-Root Driver can also expose some driver statistics by writing data to a Data Array. A special Map Descriptor named “vroot-stats” is required.
Type-A Sensor relying on the Type-B Sensor response to a different Universal Sensor poll. Press. Line WPLLD Relay 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...
DA_Byte_Name and the DA_Float_Name. Make sure that both of these arrays are UINT32 or FLOAT if you use them. 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...
Thus if a 02 = Tank Leak Alarm was cleared then at index=2 the value stored will be a one. 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...
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