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Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS-8700-40 SBT-FSI (Siemens Building Technologies – Foreign Systems Interface) APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after October 2011 A Sierra Monitor Company Driver Version: 1.12 Document Revision:...
The SBT-FSI (Siemens Building Technologies – Foreign Systems Interface) driver allows the FieldServer to transfer data to and from Siemens MXL/XLS devices (NIM-1R MXL/XLS to foreign system protocol. The FieldServer can emulate either a Server or a Client. Note that the Driver does not support MXL and XLS panels networked together.
(or OFF). See connection diagram below: Connect the NIM-1R to an RS-232 port on the Fieldserver as depicted in the fiagram below (brown circle) Connect the NIM-W to an RS-485 port on the FieldServer as depeicted in the diagram below.
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Pinouts FS Function RJ45 Pin# DB9F Pin# FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com Cerberus Cable Pin Color Black Green Brown...
The FieldServer can be connected to either Port 1 or Port 3 on the XLS Panel as described in the connection drawing. Pins 6 and 7 on the Port 2 Connector must be jumpered to enable RS-232 Port 3.
The driver does not support MXL and XLS panels networked together. One FSI panel may be connected per FieldServer port, but multiple panels may be connected per FSI. The following diagram illustrates two possible connection configurations. Panel FieldServer Configuration 1 –...
Format must be Uint16 or Int16 to see trouble codes. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com , Data_Array_Length , 19...
SBT-FSI Server. In FSI mode, the NIM-1R or NIM-1W or RPM allows the FieldServer to gather data from up to 63 MXL/XLS Panels connected via an MXL/XLS network. The default configuration shipped with the FieldServer will monitor two panels (1 and 2) with 8 modules (1 to 8) each.
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Map Descriptors are used to determine which bit to set in the Data Array. When an event arrives from a panel, the FieldServer will scan for a Map Descriptor with a Node_ID matching the panel number reported in the event. This Map Descriptor will point to the Data Array to be modified. The location can be further refined if a starting module within the panel is specified in the Block_Number field.
FS-8700-40 SBT FSI Driver Manual The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for SBT-FSI communications, the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared in the “Data Arrays”...
Function Function Descriptor FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com , Port , P1 Legal Values Up to 32 alphanumeric characters One of the Data Array names from Section 4.
To monitor a MXL/XLS device we need only one “poller” Map Descriptor as shown below. The function of this Map Descriptor’s is to continuously check the MXL device for events from panels. Only one poller Map Descriptor per FieldServer port is required when monitoring more than one MXL/XLS device. The Node_Name will indicate on which port this Map Descriptor resides.
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All passive Map Descriptors are optional. Specific Map Descriptors may be defined for particular events to be monitored as per the Msg_Type. Should events happen for which no Map Descriptors are defined, error messages will occur on the FieldServer. It may therefore be useful to add dummy Map Descriptors especially for ack responses to prevent nuisance error messages.
Note: If necessary, use more analog Map Descriptors with other Analog_Device numbers to poll other devices on the loop. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com Page 16 of 34...
Analog Sensitivity Voltage Analog Threshold Voltage The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for SBT-FSI 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 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com , Data_Bits Page 18 of 34...
Note that no port information is necessary on Server side. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com Page 19 of 34...
Note that a poller message type may not be used in a Server Map Descriptor. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com Page 20 of 34 Legal Values One of the node names specified in Section 6.2.
More than one Msg_Type Map Descriptor may be used to represent other modules. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com Page 21 of 34...
Appendix A.3. Obtaining Point Addresses from the panel report In order to configure the FieldServer to capture data from the Panel, the point addresses being used in the panel need to be identified. The Panel report that can be printed out from the panel can be used for this purpose, but matching the Report parameters with the FieldServer configuration parameters is not a trivial exercise.
Appendix B.2. Recording Active Events – XLS Panel When there is an active event in the XLS panel, the FieldServer will report this event in the Driver log of RUInet (Remote User Interface) regardless of whether there is a Map Descriptor to store the event or not. The report may...
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Alarm from Isolated Device Printer off-line Warm Reset FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com Page 32 of 34 Trouble Type Trouble Type Text...
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Amplifier 2 Backed Up Amplifier 3 Backed Up FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com Page 33 of 34 Trouble Type...
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Memory upgrade required Event queue corrupt FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com Page 34 of 34 Trouble Type Trouble Type Text...