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Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS-8700-80 McQuay MicroTech® Open Protocol™ APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after November 2011 A Sierra Monitor Company Driver Version: 1.05 Document Revision:...
Appendix A.1. Scaling ... 25 Appendix A.1.1. User Scaling: ... 25 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 Table of Contents...
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Appendix B.3. Node ID problems... 29 Appendix B.4. Server Side Configuration – Consecutive Addresses ... 30 Appendix B.5. Configuring the OPM to enable communication between the FieldServer and McQuay devices ... 30 Appendix B.5.1. Configuring multiple McQuay devices to communicate to a FieldServer without an OPM:... 30 Appendix C.
Data Terminal Communications Protocol. In this document the protocol is referred to as the McQuay MicroTech® Open Protocol. MicroTech controls are legacy products that may require the use of a FieldServer device in order to support existing applications in need of unit or network controller replacements and/or integration into a Building Automation System (BAS).
Figure 2 shows the important features of the OPM panel. 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 “Ethernet” port “Network”...
1.2.1 Single standalone MicroTech 200 Series unit controller When a FieldServer device is connected to a single MicroTech unit controller, the FieldServer connects to the “A” port of the MicroTech controller. The unit controller is typically a level 2 device with a Comm Port Configuration of “L2 TTY/Slave”.
(SCU) controller) can be re-configured as a level 1 device. Thus if a site has several SCUs, one of them can be re- configured as level 1 and the FieldServer connects to the "A" port of that unit controller. A Level 2 daisy chain is then connected from the “B”...
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MicroTech 2000 WSHP’s with LonWorks code (vs LonMark code) are installed below an MCG. 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 Laptop PC...
1.2.4.2 With no level 3 devices If a FieldServer gateway device is applied to a site that has an existing “MicroTech network” (meaning that it has custom MicroTech Monitor software for that site and an NMP Panel) with only level 2 controllers and no level 3 devices (such as Unit Vents or WSHPs), changes are required as follows: The checksums in the NMP’s application code must be corrupted so that the NMP no longer functions as a...
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Level 1 supervisory panel such as an RMC, CSC, or RMS, some re-wiring may be necessary. The FieldServer device must be wired to the A Port of the Level 1 device. The B Port of the Level 1 device is then wired to the B Port of all Level 2 devices with a daisy chain.
3. Cable length must not exceed 5000 ft (1524 m). 4. Standard serial cable. A null modem is not required. 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 3rd-party BAS Ethernet...
McQuay Micro Tech Open Protocol Driver Manual DRIVER FEATURES When emulating a Client, the driver enables the FieldServer to request ‘Everything’ from the McQuay, allow specific fields to be read or written and apply device scaling to be applied. When emulating a Server, the driver provides an emulation of the byte memory of a device and responds to read and write requests.
Connect to one of the RS-232 Ports on the FieldServer FieldServer 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 SERIES 200 CONTROLLER FS-8917-16 Page 14 of 43...
McQuay Micro Tech Open Protocol Server. The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for McQuay Micro Tech Open Protocol 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 , Protocol , Port...
Scan_Interval Rate at which data is polled 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 Legal Values Up to 32 alphanumeric characters One of the Data Array Names specified in Section 5.
Ensure that the field name is spaced and spelled exactly as it is printed in Appendix C.3 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 43 , Node_Name...
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 Legal Values P1-P8, R1-R2...
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 Legal Values Up to 32 alphanumeric characters...
7.3.4 Map Descriptor Example – Strategy 1. This example illustrates the configuration of the FieldServer as a McQuay Micro Tech Open Protocol Server where a single Map Descriptor is used to emulate a McQuay device’s memory as one large single block of bytes. Any requests in the address range 1-0x270F can be serviced by this one Map Descriptor. Is has the drawback that a large Data Array which will be mostly empty is used.
It is possible to read multiple addresses using one Map Descriptorbut it is only possible to write to a single address. Refer to examples on the following pages. 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...
Appendix A.4. Direct Addressing Example 2 – Controlling Bytes per Field – Reading This example reads a McQuay device starting at address 4096 (= 0x1000) to 4099 incl. Before storing the data from the responses, the FieldServer combines the 4 values into a single value and stores this single value in a single Data Array element.
Appendix B.3. Node ID problems If the Node is incorrectly specified, the FieldServer will not get a response from the McQuay unit. The ID used to communicate with the McQuay unit needs to be determined. This may not be the same as shown on the Rotary switches of the unit.
OPM: The FieldServer will be wired to a Level 1 Microtech controller at port A. Port B of the Level 1 MicroTech controller will be connected to the daisy chained Level 2 Microtech controllers. This has been tested with a SCU.
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12. Disconnect unit from the PC 13. Connect FieldServer to Port A (RS-232) 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 31 of 43...
McQuay:#14 Err. MapDesc=%s. Max Len=1 for Writes with direct addr. Correct the configuration by editing the CSV file and downloading it to the FieldServer, then reset the FieldServer for the changes to take effect. 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...
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Mcquay panel should respond regardless of its own internal address Correct the configuration by editing the CSV file and downloading it to the FieldServer, then reset the FieldServer for the changes to take effect. 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...
McQuay Micro Tech Open Protocol Driver Manual Appendix C.2. Statistics The driver reports statistics according to the standard FieldServer communication statistics listed in the following table: Statistic Description Each time a negative acknowledgement message is received. CHECKSUM Each time that a message is received that contains a non-ASCII character.