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Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS-8700-132 Gamewell FCI E3 Series Serial Driver APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after September 2010 A Sierra Monitor Company Driver Version: 1.02 Document Revision:...
The Gamewell FCI E3 Series System Control Units are manufactured by Fire Control Instruments. A Gamewell FCI- E3 Panel with an enabled serial port can transmit data to a FieldServer which can, in turn, make the data available to other devices including those which communicate using different protocols. Messages received from the E3 are analyzed and are then either discarded or used to update the FieldServer’s internal Data Arrays depending on the...
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CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A GAMEWELL FCI-E3 SERIES SERIAL CLIENT For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the FieldServer Configuration Manual. The information that follows describes how to expand upon the factory defaults provided in the configuration files included with the FieldServer (See “.csv”...
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 Page 7 of 20 Legal Values...
Data Array points associated with the Map Descriptor on 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 It specifies the starting Module or Sensor...
Manual synchronization is required. When the “Reset” button on the panel is pressed a message is transmitted to the FieldServer, which clears the data in the FieldServer. After a reset the panel sends messages to report all abnormal states. When all these messages have been processed the FieldServer and panel will be synchronized.
If the driver is sending the same alarm to a number or external nodes, an error may be reported. In this case specify the connection parameter FCI_Max_Len_for_Node_line. Refer to Section 5.1 for more information. 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...
Since the value of the ‘Relay/Loop/Zone’ parameter matches the Loop number in the message, these Map Descriptors remain in contention. 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 , Module , Module...
Not defined in the spec 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 bit – or expressed another way, the driver Event "Fault"...
FCI_E3:#15 Err. Event Type=<%s> Not recognized." , drv_bd- >event_desc ) Correct the configuration file, download to the FieldServer and restart 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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FCI_E3:#33 Err. Driver can’t poll or write. FCI_E3:#36 Err. Too Short. Bytes=%d , conn->ux_iptr" Correct the configuration file, download to the FieldServer and restart 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...
FS-8700-132 Gamewell FCI-E3 Driver Manual Appendix C.4. Driver Stats Exposed. In addition to the standard FieldServer operating statistics the driver exposes certain key stats in a Data Array if required. An upstream device can then monitor these stats. Add the following to the configuration file to activate these stats.
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FCI_E3_STAT_INHIBIT_RESET_WHILE FCI_E3_STAT_NODE_INFO_MSG FCI_E3_STAT_NO_PLACE_TO_STORE_NODE 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 Offset Description Increments each time a message is parsed with no errors but the nature of the message doesn’t require...
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