Summary of Contents for FieldServer LonWorks FS-8700-21
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Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS-8700-21 LonWorks APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after October 2011 A Sierra Monitor Company Driver Version: 1.28 Document Revision:...
Network Variables to a Server. Network Management The FieldServer is able to set its own Domain, Subnet and Node ID at start-up using the FieldServer configuration file. Alternatively, the FieldServer is capable of being commissioned and bound by Network Management Tools such as LonMaker®...
Clients/Servers The FieldServer functions as a Client when polling or sending updates on the LonWorks network and as a Server when being polled or receiving updates. The FieldServer can be bound to a maximum number of 15 LonWorks Nodes. The FieldServer recommended point limit is 1000 points for the FS-B2011 Series and 4096 points for the FS-B30.
The driver prints the Neuron ID on the Driver Message Screen as its starts. On FS-B2011 it is possible to print the Neuron ID on the Error Screen at any time by pushing the Service Button on the side of the FieldServer. On all platforms, the driver can store the Neuron ID in a Data Array so that it can be read by a Client node –...
Descriptor definition order in the configuration file. The driver also creates an identification table for configuration nodes to read the name and types of variables available on the FieldServer. Within the LonWorks protocol, this table size is limited to 64K bytes. If the application requires a large number of Server mappings (up to 4096), it will be necessary to limit the variable name length.
When commissioning an implicitly configured FieldServer using the "Traditional" binding method, the configuration parameters below are all that is needed to achieve this purpose. For hints and tips on how to commission the FieldServer using the various Vendor devices that do this, see Appendix B It is possible to set the FieldServer Online and Offline using the Network Management Tools.
The driver also creates an identification table for configuration nodes to read the name and types of variables available on the FieldServer. Within the LonWorks protocol, this table size is limited to 64K bytes. If the application requires a large number of Server mappings (up to 4096), it will be necessary to limit the variable name length.
Network Manager Address every time the FieldServer is restarted. Set the DSN from the Lon.ini file. Using this option provides a default DSN if the FieldServer does not have a DSN assigned. If a Network Manager or the FieldServer Configuration provides a DSN, then the Lon.ini DSN will be ignored.
Initiate a send on startup. Refer to Appendix A.3 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 Legal Values...
7.2.3.2 Timing Parameters Column Title Function 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 , LonWorks Page 18 of 72...
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Maximum Scan Time in seconds. Compulsory for Throttling Lon Functions only. Not used Max_Scan_Time* on other Lon Functions. 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 72 Values 0-32000,...
Note that Neuron ID addressing is considered explicit addressing so the station address, domain ID and subnet ID must be set as described in Section 7.1.4 Neuron ID addressing is independent of domains, subnet, nodes and can therefore reach any device connected to the LonWorks network. The FieldServer needs to be commissioned with a Network Management tool for the routers to know it's there, and then neuron based packets will be passed through the router.
One or both of these fields can be linked to a configuration network variable update input in order to create an interoperable configuration property. For further information refer to Appendix A.5 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-8700-21 LonWorks Manual Appendix A.4. XIF Generation After start-up the FieldServer creates a XIF (version 4.0) according to the configuration loaded. This file is called fServer.xif and can be uploaded from the FieldServer using the RuiNet utility. The FieldServer’s XIF file is internally generated by the LonWorks driver using the information contained in the FieldServer’s configuration file (CONFIG.CSV).
In this example the standard Open Loop Sensor Object (Type 1) is used to create a Water Temperature Sensor that will send out its current status via Network Variable Updates. 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 29 of 72 , Node_Name...
If this packing is already done when the value is transferred into the FieldServer, then the SNVT need only be linked to the relevant Data Array offset for transfer out of the FieldServer.
Initial State: Leave as is Press the service pin on the FieldServer when asked to do so, and the FieldServer will be commissioned. Drag a new function block onto the drawing from the toolbox. Give the function block a name and ensure that it is allocated to the FieldServer device.
Newron Systems may produce the following Error message “bindings lost after power-cycle” The solution to this is to place the FieldServer in the Configured state which will cause the bindings to be committed to the Neuron and they will remain after a power cycle.
Connect to the Lon side of the PT Link using the Lon network interface cable and set Care to Onnet. 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 36 of 72...
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Note: The schdfrc nv is the occupancy point. The pseudo point has to be set to a logical 1 for occupied and a logical 0 for unoccupied. 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 37 of 72...
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Ackd bindings in the service type as shown below. Care automatically defaults to unacknowledged bindings. 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...
Trane representative. When using Pre-Service Pack 4 software, you will be able to see the FieldServer in Rover, but none of the FieldServer variables will be available for binding even though they are present. Service Pack 4 has been tested to ensure that the variables show and the bindings work well.
If the domain and Subnet ID are defined in the configuration file of the FieldServer, these values will be used when power is cycled to the FieldServer. If the values set here are different to what the Network Manager has set up for the FieldServer for clients using implicit addressing, the FieldServer will stop communicating.
Overwritten each time Neuron ID is read. Contains 2nd nibble of 6th byte of Neuron ID as an ASCII char. 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 , 1000...
Byte. Fortunately, all SNVT’s are short in length and RAM is adequately provided for on the FieldServer. If a loss in resolution can be tolerated, any Data Array format may be used.
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Data Length SNVT_angle_f Suggested Data Array Formats 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 Units Values Range month of year 0 ..12...
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Data Item 2 Measurement hvac_t Data Item 3 Measurement 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 Units Values Range Radians -3.40282E38 3.40282E38...
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Sender ID Data Item 3 Measurement Sender priority 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 Units Values Range Lightness 0.0 .. 100.0...
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Measurement Density SNVT_density_f Data Length 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 Units Values Range 0 .. 5 Units Values Range ID number 1 ..
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Data Length SNVT_elec_kwh_l Suggested Data Array Formats Data Item 1 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 Units Values Range Kilograms Cubic 0 ..
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Data Length SNVT_fire_indcte Suggested Data Array Formats 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 Units Values Range Kilowatt-hour -214,748,364.8 ..214,748,364.6...
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Data Length SNVT_gfci_status Suggested Data Array Formats 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 Units Values Range 0 .. 8 Units Values Range 0 ..
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SNVT_hvac_emerg Data Item 1 Measurement emerg_t 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 Units Values Range 0 .. 5 Units Values Range Grams/Square-meter 0 ..
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SNVT_length Data Item 1 Measurement Length 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 Units Values Range 0 .. 17 Units Values Range 0 ..
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SNVT_mass Data Item 1 Measurement Mass 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 Units Values Range Meters 0 .. 3.40282E38 Units...
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SNVT_multiplier Data Item 1 Measurement Multiplier 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 Units Values Range Grams 0 .. 3.40282E38 Units...
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SNVT_override Data Item 1 Measurement override_t 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 Units Values Range 0 .. 255 Units Values Range 0 ..
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Data Item 1 SNVT_power_f Measurement Power 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 Units Values Range -32.768 .. 32.767 Units Values Range -3.40282E38...
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Data Item 1 SNVT_press_f Measurement Pressure (gauge) 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 Units Values Range KiloWatts 0 .. 6,553.5...
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Data Item 6 Measurement ptz_zoom_speed 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 Units Values Range Pascals -32,768 .. 32,766 Units Values Range 0 ..
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Boolean Data Item 13 Measurement Boolean 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 Units Values Range Hertz 0 .. 6,553.4 Units...
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Boolean_t Data Item 8 Measurement Boolean_t 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 Units Values Range 0 .. 7 Units Values Range 0 ..
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Data Item 1 SNVT_pwr_fact Measurement Power Factor 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 Units Values Range Flow Milliliters per second 0 ..
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Minutes Data Item 9 Measurement Minutes 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 Units Values Range -1 .. 1 Units Values Range Defined by unit field -2,147,483,638 ..
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Scene Delay Time Data Item 7 Measurement Scene Priority 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 Units Values Range Ohms 0 .. 6,553.5...
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Data Item 1 Measurement 16 state bits 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 Units Values Range 0 .. 5 Units...
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Data Item 1 Measurement Temperature 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 Units Values Range 0, 1 per bit ( 16...
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SNVT_therm_mode Data Item 1 Measurement therm_mode_t 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 Units Values Range Degrees Celcius -327.68 .. 327.66...
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Data Item 3 Measurement Time to Next State 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 Units Values Range Seconds -3.40282E38 3.40282E38...
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Suggested Data Array Formats Data Item 1 SNVT_volt_ac Measurement Electric Voltage 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 Units Values Range -3.40282E38 3.40282E38 Units Values Range 0 ..
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SNVT_zerospan Data Item 2 Measurement Span-factor 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 Units Values Range Decibels-milliVolts, -3,276.8 .. 3,276.7 Direct Current...