FieldServer Carrier DataLink FS-8700-82 manual

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    FieldServ er T ech nologies 1 991 Tarob Court Milpitas , Ca lif orn ia 95035 USA W eb :w ww .f i e l dse rv er.com T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m A Sierra M onitor Co mpany A PPLICABILITY & EFFEC T IVITY Effectiv e for all s ystems m a nufactured after M a y 1, 2[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Table of Cont ents FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m TA BLE OF CONT ENTS 1. Carri e r DataL in k Descri pti on ...........[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 3 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m 1. Carrier DataL ink Description The C a rrier DataLi n k d riv e r allows [...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 4 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m 2. Driv e r Scop e of Supply 2.1. Supplied b y Fi eldServer T echnologies f[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 5 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m 3. Hardware Connections The Fi e ldServer is con nected to the Carrier Data[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 6 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m 4. Configuring the FieldServer as a Carrier DataLink Client It is not po ss[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 7 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m Exa mp le // Data Arr ays Data_Arrays Data_Array_Nam e , Data_Format, Data_[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 8 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m 4.3. Client Side Node Descriptors Sec ti on Titl e Nodes Col umn Titl e Fun[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 9 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m 4.4.2. Driver Related Map Descr iptor Parameters Col umn Titl e Functi on L[...]

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    FS-8700-82 Carrier DataLin k P age 10 of 31 FieldServer Technologies 19 91 Tarob Court Milp i tas, Ca lif ornia 950 35 USA Web :w ww.fi elds erver.com T e l : (408) 262 -2299 Fax : (408 ) 262-904 2 Toll_Fre e : 888 -509-19 70 email : su pport@fieldser v er .c o m 4.4.4. Map Descriptor Example 1 – Read a Table This exa mple illustrates h ow to rea[...]

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    FS-8700-82 Carrier DataLi nk P age 11 of 31 FieldServe r Techno logies 1991 Tarob Court Milp i tas, Calif o rnia 95035 USA We b :w ww.fi elds erv er.com T e l : (408) 26 2-229 9 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Tol l_Fre e : 88 8-509-197 0 email : su pport@ fi eldse rv er.co m 4.4.5. Map Descriptor Example 2 – Read a Variable This example illustrates how t[...]

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    FS-8700-82 Carrier DataLi nk P age 12 of 31 FieldServe r Techno logies 1991 Tarob Court Milp i tas, Calif o rnia 95035 USA We b :w ww.fi elds erv er.com T e l : (408) 26 2-229 9 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Tol l_Fre e : 88 8-509-197 0 email : su pport@ fi eldse rv er.co m 4.4.7. Map Descriptor Example 4 – Write Day of Week (DOW) or T ime This exa m pl[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 13 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m 5. Configuring the FieldServer as a Carrier DataLink Server For a detailed[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 14 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m Exa mp le // Ser v er Side Con nections Con nections Port, Baud , Parity, [...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 15 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m 5.3. Serv e r Side Map Des criptors 5.3.1. Fiel dServ er Specific Map De s[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 16 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m Col umn Title Functi on Legal Val ues as a time value f ormatted as hh:mm [...]

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    FS-8700-82 Carrier DataLi nk P age 17 of 31 FieldServe r Techno logies 1991 Tarob Court Milp i tas, Calif o rnia 95035 USA We b :w ww.fi elds erv er.com T e l : (408) 26 2-229 9 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Tol l_Fre e : 88 8-509-197 0 email : su pport@ fi eldse rv er.co m 5.3.4. Map Descriptor Example. This example shows a n umber of se rv e r Map Descr[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 18 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m 5.4. Driv e r L imitations and Exclusions A s a client : • The Carrier D[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 19 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m A ppe ndix A. A dvanced Topics A ppe ndix A.1. Tabl e Nam es The f o ll o [...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 20 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m Equipm ent T ype Table N a me SETPT03 SETPOIN T SETPT04 SETPOIN T SETPT05 [...]

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    FS-8700-82 Carrier DataLi nk P age 21 of 31 FieldServe r Techno logies 1991 Tarob Court Milp i tas, Calif o rnia 95035 USA We b :w ww.fi elds erv er.com T e l : (408) 26 2-229 9 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Tol l_Fre e : 88 8-509-197 0 email : su pport@ fi eldse rv er.co m A pp endix A.2. Using the Carrier Datalink Driver to Obt ain Field Names The Carri[...]

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    FS-8700-82 Carrier DataLi nk P age 22 of 31 FieldServe r Techno logies 1991 Tarob Court Milp i tas, Calif o rnia 95035 USA We b :w ww.fi elds erv er.com T e l : (408) 26 2-229 9 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Tol l_Fre e : 88 8-509-197 0 email : su pport@ fi eldse rv er.co m This example illustrates a M a p Descriptor whic h reads a table a nd du m p s the[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 23 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m A ppe ndix A.3. Map Descriptor Length Explained The Length par ameter is s[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 24 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m State Word Value State Word V alue OFF 0 OFF-CCN 2 OPEN 1 OFF-time 3 CLOSE[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 25 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m A ppe ndix A.4.3. T ime Values If the d river rec eives a variabl e value [...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 26 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m A ppe ndix B. Carrier DataL ink Device Er ror Response The following no te[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 27 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m A ppe ndix C. Driv e r Not es A ppe ndix C.1. Driv e r Stat s The driver r[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 28 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m OFFSET DESCRIPTION 0 Numbe r of Read T able messages s ent 1 Numbe r of Re[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 29 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m A ppe ndix D. Driv e r Error Messages The d river re ports information and[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 30 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m Error Mess a ge E xplanati on Carrier:#15 Err. Alarm commands not su p por[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 82 C arrier DataLi nk Page 31 of 31 FieldServ er T ec hno logies 199 1 Taro b Court Milp i tas, California 950 35 USA We b :w ww.fi e ldser v er.co m T e l : (408 ) 262-2 299 Fax : (408) 26 2-904 2 Toll_Free : 888-50 9-19 70 email : s upport@ fi elds er v er.co m THI S PA GE I NTENTI ONALL Y L EFT BLANK[...]