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    - APPLIC ABILITY & EFFEC TIVITY Effective f or all systems manufactured after Septem ber 2008 Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS-8700-16 Bacnet PTP - Serial Driver Versio n: 1.15 Document R evision: 4[...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Table of Co ntents FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : www.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om TABLE O F CONTENTS 1. BACNET DE SCRIPTIO N ....................................[...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 3 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om 1. BACnet Description The BAC net PTP driver allows th e FieldS erver to transf er d[...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 4 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om 3. Hardware Connections It is possible to co nnect a BACnet de vice to an y of th e [...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 5 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om 4. Configuring the FieldServ er as a B A C net Client For a detailed discus sion on [...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 6 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om Example // FieldS erver FieldServer Title, System_Node _ID, Network _Number BACnet_P[...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 7 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om 4.5. Client Side Map Descriptors 4.5.1. Fie ldServer Related Map Des criptor Paramet[...]

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    FS-8700-16 BACnet PT P Serial Driver Manual Page 8 of 20 FieldServer Technologies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 95035 US A Web : www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262-9042 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fieldserver.com 4.5.4. Map Descriptor Exam ple // Client Side Map Desc riptors Map_D escriptors Map_D escript[...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 9 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om 5. Configuring the FieldServ er as a B A C net Server For a detailed discussio n on [...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 10 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om 5.2. Server Side Connection Descrip tions Section T itle Connections Column T itle [...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 11 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om 5.4. Server Side Map Descriptors 5.4.1. Fie ldServer Specific Map Desc riptor Param[...]

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    FS-8700-16 BACnet PT P Serial Driver Manual Page 12 of 20 FieldServer Technologies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 95035 US A Web : www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262-9042 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fieldserver.com 5.4.3. Map Descriptor Exam ple // Server Side Map Descriptors Map_Descriptors Map_Descriptor[...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 13 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om A ppendix A . Dri ve r Notes Appendix A.1. Data_Type Legal Values – Abbreviation [...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 14 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om A ppendix B. A dvanced Topics Appendix B.1. BACnet Object Names W hen an external B[...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 15 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om Appendix B.4. Network number The default Network number of a FieldSer ver is 5. In [...]

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    FS-8700-16 BACnet PT P Serial Driver Manual Page 16 of 20 FieldServer Technologies 1991 T arob Court Milpitas, California 95035 US A Web : www.fieldserver.com Tel : (408) 262-2299 Fax : (408) 262-9042 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@fieldserver.com Appendix B.5 . BACne t State Text Pre load Method 1 – Using a Single Data Array: Data_Arra[...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 17 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om A ppendix C. Troubleshooting Tips Appendix C.1. Debugging a BACnet connection – H[...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 18 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om A ppendix D. Units Unit Variation 1 Variation 2 Variation 3 Amperes Am ps A Bars BT[...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 19 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om Unit Variation 1 Variation 2 Variation 3 imperial-ga llons imperial-ga llons-per-m [...]

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    FS-8700-16 B ACnet PT P Serial Driver M anual Page 20 of 20 FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, C alifornia 95035 U SA Web : w ww.fieldserver .com Tel : (408) 262- 2299 Fax : (408) 262-90 42 Toll Free : 888-509-1970 email : support@f ieldserver.c om Unit Variation 1 Variation 2 Variation 3 No-Units No Units No_Units None ohms parts[...]