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    A Sierra Monitor Company APPLICABILITY & EFF ECTIVITY Effective for all system s manufac tured after Januar y 1, 1999 Instruction Manual Part Num ber FS-8700-01 2/18/2004 Rev: 1.2 Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS-8700-17 Optomux[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page Index TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Optomux Driver Description .................................................................................[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 1 1 Optomux Driver Description The Optomux Driver allows the FieldServer to transfer data to and from devices over either RS-232 or RS[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 2 2 Driver Scope of Supply 2.1 Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver Driver Manual. 2.2 Provided by user Optomux System[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 3 3 Hardware Connections The FieldServer is connected to the OPTO22 device as shown below. Configure the OPTO22 device according to ma[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 4 4 Configuring the FieldServer as a Optomux Driver Client For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 5 4.2 Client Side Connections Section Title Connectio ns Column Title Function Legal Values Port Specify which port the device is conn[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 6 4.4 Client Side Map Descriptors 4.4.1 FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters Column Title Function Legal Values Map_Descripto[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 7 Da_Byte_Name* Name s a data array that the driver will use to store poll/query response status data. One data element is used per ma[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 8 Opto22_trigger* An optional parameter. If used then set the value of this parameter to yes or no and the da_byte_name parameter must[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 9 the functions provided in table 6.1. The parameter must be sp elled an d spaced exactly as provided in the table. Leading and traili[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 10 4.4.4 Map Descriptor Example 1 – Read on/off Status In this example the on/off status of all module positions of the Optomux devi[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 11 4.4.5 Map Descriptor Example 2 – Read On/Off Status (Data stored differently) This example reads the sa m e data as the previous [...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 12 4.4.6 Map Descriptor Example 3 – Command Response/Completion Status We use example 1 to show how it can b e m odified to get the [...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 13 4.4.7 Map Descriptor Example 4 – Triggered Action This example shows the elem ents necessary to generate a trigger ed poll. Even [...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 14 4.4.8 Map Descriptor Example 5 – Using Address and Length to tell the FieldServer which module positions to access. This example [...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 15 4.4.9 Map Descriptor Example 6 – Using a Mask to Address specific module positions There may be occasions whe n it is not su itab[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax: (408) 2 62-9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 16 4.4.10 Map Descriptor Example 7 – Specifying Module Positions Dynamically Previous examples addressed module positions statically[...]

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    FieldServer Technologies 199 1 Tarob Co urt, Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax : (408) 26 2-9042 Visit our website: www. f ieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldser ver.com Page 17 5 Configuring the FieldServer as a Optomux Server The FieldServer does not support the emulation of a n Optomux server at present.[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 199 1 Tarob Co urt, Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax : (408) 26 2-9042 Visit our website: www. f ieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldser ver.com Page 18 6 Driver Notes 6.1 Data_Array_Name, DA_Bit_Name, DA_Byte_Name These parameters are used to specify data array names. Despite[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 199 1 Tarob Co urt, Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax : (408) 26 2-9042 Visit our website: www. f ieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldser ver.com Page 19 255 the Optomux literature should be read for additional information as these are codes returned by the Optomux device. 128 [...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 199 1 Tarob Co urt, Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax : (408) 26 2-9042 Visit our website: www. f ieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldser ver.com Page 20 Read/ Write/ Both COMMAND NAME OPTO22_FORMAT OPTION MASTER LENGTH CONSIDERED (See Notes) NOTES w POWER UP CLEAR 4 w RESET 4 [...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 199 1 Tarob Co urt, Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax : (408) 26 2-9042 Visit our website: www. f ieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldser ver.com Page 21 Read/ Write/ Both COMMAND NAME OPTO22_FORMAT OPTION MASTER LENGTH CONSIDERED (See Notes) NOTES Specified) module positions g[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 199 1 Tarob Co urt, Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax : (408) 26 2-9042 Visit our website: www. f ieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldser ver.com Page 22 Read/ Write/ Both COMMAND NAME OPTO22_FORMAT OPTION MASTER LENGTH CONSIDERED (See Notes) NOTES affected. The Modifier (byte [...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 199 1 Tarob Co urt, Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax : (408) 26 2-9042 Visit our website: www. f ieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldser ver.com Page 23 Read/ Write/ Both COMMAND NAME OPTO22_FORMAT OPTION MASTER LENGTH CONSIDERED (See Notes) NOTES r READ AND AVERAGE INPUT 4 On[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 199 1 Tarob Co urt, Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax : (408) 26 2-9042 Visit our website: www. f ieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldser ver.com Page 24 Read/ Write/ Both COMMAND NAME OPTO22_FORMAT OPTION MASTER LENGTH CONSIDERED (See Notes) NOTES affected by command. b READ A[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 199 1 Tarob Co urt, Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax : (408) 26 2-9042 Visit our website: www. f ieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldser ver.com Page 25 6.5 Driver Stats In addition to the standard FieldServer communication statistics de scribe d in the FieldServer User’s Ma[...]

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    FS-8700-17 Optomux Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 199 1 Tarob Co urt, Milpitas, Calif ornia 95035 (408 ) 262-2299 fax : (408) 26 2-9042 Visit our website: www. f ieldserver.com E-mail: support@fieldser ver.com Page 26 7 Revision History Date Resp Format Driver Ver. Doc. Rev. Comment 2/18/04 JD MF 0 1 Releasi ng[...]