FieldServer FS-8700-52 manual

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    A Sierra Monitor Company APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after May 1, 2001 Instruction Manual Part Number FS - 8700 - 52 5/22/2002 Dr iver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier AM6000[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page Index TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. NOTIFIER AM6000 D ESCRIPTION .............................................................[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 1 1. Notifier AM6000 Description The Notifier AM6000 driver is a seial driver. It allows the FieldServer to transfer [...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 2 2. Driver Scope of Supply 2.1 Supplied by FieldServer for this driver FieldServer Te chnologies PART # DESCRIPTION [...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 3 3. Hardware Connections Configure the Notifier AM6000 according to manufacturer’s instructions.[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 4 4. Configuring the FieldServer as a Notifier AM6000 Client For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, [...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 5 4.2 Client Side Connections Section Title Connections Column Title Function Legal Values Port Specify which port th[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 6 4.4 Client Side Map Descriptors 4.4.1 FieldSe rver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Column Title Function Legal V[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 7 4.4.3 Timing Parameters Column Tit le Function Legal Values Scan_Interval Rate at which data is polled >0.1s[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 8 4.4.4 Map Descriptor Example. Map_block_Name, scan_interval, Data_Array_Name, Data_Array_Offset, Function, node_nam[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 9 Map_block_Name,scan_interval, Data_Array_Name, Data_Array_Of fset, Function, node_name, AM6000_TypeID, Length , am6[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 10 5. Driver Notes 5.1 Map Descriptor Ke ywords 5.1.1 AM6000_TypeID This keyword sets up a category of messages. If y[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 11 5.1.2 AM6000_Status Device state messages report a number of different states for the device. These states are ref[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 12 5.2 Statistics This driver does not keep statistics for each map descriptor. Statistics are maintained for the con[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 13 Ignored Messages Ignored messages are very important s ince they do not result in the data arrays being updated. M[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 14 Catching Ignored Messages To assist you catch and monitor ignored messages the driver prov ides a special map desc[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 52 Notifier A M6000 Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court, Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support@fieldserver.com Page 15 5.3 Listing of System Trouble Messages Msg Index Message 0 !!! ILLEGAL !!! 1 MAINS TROUBLE 2 POWER LOW ON MAIN SUP[...]