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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 - 59 3/13/03 Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Satchnet Driver[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet 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 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Canatal Satchnet Protocol Driver Description ......................................[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet 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 @fieldser ver.com Page 1 1. Canatal Satchnet Protocol Driver Description The Canatal Satchnet Protocol Driver allows the FieldServer to tran[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet 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 @fieldser ver.com Page 2 3. Hardware Connections The FieldServer is connected to the as shown below. Configure the Canatal Driver according [...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet 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 @fieldser ver.com Page 3 4. Configuring the FieldServer as a Canatal Satchnet Protocol Driver Client For a detailed discussion on FieldServe[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet 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 @fieldser ver.com Page 4 4.2 Client Side Connections Section Title Connections Column Title Function Legal Values Port Specify which port th[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet 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 @fieldser ver.com Page 5 4.4 Client Side Map Descriptors 4.4.1 FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Column Title Function Legal Va[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet 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 @fieldser ver.com Page 6 4.4.4 Map Descriptor Example In this ex ample two map descriptors are provided. The first reads Device 11 ( a Serie[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet 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 @fieldser ver.com Page 7 4.4.5 Map Descriptor Example 2 In this example two map descriptors are provided. They both read table 16 of a serie[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet 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 5. Configuring the FieldServer as a Canatal Satchnet Protocol Driver Server For a detailed discussion on FieldServer[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet 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 5.2 Server Side Connections Section Title Connections Column Title Function Legal Values Port Specify which port the[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet 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 5.4 Server Side Map Descriptors 5.4.1 FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Column Title Function Legal Va[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 19 91 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 5.4.4 Map Descriptor Example In this example the F ieldServer answers queries from a Canatal Satchnet master devic[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 19 91 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 6. Driver Notes 6.1 Canatal Device Data Tables Canatal Devices's have their data organized into data tables. [...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 19 91 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 Series Table Data Format Max Read Description Notes 5 10 CANA_PERCENT 4 R Analog Outputs 5 11 CANA_BYTE 48 RW Alar[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 19 91 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 The Data formats are used internally in the driver but they do indicate to the user the type of data array that sh[...]

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    FS - 8700 - 59 Canatal Sachnet Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 19 91 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 Errors 8 - 12 are produced when parsing a response from a Canatal device. They may result from a corrupted message[...]