FieldServer Gamewell FS-8700-83 - Manual (Page 2)

FS-8700-83 Gamewell Index
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. GAMEWELL SERIAL DRIVER DESCRIPTION ................................................................................... 1
2. DRIVER SCOPE OF SUPPLY .............................................................................................................. 1
2.1 S UPPLIED BY F IELD S ERVER T ECHNOLOGIES FOR THIS DRIVER ............................................................ 1
2.2 P ROVIDED BY USER ........................................................................................................................... 1
3. HARDWARE CONNECTIONS.............................................................................................................. 2
4. CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A GAMEWELL SERIAL DRIVER CLIENT ........................ 3
4.1 D ATA A RRAYS .................................................................................................................................. 3
4.2 C LIENT S IDE C ONNECTIONS .............................................................................................................. 4
4.3 C LIENT S IDE N ODES ......................................................................................................................... 5
4.4 C LIENT S IDE M AP D ESCRIPTORS ....................................................................................................... 6
FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters..................................................................................6
Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters........................................................................................... 6
Timing Parameters................................................................................................................................. 7
Map Descriptor Example 1 – Store data from incoming messages. ..................................................... 8
Map Descriptor Example 2 – Send a Reset / Ack / Silence Command................................................. 9
5. CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A GAMEWELL SERIAL DRIVER SERVER .................... 10
6. ADVANCED TOPICS .......................................................................................................................... 10
6.1 D RIVER L IMITATIONS & E XCLUSIONS ................................................................................................ 10
6.2 D ATA T YPES ................................................................................................................................... 10
6.3 S TATUS T YPES AND V ALUES ............................................................................................................ 11
Adding a New Status Type .................................................................................................................. 12
6.4 W HEN DO D ATA A RRAYS GET CLEARED (R ESET ) .............................................................................. 12
6.5 A CTION T YPES ................................................................................................................................ 12
Adding new Action Types .................................................................................................................... 15
6.6 A DVANCED M AP D ESCRIPTOR E XAMPLES ........................................................................................ 16
Example 1 : Filtering Data.................................................................................................................... 16
Example 2 : Action Numbers ............................................................................................................... 17
Example 3 : Action Bits ........................................................................................................................ 18
Example 4 : Ignored Messages ........................................................................................................... 19
7. DRIVER NOTES .................................................................................................................................. 20
7.1 IC_T IMEOUT ................................................................................................................................... 20
7.2 D RIVER S TATS ................................................................................................................................ 20
8. REVISION HISTORY................................................................ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.