FieldServer FS-8700-40 - Manual (Page 3)

FS-8700-40 SBT FSI Driver Manual Page 3 of 32
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SBT-FSI DESCRIPTION 1
The SBT-FSI (Siemens Building Technologies – Foreign Systems Interface) driver allows the FieldServer to transfer
data to and from Siemens MXL/XLS devices (NIM-1R
1
or NIM-1W or RPM
2
) over either RS-232 or RS-485 using
MXL/XLS to foreign system protocol. The FieldServer can emulate either a Server or a Client. Note that the Driver
does not support MXL and XLS panels networked together.
Max Nodes Supported
FieldServer Mode Nodes Comments
Client
1-10 (one Client per physical
FieldServer serial port). Depends on
FieldServer model and configuration. Only 1 Client node allowed on multidrop systems
Server 99 Panel numbers from 1 to 99 may be emulated
1 Note that NIM-1R is no longer supported by Siemens and is therefore considered to be legacy while NIM-1W is common.
2 The ports on the RPM need to be configured by the XLS panel. Configuration can be set up for either RS-232 or RS-485, but not both together.
Connection to the RS-485 port of the RPM has not been tested and is not supported.