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FieldServer Driver - Serial

A communications interface solution for Gamewell

Description:

All Gamewell Fire Alarm panels are equipped with a serial port which produces panel, circuit or device status messages. This driver is designed to process these messages and store this status information in numeric form. The numeric value will indicate the type of event being reported and the storage location in the FieldServer’s data arrays is (configurable &) dependent on the origin of the message (panel / circuit / device ).

Additional information such as event date and time and descriptions are ignored. The driver is capable of supporting a panel configured to supervise the port by responding to the panel’s supervision queries. This is a passive client driver. The driver listens passively for unsolicited messages produced by the Gamewell panel. In addition the driver is capable of sending the panel three messages: Ack, Silence and Reset. (This feature will be provided in a later release of the driver.) Design Basis: Gamewell serial port protocol specification “IF 600r7 Message Stream” (not dated) and “SmartNet Data stream information” (not dated). The driver is capable of exposing communication statistics in a FieldServer Data Array so they can be monitored by a remote device.

Formal Driver Type: Serial, Client only

Connection type: RS-232 (or RS-485 with converter)

Devices Tested:

• Gamewell IF610 Fire Alarm Panel