FS-8705-12 Federal Signal Ultravoice - Electronic Siren Controllers Driver Manual Page 2 of 30
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS .........................................................................................................................................................................2
1FEDERAL SIGNAL ULTRAVOICE (FSU) - ELECTRONIC SIREN CONTROLLERS (ESC) SERIAL DRIVER DESCRIPTION.........................3
2DRIVER SCOPE OF SUPPLY.........................................................................................................................................................6
2.1 SUPPLIED BY FIELDSERVER TECHNOLOGIES FOR THIS DRIVER...................................................................................................................6
2.2 PROVIDED BY THE SUPPLIER OF 3RD PARTY EQUIPMENT.........................................................................................................................6
Required 3rd Party Hardware................................................................................................................................................ 6
Required 3rd Party Software .................................................................................................................................................6
Required 3rd Party Configuration.......................................................................................................................................... 6
3HARDWARE CONNECTIONS.......................................................................................................................................................7
4CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A FSC - ELECTRONIC SIREN CONTROLLERS SERIAL DRIVER CLIENT ....................................9
4.1 DATA ARRAYS/DESCRIPTORS ...........................................................................................................................................................9
4.2 CLIENT SIDE CONNECTION DESCRIPTIONS.........................................................................................................................................10
4.3 CLIENT SIDE NODE DESCRIPTORS....................................................................................................................................................11
4.4 CLIENT SIDE MAP DESCRIPTORS .....................................................................................................................................................12
FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters ...............................................................................................................12
Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters .......................................................................................................................12
Timing Parameters ............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Map Descriptor Example 1 –Read Status. .........................................................................................................................14
Map Descriptor Example 2 –Sending Commands to the controller...................................................................................15
Map Descriptor Example 3 –Sending Commands to the controller...................................................................................16
4.5 INTERPRETING THE STATUS REPORT VALUES FOUND IN THE DATA ARRAYS ..............................................................................................17
5CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A (ICS1/2 DRIVER) SERVER .............................................................................................22
6REVISION HISTORY..................................................................................................................................................................23
APPENDIX A. ADVANCED TOPICS.................................................................................................................................................24
APPENDIX B. TROUBLESHOOTING-TIPS .......................................................................................................................................25
APPENDIX B.1. CONNECTION TIPS &HINTS..............................................................................................................................................25
APPENDIX B.2. DRIVER ERROR MESSAGES ...............................................................................................................................................25
APPENDIX B.3. EXPOSING DRIVER STATS .................................................................................................................................................29
