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1. Gamewell Serial Driver Description
The Gamewell Serial Driver allows the FieldServer to accept messages generated by a
Gamewell 600 Series Panel as well as ‘Smartnet Data Stream’ messages generated by a
Gamewell Smartnet terminal.
All Gamewell 600 Series 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. This definition is not strictly true because the driver is capable of sending
the panel three messages: Ack, Silence and Reset.
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 that a
remote device can monitor them.
2. Driver Scope of Supply
2.1 Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver
FieldServer
Technologies
PART #
DESCRIPTION
FS-8917-16
RS-485/RS-232 Pigtail for RJ45 port
Driver Manual.
2.2 Provided by user
PART # DESCRIPTION
Gamewell Panel with SIM232 interface