General
This component can act as ESPA (4.4.4) master, whereby currently only the initiation of pager calls (header type <Call To Pager>) is implemented from this master. The slave polling is also implemented, whereby the master itself (should it be selected by the slave during polling) does not communicate with the slaves (it sends direct NAK when selected by a slave). Other actions (such as <Status Request> or <Call To Subscriber Line>) are also currently not implemented (for specific needs, please contact us).
It supports initiating calls with a predefined, channel-specific message content as well as attaching dynamizer information to the predefined message. Furthermore, a call can be actively canceled.
Properties of the component
Name |
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Function |
|---|---|---|
Channels (Alarm Sender) |
0 |
Opens the editor for creating the channels / alarms in case the component is to act as an alarm transmitter. Each channel can be assigned a name and a slave number (id of the associated ESPA slave). Furthermore, the further information of a "Call To Pager" message is defined here. This includes the telephone number, the message content, the beep code (system-specific), the call type, the number of transmissions (including repetitions) and the priority defined. |
Channels (Alarm Receiver) |
0 |
Opens the editor for creating the channels / alarms in case the component is to act as alarm receiver. Each channel can be assigned a name, a group and an alarm number. |
Slaves |
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In this editor, the slaves to be polled can be selected. |
Slave-Polling Period-Delay |
10 |
Defines the pause between the polling intervals |
Polling Timeout |
10 |
If no communication takes place within the period set here during a polling sequence (in which another slave is the temporary master and possibly communicates with other slaves), the master sends an <EOT> and the communication is accepted again. |
COM-Port |
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(Virtual) COM port of the ESPA interface |
Baud-Rate |
300 |
BAUD rate of the ESPA interface |
Data Bits |
8 |
Number of data bits of the ESPA interface |
Stop Bits |
1 |
Number of stop bits of the ESPA interface |
Parity |
even |
Specification of the parity of the ESPA interface |
ESPA Address |
2 |
ESPA address of the component (usually 1 for master) |
Channel Mapping* |
Message Coding |
This defines how the assignment of a received ESPA message to one of the defined channels should be performed. |
Message on alarm end |
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If this option is activated and a message about a terminated alarm is received, a message will be displayed on the associated message output that the alarm has ended. If disabled, the message SP is not triggered. |
Group triggers channels |
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Here you can set whether the channel SPs belonging to a group are triggered when a group message is received. |
Driver On/Off |
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This can be used to set whether the component should be active when the system is started. |
Channels
Opens the editor for creating the channels. Each channel can be assigned a name and a slave number (id of the associated ESPA slave). Furthermore, the further information of a "Call To Pager" message is defined here. This includes the telephone number, the message content, the beep code (system-specific), the call type, the number of transmissions (including repetitions) and the priority defined.
Abbildung : Properties – Channels/Teilnehmer
*Channel assignment
The setting "Receiver -> channel number" causes the associated channel to be performed by comparing the number set in the channel and receiver of the message. For this, the ESPA master must address receivers using numbers and the projector must ensure that the receivers in the ESPA master match the numbers in the polar bear channel editor.
The setting "Text -> channel name" performs the channel assignment based on the comparison of channel name and message text. For this, the project engineer must ensure that the corresponding texts are sent by the ESPA master.
The setting "Message coding -> Code GGG/MM" determines the channel according to a code in the message text. The message must consist of any code (without spaces) as well as (separated by a space) a group number and a sensor number (separated from each other by a '/') (example "abcde 12/33"). The channel assignment is made by comparing the group number and the sensor number (must match the channel number). A sensor number of 0 is evaluated as a group broadcast (all channels belonging to the group are triggered).
Data points of the component
Name |
Type |
function |
|---|---|---|
Debug - Messages |
Output |
Over it the complete answer of the query is given out as XML text. |
Debug Error |
Output |
Error texts are output here. These may e.g. with the "Log window" component. Attention: Diagnosis or debug outputs are only intended for the case of an error. Please use only after consultation with the support team! These may significantly affect the performance of the service when used |
Debug Info |
Output |
Must be connected to the calendar. Over here, the appointment information is sent to the calendar. |
Driver On/Off |
Bidirectional |
(DE) Activate the component |
Dynamic |
Folder |
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- Alarm Sender |
Folder |
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- - Channel001 |
Folder |
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- - - Cancel call |
Input |
Via "Cancel call" a message is sent from the Call-Type = Reset / Cancel to cancel a call if necessary. |
- - - Send (as defined) |
Input |
If a TRUE value On is sent to this SP, the corresponding message is sent to the defined ESPA slave. The message content here corresponds to the value defined in the channel editor |
- - - Send (with value) |
Input |
If a value on this SP is sent, the corresponding message is sent to the defined ESPA slave. The message content here corresponds to the value defined in the channel editor plus the string representation of the value sent to the SP. |
Slave Status |
Folder |
|
- Slave 0-9 |
Folder |
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- - Last Online |
Output |
Indicates when the slave was last available. |
- - Online |
Output |
Indicates if the slave is online. |