User manual

Andover Continuum
BACnet Controllers-2
BACnet
BACnet
BACnet Controllers Introduction
Andover Continuum BACnet Family of Controllers
BACnet that is Intelligent . . . At Every Level
Open standards provide building owners with flexibility and choice when selecting
building automation technology. The BACnet open standard provides a universal model for
creating building automation systems that can interoperate with one another. The Andover
ContinuumsystemtakesfulladvantageofBACnet’sdatasharing,trending,scheduling,
alarming,anddevicemanagementservices.FromtheBACnetOperator’sWorkstation,to
theBuildingController,tothesimplestterminalcontroller,theAndoverContinuumBACnet
family of products provides the highest level of interoperability at every level.
Andover Continuum is a Native BACnet System
ToharnessthefullbenefitsofBACnet,itisimportantthatthesystemisnativeBACnet
throughout. Andover Continuum uses BACnet communications at every level of the
system. The Andover Continuum system has BACnet Operator Workstations (B-OWS)
andtheBACnetBuildingControllers(B-BC),whichareusedforsystemmanagement
andBACnetmessagerouting,butthesedevicesareonlyapartofthewholeAndover
Continuum BACnet solution.
It is very important to carry BACnet to a full line of intelligent BACnet MS/TP controllers
thatcontainandruntheirownprogrammes,BACnettrends,BACnetschedules,
andBACnetalarms,therebyincreasingyourprocessingpowerandreliability.Ifa
communicationswireiscut,youcanbeassuredthattheairhandler,chiller,andfancoil
unitwillremainrunningundertheappropriateschedule,trendingthedataandstoring
alarms.Furthermore,yourinteroperabilityisgreatlyincreasedwhileloweringinstallation
costs.Forexample,thesameBACnetMS/TPnetworkthatisbeingusedbytheAndover
Continuum BACnet field controllers may be used by a third party supplier of air handling
units with integral VSDs.
Inaddition,theopenarchitectureofAndoverContinuumpermitsAndoverContinuum’s
accesscontrollers,lightingcontrollers,digitalvideorecorders,and200+protocoldriversto
work with native BACnet Devices from TAC and other third party BACnet manufacturers.
BACnet Controller / Router bCX1 Series