User manual

Andover Continuum
Andover Continuum
Network & Communications-5
Third Party Interfaces
Third Party Communications Interfaces and Protocols
TACmeetstoday’sneedforopensystemsandtotalintegratedbuildingcontrolwithindustry-
standardinterfaces,suchasBACnetandOPC,plusawiderangeofthirdpartycommunications
interfacescalleddrivers.Usingeitherone,youcandirectlycommunicatewiththirdparty
devicesinyourbuilding,suchasfirepanels,airhandlingunits,chillers,variablespeeddrives,
videoswitches,andothersimilarequipment.
The advantages of using a driver as a software interface are numerous. No duplication of
computer hardware or costly third party software is needed to communicate with the device.
Inaddition,anAndoverContinuumworkstationoperatorcaninteractdirectlywiththedevice
without having to exit the software and then log in to a separate software interface for the
device. The ability to access the alarm and point information of the third party device in the
Andover Continuum system provides a transparent “look and feel” of an entire system all in
one package.
The tables on the following pages are designed to give an overview of the XDrivers currently
available. The drivers are organized into general categories with descriptions of the equipment
they interface to and their corresponding applications.
The driver types listed are defined as:
X - XDriver
Driver compatibility to controllers is defined by three columns:
Infinity Compatible (SX8000)
•CX9200
•Eclipse
•CMX240
1st Generation Continuum Compatible
•NetController
•Eclipse
•CX9924
•CX9200(upgradedtobeContinuumcompatible)
2nd Generation Continuum Compatible
•NetControllerII
•ACXSeriesAccessControllers(Models5720&5740)
•BACnetbCX1
•InfinetbCX1
Forfurtherinformationaboutcurrentlyavailabledrivers,refertotheTACExchangeOnline
Global website http://extranet.tac.com
• StandardProtocolDrivers
• AirHandlingUnits 
• BatteryMonitoringSystems
• BuildingAutomationSystems
• Chillers
• FireSystems
• FumeHoodControls
• HeatPump/UnitVentilators
• IntercomSystems
• LeakDetectionSystems
• LightingControllers
• PackageEnvironmentalUnits
• PagingSystems
• PowerMonitoring
• ProgrammableLogicControllers(PLCs)
• Pumps/Motors
• SecuritySystems
• Sensors/Meters
• TelephoneSwitches/Systems
• UPSSystems
• VCRControllers
• VariableSpeedDrives
• VideoSwitches
• MiscellaneousDrivers
INTERFACES