Instruction manual

C-Bus By Demand 3
Training Manual 15
2.0 Network Bridge
This chapter will cover the use of a Network Bridge (5500NB) in commercial installations,
focusingon:
•NetworkBridgeApplications
•Programming
•NetworkBridgeTopology
•CommandRouting
•TrafficConsiderations
•NetworkBridgeLocations
TheNetworkBridgeisprimarilyusedinC‐Buscommercialinstallationstopro
videconnectivity
betweendifferentC‐BusNetworks.
2.1 Network Bridge Applications
Therearethree main types ofapplicationsthat a networkbridgemayprovideina commercial
installation,
theyare:
1. ConnectivitybetweenCNIC‐Busnetworks.
2. C‐Busnetworkextender.
3. C‐BusCommandFilter.
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2.1.1 ConnectivityBetweenC‐BusNetworks
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Theprimaryfunctionofa NetworkBridge istoprovide connectivitybetweenC‐Bus networks.
This means that a C‐Bus command that is generated on one network will be routed across the
Network Bridge onto another C‐Bus network. This is particularly useful when routing
commandsbetweentwonetworkswithCNI’s.
  AllC ‐Buscommands generatedwillberoutedacross theNetworkBridge
(unless  filters
are used). Only if both C‐Bus networks share a common Group Address on the same
ApplicationAddress,willyouseetheeffectofaGroupAddressbeingroutedacrossthe
NetworkBridge.
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