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C-Bus By Demand 3
Training Manual 35
3.1 Typical C-Bus Backbone Topology
AC‐Busbackbonetopologyisacommonlyused network topology in C‐Bus projects. Utilising
theC‐BusNetworkBridge(5500NB),theconnectivitybetweenC ‐Busnetworksisprovidedbya
dedicatedC‐Busnetworkoperatingasbackbone.
Usingnetworkbridges will allowthistopology totransmitlocally generatedC‐Buscommands
betweenadjacentandremoteC‐Busnetworks.
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Figure 31: C-Bus Backbone Topology
AC‐BusTouchScreenorEndUserSoftwarepackageiscommonlyplacedontotheC‐Bus
backbone,tocontrolandmonitoralloftheC‐Busnetworksincommercialinstallations.
Thisnetworktopologyiscommonlyusedinmulti‐storybuildings.