Specifications
Table Of Contents
- 1.0 System Overview
- 2.0 Product Description
- 2.1 Application Software
- 2.2 Custom Software Development
- 2.2.1 SITECONFIG-SVC - SiteScan Configuration Service Agreement
- Additional Benefits
- HIGRAPHIC - Create a Graphic
- HIGRAPHICM - Modify a Graphic
- HIGRAPHICUP - Upgrade SS2000W Graphic to SSWeb Java-Based Graphic (1)
- HIGRAPHICUP-5 - Upgrade SS2000W Graphics to SSWeb Java-Based Graphics (2-5)
- TEXTMOD - Customized Modifications
- MODCONFIG-4 - Modbus Configuration
- MODCONFIG-12 - Modbus Configuration
- BACCONFIG-4 - BACnet Configuration
- BACCONFIG-12 - BACnet Configuration
- 2.2.1 SITECONFIG-SVC - SiteScan Configuration Service Agreement
- 2.3 Gateway Modules
- 2.4 SiteLink Modules
- 2.5 Site I/O Modules
- 2.6 Stand-Alone Monitoring Modules
- 2.7 Module Accessories
- 2.8 ARCnet Communication Enhancement Devices
- 2.8.1 ARC156-KIT - ARCnet Kit
- 2.8.2 Other ARCnet Parts
- ARCDIAG485 - ARCnet156 Diagnostics Board
- ARCDIAG485WO - ARCnet156 Diagnostics Board Without Enclosure
- ARCPROT485 - ARCnet156 Surge Protection Board
- ARCPROT485WO - ARCnet156 Surge Protection Board Without Enclosure
- ARCREP485 - ARCnet156 Repeater Board (Signal Booster)
- ARCREP485WO - ARCnet156 Repeater Board Without Enclosure
- 2.9 Third-Party Interfaces
- 3.0 Application and Configuration
- 4.0 Upgrading SiteScan 2000 Systems to SiteScan Web
- 5.0 Third-Party and Building Management Interfaces
- 5.1 SiteScan Web and BACnet/IP to BMS
- 5.2 BACnet/IP to BMS Without a SiteScan Web Front-End
- 5.3 BMS Front-End Interfacing to Liebert Equipment by EIA-485 Modbus
- 5.4 SiteTPI-E with OpenComms NIC (or OpenComms 485)
- 5.5 Basic SiteTPI-E with Third-Party Equipment
- 5.6 SiteTPI-E and Third-Party Equipment with Different Modbus Protocol
- 6.0 ARCnet156
- 7.0 Wiring Guidelines
- Appendix A - Terminology

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FIGURES
Figure 1 Single-site - SiteScan Web system not on customer’s Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 2 Multiple data centers in the same building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 3 Multiple sites using customer’s intranet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 4 Hierarchal servers - SiteScan Web with WebCTRL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 5 Redundant SiteScan Web servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 6 SiteScan Web and rack monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 7 Upgrading from SiteScan 2W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 8 Upgrading from SiteScan SS2000W while maintaining existing wiring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 9 Upgrading from SS2000W to full SiteScan Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 10 SiteScan Web and BACnet/IP to BMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 11 BACnet/IP to BMS without SiteScan Web front-end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 12 Modbus on Port A—RS-485 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 13 Modbus on Port A—RS-232 to RS-485. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 14 Modbus on Port B—RS-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 15 Modbus on Port A—RS-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 16 Example of combination SSWEB and Modbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 17 Example of SiteTPI-E with OpenComms NIC*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 18 Example of basic SiteTPI-E with third-party equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 19 Example of SiteTPI-E and third-party equipment with different Modbus protocol . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 20 Acceptable daisy chain configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 21 Stripping an ARC156 wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 22 Screw terminal block connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 23 Using shielded cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
TABLES
Table 1 Minimum requirements - SiteScan Web server* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Table 2 Bill of materials: Single-site - SiteScan Web system not on customer’s Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Table 3 Bill of materials: Multiple sites using intranet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Table 4 Bill of materials: Multiple sites using customer’s intranet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 5 Bill of materials: Hierarchal servers - SiteScan Web with WebCTRL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Table 6 Bill of materials: Redundant SiteScan Web servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Table 7 Bill of materials: SiteScan Web and rack monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Table 8 Comparison of SiteScan Web and SS2000W Alert features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Table 9 Bill of materials: Upgrade from SS2W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Table 10 Bill of materials: Upgrade from SS2000W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 11 Bill of materials: Full SiteScan Web upgrade from SS2000W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 12 Bill of materials: SiteScan Web and BACnet/IP to BMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 13 Bill of materials: BACnet/IP to BMS (without SSWeb front-end) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Table 14 Bill of materials: Port A—RS-485 Modbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 15 Bill of materials: Port A—RS-232 to RS-485 Modbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Table 16 Bill of materials: Port B—RS-232 Modbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Table 17 Bill of materials: Combining SSWEB and Modbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 18 Bill of materials: SiteTPI-E with OpenComms NIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Table 19 Bill of materials: Basic SiteTPI-E with third-party equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table 20 Bill of materials: SiteTPI-E and third-party equipment with different Modbus protocol . . . . . . 30
Table 21 Sources of noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 22 Standard SiteScan Web wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 23 Third-party wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 24 Input/output wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35