Operating Instructions

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Chapter 1Introduction
APOGEE Automation Networking
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Owner's Manual
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Building Technologies
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BACnet MS/TP Automation Level Network
BACnet field panels communicate over a customer’s Ethernet cabling and IP network
using the ASHRAE Building Automation and Control Networking (BACnet) MS/TP
protocol.
One Insight workstation can administer up to 64 Ethernet based MS/TP ALNs.
Up to 10 BACnet MS/TP ALN field panels can reside on an MS/TP network
segment (1000 maximum per Insight workstation). Network segments must be
physically separated.
BACnet devices (field panels or Insight workstations) can be set up as one of the
following:
A standard BACnet MS/TP device
A BACnet Broadcast Management Device (BBMD)
A foreign device