Honeywell R0512 manual System Overview

EXCEL 50/100/500/600/800

SYSTEM OVERVIEW

General Excel 50/500/800 controllers support both LONWORKS communication and the Honeywell proprietary C-Bus communication. All LONWORKS-related information is described in the LONWORKS Mechanism document (EN0B-0270GE51).

Excel 50/100/500/600/800 is a control and monitoring system specially designed for use in buildings. These Excel controllers use the latest Direct Digital Control (DDC) technology. Excel 50/500/800 controllers are also capable of communicating on an open Echelon® LONWORKS® network. Excel 50/100/500/600/800 controllers are particularly well-suited to controlling buildings such as schools, hotels, offices, and hospitals. Excel 50/100 controllers differ from Excel 500/600/800 controllers in having a fixed input/output configuration. Excel 50 controllers have a smaller fixed input/output configuration, and are designed for smaller buildings such as restaurants, shops, banks, and offices.

Excel 50/100/500/600/800 functions are:

•Heating control

•Air conditioning control

•Energy management

•Energy optimization

•Other building management functionality

Software The Excel 50/100/500/600/800 system includes a comprehensive software package specially designed to meet the requirements of application engineers. It comprises the following:

•Datapoint description

•Time program

•Alarm handling

•Password protection

The software package comes with all the files listed. The menu-driven format allows quick and easy operation.

Firmware version number All information appearing in this Software Description is valid for firmware versions V1.3.xx and earlier. All information, functions, and attributes valid for newer firmware versions (V1.5.xx or higher) are marked by the corresponding version number for which they are valid. Fig. 1 shows various controllers and the firmware version numbers that they support.

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