Linear AE1000Plus Optional Network Connections Continued, FULL ACCESSBASE2000 NETWORK

Optional Network Connections (Continued)

Network Configuration for AccessBase2000 Programming

If the system is going to be programmed using Linear’s AccessBase2000 software, units communicate with each other on the network through RS-485 cable connections.

AccessBase2000 does not support unit-to-unit network communications through modems, only RS-485 cable. AccessBase2000 does support modem communications from the PC to the eight Node #1 “master” units on an AccessBase2000 network.

Refer to the fi gure below for design details of a fully implemented AccessBase2000 network. The fi gure shows eight networks, each with eight nodes, for a total of 64 units.

		UNIT			FULL ACCESSBASE2000 NETWORK
				NETWORK NODE #1 ALWAYS
		(NETWORK NODE)
				REQUIRES A MODEM FOR			RS-485 CABLE CONNECTION
		MODEM		REMOTE PROGRAMMING
NETWORK		NETWORK	NETWORK	NETWORK		NETWORK	NETWORK		NETWORK	NETWORK
"A"		"B"	"C"	"D"		"E"		"F"	"G"	"H"
NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE
"A1"		"B1"	"C1"	"D1"		"E1"	"F1"		"G1"	"H1"
NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE
"A2"		"B2"	"C2"	"D2"		"E2"	"F2"		"G2"	"H2"
NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE
"A3"		"B3"	"C3"	"D3"		"E3"	"F3"		"G3"	"H3"
NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE
"A4"		"B4"	"C4"	"D4"		"E4"	"F4"		"G4"	"H4"
NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE
"A5"		"B5"	"C5"	"D5"		"E5"	"F5"		"G5"	"H5"
NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE
"A6"		"B6"	"C6"	"D6"		"E6"	"F6"		"G6"	"H6"
NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE
"A7"		"B7"	"C7"	"D7"		"E7"	"F7"		"G7"	"H7"
NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE		NODE	NODE
"A8"		"B8"	"C8"	"D8"		"E8"	"F8"		"G8"	"H8"

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