Andover Controls CONTINUUM NetController - Introduction

Continuum CPU Reference 1
TCX 865
ÈNTINUUM
NetController
This manual describes the installation, care and use of the Continuum NetController CPU
module.
The Continuum NetController CPU module is part of the Andover Controls Continuum
Ethernet-based intelligent building system. The Continuum system allows you to cost-
effectively mix and match DIN rail-mounted CPU, power supply, and various
combinations of I/O modules and user interfaces to meet your control and monitoring
needs. This CPU includes an impressive array of features.
The
Continuum NetController with flash EPROM is the high-powered Central Processing
Unit (CPU) module and network manager for the Andover Controls
Continuum intelligent
building system.
High-Speed Communications
The NetController acts as the system coordinator for the
Continuum I/O modules,
providing integrated global control and monitoring, history logging, local and remote
alarming
.
It communicates with the I/O modules via LON communications and a choice of
RS-485 or free topology bus media. In addition, an optional Ethernet support interface
allows the NetController to communicate with other NetControllers and
Continuum
Workstations over a high-speed 10Mb Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) using the
TCP/IP protocol. Two different Ethernet interface modules are availableyou can choose
either a 10BASE-2 (thin coax) or 10BASE-T (twisted pair) cable media.
Flash Memory
NetController’s 2Mb of flash EPROM (expandable to 4Mb) allows you to download
software revisions over Ethernet or standard telephone lines using a
Continuum
workstation. This flash memory feature eliminates the need to perform EPROM change-
outs in the field.