Mircom TX3 Series - 3.5 Networking TX3 Panels

44 (119) Telephone Access System Installation and Operation Manual Version 3.7
LT-969 Copyright January 2017
TX3 System
3.6 Networking TX3 Panels
Mircom devices such as the Lobby Control Unit, the Card Access Controller, and
the Touch Screen can be networked with the TX3 system through a peer-to-peer
RS-485 network, an ethernet TCP/IP network, or a combination of ethernet and
RS-485 networks.
The TX3 Configurator software can connect to any of these network
configurations. How you connect to the network (that is, through TCP/IP, USB,
a modem, or the COM port) determines what devices you can configure on the
network using the TX3 Configurator. The different network configurations are
explained in the rest of this section.
Figure 21shows a configuration with TX3 controllers connected on an RS-485
network. Each controller has to have a unique network address on the RS-485
network. Up to 63 unique network addresses can be assigned. If you connect to
any device on the RS-485 network (using USB, a modem, or the COM port), you
can also connect to and configure any other device on the RS-485 network using
the TX3 Configurator.
Figure 21. TX3 devices on an RS-485 network.
Figure 22 shows a configuration with TX3 devices connected to an ethernet TCP/
IP network. This configuration removes the 63 device limitation that you have on
an RS-485 network. The devices connected to an ethernet TCP/IP network are
called Master Nodes. If you connect to the TCP/IP network with the TX3
Configurator, you can connect to and configure any of the Master Nodes on the
Lobby Control Unit
Card Reader B
Card Reader A
Card Access Controller
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