White Paper Facilities Management Gateway

The Facilities Management Gateway provided by FieldServer Technologies provides seamless and simultaneous communication between a device or controller and LonWorksTM. The FieldServer Technologies Facilities Management Gateway provides the following characteristics and capabilities: Allow binding of standard network variable types (SNVTs) and user network variable types (UNVTs) Conforms to LonMark standards Capable of transmitting data using the min. max. and delta (throttling and heartbeat) methodology in order to reduce network loading Built-in diagnostics to help troubleshoot site problems during commissioning and operation Supports the service pin methodology for commissioning LonWorks nodes Can be configured optionally in a redundant (hot standby) pair for mission-critical applications Provides the ability to label SNVTs that are mapped from third party devices so that the SNVT names make sense to the LonWorks network and system integrators Provides user settable self-documenting string as its role in the network can vary Provides capacity for all the network variables contained in third party devices and controllers up to the LonWorks limit of 4095 points Capable of supporting polled and synchronous modifiers for network variables Capable of reading and translating UNVTs and SNVTs Configurable to supply a .XIF file for use in LNS tools and utilities Capable of supporting more than two communication protocols on one platform

The FieldServer Technologies Facilities Management Gateway is available in three versions. The FS-B2011 includes a LonWorks port plus a serial port (either RS-232 or RS-485) and an Ethernet port. The FS-B3510 FieldServer includes 4 serial ports, 2 Ethernet ports and a LonWorks port to enable interface to most systems. The FS-B4011 includes a LonWorks port plus 10 serial ports (both RS-232 and RS-485) and two Ethernet ports. LonWorks is a trademark of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries

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