Serial Hall Call - MCi iControl User Manual

System Options

Serial Hall Call

Direct serial I/O allows hall call buttons/indicators, to be connected to iControl using a simple,
2-wire bus for both communication and power. This serial bus reduces the amount of wiring
required per riser and makes the wiring job much easier and less expensive.
The serial bus uses a +/- 15-volt square wave, sampled for both amplitude and duty cycle, for
communication between devices. The positive-going signal actually reaches +40-volts and is
regulated to +24-volts to drive hall call lamps or other loads.
A "bus driver" is required to provide the output capability necessary to carry the load of multi-
ple, simultaneously lighted lamps. A single controller can have up to four drivers/serial buses
with each bus addressing as many as 980 devices. The photograph below shows a serial hall call
bus driver installed in an iCentral Controller cabinet.
Figure 5.13 Serial Hall Call Bus Driver
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117 VAC power to driver
Serial to TCP/IP
conversion for
connection to
System hub
Serial Bus connection
Serial output
from driver