Overview Of The Bacnet/Ip Network And The Fbip-21; Contents Of This Chapter; Bacnet; Bacnet Supported Network Type With Fbip-21 - ABB FBIP-21 BACnet/IP User Manual

Overview of the BACnet/IP network and the FBIP-21 module 17
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Overview of the BACnet/IP
network and the FBIP-21
module

Contents of this chapter

This chapter contains a short description of the BACnet/IP network
and the FBIP-21 adapter module.

BACnet

BACnet is a standard data communication protocol that enables
interoperability between different building systems (e.g. fire,
security, lighting, HVAC, elevator, etc.) and devices in building
automation and control applications. It enables data sharing
among different types of devices from a broad set of suppliers.
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BACnet supported network type with FBIP-21

The ACH580 drive can be used with the following BACnet/IP
network types for transporting BACnet messages. A BACnet router
is used to connect the various network types.
BACnet/IP - This type is used with the existing Ethernet
infrastructure, VLAN and WAN networks. It uses the UDP/IP for
compatibility with existing IP infrastructure. When it is used with
multiple IP subnets, an additional device BACnet Broadcast