REMOTE COMMUNICATION WIRING
• All standard Platinum controls come with a Motherboard and a CPU board.
• If the Platinum control part number ends with RINET, BAC, or BUS; then it also comes with a communication board. If a
respective communication board will be included in any of the Upgrade Kits.
Always bring your communication cable through one of the side
knockouts. DO NOT use the bottom knockouts for communication cabling.
BACNET WIRING
BACNET IP WIRING
• The Ethernet cable should use the Platinum control's enclosure closest
side knockout.
• Connect the CAT-5E BACnet IP cable to the RS45 communication
socket on the back of the control's Communication Board.
• For reliable communication, do not run CAT-5E cables more than
150 Ft. CAT-6 cables can have a maximum run of 300 Ft.
•
Manual".
A BACnet capable Platinum control displays
-- NETWORK PANEL --
BACNET MS/TP WIRING
• The RS485 cable should use the Platinum control's enclosure closest
side knockout.
• Connect the BACnet MS/TP cable to the RS485 connector
communication socket on the back of the control's Communication
Board. The Communication Board terminals are labeled 'A (+)', G
(Ground), and 'B (-)'.
• Use 18# AWG Twisted Pair cable. The cable length must not exceed
3500 feet.
• The ground RS485 terminal (G) MUST be connected to the BMS
RS485 Ground.
•
Manual".
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ALERT
ALERT
PLATINUM PANEL CONNECTED
TO BACnet IP Network
Ethernet socket
connect to Cat-5 cable
PLATINUM PANEL CONNECTED
TO BACnet MS/TP Network
CAT5/Ethernet Cable
Black RS485 socket
connect to BACnet MS/TP
RS485 Cable
MPC Platinum Installation and Operation Manual
A new CPU board and the
Communication Board
A(+)
G
B(-)
A(+)
G
B(-)
CPU Board
Motherboard
Connect to Ethernet
Connection on BACnet Network
Communication Board
A(+)
G
B(-)
A(+)
G
B(-)
CPU Board
Motherboard
Connect to BACnet MS/TP Network
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