System Scaling - ProFire PF3100 Product Manual

15.8 SYSTEM SCALING

At a minimum, each PF3100 system is comprised of one BMS controller card, one ion pilot card and one
temperature card for each appliance under control. Only one User Interface card is required to control all the
appliances in a system. BMS controller cards, pilot cards, temperature cards and I/O Expansion cards can be added
as required to accommodate larger or more complex appliances in accordance with the diagram below:
User Interface (UI)
card
A
Note 1
BMS card A1
Note 2
E
1 PFRN Controller Network connections must only connect to port 28 of the BMS cards.
2 PFRN I/O Network connections must only connect to ports 29, 30, 31 and/or 32 of the BMS cards.
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B C
Modbus card Network card(s)
Add up to 16 controllers in a single
BMS card A2
PFRN I/O Network
F
Network card(s)
Connect up to 4 Pilot cards per
Pilot card 1
Temperature
Connect up to 5 Temperature cards
card 1 per controller
I/O Expansion
Connect up to 5 I/O Expansion
cards per controller
card 1
PFRN Controller Network
D
Modbus card
Network card(s)
BMS card A16
appliance
– Separate I/O Network for each B MS card
Pilot card 4
controller
Temperature
card 5
I/O Expansion
card 5
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A
Use for single appliance
applications that require:
- No Modbus functionality
- Only 1 BMS card
B
Use for single or multiple
appliance applications that
require:
- Modbus functionality
- Up to 3 BMS cards
C
Use for single or multiple
appliance applications that
require:
- No Modbus functionality
- More than 3 BMS cards
D
Use for single or multiple
appliance applications that
require:
- Modbus functionality
- More than 3 BMS cards
Add controllers for additional
appliances as required (up to a
maximum of 16 controllers total)
E
Use for controllers that
require:
- No more than 4 I/O
cards
F
Use for controllers that
require:
- More than 4 I/O cards
Required
Hardware
Optional
Hardware
Network
X
Configuration
Options
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