Echelon Network And Hardware Setup; Overview; Wiring Type; Echelon Network Structuring (Daisy-Chains) - Emerson E2 Installation And Operation Manual

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Echelon Network and Hardware Setup

8.1

Overview

Echelon is an optional, two-conductor network that interconnects E2s and other associated devices, such as CC-100
case controllers, TD3 temperature displays, and ESR8 evaporator stepper regulator boards. All Echelon devices are wired
together using the daisy-chain method of network structuring. If an Echelon network-enabled E2 is required, it must be
specifically ordered from Emerson Retail Solutions as an Echelon-enabled E2, and equipped with an Echelon plug-in
card. See Section 4.3.1, Echelon Plug-In Card Kit (P/N 638-4860).
8.2

Wiring Type

Emerson Retail Solutions specifies one type of cable for Echelon Network wiring. This cable type's properties are
listed in Table 8-1.
Wire Diam./AWG
Loop Resistance
Table 8-1 - Echelon Network Cable Specifications
Table 8-2
8.3 Echelon Network
Structuring (Daisy-Chains)
Echelon devices are networked together into configu-
rations called segments. A segment is a group of up to 64
Echelon devices that are connected together on an unbro-
ken series of wires.
The recommended way of constructing an Echelon
Network is called daisy-chaining. In the daisy-chain net-
work configuration, devices are arranged by subnets,
which consist of one E2 and all Echelon devices associ-
ated with the E2.
First, all devices in a subnet are connected in an unbro-
ken chain without branches or "star configurations" (see
Figure 8-1). Then, if more than one E2 is present on-site,
Overview
Cable Type
Capacitance
Cable Type
1 pair, non-plenum
1 pair, plenum
- Recommended Wiring
Level 4, twisted pair, stranded, shielded
0.65mm/22AWG
106(ohms/km)
49(nF/km)
Emerson Retail Solutions Part
Number
135-2300
135-2301
all chains are connected so that the entire network forms a
large unbroken chain, called a daisy chain 
(see Figure 8-2). This allows for all devices in the Eche-
lon Network to be hard wired together for trouble free
communication.
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