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LONWORKS Outline Description
LONWORKS is an open fieldbus which has been designed to be used as a control network. Is is
characterized by multiple communications media, multi vendor equipment, low maintenance
cost, and very low per node cost. It features event handling and reliable, cyclic data transfer.
Network Configurations
Up to 128 supervised devices can be connected to one bus. Meaning that more devices can be
connected to the bus, but can not be supervised by the Advant Controller 450. Up to eight buses
can be configured in an Advant Controller 450.
Figure 1-38. LONWORKS network configuration example
AC 400 Series
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