Network Controller 6 Mounting and Wiring Guide
Updated: January 16, 2012
About Expansion Options
About Option Cards
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About Expansion Options
The T-600 controller provides for
field-installable
expansion with two kinds of options:
•
Option cards
—Install on connectors inside the controller base unit. See
•
Accessory modules
—To “chain” on the T-600’s 20-pin end connector. See
About Option Cards
The T-600 has two (2) option slots for custom option cards designed for use with JACE controllers. Each slot
has a 30-pin connector on the controller’s base board. See
Warning
Power to the controller must be OFF when installing or removing option cards, or damage will occur!
Also, you must be very careful to plug an option card into its connector properly (pins aligned).
Option cards typically provide additional communications features, such as with the following available models
(with others still in development) listed in
.
Table 1
T-600 option cards.
Model
Description
Notes
NPB-LON
FTT-10A LON (LonWorks) adapter
with a 2-position removable
screw-terminal connector plug.
Up to 2 LON option cards may be installed.
•
If one LON option, it operates as LON1, regardless of slot.
•
If two LON options, LON1 is Option slot 1, LON2 is Option slot 2.
NPB-2X-485
Dual, optically-isolated, RS-485
adapter with two 3-position
removable screw-terminal
connector plugs.
One or two 485 option cards may be installed.
If installed in Option slot 1, ports are COM3 and COM4. If two 485 options
are installed, ports are COM3 and COM4 for Option slot 1, and COM5 and
COM6 for Option slot 2.
NPB-MDM
56Kbps Auto-dial/Auto-answer
Modem with one RJ-11 connector
for phone line.
Note:
Not supported if NPB-GPRS
modem option is also installed.
Maximum of one. Does not have own UART (unlike NPB-2X-485,
NPB-232, etc.). Must be installed in Option slot 1, where it operates as
COM1. This disables the RS-232 base serial port (DB-9 connector) on the
T-600 during normal operation.
Note:
If a NPB-MDM is installed, and the “mode jumper” (see
) is
put in “Serial Shell” position, the T-600 base RS-232 port becomes active
immediately following a reboot. This allows an RS-232 connection to the
“serial shell” for debugging purposes. To re-enable the modem, you must
put the mode jumper back in the “Normal” position, and reboot again.
NPB-232
Single port RS-232 adapter, with a
DB-9M connector. Uses its own
on-board UART. Supports baud
rates up to 115200.
One or two 232 option cards may be installed.
If installed in Option slot 1, port is COM3. If two 232 options are installed,
ports are COM3 for Option slot 1, and COM4 for Option slot 2.
NPB-GPRS-W
NPB-GPRS
Wireless GSM cellular modem
using GPRS (General Packet
Radio Service) data technology,
powered by the controller.
Requires AX-3.4 or later. One GPRS option card is supported.
Includes SMA coax tilt-and-swivel antenna.
The NPB-GPRS-W model is bundled with a Wyless provisioned SIM card.
The NPB-GPRS model does not include a SIM card.
NPB-ZWAVE
–
US
or
–
EU
Z-Wave wireless serial gateway
between the JACE’s NiagaraAX
station and an RF wireless Z-Wave
domain. Includes a RP-SMA
tilt-and-swivel antenna.
Requires AX-3.5 or later.
-US model is 908.42 MHz for U.S. usage.
-EU model is 868.42 MHz for European usage. If installed in option slot 1,
card operates as COM3.
