
Bus systems
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Building Technologies
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Fire Safety & Security Products
06.2011
6.1
Overview of buses
Features
C bus
I bus
LON bus
Data bus
Field of application
local system bus
internal in control panel
local data bus for floor
repeater display
local data bus for parallel
display, mimic displays or
relays
Transfer speed
57 kbaud
1000 kbaud
78 kbaud
SPI bus 2 kHz
Length of line
max. 1000 m
(G51 Ø0.8: 1400m)
max. 3 m
(inside housing only)
max. 500 m as
free topology
max. 1000 m
as stub line
max. 1000 m
Number of participants
and/or addresses
... 16
C bus stations
... 16
I bus plug-in modules
... 32
LON bus devices
... 24
max. 8 addresses
Number of wires
2
(+3 wires for degraded
mode)
26 2 6
(+3 wires for supply)
Cable type
twisted 1)
flat
cable
twisted
twisted
Loop line
4
– – –
T-branch
–
–
4
–
Short-circuit-proof
yes
every participant with
isolator
–
no yes
Network structure
master/master master/slave master/slave master/slave
Prompt
event-controlled,
presence-monitored
in cycles,
event-controlled
event-controlled
presence monitoring
(every 60 s)
in cycles
typ. every 250 ms
Principle
serial bus
–
Cerberus protocol
–
collision detection
–
Manchester coding
C bus
–
Cerberus protocol
–
SPI/Motorola
network
–
Echelon chip (LON
protocol)
–
Cerberus specific
telegram
serial bus
–
Cerberus protocol
Special feature
– – – –
Features
D bus interactive
AnalogPLUS bus
Collective line
FDnet
Field of application
for interactive
detectors
for AnalogPLUS
detectors
for collective
MS6/7/9 detectors
for Sinteso
TM-
devices
Transfer speed
4.8 kbaud
2 messages/sec.
(AC signal)
4 messages/sec.
Length of line
see doc. 001508
(max. 120
/300 nF)
see doc. 001508
(max. 150
/300 nF)
see doc. 001508
(max.50/150/250
/4
F)
see doc. 001508
(max.210
/330 nF) 2)
Number of participants
and/or addresses
... 128
D bus devices
(interactive)
... 128
D bus devices
(AnalogPLUS)
1 address
(max. 25 detectors)
... 126
FDnet devices
(Sinteso)
Number of wires
2 2 2 2
Cable type
twisted twisted
(untwisted permitted)
twisted
(untwisted permitted)
all cable types permitted
(twisted recommended)
Loop line
4
4
–
4
T-branch
4
any
– –
4
Only one T-branch per-
mitted between 2 devices
Short-circuit-proof
yes
participants depending
on type
with/without isolators
yes
every participant
with isolators
no yes
every participant
with isolators
Network structure
master/slave master/slave master/slave master/slave
Prompt
in cycles
–
typ. every 3 sec.
–
interrupt in event of
alarm
in cycles
–
typ. every 64 sec.
–
interrupt in event of
alarm
–
in cycles
–
typ. every 32 sec.
–
interrupt in event of
alarm
Principle
sensor/actor bus
–
Cerberus protocol
’K51’
–
serial 8 bit
sensor/actor bus
–
Cerberus protocol ’K31’
–
serial 8 bit
–
starting up: daisy-chain
conventional
–
current gain principle
–
voltage thresholds
sensor/actor bus
–
Siemens protocol ’P2’
–
serial 32 bit
–
starting up: daisy-chain
Special feature
detector parameters
download
– –
diff. parameter sets
can be chosen
1) calibrated for cable impedance: 50
(MICC) / 110
(G51, Ø0.8 mm not shielded)
2) 500 nF for unshielded cables