The Cbxi Integrated Ethernet Switch; Configuring The Ip Connection - ABB CBXi Series User Manual

THE CBXI INTEGRATED ETHERNET SWITCH

The CBXi-8R8(-H) includes an integrated
IP packets from each port to the other, allowing
It is recommended is that both ends of an
single switch that supports the
break or controller failure in the loop will allow all controllers to continue to communicate.
For example, if controllers
supporting Spanning Tree
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If controller
B
communicating.
•
If controllers
Note: The FBVi Series controller has a pass-through across its IP switches, such that if it loses power
controllers 'downstream' will continue to be connected. Only the
Note: If you plug both ends of the daisy chain network into a switch that does not support the
Protocol, it will flood the network with requests. The switch will send and receive the same messages
over and over again, until something breaks.

CONFIGURING THE IP CONNECTION

Configuring the IP connection using CXproᴴᴰ
CXproᴴᴰ includes a utility to quickly configure
right-click on a Site
The utility will scan for all CBXi,
Note: The devices must be configured within
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Ethernet
FBXi
Spanning Tree
, , , and are daisy-chained, connected on both sides, with a single switch
A B C D E
Protocol:
loses power, controller will be on one trunk, and
A
and lose power, controllers
B D
in the and select
Site List Configure IP BACnet Device Properities
FBXi and FBVi
CXproᴴᴰ
CBXi IP Controller |
Switch, with 2 ports. This allows the device to forward
CBXi devices to be connected in a
/ FBVi / CBXi daisy chain network are connected to a
network switch protocol (STP). In this scenario a single line
/
C D
and will communicate, but controller
A E
FBVi Series
BACnet properties for IP devices. To launch this utility,
devices on the selected network.
before they can be accessed by this utility.
Installation
Daisy-Chain topology:
/ will be on another all
E
will not.
C
has this feature.
Spanning Tree
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