POTTER BACnet Link BACnet Interface to BMS User Guide
- June 9, 2024
- POTTER
Table of Contents
BACnet Link BACnet Interface to BMS
User Guide
Features
- BACnet/IP
- Connect to 1000 Potter panels in a single building, local campus, or multiple sites worldwide using LAN/WAN/Internet
- Native Ethernet networking connectivity with fire panels and BACnet Link, eliminating need for additional hardware, converters, gateways, or network interface cards
- BACnet Link is a software solution that will run as a service on a customer provided Windows® 10 computer
- End-to-end supervision of all panels
- Deliver supplementary life safety signals to many of the largest BMS systems in the world – Triduum, Allerton, JCI Metasys®, and more
- Automatically discover all points – minimal configuration
- BACnet interface is unlisted and all signals are supplementary.
- Developed, manufactured and supported by Potter in the U.S.A.
Description
The BACnet Link enables up to 1000 compatible Potter fire panels to report to building management systems (BMS) using the BACnet over IP open protocol. The BACnet Link enables Potter to report panel and point status information to BACnet networks in markets such as: K-12 Schools, Colleges & Universities, Hospitality, Commercial Buildings, Data Centers, Government and Industrial Facilities. This supplementary interface allows many BMS systems (e.g. Triduum, Allerton, JCI Metasys®, and more) to display and respond to fire system activity while UL approved life safety functions are retained in the Potter fire alarm control panels.
Technical Specifications
| Networked Panels Per System | 1000 |
|---|---|
| PC & OS Platforms Required | Windows® 10 Professional, 64-bit, English (USA) |
Intel® i5 (or equivalent) 2.6 GHz, 16GB RAM
Network Technology Requirements| Ethernet with static IPs
Software Requirements| .Net version 4.7.2
MS Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable
Supported Fire Alarm Control Panels (v. 6 and above)| IPA -4000, IPA -100, IPA
-60
AFC-1000, AFC-100, AFC-50, ARC-100
PFC-4064
Standards| None — for supplementary signaling
Protocol| BACnet/IP (PIC statement available in the manual)
BACnet Link Architecture
Ordering Information
| Model | Description | Stock No. |
|---|
Potter Net Software and Hardware
BACNET-LINK| BACnet Link enables a user to integrate up to 1000 compatible
Potter fire panels into BACnet enabled BMS systems. 1-year software services
agreement (SSA) is included with BACNET-LINK.| 3993014
BACNET-LINK-
CONNECT| BACnet Link connection licenses. Each BACnet device connected to the
BACnet Link requires a license.
1-year software services agreement (SSA) is included with BACNET-LINK-CONNECT|
3993015
Potter Net Software Service Agreements (SSA)
BACNET-LINK-SSA| 1-year software services agreement for BACNET-LINK. BACNET-
LINK must have an SSA in order to get the software updates.| 3993016
BACNET-LINK-
CONNECT-SSA| 1-year software services agreement for BACNET-LINK-CONNECT. Each
BACNET-LINK- CONNECT must have an SSA in order to get the software updates.|
3993017
Potter Electric Signal Company, LLC
St. Louis, MO
Phone: 800-325-3936
www.pottersignal.com
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