The S4 Open: OPC-N2 Router
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S4 Open: OPC-N2 Router
The S4 Open: OPC-N2 Router from the S4 Group creates flexibility and cost savings in Building Automation systems. The OPC-N2 Router from the S4 group is the gateway to third party product integration into the Metasys® N2 by JCI environment, enables seamless OPC integration with N2 networks, Ethernet compatibility, and introduces cost saving in virtually every upgrade, maintenance, or replacement on the N2 bus.
N2 Router Product White Paper. S4 Open: OPC-N2 Router product brochure.
Key Benefits
- Ability to bring many N2 buses in a large complex building into one virtual N2 Network©. The N2 Switch acts as the bus master for each and allows independent adjustment of polling rates and other parameters for each.
- Standard vendor tools are used to configure N2 devices on each N2 bus.
- Automatically locates and identifies new devices, and their Process Points on the N2 bus.
- All points on all N2 buses are displayable through the management console.
- N2 interfaces can be extended over Ethernet - TCP/IP connections
- N2 interfaces can be extended over wireless connections
- Filtering and point mapping allow you to expose only a subset of the active points to upstream supervisory controllers (NCM, N30, FX, or Metasys by JCI Extended systems) through the Virtual N2 Network©.
- The N2 Switch acts as a N2-Open device and attaches to any N2 bus.
Suggested Applications
- Providing the ability to combine multiple legacy N2 buses into a single virtual V2 bus when upgrading older technology, less powerful Supervisory Controllers to current generation Metasys by JCI systems. This approach drastically improves the economics of doing an upgrade by minimizing the number of newer, more powerful, Supervisory Controllers needed and eliminating the need to reprogram or readdress any of the devices on the legacy N2 field bus.
- Migrating legacy M3 or M5 workstation graphics to the commercial off the shelf Iconics Genesis32 platform.
- Extending the N2 bus over a customers existing Ethernet building infrastructure to remote sections of a building or campus combining all of these segments into one virtual N2 bus. Again, greatly enhancing the economics of an installation and making a Metasys by JCI installation cost competitive. See our Extreme N2 Networking Tech Notes for a list of currently supported devices.
System Configuration
Delivered as a network appliance on an Industrial PC for high availability and reliability.
| Feature | Price |
| - 1 Downstream N2 Network (standard COM port) | Included |
| - 1 Virtual N2 Network | Included |
| - 1 Upstream OPC DA Interface | Included |
| - IPC hardware | Included |
| Option | Price |
| - Additional Downstream N2 Network (standard COM port) | TBA |
| - Additional Downstream N2 Network (Ethernet extended RS-485) | TBA |
| - Additional Remote Downstream N2 Network (WAN support, optimized timing, caching, etc) | TBA |
| - Additional Upstream interfaces | TBA |
| - Hardware for the remote Ethernet to RS-485 conversion | TBA |
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System Architecture
All S4 Open products are based on a common core technology platform enabling Lego®-like "mix-and-match" capability for your building automation systems.
Metasys® as used in this document is a trademark of Johnson Controls, Inc.