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INNCOM B574 Datasheet

   

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The B574 uses ZigBee 802.15.4 technology to create RF Mesh networks. This software-based 

feature set allows the many network members to link-up in a dynamic way, forming a redundant 
mesh of routers. A typical router in an INNCOM IRAS is a Layer-2 thermostat or a Layer-2 PC-502. 
The mesh network is managed by the B574 functioning as the PAN Coordinator. Each B574 can 

accommodate up to 50 ZigBee routers; each B573 MBX bridge can handle 50 B574 Coordinators. 
MBX bridges can be added as necessary to accommodate the number of B574s and their routers 
(50 routers per B574 × 50 B574s per B573 = 2500 routers per B573). (See also the B574 

Engineering Manual, v1.0, and the B573 Media Connector Users Guide, v1.0.) 
The server configures the B574 Coordinator to a selected RF channel and PAN ID on start up. Once it 
has started a PAN, the coordinator can allow routers in the network to join the PAN. The coordinator 

transmits and receives RF data transmissions and assists in routing data through the mesh network.  
In Figure 2 above, data travels along the red route from and to the router on the upper right 

corner. Should one of the links (hops) break due to a localized disturbance or the failure of a 
router, then the network would dynamically form another route for the packet; the communication 

could therefore be maintained even if the network partially fails.