Communication intermediary between two worlds

MBS GmbH has developed a Universal BACnet Router (UBR) which links BACnet over LonTalk to BACnet/IP. It gives property operators an inexpensive way of connecting facility engineering based on BACnet over LonTalk to the modern IP technology.

The LON field bus performance standard (Local Operating Network, ISO 14908-x) with the LonTalk communication protocol is one of the world's most popular building automation technologies. The idea behind it is, at the automation level, to establish a topology decentrally and using existing structures in enclosures and buildings – for example as stars, rings or lines. This enables integrated networking and brings great flexibility to the system as a whole. Yet when fixed-network telephony is switched over to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), telephone alarm systems suffer a communication gap.

Parameter Name	Parameter Value
Network	LAN IP RS485 VoIP BACnet
Mounting	DIN rail