Carrier Comfort

Network

Overview and Configuration Manual

COMFORT

NETWORK

Carrier Comfort
Network

Overview and Configuration Manual

This document is the property of Carrier Corporation and is delivered on

the express condition that it is not to be disclosed, reproduced in whole or
in part, or used for manufacture by anyone other than Carrier Corporation
without its written consent, and that no right is granted to disclose or so use
any information contained in said document.
IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation. Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows NT
is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

1996, Carrier Corporation

Manual
Revisions
The Carrier Comfort Network Overview and Configuration Manual
is catalog number 808-534. This is the 8/96 revision of the manual.
The following changes have been made since the last version.

Section/Chapter

Changes

Entire manual

Added information about the Comfort Controller and ComfortWORKS.

Module Wiring

1.

On pages 2-2 and 2-5, added recommendations

about using separate, isolated power supplies.

Network Configuration Tool

2.

Deleted

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Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................... 1-1

General Information ....................................................................................... 1-1
CCN Communications Bus ............................................................................ 1-6
System Elements ............................................................................................ 1-7
PIC ........................................................................................................... 1-7
Comfort Controller ................................................................................... 1-7
FID .......................................................................................................... 1-8
CIO Module ............................................................................................ 1-8
NDS/Bridge ............................................................................................ 1-8
Autodial Gateway .................................................................................. 1-9
VVT Gateway ......................................................................................... 1-9
Repeater ................................................................................................. 1-9
ComfortWORKS .....................................................................................1-10
Building Supervisor ............................................................................. 1-10
Lightning Suppressors ........................................................................ 1-11
CCN Options ................................................................................................. 1-11
About This Manual ....................................................................................... 1-12
Introduction Illustrations
Figure 1-1: Typical Building ............................................................................. 1-2
Figure 1-2: Building with Chillers and Air Handlers ....................................... 1-3
Figure 1-3: Building with Controllers Added to HVAC Equipment ............. 1-4
Figure 1-4: Building with CCN Bus and ComfortWORKS Added ................ 1-5

Module Wiring ................................................................................................ 2-1

General Information ....................................................................................... 2-1
Repeater .......................................................................................................... 2-2
CIO Module ..................................................................................................... 2-5

Module Wiring Illustrations

Figure 2-1: Connections for Repeater Used as Bus Extender ..................... 2-3
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Figure 2-2: Connections for Repeater Used as Protocol Converter......... 2-4

Figure 2-3: Connections for CIO Module Used as a Processor
for an Option or a Primary Bus NDS .......................................... 2-7
Figure 2-4: Connections for CIO Module Used as a NDS/Bridge ............... 2-8
Figure 2-5: Connections for CIO Module Used as an Interface
to an RS-232 Device .................................................................... 2-9
Figure 2-6: Connections for CIO Module Used as an Interface
to a Non-CCN Four-Wire Bus .................................................... 2-10

Network Directory Services .......................................................................... 3-1

Introduction .................................................................................................... 3-1
NDS Directory ................................................................................................ 3-2
NDS Diagnostics ............................................................................................. 3-3
Diagnostic Configuration ......................................................................
Diagnostic Polling Results ....................................................................
Diagnostic Error Messages ...................................................................
NDS Alarm Conditions ..........................................................................

3-3
3-3
3-4
3-4

Configuration .................................................................................................. 3-6

Network Directory Services Configuration Sheet ...................................... 3-12

Network Directory Services Illustration

Figure 3-1: NDS Diagnostics Configuration Screen ..................................... 3-6

Network Directory Services Table

Table 3-1: Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversion Chart ........................... 3-14

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Introduction
General Information
The Carrier Comfort Network (CCN) is a system of communicating, microprocessor based controls for heating, ventilating and cooling (HVAC) equipment.
Communications between the system's devices enables the system to coordinate its activities for greater efficiency, and to simplify the identification of
any problems that may arise. Microprocessors incorporated in individual
control units enable those units to carry out sophisticated functions on a
localized basis.
A CCN system consists of two principal types of controllers, the PIC and the
Comfort Controller, supported by a number of other devices that carry out
communications functions in the system, and by ComfortWORKS, which
provides the main human interface to the system. All CCN devices, termed
"system elements," are linked together by the CCN communications bus.
The purpose of the Carrier Comfort Network (CCN) starts with a building.
The building's interior is divided into spaces of varying sizes. People in
varying numbers occupy those spaces to perform a variety of activities. The
exterior of the structure is subject to a number of environmental factors.
Notable among the factors are solar heating on different faces as the sun
moves through the sky and cooling on the face exposed to the prevailing wind.
Under some conditions one portion of the building may require heating while
another requires cooling. More often, one mode of operation prevails for the
whole building. Even then, though, the precise amount of heating or cooling
required varies from one internal space to another.

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Figure 1-1: Typical Building

A CCN acts to meet a building's varied needs by coordinating the activities of

its heating and cooling equipment. A CCN-controlled heating and cooling
system for a building such as the one that appears in Figure 1-1 can be
viewed as consisting of three layers of subsystems.

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Figure 1-2: Building with Chiller and Air Handlers

The first layer of a CCN-controlled heating and cooling system consists of the
heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment installed within a building. Its task is to make the building's interior spaces comfortable for occupants despite the influences of external environmental factors. In order to do
that, there must be equipment to cool those areas where temperatures may
climb and equipment to provide heat for those areas where temperatures
threaten to fall below the human comfort range. The building in Figure 1-2,
for example, is shown as having a chiller with piping through which it moves
chilled water, and an air handler on each floor with associated ductwork for
moving heated or cooled air.

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Figure 1-3: Building with Controllers Added to HVAC Equipment

The second layer of a CCN-controlled HVAC system consists of the controllers

that regulate the HVAC equipment. Figure 1-3 uses boxes to represent
controllers added to the equipment. Each controller uses sensors to monitor
conditions in the space being served and in the equipment, and actuators to
control the equipment. The sensors and actuators are wired to I/O modules
at the controller. Two types of CCN controllers are available for the direct
control of equipment: PICs and Comfort Controllers.
Both types of controllers, as well as a number of other CCN devices, are
described later in this section of the manual. The generic term for a CCN
device is "system element."
PICs and Comfort Controllers are also thoroughly documented in manuals of
their own.
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Figure 1-4: Building with CCN Bus and ComfortWORKS Added

The CCN's third layer is the one with which this manual is most concerned.
It consists of the communications capability that enables controllers to function together. It is communication that ties the system elements of a CCN
into a network. By exchanging information between themselves, CCN controllers can act in a coordinated fashion to operate a building's HVAC equipment in the most efficient manner.
Communications in a CCN take place over a CCN Communications Bus.
There can be multiple buses in one network, with one bus designated as the
primary bus and other, secondary, buses connected to it through CCN
Bridges. A bus, either primary or secondary, can consist of up to four bus
segments connected together by CCN Repeaters.
The communications bus also enables system elements to communicate with
a CCN ComfortWORKS. This software is the means by which the user
interfaces with the CCN. It makes it possible for a user to interact with all
controllers in a CCN from one location. Figure 1-4 shows a ComfortWORKS

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added to the CCN and a communication bus linking the CCN's system elements.
Like PICs and Comfort Controllers, ComfortWORKS is thoroughly covered in
its own documentation.

CCN Communications Bus

The CCN communications bus conveys commands, data, and alarms between
the CCN system elements. Transmissions on the bus are performed by the
techniques specified in EIA RS-485. Any system element connected to the
bus may communicate with any other system element, regardless of their
physical locations.
One bus can accommodate connection of up to 239 addressed system elements. Each of those is identified for communications purposes by a unique
system address. A system address consists of the number of the bus to which
the system element is connected and a system element number between 1
and 239. That address is sometimes expressed in documentation as bus
number/system element number.
Physically, the communications bus consists of shielded three conductor
cable. Connections to the bus are made in a parallel daisy-chain fashion.
That is, a system element's main communication port is usually connected to
two cables, each going to a different system element. Only a system element
at the end of a bus or a Repeater being used to extend a bus has a single cable
connected to its main communication port.
System elements must be connected directly to the bus without the use of Ttaps or spurs. T-tap or spur connections might cause excessive reflected noise
on the network.
A CCN system of no more than 239 system elements may perform all of its
communications by means of a single primary bus. The primary bus is always assigned bus number 0. Larger networks, or those with special requirements, may make use of one or more secondary buses. A secondary bus is
connected to the primary bus by a system element called a NDS/Bridge. The
Bridge and the numbering scheme for secondary buses are described below.
Each CCN bus is served by a Network Directory Services (NDS) software
module that maintains a directory of system elements on the bus. A NDS
also performs diagnostic functions to determine whether the bus's system
elements are functioning correctly. The NDS for a primary bus is installed in
a CIO Module dedicated to that purpose. It is also available packaged along
with the Autodial Gateway. The NDS for each secondary bus is installed in
the NDS/Bridge that connects the secondary bus to the primary bus.

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System Elements
PIC
A PIC (Product Integrated Control) is the CCN controller for use with Carrier-built, CCN-compatible HVAC equipment. It consists of a processor
module, and may include one or more I/O modules. All the modules that
make up a PIC are installed in the HVAC equipment during manufacture.
The processor module contains a microprocessor connected to 12 inputs and
six outputs. There is also provision for connecting the processor module to
I/O modules that support additional inputs and outputs. The microprocessor
executes algorithms, computer software that determines how the PIC controls the equipment. The processor module is also the PIC component that
performs communications functions on the CCN communications bus.
Sensors to monitor both the equipment's operation and conditions in the
space served by the equipment are connected to inputs at the PIC. Outputs
from the PIC serve to control the equipment's operation.
Each PIC is customized according to the needs of the equipment in which it is
installed. The customization involves selection of the modules that make up
a given PIC, and selection of the software loaded in the PIC's processor
module to determine its control functions.

Comfort Controller
The Comfort Controller product family gives the CCN the capability to control
non-Carrier equipment and Carrier HVAC equipment not equipped with PICs.
The Comfort Controller product family provides general purpose HVAC control
and monitoring capability in a stand-alone or network environment using closedloop, direct digital control. This product family can control and monitor equipment such as lighting, pumps, and cooling towers.
The two types of Comfort Controllers, the 6400 and the 1600, provide the following functions:

HVAC control
proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) loop control
scheduling
custom programming

You configure the Comfort Controller to contain a database of the algorithms,

points, schedules, alarms, and system functions necessary to control and monitor
the equipment at your site.
FID
A FID (Field Installed Device) is a CCN controller for use with HVAC equipment built by manufacturers other than Carrier. It may also be used in

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retrofit applications to control earlier Carrier equipment that does not have a
PIC. A FID consists of an enclosure that contains a power supply, a processor
module, and one or more I/O modules.
The processor module contains a microprocessor. The microprocessor executes the algorithms that determine how the FID controls the equipment.
The processor module is also the FID component that performs communications functions on the CCN communications bus.
Sensors to monitor both the equipment's operation and conditions in the
space served by the equipment are connected to inputs at the I/O module(s).
Outputs from the I/O module(s) serve to control the equipment's operation.
A FID is customized for the equipment to which it is connected by selection of
varying combinations of I/O modules. FID software, however, is more "general purpose" than that used in a PIC. The user must configure FID software
on-site to suit each specific application.

CIO Module
A CIO (Communications Input/Output) Module serves as a standalone processor module in the CCN. It does not act to control a specific piece of equipment as does a PIC or a FID. Instead, CIO Modules are used to carry out
functions that relate to communications and the way that CCN system elements work together.
A CIO Module may be installed in a CCN system to act as the processor
responsible for providing an option function such as Loadshed or Data Collection. Or it may be equipped with specific communications software that
enables it to act as a NDS/Bridge, an Autodial Gateway, or a VVT Gateway.
Although they all employ the same CIO Module hardware, each of those
applications is treated as a unique system element because each has different
operating characteristics and wiring requirements. Descriptions of the three
system elements appear below.

NDS/Bridge
An NDS/Bridge consists of a CIO Module equipped with software that enables it to function as the interface between the CCN primary bus and a
secondary bus. A secondary bus is isolated from the primary bus and subordinate to it.
An NDS/Bridge may be assigned any of the 239 system element numbers on a
primary bus. Each secondary bus takes as its bus number the system element number of the Bridge that connects it to the primary bus.
A Bridge may not be used on a secondary bus to create a third level bus.

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Each NDS/Bridge contains Network Directory Services (NDS) software that

maintains a directory of system elements on the Bridge's secondary bus.
NDS also performs diagnostic functions to determine whether the secondary
bus's system elements are functioning correctly.

There is a section in this manual devoted to the NDS. There is no section

devoted to the Bridge function of the NDS/Bridge because there is no user
interaction with a Bridge after it is placed in service.

Autodial Gateway
An Autodial Gateway consists of a CIO Module equipped with software that
enables it to function as the interface between a CCN communications bus
using RS-485 signalling and an external autodial modem using EIA RS-232
signalling. An Autodial Gateway must be connected to the primary bus of its
CCN.
It is possible to set up a CCN site at which the only equipment is a
ComfortWORKS or Building Supervisor connected through an Autodial
Gateway to an autodial modem. An operator working at that system can use
the Autodial Gateway to "dial-in" to CCN systems that contain Autodial
Gateways. When the telephone connection is established the operator has
complete access to the CCN system, just as if the ComfortWORKS or Building Supervisor were connected to it directly.
A CCN with an Autodial Gateway can be configured in such a way that
certain alarms will cause the Autodial Gateway to automatically initiate a
call to another site. The alarms can then be reported to a ComfortWORKS or
Building Supervisor at the second site.

VVT Gateway
A VVT Gateway consists of a CIO Module equipped with software that enables it to function as the interface between a CCN communications bus and
a VVT system communications bus. An operator working at a
ComfortWORKS or Building Supervisor in a CCN system that is connected to
a VVT system by a VVT Gateway can configure and control the VVT system's
communicating thermostats. The operator can also display VVT diagnostic
information on the ComfortWORKS or Building Supervisor screen.

Repeater
The Repeater is a special purpose hardware module that has two applications
in the CCN system. It may be used as a bus extender to connect together two
bus segments, or it may be used as a protocol converter to interface a RS-232
device to the CCN's RS-485 communications bus.
A Repeater is the one system element that is not assigned a system address.
That is because it is neither the source nor the destination of any communications on the bus.
The bus extender function, in which it links two RS-485 bus segments, is the
most common application for a Repeater module. In this application the
Repeater performs bi-directional signal regeneration that is transparent to
the system elements connected to the bus segments.
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All buses, both primary and secondary, are composed of bus segments. A bus
segment may be up to 1000 feet in length and can accommodate connection of
up to 60 addressed system elements. Up to three Repeaters may be used to
form one bus, consisting of four segments and able to accommodate up to 239
addressed system elements.
The Repeater's second, less common, application is its use as a protocol converter. In that application it serves as an interface device for connecting a
device that communicates by EIA RS-232 signals to the CCN communications
bus, which employs EIA RS-485 signals.
A Repeater may be used as the protocol converter that connects a CCN
ComfortWORKS or Building Supervisor to the bus. However, the use of other
protocol converters is also permitted for that purpose.
There is not a section devoted to the Repeater in this manual because the user
has no interaction with it once it is installed and set in operation.

ComfortWORKS
ComfortWORKS software is the primary human interface to the CCN. It is
designed to run on a variety of IBM and IBM-compatible microcomputers
using the Microsoft Windows NT Workstation or Server operating system.
ComfortWORKS provides tools for monitoring, configuring, and analyzing a
facility's daily HVAC operations. It provides an environment from which you
can perform the following tasks:

Configure operating parameters such as time schedules, setpoints, and

point configuration
Downline load data to and upline load data from controllers
Override the state or value of selected input and output points
View, print, and acknowledge alarms from the network
Display dynamic data in both text and graphic modes
Create dynamic trend plots of data from one or multiple controllers
Customize graphics and create custom links from graphic to graphic
Generate reports from system data

Building Supervisor
A CCN Building Supervisor is a human interface device for a CCN system. It
consists of an IBM PC computer or an IBM PC compatible computer equipped
with software that enables it to act as a system element in the CCN.
An operator working at a Building Supervisor can configure, command, or
monitor any system element in the CCN. When a Data Collection option is
installed in the CCN, the Building Supervisor stores the information accumulated by Data Collection and formats it into Reports that can be printed by an
associated printer. The Building Supervisor also serves to store and display
any alarms that occur on the CCN system.
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More than one Building Supervisor may be present in a CCN system, but all
Building Supervisors must be connected to the primary bus. In a CCN system that includes more than one building it is not mandatory to have a
Building Supervisor located in each building.
A Building Supervisor may be connected to the communications bus by
means of the computer's RS-232 port. A protocol converter such as the CCN
Repeater is required in order to make connection to the RS-485 CCN bus.

Lightning Suppressors
Any cable in the CCN system that exits from a building and/or enters a
building from the outside must be equipped with a lightning suppressor. The
lightning suppressor is not considered a CCN system element.
Lightning suppressors are required on communications bus, sensor, and
device cables. A lightning suppressor must be mounted inside the last PIC or
FID enclosure that a cable exits from before exiting a building, or the first
enclosure it enters upon entering a building.

CCN Options
A CCN system may have one or more options installed in it to perform functions that enhance network operations.
Each option consists of special purpose algorithms and communications
software that provide a function for the entire CCN system or a designated
portion of the CCN system. Some options consist of two parts, a supervisory
part and an equipment part.
A supervisory part installed in a CIO Module is present in every option. It
contains the algorithms that administer the option's function and the software that enables the option to communicate with the CCN system's PICs,
Comfort Controllers, and FIDs to influence their operation.
Some options require processing to be carried out by each system element
affected by the option. Comfort Controllers and FIDs possess the capability
to do that processing as part of their general purpose software. A PIC that is
required to do "local" processing for an option function must have an equipment part for that option installed in its processor module.
Each CCN option is described in its own Overview and Configuration Manual.

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About This Manual

The following sections of this manual present information that the user will
need when dealing with communications aspects of the CCN.
Section 2 - Module Wiring presents wiring instructions for the Repeater and
the CIO Module in their various applications. Wiring instructions for PICs,
Comfort Controllers, FIDs, ComfortWORKS, and Building Supervisors are
not included here, but may be found in their respective manuals.
Section 3 - Network Directory Services describes the function of the Network
Directory Services (NDS) software module that must be present on each CCN
bus. The section includes instructions for configuring the diagnostic portion
of NDS.

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Module Wiring
General Information
This section of the manual contains information on how two types of modules,
the Repeater and the CIO Module, are connected in the CCN.
Two ways of connecting a Repeater are shown. The first is for its more common use as a bus extender. The second is for its use as a RS-232 to RS-485
protocol converter. The Repeater can be used as a protocol converter to
interface the PC containing the Building Supervisor to the CCN.
Four ways of connecting a CIO Module to a CCN are shown in this section.
The four types of connection correspond to applications that a CIO Module
can serve in a CCN:

Standalone processor to run an option, controller, or primary bus NDS.

NDS/Bridge, connecting a secondary CCN Communication Bus to the

primary CCN Communication Bus.

Interface device using the RS-232 COMM2 connector.

Interface device using the RS-485 COMM2 connector.

Each Repeater or CIO Module application has its own special connection
requirements as described below.

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Repeater
A CCN Repeater module has two connectors for power, labelled PWR1 and
PWR2, and three communication connectors. Two communication connectors
are four-position Phoenix-type connectors, labelled COMM1 and COMM2.
Both these connectors are provided for connection to the RS-485 CCN Communication Bus. The COMM2 designation is also shared by the third connector, a 25-position D shell connector provided for RS-232 signalling. Only one
of the two COMM2 connectors may be in use at a time.
The two power connectors correspond to the two communication connectors,
PWR1 to COMM1 and PWR2 to whichever COMM2 is in use. Because communication signals are optically isolated as they pass through the Repeater,
it provides complete electrical isolation when its two power connectors are
attached to different power sources.
When installing a Repeater or CCN Bridge, you should install separate,
isolated power supplies at PWR1 and PWR2. This provides maximum noise
prevention and ground loop protection. Failing to do so could connect
COMM1 and COMM2 electrically.
Caution:

Failing to install separate, isolated power supplies could result

in intermittent or failed CCN communications.

When a Repeater is used as a bus extender, a CCN Communication Bus

segment is connected to it at each of its Phoenix-type RS-485 connectors. In
this application, only one three-wire bus cable is attached to each of the
Repeater's connectors.
When a Repeater is used as a protocol converter, an RS-232 device such as a
Building Supervisor is connected to the D shell COMM2 connector and the
COMM1 connector is attached to the CCN Communication Bus. In this
application, two three-wire cables may be attached to the Repeater's COMM1
connector.
Figures 2-1 and 2-2 on the following two pages illustrate how a Repeater is
connected for each of its two applications.

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non-isolated
power supply shown
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Power Connections
1,2 - 20 Vac or 24 Vdc
3 - No connection
Note: Polarity may be disregarded
when making power connections.

Comm 1 & Comm 2 RS-485 Ports

1 - Signal + (Red)
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CIO Module
A CIO Module has two connectors for power, labelled PWR1 and PWR2, and
three communications connectors. Two communication connectors are fourposition Phoenix-type connectors, labelled COMM1 and COMM2. COMM1 is
always used for connection to an RS-485 CCN bus. It is the only communication connection when the module is being used as a standalone processor on
either a primary or secondary CCN Communication Bus.
When the module is used as an NDS/Bridge, COMM1 connects to the primary
CCN Communication Bus and the four-position COMM2 connector connects
to a secondary CCN Communication Bus. Some CCN controllers, such as the
Terminal System Manager and the HydroSource System Manager, are NDS/
Bridges in addition to their other control functions.
When the module is used as an interface device to another type of four-wire
control bus, connection to the non-CCN bus is made at the four-position
COMM2 connector. This type of connection is used for the VVT Gateway and
the 32MP Gateway. When the CIO Module is used as an interface to a nonCCN four-wire bus, the module can be installed on either a primary or secondary CCN Communication Bus.
The COMM2 designation is also shared by the third connector, a 25-position
D shell connector provided for RS-232 signalling. Only one of the two
COMM2 connectors may be in use at a time.
When the module is used as an Autodial Gateway, the 25-position COMM2
connector is used for connection to a modem. When the module is used as a
DATAPORT, the 25-position COMM2 connector can be used for connection to
a modem, a terminal, or any other RS-232 device. When the CIO Module is
used as an interface to an RS-232 device, it must be installed on the primary
CCN Communication Bus.
The two power connectors correspond to the two communication connectors,
PWR1 to COMM1 and PWR2 to whichever COMM2 is in use. Because communication signals are optically isolated as they pass through the CIO Module, it provides complete electrical isolation when its two power connectors
are attached to different power sources.
When installing an NDS/Bridge or any other system element that functions
as a bridge (for example, an Autodial or VVT Gateway, a Terminal System
Manager, or an Alarm Printer Interface), you should install separate, isolated
power supplies at PWR1 and PWR2. This provides maximum noise prevention and ground loop protection. Failing to do so could connect COMM1 and
COMM2 electrically.
Caution:

Failing to install separate, isolated power supplies could result

in intermittent or failed CCN communications.

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In all applications, there may be two three-wire cables attached to a CIO

Module's COMM1 connector to connect it to the CCN bus.
Figures 2-3 through 2-6 on the following four pages illustrate how a CIO
Module is connected for each of its four applications.

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Power Connections
1,2 - 20 Vac or 24 Vdc
3 - No connection
Note: Polarity may be disregarded
when making power connections.
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power supply

Power Connections
1,2 - 20 Vac or 24 Vdc
3 - No connection
Note: Polarity may be disregarded
when making power connections.
Comm 1 & Comm 2 RS-485 Ports
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Power Connections
1,2 - 20 Vac or 24 Vdc
3 - No connection
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Comm 2 RS-232 Port

1 - GND
2 - Transmit
3 - Receive
4 - Request to send
5 - Clear to send
6 - Data carrier detect
7 - Signal Ground
20 - Data terminal ready

Comm 1 RS-485 Port

1 - Signal + (Red)
2 - Signal Ground
(White or Clear or Green)
3 - Signal - (Black)
4 - No connection

R
PW
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to modem, terminal, or
other RS-232 device
Figure 2-5: Connections for CIO Module Used as an
Interface to an RS-232 Device

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to isolated power supplies

Power Connections
1,2 - 20 Vac or 24 Vdc
3 - No connection
NOTE: Polarity may be disregarded
when making power connections.
1

Comm 1 & COMM2 RS-485 Ports

1 - Signal (+) (Red)
2 - Signal Ground (White or Clear or Green)
3 - Signal (-) (Black)
4 - No connection

R1

R2

PW
1

1
MM

CO

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Communication
Bus
to VVT
or 3200MP bus

Figure 2-6: Connections for CIO Module Used as an Interface

to a Non-CCN Four-Wire Bus

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Network Directory Services

Introduction
This manual section concerns the Network Directory Services (NDS) software
module for the CCN. It contains descriptions of the NDS's purpose and
functions, as well as instructions for configuring the portion of an NDS that
requires user-specified decisions.
The NDS has two main functions. First, it maintains a directory that lists all
system elements, other than ComfortWORKS or Building Supervisors, connected to one CCN bus and any options installed in those system elements.
Second, an NDS performs diagnostic polling operations that check whether
the system elements in its directory are functioning and able to communicate
on the CCN bus. The user can configure operating parameters for the diagnostic polling process.
A separate NDS software module must be present on each CCN bus. An NDS
for the primary bus is included in the same CIO Module as the Autodial
Gateway II and III. If there is more than one Autodial Gateway II or III in a
system, every primary bus NDS but one must be configured with its Activate
decision set to No.
For systems that do not include an Autodial Gateway, or use the earlier
version of the gateway, NDS for a primary bus is available in a dedicated CIO
Module. The Activate decision does not appear in the configuration table of
the NDS installed in a dedicated module.
The NDS for each secondary bus is installed in the NDS/Bridge that connects
the secondary bus to the primary bus. An NDS/Bridge containing an NDS
cannot be used to provide NDS functions for a primary bus.
Those restrictions are the only difference between a primary bus NDS and a
secondary bus NDS. Operating characteristics and user configuration are the
same whether an NDS is used on a primary bus or a secondary bus.

3-1

NDS Directory
An NDS's directory feature stores information about the system elements on
its bus. The system elements are identified in the directory's list by eightcharacter names and system element numbers. The listed system elements
are those that are classified as controllers in the ComfortWORKS Controller
List or the Building Supervisor's Carrier Controls List PICs, Comfort
Controllers, FIDs, and CIO Module-based devices. The directory does not list
ComfortWORKS or Building Supervisors.
An NDS acquires information for its directory by polling the 239 possible
system element numbers on its bus. The NDS records a directory entry for
each controller from which it receives a response. Each entry consists of a
controller's system element number, its eight-character name, its device type,
and a list of any CCN options that the controller contains.
The polling process takes place in response to an Update Poll command
issued by an operator at a ComfortWORKS or Building Supervisor. In
ComfortWORKS, that command is accessed in the Carrier Network Manager
CCN Tools menu. In Building Supervisor, that command is on the menu that
appears when Directory is selected from the Carrier Controls menu.
If a system element that is already in the NDS directory fails to respond
when polled, its entry still remains in the directory. The only way that an
entry can be removed from a directory is by removing the corresponding
controller from the ComfortWORKS Controller List or Building Supervisor's
Carrier Controls List. When that is done, the system automatically deletes
the controller's entry from the NDS directory.
An operator using a ComfortWORKS or Building Supervisor can access an
NDS directory by using the Cold Call command from the Carrier Network
Manager CCN Tools Menu or the Directory menu of the Carrier Controls
function. Cold Call creates or updates a controls list for a CCN by interrogating NDS directories on each bus in the CCN. Information can also be retrieved from the directory by a Building Supervisor's Reports function.
A Building Supervisor Carrier Controls List constructed by means of a Cold
Call contains a separate entry for each option that is present in the CCN.
Option entries are identified in the controller list by an "O" preceding the
option's name. The option's name is an eight-character abbreviation of the
option type, rather than the user-specified name of the controller that contains the option. The user can access a controller that contains an option by
selecting either the controller's entry or the option's entry in the Carrier
Controls List.
A Building Supervisor can generate reports based on information received
from NDS directories. For more information on Update-Poll, Cold Call, and
the Building Supervisor's directory reports, consult the ComfortWORKS
Operation Manual or the Building Supervisor III Operation Manual.

3-2

NDS Diagnostics
Each NDS performs diagnostic checks on the controllers connected to its bus.
Diagnostics determine whether controllers are able to communicate on the
bus and check each controller's clock as an indicator of normal operation.
Unlike the NDS's directory function, NDS diagnostics provide configuration
decisions that the user can employ to govern how diagnostics operate.
Each NDS does diagnostic checks on its bus's controllers at user-specified
intervals. The user specifies two intervals for checking, designated as the
Standard Priority and High Priority Test Intervals. When a diagnostic check
indicates that a malfunction exists in a controller, the NDS sends an error
message to the ComfortWORKS or Building Supervisor. Configuration by
the user determines what type of error message alarm or alert is sent in
response to each of the different error conditions for which the NDS checks.
NDS diagnostics take the form of regularly scheduled polling of a bus's system elements. Each NDS polls the system elements of the bus it is responsible for. The directory function of the NDS determines the system element
numbers to be polled. Each controller is contacted with a message requesting it to transmit the current time and day of week back to the system element that contains the NDS. How an NDS interprets the responses it receives is described below under the heading Diagnostic Polling Results.

Diagnostic Configuration
There are two categories of polling for NDS diagnostics: standard priority and
high priority.
All system elements are treated as standard priority system elements. The
Standard Priority Test Interval can be configured for polling to occur from
once each hour to once every twelve hours in one-hour increments.
The user can configure up to twenty-four system elements to also be high
priority system elements. As such, those system elements are polled at the
user-configured High Priority Test Interval. High priority diagnostic polling
can be configured to occur from once every two minutes to once every sixty
minutes.
The user can disable either type of scan by configuring it with a test interval
of zero.

Diagnostic Polling Results

Four possible responses can result from a polling request for time and day of
week from a controller:

Successful return transmission of the requested information. The NDS

takes no further action in regard to that system element.

No response from the polled system element. The NDS considers the
system element unable to communicate and transmits a communication
alarm or alert message to that effect.

3-3

Reception by the polling system element of the requested information,

but with a difference of more than 10 minutes between the received
time and day of week and the time and day of week according to the
NDS system element's clock. The NDS considers the error a malfunction in the system element being polled and transmits a clock error
alarm or alert message to that effect.

Reception by the NDS system element of a message that indicates the

polled system element received the request but is unable to respond
with the desired information. The NDS interprets this response as a
successful poll of a system element that does not contain a clock and
therefore the NDS takes no further action.

Diagnostic Error Messages

When configuring NDS diagnostics, the user can specify either an alarm or
an alert as the result for each of four types of errors: high priority communication error, high priority clock error, standard priority communications
error, and standard priority clock error. The terms high priority and standard priority do not appear in NDS error messages displayed by a
ComfortWORKS or Building Supervisor.
The NDS stores a record in a buffer of each alarm or alert that it transmits.
When a subsequent scan shows that an error condition has been corrected,
the NDS transmits a return to normal message and clears the record of the
error from its buffer.
In alarms, alerts, and return to normal messages that result from NDS
diagnostic polling, the source of the message appears as NETDIAG followed
by the full address, bus number and system element number of the controller
that contains the NDS. The controller with the error condition is specified in
messages by its name and system element number.
Each error condition detected by an NDS is reported only once. A condition
that persists through repeated scans without returning to normal does not
cause a new alarm on each scan.

NDS Alarm Conditions

The two remaining types of errors that can be reported by an NDS result
from conditions that occur in the NDS itself.
An alarm buffer full error condition is reported when the NDS has twenty
errors that have not yet returned to normal stored in its buffer. When that
condition exists, the NDS cannot generate any further polling error messages
until one or more of the stored errors returns to normal. The NDS does,
however, continue to perform diagnostic polling while the alarm buffer full
condition exists.

3-4

A directory not available error occurs if an operator uses the Building Supervisor's Reports function to command a diagnostic poll while an Update-Poll is
still in progress. An NDS cannot perform a diagnostic poll while a directory

update is in progress because it must access the directory to get the valid
system element numbers required for the diagnostic polling operation. To
avoid creating this error condition, the operator simply has to wait at least
ten minutes after issuing an Update-Poll before commanding a diagnostic
poll.
Regularly scheduled diagnostic polls do not generate directory not available
errors. When a scheduled diagnostic poll cannot take place for lack of directory access, the NDS reschedules it to occur a minute later and tries again at
that time. The NDS continues to reschedule the diagnostic poll until the
directory is available.
The Building Supervisor's Reports function enables the user to generate
reports concerning NDS diagnostic activities. It also provides the means for
manually initiating a diagnostic poll.
For more information on Alarms and Building Supervisor NDS Reports,
consult the ComfortWORKS Operation Manual or the Building Supervisor III
Operation Manual.

3-5

Configuration
The user configures the operation of the NDS's diagnostic portion by means of
the decisions that appear in the NDS configuration table.This table is identified as NDSCONFG in the list of tables for the controller in which it is installed. You access this table in ComfortWORKS in the same manner as you
access any other configuration table. You access the screen on the Building
Supervisor either by means of the Select-Modify-Controller menu selections
in Carrier Controls or by selecting Modify in Reports and then Network
Services from the resulting list. When the table is displayed, the name that
appears at the top of the screen is DIRCTnnS, where "nn" is the number, in
hexadecimal, of the bus with which it is associated. A decimal to hexadecimal
conversion table is included at the end of this section as Table 3-1.
The NDS itself inserts the correct bus number into the table name. It does so
by reading the information from its controller's configured address when the
controller is powered on.
The NDS configuration table is shown below in Figure 3-1. The illustration is
followed by an explanation for each of the decisions. Each explanation
includes the purpose of the decision, the values that it will accept as input,
and the default value that will be employed if not changed by the user.

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DESCRIPTION
________________________
Activate

Edit

Quit

STATUS

____________________
No

Standard test interval

Hi-priority test intervl

1st Hi-prty element#
2nd Hi-prty element#
3rd Hi-prty element#
.
.
.
22nd Hi-prty element#
23rd Hi-prty element#
24th Hi-prty element#

30
0
0
0
.
.
.
0
0
0

(Type 0=alarm, 1=alert)

Std comm error type
Std clock error type
Hi comm error type
Hi clock error type
Alarm buffer full type
Dir not available type

1
1
0
1
0
1

Reports

3-6

POINT
________

hours

STD-INTR

min

HI-INTR
1-ELMNT
2-ELMNT
3-ELMNT
.
.
.
22-ELMNT
23-ELMNT
24-ELMNT
STCM-TYP
STCL-TYP
HICM-TYP
HICL-TYP
BUFR-TYP
DRNA-TYP

13:07:15

Figure 3-1: NDS Diagnostics Configuration Screen

03/30/90

Activate
This decision is used to enable or disable the operation of the NDS software.
There should be only one active NDS on each CCN communications bus. In
that NDS this decision must be set to Yes. In any other NDS that may be
present on the same bus, this decision must be set to No.
This decision is not included when NDS is installed in a dedicated CIO Module.

Allowable Entries
Yes/No

Default Value
No
________________________________________________________________________

Standard Test Interval

This decision is used to specify the amount of time, in hours, that will elapse
between diagnostic polls of standard priority system elements. Standard
priority system elements are all those that are not assigned to the high
priority list.
An entry of 0 in this decision disables all diagnostic polling by the NDS.

Allowable Entries
0
1-12 hours

Default Value
6
________________________________________________________________________

3-7

High-priority Test Interval

This decision is used to specify the amount of time, in minutes, that will
elapse between diagnostic polls of high priority system elements. A system
element is assigned to high priority by the entry of its system element number in one of the twenty-four High-Priority Element Number decisions.
An entry of 0 in this decision disables diagnostic polling of high priority
system elements.

Allowable Entries
0
2-60 minutes

Default Value
30
________________________________________________________________________

1st-24th High-priority Element Number

Each of these decisions is used to specify the system element number of one
high priority system element. The system elements specified in these decisions will be polled by the diagnostic routine at the High Priority Test Interval. Problems detected by the polling will be reported using the configured
High Communication Error Type and High Clock Error Type.
Unused High-Priority Element Number decisions should be set to 0.

Allowable Entries
0-239

Default Value
0
________________________________________________________________________

3-8

Standard Communication Error Type

This decision specifies whether an alert or an alarm will be sent when diagnostic polling of a standard priority system element results in a communications error. A communications error is judged to have occurred when the
NDS receives no response from a system element to which it has transmitted
a polling message.

Allowable Entries
0 = alarm
1 = alert

Default Value
1
________________________________________________________________________

Standard Clock Error Type

This decision specifies whether an alert or an alarm will be sent when diagnostic polling of a standard priority system element results in a clock error.
A clock error is judged to have occurred when the day of week and time
received by the NDS in response to a diagnostic poll differs from that at the
NDS by more than 10 minutes.

Allowable Entries
0 = alarm
1 = alert

Default Value
1
________________________________________________________________________

3-9

High Communication Error Type

This decision specifies whether an alert or an alarm will be sent when diagnostic polling of a high priority system element results in a communications
error. A communications error is judged to have occurred when the NDS
receives no response from a system element to which it has transmitted a
polling message.

Allowable Entries
0 = alarm
1 = alert

Default Value
0
________________________________________________________________________

High Clock Error Type

This decision specifies whether an alert or an alarm will be sent when diagnostic polling of a high priority system element results in a clock error. A
clock error is judged to have occurred when the day of week and time received
by the NDS in response to a diagnostic poll differs from that at the NDS by
more than 10 minutes.

Allowable Entries
0 = alarm
1 = alert

Default Value
1
________________________________________________________________________

3-10

Alarm Buffer Full Type

This decision specifiies whether an alert or an alarm will be sent when the
alarm buffer of the NDS contains twenty alarms or alerts that have not
returned to normal. When that occurs the NDS cannot generate any new
alarms or alerts until one or more of those in its buffer return to normal.

Allowable Entries
0 = alarm
1 = alert

Default Value
0
________________________________________________________________________

Directory Not Available Type

This decision specifies whether an alert or an alarm will be sent when the
NDS is unable to perform diagnostic polling because of an inability to access
the directory portion of the NDS. That inability is most often a transient
condition resulting from an attempt to access the directory while it is being
updated.

Allowable Entries
0 = alarm
1 = alert

Default Value
1
________________________________________________________________________

3-11

1 of 2
Controller Name:__________________________

Bus #______

Table Description:
__________________________________________________

Element #______

Table Name: DIRCT_ _S

NETWORK DIRECTORY SERVICES (NDS) CONFIGURATION SHEET

3-12

DESCRIPTION

LIMITS

Activate

Yes/No

UNITS

Standard Test Interval

0,1-12

Hours

Hi-Priority Test Intervl

0,2-60

Minutes

1st Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

2nd Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

3rd Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

4th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

5th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

6th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

7th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

8th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

9th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

10th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

11th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

12th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

13th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

14th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

15th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

16th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

VALUE

2 of 2
Controller Name:__________________________

Bus #______

Table Description:
__________________________________________________

Element #______

Table Name: DIRCT_ _S

NETWORK DIRECTORY SERVICES (NDS) CONFIGURATION SHEET

DESCRIPTION

LIMITS

UNITS

17TH Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

18TH Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

19TH Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

20TH Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

21st Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

22nd Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

23rd Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

24th Hi-Prty Element #

0,1-239

SE #'s

Std Comm Error Type

0/1

Alarm/Alert

Std Clock Error Type

0/1

Alarm/Alert

Hi Comm Error Type

0/1

Alarm/Alert

Hi Clock Error Type

0/1

Alarm/Alert

Alarm Buffer Full Type

0/1

Alarm/Alert

Dir Not Available Type

0/1

Alarm/Alert

VALUE

(Type 0=Alarm, 1=Alert)

3-13

Table 3 -1: Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversion Chart

DEC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
3I
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56.
57
58
59
60

3-14

HEX
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C

DEC
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120

HEX
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7

D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

DEC
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180

HEX
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
B

9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4

DEC
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239

HEX
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E

5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F

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