6 LonTalk Communication Interface • ACC-SVN100-A-EN
Product Overview
About This Guide
This installation guide provides the steps necessary to install and setup a LonTalk™
Communications Interface for Chillers (LCI-C) with a Tracer AdaptiView
™
Control. It
covers both electronic circuit board/hardware installation and appropriate
LCI-C software installation and setup.
Tracer Summit Building Automation Systems
If you are connecting the LCI-C to a Tracer Summit
™
system, disregard the information
on network variable on pages 21 through 56.
Note: For more details, refer to “Additional Resources,” p. 60. In addition, if connecting
the LCI-C to a non-Trane building automation system using LonTalk
™
, refer to the
system integration information about network variables on pages p. 20 through 57.
What Does an LCI-C Do?
An LCI-C provides a communication interface between a Tracer AdaptiView controller
and a LonTalk network.
LonMark Certification
The LonMark
™
organization promotes LonTalk as an industry standard for control
communication. The LCI-C is certified to the LonMark Chiller Functional Profile 8040
Version 1.0 and follows LonTalk FTT-10A communications system technology.
Compliance with this technology means that the LCI-C can provide an interface for non-
Trane LonTalk networks.
Network Variables
LonTalk uses network variables to communicate points on a communication link.
LonMark has defined a list of standard network variables.
Chiller functional profile
The LonMark standard list of variables for chiller control is referred to as the Chiller
Functional Profile. This profile is meant to allow interoperability between control systems
and chillers, regardless of chiller type or manufacturer.
