Control Network Newsletter
Portable BASrouter - A Commissioning and Troubleshooting Device with BACnet Diagnostic Capabilities
Contemporary Controls' Portable BASrouter provides stand-alone routing and network diagnostics in an easy-to carry-compact case, making it ideal for commissioning and troubleshooting BACnet networks. Like all routers in our BASrouter series, this BACnet multi-network router delivers versatile routing between BACnet/IP, BACnet Ethernet (ISO 8802-3), and BACnet MS/TP, thereby allowing systems integrators to mix BACnet network technologies within a single BACnet internetwork. Field-proven circuit design and up-to-date ANSI/ASHRAE BACnet standard operation ensure reliability. Units are webpage-configurable and feature built-in BACnet diagnostics with graphical analytics that include an MS/TP status table, routing status table, network errors count, and traffic statistics.
The BACnet MS/TP Status webpage provides current MS/TP device status and network statistics, and the BACnet/IP Routing webpage reports routing status, allowing systems integrators to easily install robust BACnet networks with rapid troubleshooting capabilities.
"The Portable BASrouter is a favorite product with systems integrators because it's light-weight, easy to carry and easy to power," said Harpartap Parmar, Director of Product Management. "The diagnostics let integrators connect to a system quickly and identify which units are online and which are not. Traffic can be easily monitored, and MS/TP issues can be quickly diagnosed."
Powered by any 5 VDC source through its USB port, it can be connected to a laptop PC for fast and easy BACnet commissioning or quick network analysis. The USB port is only used for power and no special Windows driver is needed.
To learn more, visit the Portable BASrouter product page.