Andover Infinet/Continuum to Tridium

[DST-Tech]

I have a customer that has an Andover NetController running a network of around 100 field controllers, a mix of VAVs and Fan Coils, using Infinet. Their front end has finally crashed and they are looking for us to install something else. I have done some research and it looks as if we can install a JACE with the Infinet driver. My question is, does the existing NetController have to stay or is it better to replace it with the JACE? I was thinking that it needs to stay and we would interface to it through one of the existing NetController Com ports, but I have never done this and am unsure. Will we be able to connect automatically or does the NetController have to be setup for RS485 communication? Thanks.

[USC Anteater]

The AX Infinity driver uses a RS-232 connection to the NetController...

http://resources.lynxspring.com/inde....viewdoc&id=86

[DST-Tech]

Thanks for the link. It has some great information. My main concern is how do we physically connect from the JACE to the NetController? Am I using the JACE serial port or making a cable from the JACE RS-485 to the NetController Com port? Are the NetController ports 1 and 2 usually setup to communicate without any intervention from us? Thanks again.