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The Foxtrot systems can be linked with the KNX installations via the KNX IP BAOS 772 module.
This module allows both the exchange of data between the TECOMAT PLC and the KNX elements network,
and the KNX network configuration by the ETS4 software. The KNX IP BAOS 772 module is connected to the KNX bus, and from the perspective of
the KNX installation it represents a complete KNX device. The KNX IP BAOS 772 module is connected with the basic Foxtrot module via the LAN network (the Ethernet interface) - i.e. both modules (Foxtrot and KNX IP BAOS 772) should be connected to a common network, like the weather stations, IP cameras, programming PC. This covers all the necessary HW interconnection, and no additional HW is needed.
The KNX IP BAOS 772 module is fully configurable in the KNX network using ETS4 software; up to 1,000 objects can be loaded (Group Objects) and linked to the group addresses in the KNX network.
Information about these objects is provided by the integrated server JSON (JavaScript Object Notation). The Foxtrot basic module processes this information and saves the values in variables in the system memory.
The data is exchanged over the LAN network, and both the Foxtrot basic module and the KNX IP BAOS 772 module publish new values of the objects only when there is a change. This means that communication is not blocked up with cyclical reading or writing; on the contrary, if nothing is happening, the systems only maintain the connection and the transmission channel is free and ready to pass the necessary information when a change occurs in any object monitored by the Foxtrot or KNX network.