The BACnet Router provides stand-alone routing between two different BACnet networks such as BACnet/IP, BACnet Ethernet, and BACnet MS/TP – thereby allowing the system integrator to mix BACnet network technologies within a single BACnet internetwork.
What is the difference between BACnet IP and BACnet MSTP?
BACNET IP
BACNET MSTP
BACnet IP uses a standard UDP/IP stack to send and receive messages.
MSTP stands for Master Slave Token Passing. Each device on the link is considered the “Master” when it has the Token and need to Pass the token along to the next device.
BACnet IP describes the way BACnet networks may be formed from group of devices which uses the TCP/IP family of protocols for their communications.
BACnet MSTP is token passing protocol, where in MS stands for Master-Slave and the TP stands for Token Passing. BACnet MSTP is mainly used to connect field devices to controllers/routers/control applications.
BACnet IP works over Ethernet Port.
BACnet MSTP works over RS-485 Port.
BACnet IP is an Ethernet based Protocol.
BACnet MSTP is a Serial based Protocol.
What is the difference between BACnet IP, BACnet MSTP and P2P?
BACNET IP
BACnet MSTP
BACNET MSTP
BACnet IP uses a standard UDP/IP stack to send and receive messages.
MSTP stands for Master Slave Token Passing. Each device on the link is considered the “Master” when it has the Token and need to Pass the token along to the next device.
A traditional Point-to-Point data link is a communications medium with exactly two endpoints without data or packet formatting.
BACnet IP describes the way BACnet networks may be formed from group of devices which uses the TCP/IP family of protocols for their communications.
BACnet MSTP is token passing protocol, where in MS stands for Master-Slave and the TP stands for Token Passing. BACnet MSTP is mainly used to connect field
Peer to Peer is a conventional term and implies that every device converses with every device without
devices to controllers/routers/control applications.