
BRONKHORST®
2 FIELDBUSINSTALLATION
2.1 GENERAL
FLOW‐BUSis a 3‐wire,RS485‐basedfield buscommunicationsystemfor parameter valueexchangebetweendigital
Bronkhorstproducts.Inthissystemeachinstrument/deviceisequippedwithamicro‐controllerforitsowndedicated
task but also for exchanging parameter value information with other instruments /devices connected to the sam
e
FLOW‐BUSsystem.
FLOW‐BUSsystemsmayhaveaminimumof2andamaximumof126connections.Themaximumlengthfordatelines
between the first and the last connection may be up to approx. 600 meters. Longer distances are only possible in
combination with special bus‐repeater m
odules. Each instrument/device connection T‐part (stub) must be kept as
shortaspossible(maximumcablelength0.5meter).
Thebaudrateusedtotransportmessagesis187500baudor400000*baud.
FLOW‐BUSisamulti‐masternetworkwithatoken‐ringarchitecture.
*MBC3typeinstrumentshaveanadditionalbaudrateavailableof400000baud.
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