On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 02:28:37PM -0400, Johnson, Alex P (IPS) wrote: > Re: I am interested to know if your example below is correct > > Yes. It is a legal configuration. The ATSs and NCNIs would be in one 1x8. > The ATS and NCNI communicate over the 1x8's Nodebus cables. > > The NCNIs make the physical connection to the V7.x switches. > > The ATSs link the Nodebus equipment to the Mesh network. An ATS is required > because the Mesh network does not have a 'A' and 'B' network and, therefore, > requires different communications handling. > > There is a common misconception that an NCNI and an ATS are basically the > same thing - this is incorrect. They are quite different. > > > Does this help? > > Yes thanks. BTW I seem to have gotten good answers to the first question here. How about the 2nd one? -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967 _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave