Re: I seem to have gotten good answers to the first question here. How about the 2nd one? Would you please repeat it? Regards, Alex Johnson Invensys Systems, Inc. 10707 Haddington Houston, TX 77063 +1 713 722 2859 (voice) +1 713 932 0222 (fax) +1 713 722 2700 (switchboard) alex.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of stan Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 10:31 AM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] FW: More future direction questions. 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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