CTI Products CHIB CommandSTAR Lite Host Interface Module - Manual (Page 15)

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8.3 MCN System Expansion
The CHIB module and its companion AIB/CIB module can reside on an MCN
network with other devices, as long as all MCN units have unique addresses and
the AIB/CIB is addressed at 00:0. It is subject to the same limitations of a
maximum of 20 CIB/AIB/IOB modules and a maximum of 64 modules total on
one physical network.
Multiple CHIB modules can reside on the same MCN network. All CHIBs will
talk to the same AIB or CIB, and all will give the users parallel status and control
functions. One operator can disable a site and an operator at a different console
can re-enable the site later.
A CHIB can talk with only one AIB or CIB module. Since CHIB version 100
looks for the AIB or CIB at a fixed address, they cannot be set to talk to other
AIBs or CIBs that are on the network.
Other CIBs and AIBs can reside on the MCN network, along with PCs using HIBs
or PCLTA modules. The PCs can access all the AIB or CIB modules (including
the one that the CHIB talks to).