Nevion Multicon - Manual (Page 11)

System Architecture 11
ID: man-multicon Multicon Manual Rev. L
4 System Architecture
Figure 4.1 below illustrates the Multicon architecture. The Multicon controllers may be fitted ei-
ther in Flashlink frames, N-BOX housing or in the VikinX Modular frame.
All Multicon controllers provide a Web interface on HTTP port 80 and a Control Panel interface on
MRP port 4381. The controllers also exchange status information using the TCP/IP based MBUS
protocol (for internal use between controllers only and not visible externally).
Using the third-party SDK it is also possible to integrate with other TCP/IP hosts and clients.
Host devices are typically automation systems or third-party control systems that shall control
Multicon while client devices shall be controlled by Multicon.
Each Multicon controller provides two RS-232/RS-422 serial ports for connection of VikinX Com-
pact routers or third-party devices that communication over serial.
Figure 4.1 Multicon system architecture
Note that in the figure Multicon GYDA is the product for Flashlink monitoring and control, Mul-
ticon VX-SLC is the product for VikinX Sublime and Multicon VX-MOD is the product for VikinX
Modular. With hardware revision 4 of Multion, there are no longer separate products for Multicon
GYDA and VX-SLC, but the same Multicon product may be licensed to support either Flashlink,
VikinX Sulime or both.
4.1 Flashlink
For Flashlink it is necessary to have one Multicon in each Flashlink sub-system which may consist
of up to eight (8) frames. Note that if there is a separate license that supports only one (1) frame.
Figure 4.2 shows how you can interface with one Flashlink sub-system using the Web interface
and Control Panels. The Web interface uses the W3C standard HTTP protocol and the Control
Panels use the Nevion MRP protocol.
It is possible to combine several Flashlink sub-systems into one Multicon system as illustrated
in
Figure 4.3 . In this simple example you can use the same Web interface and Control Panels to
manage modules in both Flashlink sub-systems.