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The LAARS Gateway LER and RER Startup Guide Page 5
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LAARS Heating Systems Company, 20 Industrial Way, Rochester, NH 03867 USA
Web: www.laars.com Toll Free: (800) 900-9276
1 INTRODUCTION
The LAARS Gateway is an external, high performance Building Automation multi-protocol gateway that has been
preprogrammed for LAARS’ Mascot II, NeoTherm, and NeoTherm LC to support BACnet®
1 MS/TP, BACnet/IP,
Metasys® 2 N2 by JCI, Modbus TCP, and LonWorks® 3 . Configurations for the various protocols are stored within the
Gateway and are selectable via DIP switches for fast and easy installation. It is not necessary to download any
configuration files to support the required applications.
This document provides the necessary information to facilitate installation of the Gateway.
1.1 BTL Mark – BACnet Testing Laboratory
1.2 LonMark Certification
1 BACnet is a registered trademark of ASHRAE
2 Metasys is a registered trademark of Johnson Controls Inc.
3 LonMark is a registered trademark of LonMark International
4 LonWorks is a registered trademark of Echelon Corporation
The BTL Mark on the Gateway RER is a symbol that indicates that a product has
passed a series of rigorous tests conducted by an independent laboratory which
verifies that the product correctly implements the BACnet features claimed in the
listing. The mark is a symbol of a high-quality BACnet product. Go to
http://www.bacnetinternational.net/btl/ for more information about the BACnet
Testing Laboratory.
LonMark International is the recognized authority for certification, education, and
promotion of interoperability standards for the benefit of manufacturers, integrators
and end users. LonMark International has developed extensive product certification
standards and tests to provide the integrator and user with confidence that products
from multiple manufacturers utilizing LonMark devices work together