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Use of existing wiring provides significant
cost-reductions
Due to the robustness of Dupline
®
it has been possible
to make use of existing wiring in numerous installa-
tions. Examples hereof are telephone wires and multi-
core cables. This has provided significant cost-reduc-
tions e.g. in railway and alarm applications.
Modem links
Dupline
®
systems can be linked via private line modem
or the public telephone network
Individual addressing of I/O’s
In the Dupline
®
system the addressing is oriented
towards the individual I/O’s rather than to entire mod-
ules. Only I/O’s which have been assigned an address
occupy transmission capacity. Unused I/O’s of e.g. an 8
input module can be left as spares for future use. An
input and an output which have been coded to the
same address will be linked together e.g. as a peer-to-
peer connection.
Input of the same signal from different locations
Dupline
®
allows coding of more inputs to the same
address, they will then operate in parallel as an OR
function. If e.g. it is desired to control a light from dif-
ferent locations in a room or building it can be done by
programming the relevant light switches for the same
address as the relay switching the light. No matter
which light switch sends a pulse, the light relay will
toggle. This provides a high degree of flexibility for
future changes or enhancements, since additional
switches can be added or existing switches can be re-
coded without the need to reconfigure or expand the
I/O-capacity of the system.
Output of the same signal at different locations
Dupline
®
also allows coding of more outputs to the
same address, making it possible to output any signal
status at any point in the system and as many times
as desired. This can e.g. be used to create a status
indication at numerous locations of all the alarms and
lights in a building.
Pre-determinable output status
The status of the digital outputs can be pre-deter-
mined to ensure that a safe operational status is auto-
matically established in case of a failure.
Bi-directional communication
Digital and analog signals can be transmitted in any
direction
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