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| ====== CFLink Overview - Why Choose CFLink? ====== | ====== CFLink Overview - Why Choose CFLink? ====== | ||
| - | Since the release of our initial hardware lineup in May of 2012, one of the most common questions we get is "Why did you create CFLink when Ethernet already exists?" | + | Since the release of our initial [[http://www.commandfusion.com/hardware|hardware lineup]] in May of 2012, one of the most common questions we get is "Why did you create CFLink when Ethernet already exists?" |
| While the easy method was to go with the crowd, and implement an IP based communications method – we didn’t believe it was the right choice. We chose to go with CFLink based on our experience in the industry, after extensive R&D and after talking to integrators about what they look for when choosing control hardware. | While the easy method was to go with the crowd, and implement an IP based communications method – we didn’t believe it was the right choice. We chose to go with CFLink based on our experience in the industry, after extensive R&D and after talking to integrators about what they look for when choosing control hardware. | ||
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| ===== What is CFLink? ===== | ===== What is CFLink? ===== | ||
| Firstly, lets take a look at what CFLink actually is. CFLink is a 5-wire RS485 bus that carries both power and data to devices over a maximum distance of 1.6 kilometers. Up to 238 devices can exist on a single network, and multiple CFLink networks can communicate with each other via Ethernet, providing an endlessly scalable system. | Firstly, lets take a look at what CFLink actually is. CFLink is a 5-wire RS485 bus that carries both power and data to devices over a maximum distance of 1.6 kilometers. Up to 238 devices can exist on a single network, and multiple CFLink networks can communicate with each other via Ethernet, providing an endlessly scalable system. | ||
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| [[:typical-applications|To see application diagrams for CommandFusion Hardware, see this page.]] | [[:typical-applications|To see application diagrams for CommandFusion Hardware, see this page.]] | ||
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| + | [[hardware:cflink|Learn more about CFLink here.]] | ||
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