The BAClight™ Gateway is powerful network accessory that permits convenient and low cost BAClight connectivity to the Reliable Controls® MACH-System. Having much of the database and program capability of the MACH-Global™ controller without I/O.

The BAClight™ Portal features a real-time clock, on-board EIA--232 port and one EIA-485 port that can be configured to accommodate either main network or subnetwork communications.

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BAClight™ Portal


BAClight™ Gateway ~ Features

Protocols BACnet®: -PTP (EIA-232) -Ethernet (TCP/IP) Reliable: -Ethernet (TCP/IP) -PC or Modem (EIA-232) Douglas WR-ASCII: -Network (EIA-485)
Access Allows access to controllers via Internet Fast Ethernet networking to controllers
Speed 76.8 kbps (EIA-485) 10 Mbps Ethernet
57.6 Kbps (EIA--232)
Status Status LED for -Ethernet, -Power -EIA--232 and
-EIA-485
Power 24 VAC On board power switch
128 Control BASIC™-Programs User programmable control strategy in a readable, BASIC-like language 2500 bytes/program
256 Variables Selectable standard and custom ranges, as well as fixed or program-driven values
64 Controllers Standard P, PI or PID controllers for closed loop control96 Trend Logs Each trend log stores 255 samples of 6 points at programmable time intervals
128 Runtime Logs Totals the on time and records the on/off times of a digital point
64 System Groups Allows related points to be grouped on to one display -160 points/group
32 Weekly Schedules 4 on/off times for each weekday and 2 override days
8 Annual Schedules Days of the year designated as holidays
48 Variable Arrays Up to 128 elements in a one-dimensional array
128 User Passwords Protects access to system Each user is assigned a user name and an access level
5 Custom Tables For creating custom scaling functions
16 Custom Units 8 analogue engineering units 8 digital engineering units
127 network inputs
127 network outputs

Real Time Clock
Warranty Industry Best - 5 years
Certification UL® listed 916 OPEN ENERGY MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT