UCM - MAJOR CONFUSION

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And re-name







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[ident]

There is already a topic on Introduction to UCMs see http://www.comfortforums.com/forum4/46.html

This has been updated so it should be a good introduction to the types of UCMs and clear up any confusion about the part numbers if any

[Ingo]

Let me take a final stab at it. For all us \'Old Folks\' which have been around for a few years the following might sound familiar.

The old UCM01 was a fixed serial UCM to program Comfort with, you probably still have one lying around somewhere. It was then replaced by a newer UCM05 but essentially doing the same thing.

Now here is where some confusion might come in. When you run Comfigurator and scan the UCM\'s it lists them as UCM01/02/03/04/05 etc. and those names have somehow stuck in our minds.

Ok, so bearing that in mind, the bottomline is that the UCM01 and UCM05 doesn\'t exist anymore. Any reference to them is incorrect unless you refer to the first and fifth UCM in your system.

The UCM06 is just a Baseboard which takes lots of different sub-modules. As a supplier you would stock a few UCM06 baseboards and a couple of different sub-modules. You never know who is going to walk into the shop asking for a UCM/485. All you do is to pull out a UCM06 baseboard an a RS485 sub-module and voila, sorted. The same goes for Ethernet, RS232 and USB.

I myself also refer to a UCM05 as a UCM/232 but with time I should start using the correct product names but like I said, the UCM05 name is stuck in my mind and will always mean UCM/232 in my setup.

The rest of the UCMs are protocol specific and is very nicely explained in the link supplied by ident.

Cytech, am I right with my understanding? If so I hope it helps other people understand it better.


 

[ident]

When you run Comfigurator and scan the UCM\'s it lists them as UCM01/02/03/04/05 etc. and those names have somehow stuck in our minds.

I am not sure what you mean. Are you referring to the names generated by the scanning if you start with a blank template? These are arbitrary names and not the model numbers. The UCM Type is listed after scannning, UCM/ETH, USB etc are shown as type \"General\"

[Ingo]

Yes, that is what I mean. The names are arbitrary but it\'s just blind luck that it\'s also the same as the old UCM01 and UCM05 hence possible confusion.

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Bearing in mind that we see many older installations done by other people can we also have an identification chart with the matrix. i.e a pictorial representation of each different type of UCM with the part code sticker numbers.
Thanks