Scenarios

The Honeywell Spyder Tool provides the programming environment for the Honeywell Spyder controllers. It is developed using Niagara N4 framework developed by Tridium and runs in the Niagara Runtime environment.

The Honeywell Spyder Tool can be used to program the Spyder controller in the following two ways:

JACE (Java Application Control Engine) controller bundles the software capability of the framework in a hardware platform. JACEs connect to system field buses on the other end and provide real time control functions. Honeywell Spyder Tool can be hosted on a computer loaded with Niagara N4 framework as well as JACE. JACE is loaded with the framework, the station database, and all the modules available in the computer. The Honeywell Spyder Tool communicates with the Honeywell Spyder controller through JACE. JACE is connected to the same LAN as the PC and communicates to the Honeywell Spyder Tool on Fox Protocol (on LAN). On the other end, it communicates to the Honeywell Spyder controller on the Lon or Bacnet bus.

The workbench in the computer also communicates with the JACE by dialing into the onboard modem of the JACE. However, this can be a slow connection.

In this case, the Niagara N4 framework runs on the computer. The computer connects to the system field buses directly through the appropriate network interface. This is the softJACE option.

The Honeywell Spyder Tool can be hosted on a computer loaded with Niagara N4 framework. The station database resides on the same computer and connects to the Honeywell Spyder controller on the Lon or Bacnet Network using the PCLTA or PCMCIA card or through SLTA.

Station databases are typically engineered on the engineering computer (this is called Offline Mode), then installed to a JACE and its associated Web Supervisor computer, if any.