The initial
Arcnet platform will launch with a pipeline of over 100 past concept development projects, that will be listed for investment over time.
Three independent LAN protocol modules were developed, one each for Ethernet,
ARCNET, and MS/TP.
In a speech read out before the launching by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, NTT Communications President Masanobu Suzuki said
Arcnet, a registered Malaysian trademark, is linked to NTT Communications' Arcstar global network services.
The BACnet standard specifies and supports equipment running on a combination of standard network types that include IP, Ethernet, MS/TP,
ARCNET, LonTalk and PTP.
Finalizing the updated system has been a long, yet rewarding, process for both the FCC and
ARCNet teams, Lopez said.
The solution would be a system that integrates the complete spectrum of a building's management functions into one system supporting a mixture of operating systems--DOS, Windows, OS/2, UNIX, AppleTalk--with different network protocols (Ethernet, token ring,
Arcnet) and a whole host of different types of text or graphics based systems interfacing into a flexible, reconfigurable system that addresses key issues.
Until recently, most LANs were designed specifically for office environments--Xerox's Ethernet, Datapoint's
ARCNET and WANGNET, are examples.
We picked ones that were in common use at the time (
ARCNET, Ethernet, EIA-232, and EIA-485) and that were acceptable to the manufacturers because they were already familiar with them.