Is a York Talk XL extention available?

[Anonymous user]

First, is it possible to develop an extension for the York Talk XL?  If yes, has one been developed and is it available?  Or does anyone plan to develop one and/or make it available?

This is for a Niagara R2 transition into SBO.

Years ago, R2 JACEs replaced the Barber Colman Network 8000 GCMs, but the SIM-YORK (a GCM with different firmware) had to remain.  The SIM-YORK was (and still is) serial connected to a JACE.

Today the SBO does not have a solution other that to update the York interface with a different protocol.

The SIM-YORK uses an RS-485 port on the SIM connected to an RS-485 to RS232 converter which connects via RS-232 to the York Talk XL.

[Julio_Cortes]

Blake,

I believe the Smart Driver may allow us to integrate the York XL

[CraigEl · Accepted solution]

York Talk XL is proprietary technology from the 1990's. It might be time to think about updating the York interface to an E-Link Gateway using a different open standard protocol (BACnet, LON, Modbus, etc.).  There may be other third-party options like a JCI E-Link Gateway and BACnet.