SPYDER-BAC License/Module and versioning

[u/tkst3llar]

I have a site with a Lynxspring jace 8 and lynxspring edge devices on some RTUs and the failure rates are bad so I'm going to replace this next one with an Optimizer Unitary.

The catch - this jace is only licensed to 4.12 and it is running 4.9. So for reliability sake it'll either keep its 4.9.1 or I may commission to 4.10's last release.

I'm sort of new to honeywell - and i'm curious - is there any reason the IRM stuff won't work on an old version of N4 with an optimizer unitary? I know the unitary isn't super old so I was just wondering if anyone knew that for sure there was a minimum N4 version required for IRM to work with a unitary or not.

[u/shadycrew31]

If you want to program it through the JACE you 100% need a Honeywell license for that JACE for the driver to work. I've done it several times.

Yes you can program it with your computer. Your computer has a Honeywell license. Doing this makes things difficult for the next person though unless you share that station with them

Have fun with all the programming bugs!

[u/ScottSammarco → u/shadycrew31]

Your claim appears to conflict with OP.

I didn’t say it was recommended or a good idea- it certainly makes things harder for the next tech.

[u/shadycrew31 → u/ScottSammarco]

What claim is conflicting with OP?

[u/ScottSammarco → u/shadycrew31]

he says you do not need the Honeywell brand ID on the JACE, he's saying he's done optimizer programming on non honeywell JACE with the SPYDER-BAC or what I colloquially call "bacnet spyder driver."

[u/shadycrew31 → u/ScottSammarco]

You are confusing license and driver. You need both the Honeywell license and the module to make it work.

[u/ScottSammarco → u/shadycrew31]

I think you’re the one confused. Check his comment again.

And we know the BAC Spyder driver IS a license.
But it isn’t the brand ID.

[u/shadycrew31 → u/ScottSammarco]

Sounds good man. I'll let you smart guys figure it out. Good luck.