This document is a specification for a modular communication interface. The specification details the mechanical, electrical, and logical characteristics of a socket interface that allows communication devices to be separated from end devices.
Designation of Proposed Standard:
ANSI/CTA-2045-B
Title of Standard:
Modular Communications Interface for Energy Management
Project Need:
To revise ANSI/CTA-2045-A
Project Intent:
Revise current ANS
Includes text from ISO or IEC standard?:
No
Scope Summary:
This document is a specification for a modular communication interface. The specification details the mechanical, electrical, and logical characteristics of a socket interface that allows communication devices to be separated from end devices. Although the potential applications of this technology are wide-ranging, it is intended at a minimum to provide a means by which residential products may be able to work with any load management system through user installable plug-in communication modules.This specification identifies the physical and data link characteristics of the interface, along with certain network and application layer elements as needed to assure interoperability over a broad range of device capabilities. In addition, it defines a mechanism through which application layer messages (defined in other standards) may be passed across the interface.
Keywords:
CTA-2045, ANSI/CTA-2045, CTA-2045-A, ANSI/CTA-2045-A, MCI, Modular Communication Interface, Energy Management, Smart Home, Smart Appliance, load management system, Home Networking
Consumer Product:
Yes
Supersedes or Affects:
ANSI/CTA-2045-A
Identify Stakeholders:
Consumers, Manufacturers, Utilities, Service Providers, Retailers
