Brand: ABB

ABB FBIP-21 BACnet/IP Adapter Module for ABB HVAC Drives

Name: ABB FBIP-21 BACnet/IP Adapter Module | Seven Star LLC
Brand: ABB
SKU: FBIP-21

Description

BACnet/IP for building automation drives

The FBIP-21 brings BACnet/IP to ABB’s HVAC drives. Building management systems speak BACnet, and with this module an ACH580 or ACH480 can appear on the building network as a native device with objects for speed, status, faults and energy values.

According to the manual the module works with ACH480, ACH580 and the ACH580 E-Clipse bypass. It carries two RJ-45 ports at 10/100 Mbit/s, which allows a daisy chain of up to 50 nodes without a switch, convenient in a plant room with several drives side by side.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Specification
Type designation	FBIP-21
Function	BACnet/IP adapter
Suited to	ACH480, ACH580 and ACH580 E-Clipse bypass
Connectors	Two RJ-45 Ethernet ports
Speed	10/100 Mbit/s
Daisy chain	Up to 50 nodes
Supply from drive	+3.3 V, max 400 mA
BACnet protocol revision	14
Extras	Built-in web interface
Ports used	80, 68 and 24576

Network features

The documented BACnet protocol revision is 14. A built-in web interface helps during commissioning, and the manual lists the network ports in use, 80, 68 and 24576, which IT staff will want to see before opening a firewall.

The module is powered from the drive at +3.3 V, up to 400 mA, and sits in the drive option slot like other F-series adapters.

Integration checklist

If your building controller uses BACnet MS/TP instead, the ACH580 already has an embedded serial interface; the FBIP-21 is the choice when IP infrastructure and higher throughput are preferred.

Plan IP addresses, device instance numbers and the object list with the building automation contractor before power-up; the manual describes each of these settings.

Selection and planning notes

Building contractors normally supply a BACnet point list: run command, speed reference, actual speed, current, power, energy and alarm status. The FBIP-21 manual maps these to BACnet objects so the list can be checked before the first power-up. Daisy-chaining in a plant room saves switches, but a failure of one drive’s power can interrupt downstream nodes, so many designers prefer a star arrangement for larger systems.

Compatible HVAC drives such as the ACH580 appear in AC drives; the ACS580 sister platform is covered on the ABB ACS580 page. Our team can compare BACnet/IP with the embedded MS/TP port for your project.

Cyber security deserves a line in the project plan. Keep the building network separate from office traffic, change default credentials on the module’s web interface, document which ports are open and give each drive a fixed address. Record the device instance numbers in the commissioning sheet so that a replacement module can be given the same identity without a call back to the integrator. Finally, test a communication loss: the drive should behave in the way the ventilation design expects, either holding speed or falling back to a safe local reference.

Documents and quotation

Seven Star LLC supplies the FBIP-21 on request from Muscat; send the drive type, control program version and the network details, and we reply with availability and lead time. The user manual (3AXD50000028468, revision D) is linked on this page.

Confirm before ordering: the ACH580 or ACH480 firmware level, the BACnet device instance and IP plan, the daisy-chain length and the firewall ports.

Datasheets & Documents

fbip Manual Download

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About brand

ABB is the Swiss-Swedish engineering group for electrification and automation: low voltage drives, motors, circuit breakers and motor control, process instruments and analysers, control systems and robots. It was formed on 5 January 1988 by the merger of two older companies. ASEA was founded in Västerås, Sweden, in 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm to make electric lighting and generators. BBC Brown Boveri was founded in Baden near Zurich in 1891 by Charles E. L. Brown and Walter Boveri. ABB Ltd is incorporated in Switzerland, headquartered in Zurich and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and Nasdaq Stockholm.

ABB company profile

Formed	5 January 1988, by the merger of ASEA (Sweden) and BBC Brown Boveri (Switzerland), each holding 50%
ASEA	Founded 1883 in Västerås, Sweden, by Ludvig Fredholm; first products electric lighting and generators
Brown, Boveri & Cie	Founded 1891 in Baden, Switzerland, by Charles E. L. Brown and Walter Boveri
Headquarters	Zurich, Switzerland; ABB Ltd became the group holding company in 1999
Ownership	Public company listed on SIX Swiss Exchange and Nasdaq Stockholm
Brands in the group	Baldor (US motors, acquired 2011), B&R (machine automation, acquired 2017), K-TEK level instruments, Endura and Navigator analysers, SACE breakers
Product families	Low and medium voltage drives (ACS series), motors, SACE Tmax and Emax breakers, contactors and soft starters, flow, pressure, temperature and level instruments, liquid and gas analysers, Contrac actuators, AC500 PLCs, Ability System 800xA and S800 I/O, protection relays, robots

Milestones

1883: ASEA is founded in Västerås, Sweden.
1891: Brown, Boveri & Cie is founded in Baden, Switzerland.
1987–1988: The merger is announced on 10 August 1987; ABB Asea Brown Boveri starts operating on 5 January 1988.
1999: ABB Ltd, incorporated in Switzerland, becomes the single holding company of the group.
2011 and 2017: Baldor Electric and B&R join ABB.
2020: ABB sells its power grids business to Hitachi, focusing on electrification, motion, process and machine automation.

Choosing an ABB drive

ABB's ACS drive codes are easy to read once you know the pattern. In ACS580-01-046A-4, "ACS580" is the drive family, "01" means a wall-mounted single drive, "046A" is the rated output current (about 46 A) and "-4" means a 380–480 V supply. The family is chosen by application: ACS355 for compact machinery, ACS310 for simple pumps and fans, ACS580 as the general-purpose drive, ACQ580 for water and wastewater with pump functions such as pipe fill and dry-run protection, and ACS880 for heavy industrial duty with direct torque control. Size the drive on the motor's full-load current, not only its kW rating, and allow derating for the high ambient temperatures common in Gulf electrical rooms.

Where ABB products are used

In Oman and the GCC, ABB drives and motors run pumps, fans and compressors in water and wastewater plants, district cooling, oil and gas and industry. ABB flowmeters, level instruments and analysers are used in water utilities, power and desalination plants and refineries, and SACE breakers protect switchboards in buildings and plants.

ABB products we list

Family	Examples
AC drives	ACS580, ACS580-01-046A-4, ACQ580, ACS355, ACS310, ACS880-01, FEN-31 encoder module
Breakers, motor control and protection	SACE Tmax XT, XT3N 250, SACE Emax 2, AF09 contactor, PSR soft starter, REM615 relay
Flow measurement	ProcessMaster FEP300, AquaMaster4, CoriolisMaster FCB430, VortexMaster FSV430, SwirlMaster FSS430, OriMaster FPD500
Pressure, temperature and level	266DRH, 267CS multivariable, TTH300, K-TEK AT100, LMT200, MT5000 GWR, KM26 gauge
Analysers	Endura AZ20, AK100 hydrogen purity, Navigator AW641 silica, AW402 chlorine, AWT210
Control systems and actuators	AC500, AC500-S, S800 AI810, AC 800F SA 811F, Contrac RSD50, Contrac RHD4000

Ordering ABB products: what we need

Send the full type code from the nameplate (for example ACS580-01-046A-4 or 266DSH...) and, for spare parts, the ABB ID number (such as 3BSE008508R1 or 1SBL176001R3010). For drives, add the motor power and current and any option codes (+...). For instruments, send the complete order code, which sets range, materials and approvals. Baldor motors are listed on their own brand page.

Facts checked against ABB company filings and published histories of ASEA and Brown, Boveri & Cie, October 2026.