Advocating BACnet

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Advocating BACnet
Jim Lee
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BACnet Advocacy and Testing

• BACnet Manufacturers Association
• BACnet Testing Laboratories
• BACnet Interest Group Europe
• BACnet Interest Group-North America
• BACnet Interest Group-Austral Asia
• Listing and Certification
• BACnet verses LON

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Introduction to the BMA

• www.bacnetassociation.org

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Dedicated To Supporting
Promoting

• ASHRAE and ANSI
• Open Standards
• for building automation and
• control networks

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BMA Objectives

• 1) Develop a BACnet compliance testing and
  listing program that will award an
  interoperability mark to BMA/BTL compliant
  products.
• 2) Establish a test lab to support compliance
  testing and interoperability testing activities.

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BMA Objectives (cont.)

• 3) Promote interoperability and compliance with
  the BACnet Standard by developing testing
  software and organizing multi-vendor
  interoperability testing activities.
• 4) Provide the latest information about BACnet
  technology and products through educational
  events and a web site that displays listed
  products.

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BMA Objectives (cont.)

• 5) Market and promote the use of BACnet to
  consulting engineers, end users of building
  automation equipment, and the building automation
  community at large. This will include education
  and publicizing successful implementations.
• 6) Work with the following organizations to
  promote and improve BACnet

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Organization Cooperation

• ASHRAE SSPC 135
• CEN TC247
• IEIEJ
• BIG-NA
• BIG-Europe
• NEMA
• NFPA
• BACnet Interoperability Testing Consortium

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BMA MEMBER BENEFITS

• Have your BACnet products tested and listed at a
  reduced cost
• Use the BTL logo on listed products
• Participate in establishing compliance test
  procedures
• Participate in interoperability testing exercises
• Display your BTL listed products on BMA Web site
• Obtain testing tools for pre-listing self testing

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BTL Logo

• BACnet is a registered trademark of the American
  Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
  Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
• ASHRAE has a policy of not approving, endorsing
  or testing products.

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BMA Corporate Members

• Alerton Technologies Reliable Controls
• American Automatrix Siemens Building
  Technologies
• Automated Logic Sierra Monitor
• Belimo Air Controls Simplex
• Cimetrics Teletrol
• Delta Controls Tridium
• Honeywell Trane
• Invensys Building Systems
• Johnson Controls
• Lithonia Lighting
• McQuay International
• Nara Controls

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BMA Affiliate Members

• Prof. Peter Fischer--BIG-EU Liaison
• H. Michael Newman--Cornell University
• Steve Bushby--N.I.S.T, Chairman ASHRAE SSPC 135

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BMA Marketing Policy

• The BACnet Manufacturers Association will
  vigorously promote
• BACnet Controls
• BACnet Protocol
• BACnet Standardization Efforts
• Cooperation between international organizations

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BMA Technical Agenda

• Develop Product Testing Process
• Help Consulting Engineers specify BACnet by
  providing specifications and tools
• Work with ASHRAE SSPC 135 to insure that BACnet
  keeps pace with the changing technology landscape
• Multi-vendor Interoperability Testing
• Coordination with International Groups

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BACnet Testing Laboratories

• Test process creation
• Test tools maintenance (VTS)
• Test script preparation
• Product testing

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Benefits of a BACnet testing and listing program

• Increase the level of BACnet interoperability
  between commercial products offered by different
  manufacturers
• Provide objective information about the BACnet
  functionality present in listed products to
  consulting engineers and end customers

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Information about listed products

• The BACnet functionality of listed products will
  be published on a web site, accessible to everyone

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Overview of the Product Testing and Listing
Process

• A manufacturer submits an application to the
  organization administering the program.
• The manufacturer sends a product and product
  documentation to an authorized test lab.
• The product is tested. If there are problems,
  the manufacturer resolves the problems in
  cooperation with the test lab.
• Test results are reviewed by the program
  administrator, and a listing is awarded.

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Testing is Open Book

• Testing requirements and procedures are being
  developed by an industry group, and the results
  will be made public
• Most testing tools will be easy to obtain
• VTS can be freely downloaded from
  http//sourceforge.net/projects/vts
• Manufacturers can run tests in their own labs
  before submitting products

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BACnet Compliance Testing

• Basic requirements for all devices are defined in
  the BACnet Standard
• Test procedures are defined in ASHRAE 135.1P, a
  draft standard (completed public review 1)
• Selection of tests to be run is based on the
  specification of the devices capabilities
  provided by the manufacturer

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Testing is International

• Organizations in North America and Europe are
  working together to create a unified testing and
  listing program
• Test labs have been selected in the U.S. and
  Germany

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BACnet Interest Group-Europe
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BIG-EU BACground

• Mission promote interoperability
• Composed of manufacturers, academics, consultants
  and end users
• Open exchange of information RE BACnet
• Communicate with the BMA and ASHRAE

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BIG-EU Marketing

• Inform Building ownersmanagers about the
  advantages of BACnet
• Provide guidelines on how to specify BACnet
• Promote the interests of BIG-EU members in the
  market and in committees
• Encourage cooperation regarding the development
  of tools, hardware and software

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BIG-EU Training

• Organize training for users and interested
  manufacturers
• Develop BACnet seminars
• Develop BACnet training materials

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BIG-EU Certification

• Create the infrastructure for testing and
  certification of conformity to BACnet
• Pro vide guidelines for interoperability testing
• Coordinate agreement between European and
  American testing organizations

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BACnet in Asia

• Japan IEIEJ-training, proposing new objects and
  services to the standard
• Korea--BACnet adopted as a Korean standard
• China--Investigating BACnet as a standard

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BACnet Interest Group-Austral Asia
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BACnet Interest Group-North America
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BIG-NA

• Facilities Personnel
• BAS Contractors
• Service Personnel
• Consultants

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BIG-NA

• The group seeks to "promote the use of open
  systems using BACnet technology" and to further
  the "revolution to change a vendor-driven market
  to a user-driven market."
• Obiwan
• Penn State University conference

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International Product Listing
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Advocating BACnet
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