Learn what BACnet is, the benefits of the BACnet protocol and the benefits of the Mircom Group of Companies' implementation of BACnet with our FleX-Net and OpenGN systems.
2. 1-Demystifying BACnet & Understanding It’s Power
2-Fire Alarm Systems With Building Automation Systems
3-Challenges: Maintaining The Integrity of Life Safety Systems
4- Delivering Integration Solutions to Realize Benefits
5 –Hierarchical Building Control System Structures
3. 6-Leveraging BACnet for Smoke Management Solutions
7-BACnet for Enhancing Security Integration Efficiencies
8-Emergency Responders Benefiting from BACnet
9-FleXNet’s World Leading “Blackfin Processors 32-bit RISC”
10 – Market Forces: Mircom’s Vision for Intelligent Integration
4. 1-Demystifying BACnet & Understanding It’s Power
• What is BACnet?
• An ASHRAE Building Automation and Control
net-working protocol (BACnet)
• Designed specifically to meet building
integration communication requirements
6. 1-Demystifying BACnet & Understanding It’s Power
High Speed Backbone LAN
Net 2
BACnet
Workstation
Open GN Net 4
Enterprise Server
Net 1 Net 3
Low-speed controller network Low-speed controller network
7. 1-Demystifying BACnet & Understanding It’s Power
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Export BACnet data to
Excel
NOTE 2: the “Device ID” value shall not be higher than the “Base ID” value as prescribed
by ASHRAE’s BACnet protocol requirements.
8. 1-Demystifying BACnet & Understanding It’s Power
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9. 2-Fire Alarm Systems With Building Automation Systems
FULL BUILDING VISIBILITY
INTEGRATED MONITORING &
ANALYSIS
TRANSPONDER
LIGHTING CONTROL
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CLIMATE MONITORING
SECURITY-OCCUPANT-MONITORING TRANSPONDER
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10. 2-Fire Alarm Systems With Building Automation Systems
• Fire Alarm & Building Automation
• Intelligent Building Institute
• Building that provides a productive and cost-
effective environment through optimization
of its four basic elements
Structure
Systems
Services
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12. 3-Challenges: Maintaining The Integrity of Life Safety Systems
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• However, their implementations are quite different
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Will the our Codes and
Standards conflict with emerging
technologies?
15. 4- Delivering Integration Solutions to Realize Benefits
• Stable and reliable communication is one
precondition for system integration
• Protocols and functions must be exactly
described if successful performance and
integration is to take place
• Integration can only be successful, when
standard protocols are implemented
17. 5 –Hierarchical Building Control System Structures
LIGHTING CONTROL
CLIMATE MONITORING
SECURITY-OCCUPANT-MONITORING
VIDEO-SMOKE-CONFIRMATION
SAFE ELEVATOR EGRESS
SMOKE MANAGEMENT & CONTROL
19. 5 –Hierarchical Building Control System Structures
When the system is in an “Alarm”
condition, (For example: Duct Smoke
has been triggered) the “present
value” will change from “0” to “2”
20. 5 –Hierarchical Building Control System Structures
High Speed Backbone LAN
Net 2
BACnet
Workstation
Open GN Net 4
Enterprise Server
Net 1 Net 3
HVAC Building Automation Access Control System
21. 5 –Hierarchical Building Control System Structures
• FleX-Net™ Native BACnet Interface
• Physical Ethernet port Connection
MD-871A Main Board
BACNET Ethernet Connection
24. 6-Leveraging BACnet for Smoke Management Solutions
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D2 & D3 Closed
D1 Open D4 Closed
25. 6-Leveraging BACnet for Smoke Management Solutions
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28. 7-BACnet for Enhancing Security Integration Efficiencies
Field Control Relays for Mag-lock Release Magnetically Locked Door Released from
Fire Alarm System
Access Control Mag-locks
29. 7-BACnet for Enhancing Security Integration Efficiencies
RELEASE MAG-LOCK DOORS & HOLD OPENS
Magnetically Locked Door Released from
Fire Alarm System via BACnet to ACS
30. 7-BACnet for Enhancing Security Integration Efficiencies
VIDEO CAMERA CONFIRMS SMOKE IN AREA INITALLY
TRIGGERED BY SMOKE DETECTION
LINKED VIA BACnet COMMAND
VIDEO SMOKE DETECTION
31. 7-BACnet for Enhancing Security Integration Efficiencies
• Video Smoke Detection has provided a major
leap forward in smoke detection in large open
spaces and external applications
• VSD systems analyze image movements to
pick up smoke particles at an earlier stage
giving better opportunities for fire response
teams
• BACnet protocol enables efficient
interoperability between fire alarm and VSD
35. 9-Flex-Net’s World Leading “Blackfin Processors 32-bit RISC”
Phase II
•Main Mother Board MD-871A
•MD-871A contains a Blackfin Core Board
Blackfin Processors combine a 32-bit RISC-like
instruction set and dual 16-bit multiply accumulate (MAC)
signal processing functionality with the ease-of-use
attributes found in general-purpose microcontrollers
•MAC addressing enables BACnet to operate
BAC
within the protocol structure of Building
Automation & Control Networks via its unique
manufacturer address
37. 9-Flex-Net’s World Leading “Blackfin Processors 32-bit RISC”
Set “Custom Identification
for Device and Base ID”
• Click on “Activate BACNet Services”
• CodeMeter Content / Licence page
• BACnet licence imported will decrease
CodeMeter counter by one
NOTE: The CodeMeter BACnet product code 111’s unit counter display licence decrease
by one
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The Intelligent Building Institute has proposed: "an intelligent building is one that provides a productive and cost-effective environment through optimization of its four basic elements - structure, systems, services and management - and the interrelationships between them. Intelligent buildings help business owners, property managers and occupants to realize their goals in the areas of cost, comfort, convenience, safety, long-term flexibility and marketability." Such definitions lead inexorably to a more all-encompassing meaning - overall performance, not only of the building itself, but also of the entire construction process. This concept is best expressed in the mission statement for the uniformat.com site on the World Wide Web: "to improve building investment performance by applying ASTM E1557-96 'Standard Classification of Building Elements and Related Sitework - UNIFORMAT II.' This classification enables a seamless link of all phases of a building life cycle - from facilities development through facilities management." The Intelligent Building Institute has proposed: "an intelligent building is one that provides a productive and cost-effective environment through optimization of its four basic elements - structure, systems, services and management - and the interrelationships between them. Intelligent buildings help business owners, property managers and occupants to realize their goals in the areas of cost, comfort, convenience, safety, long-term flexibility and marketability." Such definitions lead inexorably to a more all-encompassing meaning - overall performance, not only of the building itself, but also of the entire construction process. This concept is best expressed in the mission statement for the uniformat.com site on the World Wide Web: "to improve building investment performance by applying ASTM E1557-96 'Standard Classification of Building Elements and Related Sitework - UNIFORMAT II.' This classification enables a seamless link of all phases of a building life cycle - from facilities development through facilities management."
Slide 15 – picture of project site The building industry is approaching a migration phase where the need for scalable, interoperable, flexible and open systems is spurring participants from different building technology industries to collaborate on a single platform. This will allow them to build systems, which can ultimately propel growth in intelligent building (IB) concepts. This transition demands technological developments with the ability to curtail the prominence of proprietary solutions that give an impression of being open systems when they are not. As the technologies in the building industry are more business driven than research oriented, they are likely to benefit from technological advancements taking place in other areas also. Overall, a building's degree of intelligence is likely to depend on the extent to which there is a consensus to include various available technologies. Hence, building technologies are set for further growth with embedded intelligence leading to excellent comfort levels, state-of-the-art security, optimized operational costs, and exceptional smartness.
Stable and reliable communication is one precondition for system integration. Protocols and functions must be exactly described if successful performance and integration is to take place. In the case of multi vendor systems integration, the right contracts, mutual coordination and agreed upon responsibility is indispensable. Nevertheless, there are practical limits to implementation: The fusion of different concepts is difficult and demands considerable investment of time and energy. This is hardly justifiable for a single application! The delimitation of responsibility at the interfaces and uncoordinated alterations in the subsystems represent almost intolerable complications for integration. To overcome these limits the industry agreed on communication standards, which describe the basic functions in the disciplines of HVAC, lighting, safety, etc. These basic functions defined as objects can then be exchanged by different services, disciplines or management systems easily and with a minimum of effort via communication networks, routers, gateways etc. Integration will only be really successful, however, when standard protocols are implemented internally within the individual systems. This eliminates complex conversion and, above all, too much loss of functionality. The standardization of engineering data and the engineering and commissioning workflow in the future will further help to lower costs and to increase the reliability and functionality of integrated systems! Typical applications in a building: air, water, lighting and sun-blinds, heating, cooling, ventilation, energy distribution, safety and security, refrigeration, transportation and ancillary systems
Stable and reliable communication is one precondition for system integration. Protocols and functions must be exactly described if successful performance and integration is to take place. In the case of multi vendor systems integration, the right contracts, mutual coordination and agreed upon responsibility is indispensable. Nevertheless, there are practical limits to implementation: The fusion of different concepts is difficult and demands considerable investment of time and energy. This is hardly justifiable for a single application! The delimitation of responsibility at the interfaces and uncoordinated alterations in the subsystems represent almost intolerable complications for integration. To overcome these limits the industry agreed on communication standards, which describe the basic functions in the disciplines of HVAC, lighting, safety, etc. These basic functions defined as objects can then be exchanged by different services, disciplines or management systems easily and with a minimum of effort via communication networks, routers, gateways etc. Integration will only be really successful, however, when standard protocols are implemented internally within the individual systems. This eliminates complex conversion and, above all, too much loss of functionality. The standardization of engineering data and the engineering and commissioning workflow in the future will further help to lower costs and to increase the reliability and functionality of integrated systems! Typical applications in a building: air, water, lighting and sun-blinds, heating, cooling, ventilation, energy distribution, safety and security, refrigeration, transportation and ancillary systems
Type I or Fire-Resistive (NFPA) • High rise office, shopping centers, or residential units • Reinforced concrete, structural steel (protected) – Type II or Non-combustible • Office buildings, warehouses, auto repair shops • Metal frame with metal walls, metal frame with masonry walls, masonry walls with metal roof – Type III or Ordinary • Office buildings, retail stores, mixed occupancy, apartment buildings • Non-combustible bearing walls and combustible roofs • Most buildings are of this type – Type IV or Heavy Timber • Exterior non-combustible or limited combustible, masonry • Interior structural members, walls, columns, floors and roofs are large timbers • Common in the New England area – Type V or Wood Frame • Single family dwelling, restaurants, retail stores • Log, post & beam, balloon, platform, and plank & beam • Structural members are wood and exterior walls are combustible
Type I or Fire-Resistive (NFPA) • High rise office, shopping centers, or residential units • Reinforced concrete, structural steel (protected) – Type II or Non-combustible • Office buildings, warehouses, auto repair shops • Metal frame with metal walls, metal frame with masonry walls, masonry walls with metal roof – Type III or Ordinary • Office buildings, retail stores, mixed occupancy, apartment buildings • Non-combustible bearing walls and combustible roofs • Most buildings are of this type – Type IV or Heavy Timber • Exterior non-combustible or limited combustible, masonry • Interior structural members, walls, columns, floors and roofs are large timbers • Common in the New England area – Type V or Wood Frame • Single family dwelling, restaurants, retail stores • Log, post & beam, balloon, platform, and plank & beam • Structural members are wood and exterior walls are combustible
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