BACnet fieldbus slave unit unites building systems engineering with the world of automation

Phil Black - PII Editor 21/04/2013

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The ability to collect counter and measurement values as well as other vital operating data for heating, air circulation and conditioning is a prerequisite for developing open, interoperable and functional building automation applications.

This includes devices at the field level, e.g. sensors and motor drives, as well as at the automation and management level (central building control system). On top of that, new regulations such as those arising within the framework of the liberalization of the energy market, are increasingly creating the demand to unite building system engineering with process control via standard interfaces.

With its BACnet flexible slave units for the FP series FPS PLC, Panasonic Electric Works now provides the equipment necessary for facility managers and planning offices to realize open building automation concepts. BACnet also standardizes complex transactions (services) such as alarm and event processing, data logging, monitoring device status, data backup in general, and the backup and loading of applications in automation devices.

Our BACnet products are available as two different types of interface units: BACnet/IP and MS/TP. All FPS CPUs can thus be connected via BACnet. Naturally, other interface units for inputs and outputs just as other fieldbus slave units can be used, for example to establish a gateway between IEC60870-5 and BACnet.

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