BACnet – Global standard for open building management solutions
Christian MuellerHoneywell Building Solutions Germany
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About the speaker...
• Christian Mueller- Honeywell Building Solutions
Germany since 1986- Leader Marketing
Communication within Honeywell Building Solution Germany
- Leader of Working Group Marketing and Advisory Board member of the BACnet Interest Group Europe (B.I.G.-EU) since 1999
- Member of CEN TC247 WG5 (Integrated Building Management Systems)
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The BACnet history
He has a real problem ...
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The BACnet history
He has got a solution ...
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Increasing demand for integration
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Percentage of construction projects in Germany that demand integration
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I&I LimitedThe European Market 2000-2005Intelligent Controls in Buildings
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Heterogeneous System Integration
Cost for integrating three systems
System A
System B System C
Resultingsystem-functionality
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CEN/TC247 & ISO/TC205 norms
Management layer
Automation layer
Field layer
Protocol
Protocol
Protocol
Norm
Norm
Norm
BACnet
BACnetWorldFIPProfibus FMSEIBnet
EIB BatiBusEHSLonTalk
EN V 1805-1ISO 16484-5
EN V 13321-1EN V 13321-1 and EN 50170EN V 13321-1 and EN 50170EN V 13321-2
EN V 13154-2, DIN VDE 0829EN V 13154-2EN V 13154-2EN V 13154-2
AS-i Actuator Sensor-Interface Safety-Bus EN 50295
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Management layer and between Management and Automation layer
Automationlayer
Communication layer
Field layer and between Field and Automation layer
Protocol: BACnet
BACnet on all
functional layers
BACnet, ISO Norm 16484-5
BACnet – DIN EN ISO 16484-5 Includes references to EIA-709.1 LonTalkEN 50090 EIB/KNX
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ISO Building Automation model
Common Communication protocol
Service Messages (APDUs)
Applic. Obj. Applic. Obj. Applic. Obj. Applic. Obj.
BACnetMS Manage-ment-/ Server Station
BACnetOSOperator Station
BACS network
FF FF
BACnetASC BACnet Automation Station
Local Automationstation
Field device Field device Field device Field deviceObj.
BACnetSFD
Legende:
Applic. BMS Application programs APDUs Application protocol data units BACnet Building automation and control networkBACnetASC BACnet application specific controller BACnetMS BACnet management station BACnetOS BACnet operator stationBACnetSFD BACnet smart field deviceBACS Building automation and control systemF Filtering function Obj. BACnet objects
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BACnet history ...
• 1987
• 1991• 1995
• 1998
• 2001• 2002• 2003
• 2004
• Foundation of the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineering) committee SPC135. Team charter: Development of a communication protocol which would be neutral and allow monitoring, control and energy management within buildings.
• First draft version of the new protocol available• BACnet was published as ASHRAE 135-1995 standard.
BACnet also becomes ANSI standard• BACnet becomes EN 1805-1 and ENV13321 by CEN
TC247• FND withdrawn by CEN as ENV • ANSI/ASHRAE 135-2001 published• BACnet becomes worldwide ISO norm as the only BMS-
protocol • The first BACnet devices are conformance tested in
Europe
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What is BACnet?
• BACnet ist a communication standard that allows for data exchange (including complex data) between systems from various vendors
• BACnet allows for interoperability of devices and systems from various vendors
• BACnet is most suited for- HVAC control applications (in Europe integrations on
management and automation layer) but also- Integration of life safety systems (fire panels)
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Was can BACnet provide?
• BACnet does standardize transactions like:- COS/COV- Alarm/event handling supporting alarm/event priority- Historical data- Data access control- Command priority- File transfer- Save/Restore of programs- Calendar and Scheduling functionality
• BACnet is independent from any specific hardware, operating system or software platform
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BACnet terminology• Objects
- Devices and systems are seen as black boxes consisting of a number of objects
- BACnet objects only define the outside behaviour of the devices and systems – no internal functionality is defined
• Object properties- Each object has got a number of mandatory (required)
and optional properties. - The properties can be read by other devices and systems
and some can be written to. Vendors may define vendor specific properties (interoperability?)
• Services- Communication between BACnet devices and systems is
done using specific services. - Services can be used f. e. to read object properties.
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BACnet Networking Options
• Ethernet• BACnet over IP• Serial (RS232/RS485)• ARCnet• MS/TP• LonTalk (is not equal to LonMark!) Layer in
ISO/OSI-Reference model
Data-Link
Media-Access
Physical
Network
ApplicationBACnet Application Layer
BACnet Network Layer (allows Routing)
ISO 8802-2Type 1
RS 485 RS 232
MS/TP PTP LonTalk
ARCNETISO 8802-3„Ethernet“
BACnet/IP
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BACnet Client/Server architecture
• A BACnet device may trigger a service or can react on a service request:- Client: Requests services (Service user)- Server: Offers services (Service provider)
• A DDC-system for example may act as a - client for various field devices in an automation system,
- server for other DDC-systems or for a BMS (Building Management System) that requests specific data or alarms
SSCC
InitiateService
ExecuteService
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BACnet Objects
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BACnet Objects
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Functional list, EN ISO 16484-3
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Object properties
• Standard Objects have required and optional properties defined
• Vendors may add proprietary object properties or vendor specific objects to a device
Object_Name ROOM_TEMPObject_Type ANALOG INPUTPresent_Value 20.3
Unit
High_Limit 30.0Low_Limit 15.0
required
optional
62 = °C
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BACnet Services
• BACnet currently includes 38 services on the application layer which are subdivided into 5 categories: - Object Access- Device Management- Alarm and Event- File Transfer- Virtual Terminal
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Services - Object Access
• Object access services include services like: - Read and write data (object properties)- Request a specific data range (e. g. to retrieve trend log
data)- Services to create other objects at runtime or delete them
(like notification class objects or schedule objects)- Services to add data to lists or remove data from lists (data
point and events to/from notification class objects)
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Services - Device Management
• Network start-up- Who-Is, I-Am- Who-Has, I-Have
• Time Synchronization• Request device start-up (via network) …
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BACnet Broadcast Management Device• The BACnet Broadcast Management Device
(BBMD) handles broadcast telegrams (Who-Is, Who-Has, I-Am, I-Have, …) through routers that connect different IP-subnets.
• The BBMD can be an external device or be integrated in another BACnet device like B-BC, B-OWS.
BBMD Function
IP-Segment A IP-Segment B
IP-Router
B-BC
B-OWSB-OWS
B-BC
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Services - Alarm- and Event
• Services include - Alarm- and event handling and- COV/COS (Change of Value/State)
• Request alarm summary list (e. g. after a communication restart)
• Services to acknowledge alarms
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Alarm- and Event handling• BACnet allows for three different methods for alarm and event
handling- COV Events
One or more recipients subscribe specific changes to state or value from a COV-server using SubscribeCOV(Property) service.
The COV-Server sends changes to the receivers that have subscribed for the event using (Un)ConfirmedCOVNotification
- Intrinsic Event Reporting The recipient list of alarms and events from specific objects will statically or
dynamically be managed using NotificationClass objects The objects to support intrinsic alarming will have to support various optional
properties like the EventEnable property
- Algorithmic Change Events In order to support algorithmic change events, the EventEnrollment object
needs to be supported. The EventEnrollment object list contains stages and valuesof datapoints that need to be monitored.
In case of a limit violation, the distribution of alarms/events can either be handled by the EventEnrollment object itself (if recipients are defined) or via a Notification Class object list if a NC object is defined with the object in alarm.0
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The BACnet PICS
• PICS: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
• The PICS is a standard way of describing the BACnet functionality of a specific solution in a kind of table format and contains information about- BACnet services supported- BACnet standard objects supported including information
Whether or not BACnet objects can be created and deleted during runtime
Which object properties are supported and which are read-only
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The BACnet PICS
• PICS continued ...- Data Link Layer Options
Description of the network options supported (like Ethernet, BACnet /IP)
- Special functionality- Restrictions to properties, if exist
e. g. the max. number of characters for a key name or the character set (e. g. ANSI X3.4)
• The BACnet PICS is an important means for end customers and consultants to understand the functionality provided by a BACnet solution.
• This is achieved through- BACnet Interoperability Building Blocks (BIBBs) - Standard device profiles
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BACnet PICS (Extract)
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BACnet Interoperability Building Blocks
• BIBBs – Define a set of BACnet services to provide a specific function. BIBBs are either client (A) or server (B) related.
• There are BIBBs for the following areas of interoperability:- Data Sharing (DS)- Alarm and Event Notification (AE)- Scheduling (SCHED)- Trending (T)- Device Management (DM)- Network Management (NM)- Virtual Terminal Management (VT)
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BACnet Interoperability Building Blocks
• BIBBs example:- DS-COVP-B (Data Sharing-COVP-B)
(A) is user (Client), (B) is server (Server) (A) subscribes change of value of a specific property from (B) (B) serves (A) with COV of the object property without the need of
polling
BACnet Service Initiate Execute
SubscribeCOVProperty XConfirmedCOVNotification XUnconfirmedCOVNotification X
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Standard BACnet device profiles
• B-OWS BACnet Operator Workstation, GLT• B-BC BACnet Building Controller• B-AAC BACnet Advanced Application
Controller• B-ASC BACnet Application Specific Controller• B-SA BACnet Smart Actuator• B-SS BACnet Smart Sensor• B-GW BACnet Gateway
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Standard BACnet device profiles
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BACnet Interest Group Europe e. V.
• The BACnet Interest Group Europe e. V. (B.I.G.-EU) supports BACnet in Europe: - Web: http://www.big-eu.org- 45 members
(vendors, consultants, system integrators, associations)
- Working groups Marketing and Technology- B.I.G.-EU targets
Bring European market requirements into the standardisation Offer BACnet training Test and certification of BACnet solutions
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Further BACnet organisations
• BACnet Interest Group – North America
• BACnet Interest Group – AustralAsia
• BACnet Interest Group Middle-East
• BMA - BACnet Manufacturers Association- Founded in 2000, USA- Open for all vendors of BACnet products- Develop ways to test/certify BACnet products (BTL-Logo),
Marketing, Training in USA- Intensive contact between B.I.G.-EU and BMA in order to
guarantee mutual acknowledgment of BACnet certification
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BACnet Tests and Certification• BMA and BIG-EU develop a common test and
certification system• The target is to allow for a common, reproducible
handling of conformance tests• Mutual certification in EU and NA• First tests available in EU through accredited test
lab (WSP-Lab)• Common Logo
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BACnet Tests and Certification
• Today extent of the BACnet conformance tests- In USA tests are done based on the BACnet device profiles
(B-SA, B-ASC, ..)
- BIBBS, that can be tested in Europe today e. g. DS-COV-B had not bee tested in the US, as it had not been a
market requirement so far
- Conformance tests are no BACnet certificates!
- What would a BACnet certification be like? In order to certify a BACnet device, the complete functionality as
specified by the device PICS must be tested. This is not possible today for complex devices like B-BC or B-OWS.
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BIBBS, tested in Europe today
• DS-RP-B- (B) provides data upon request from (A)
• DS-WP-B- (B) allows a value to be changed by (A)
• DS-COV-B- (B) accepts subscription requests from (A) and replies with
COVNotifications• DM-DDB-B
- (B) provides information about itself to (A)• DM-DOB-B
- (B) provides information about its objects upon request from (A)• DM-DCC-B
- (B) responds to comm. control request from (A)• DM-TS-B / DM-UTC-B (UTC – Greenwich Mean Time)
- (B) accepts time sync. request from (A)
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B-BC Example: Honeywell Excel Web
• LINUX operating system• 10/100MBit/s network interface• Integrated Web-Server with
HTML-pages installed for parameter setting, local operation via browser
• No need for ActiveX controls• Trend capacity can be
expanded using standard CF memory cards
• Up to 1.000 BACnet objects• I/O modules based on LonTalk
(78kbps, Free topology wiring• DIN rail or direct mounting
LINUX
inside!
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Upcoming BACnet extensions
• BACnet Web Services• Web-Pages
- Are designed for humans and are used through Web-Browsers
• Web-Services- Automated services through Internet/Intranet used by
applications.- Services to supply other applications with data in a
standard way independent from the underlying hard- or software or operating system.
• XML used as the data format and SOAP as the protocol- SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is based on http
which allows data to be exchanged through firewalls - IT-system security is not jeopardised
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BACnet Web Service via SOAP
BACnet BMS,Automation island
Application ServerBACnet/Web Services via SOAP
ERP-Client ApplicationMakes use of Web Services via SOAP
Upcoming BACnet extensions• BACnet/XML Working-Group target
- To link BACnet systems to ERP-applications via Web-Services
• Annex N – BACnet/WS currently in Public Review
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Some BACnet Projects
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Technology compound at the German Parliamentary Buildings
Reichstag
Jakob-Kaiser-Haus
Paul-Löbe-Haus
Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus
Spree
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Technology compound at the German Parliamentary Buildings
Reichstag
Jakob-KaiserHaus
Paul-Löbe Haus
Supervisorx BMS
Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders Haus
BACnet/IP
Supervisory BMS of the Energy compound
Ethernet (TCP/IP)
Unter den Linden 71
Wilhelmstraße 60
Unter den Linden 50
Honeywell
Schadowstr. 12/13und Dorotheenstr. 88
Dorotheenstraße 88
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Technology compound at the German Parliamentary Buildings
Building Vendor System No. of dp
Reichstaggebäude Kieback & Peter BACnet Gwy 30.000Paul-Löbe-Haus Honeywell Excel 500 10.000Paul-Löbe-Haus Honeywell IRC 3.000Paul-Löbe-Haus Honeywell BACnet 500Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus JCI BACnet 20.000Jakob-Kaiser-Haus ABB Tridium/BACnet 30.000Wilhelmstraße 60/Unter den Linden Siemens (Landis & Staefa) BACnet 7.000Schadowstraße 12/13 AutomatedLogic BACnet 200Dorothenstraße 88 Saia BACnet 200
Supervisory BMS at the Reichstag Honeywell BACnet 100.900
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Technology compound at the German Parliamentary Buildings
• Access to BACnet objects like schedule, calendar and loop
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Building Management with BACnet
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BACnet/OPC comparison
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The birth of OPC ...Microsoft
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OPC Introduction
• The task:- Get data from a PLC (Programmable logic controller) into
an Microsoft based application within a PC-based network. Prior to OPC a special driver needed to be written and maintained
for each protocol that had to be integrated into a visualisation (SCADA system)
- Target: Provide a standard interface with standard objects (OPC server) that
every PLC-vendor could integrate and that could also be integrated by every vendor of visualisations (OPC client)
Provide a standard interface between plant control level and information technology
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OPC History• 1995
- A task force composed of Fisher-Rosemount, Rockwell Software, Opto 22, Intellution, and Intuitive Technology developed a basic, workable, OPC specification.
- OPC = Object linking and embedding for process control• 1996
- A simplified, stage-one solution was released in August 1996.OPC foundation group started up.
• 1998- OPC becomes an industry standard
• 1998- OPC Data Access 2.0 published
• 2001- Compliance Testing and Certification program available
• 2004- The OPC Foundation has got more than 300 members.
Honeywell is also a member of the OPC Foundation.
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OPC Introduction
• OPC (OLE for Process Control) is a Client-/Server Software Interface, based on the Microsoft COM / DCOM component technology. It is used to exchange data between different applications on one machine (COM) or between different applications on a network (DCOM).
• OPC is not a new bus standard, no norm- It may be compared with a printer driver available with a
printer which is the interface between the hardware and the office application
• OPC is best suited for- Simple I/O type of information which need to be integrated
into office applications- Data exchange between software applications
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OPC data types, object model
• OPC only supports simple data objects (so called OPC Items). OPC Items consist of- Value, state- Time stamp- Information about the quality of data
• OPC Object model- OPC Groups are defined on an OPC server. OPC groups
contain OPC Items that are handles in a similar way. E. g.: Periodical data transmission Data transmission on a COV/COS
- Each OPC Item may have properties defined like value range, engineering unit
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OPC Specifications
• OPC Data Access- Used to move real-time data from PLCs and other control
devices to HMIs and other display clients. Standard on the market is OPC DA 2.04. The Data Access 3 specification is now a Release Candidate.
• OPC Alarms & Events- Provides alarm and event notifications on demand
(in contrast to the continuous data flow of Data Access). - OPC Clients can subscribe for alarms and events from the
OPC server (OPC-AE 1.10).• OPC Data eXchange
- This specification takes OPC from client/server to server-to-server with communication across Ethernet field bus networks.
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OPC Specifications
• OPC Historical Data Access - Where OPC Data Access provides access to real-time,
continually changing data, OPC Historical Data Access provides access to data already stored. (OPC DX 1.0)
• OPC Security- OPC Security specifies how to control client access to
these servers in order to protect this sensitive information and to guard against unauthorized modification of process parameters (OPC Security 1.0)
• OPC XML-DA- OPC XML-DA is developed to expose plant floor data using
XML and SOAP. Specification still under development
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Need more information?
• OPC Foundation web pages- www.opcfoundation.org
• OPC European membebr web pages- www.opceurope.org
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OPC/BACnet Comparison• BACnet
- Vendor independence ISO Standard, independent
from OS, hardware or vendor
- Best suited for Automation and management
level Peer-to-Peer communication
for HVAC control and safety controls
- Communication IP support, Client-Server
• OPC- Vendor independence
De-facto-Industry Standard, based on Microsoft COM/DCOM technology
- Best suited for Move real-time data from
PLC to visualisation and business applications
Peer-to-Peer communication possible if OPC data eXchange extension becomes available
- Communication IP support, Client-Server
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OPC/BACnet Comparison
• BACnet
- Specifications/Profiles Data Sharing (with priority) Alarms and Events Historical Trends Scheduling Device and Network Management Access Control mechanisms build in
BACnet via XML• Specification in public review
- Conformance tests BACnet Test Lab at Stuttgart is
capable to provide first basic BACnet conformance tests
• OPC
- Specifications/Profiles Data Access (DA) Alarm & Events (AE) Historical Trends
• only few implementations exist,• Normally done on SCADA level
Scheduling • needs to be done on SCADA level
Access Control• available. Only a few implementations
make use of OPC Security
OPC XML-DA • spec. under development)
- Conformance tests Compliance Tests available through
the OPC Foundation
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OPC/BACnet Comparison
• BACnet- Planning and Start-up
BACnet is not Plug & Play f. e. due to optional object properties
A in depth comparison of the PICS is required
Test installation recommended
Binding:• Data documentation can be
exchanged via standard EDE-Format or
• BACnet solutions often allow for address space browsing
• OPC- Planning and Start-up
OPC allows for Plug & Play if the network is correctly been set up.
No optional object properties Configuration of DCOM in
complex network environment can be tricky.
Many times firewalls do not allow for port 15 (OPC/DCOM) to be open as several virus attacks (like W32Lovsan) came through this port
Binding:• OPC solutions often allow for
address space browsing
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BACnet and OPC complement each other
• BACnet is most suitable if it comes to ...- Building Management applications (alarming with
acknowledgement, scheduling, save and restore of application programs, command priority, Peer-to-Peer data communication)
- Data exchange between devices (e. g. an energy manage-ment application requires data from various DDC systems on the LAN for peak load control)
• OPC is best suited if it comes to ...- Simple data exchange between a SCADA system and a PLC
or integration of a fire panels into a Visualisation- Data exchange with IT- or ERP (Business) applications