Have you ever watched footage of what happens on the floor of a major stock exchange? Hundreds of traders are shouting out requests, buying, selling, and making deals. But to an outsider, the communication process seems ineffective. And it’s similar to what can happen when you have building systems using several different languages or protocols.
BACNet. LON. Modbus. N2. Building systems operate using the rules set down by these different data communication protocols. These rules cover requests within the system such as defining a fan operating system, sending a pump status alarm, or asking for the value of a temperature at any given time.
But if there’s no common connection, communication can be limited or even cut off all together. And when different building systems can’t talk to each other, the owners and managers won’t get the performance information and feedback needed to keep everything running at a high level.
Since you may not be able to choose which protocols are used by the components you select, you need a way to ensure that each system can communicate with the others, and provide data in a timely fashion. That’s why building system integration is so important.
Building system integration ensures that every system, from the largest to the smallest, connects and exchanges important data seamlessly. Starting on the very first day of operation.
So regardless of the different components you choose, there’s a building system integration solution that will keep the lines of communication open. And your structure running efficiently and effectively from top to bottom.