Networking and Integration of Facilities Automation Systems

by Viktor Boed

Overview

Facilities increasingly rely on computerized systems to optimize their buildings'systems operation and reduce the costs of maintenance and management. Therefore, facility managers and engineers must rise to the challenge of a new discipline-systems networking and integration-as more and more computerized systems become implemented.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849306990
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/28/1999
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface. Integration of Facilities Computerized Systems. Basics of Network Communications. DDC Open Systems-An Overview. Network Protocols. Serial Communications. Case Study-Yale Serial Communications. Case Study-Heterogeneous Interconnected Fieldbuses. Lower Level Industrial Networks-Fieldbus. Canadian Automated Building Protocol. LonTalk Protocol. The Development of BACnet. A Data Communication Protocol for Building Automation and Control Networks: BACnet. Institutional Energy Metering-Challenges and Opportunities. Case Study-Yale Maxnet

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Editorial Reviews

The manager of plant engineering at Yale U. bolsters the knowledge base of other engineers and facilities managers striving to master computerized systems for optimizing building systems operation<-->both real-time and data processing systems<-->while eyeing the bottom line. Since there is no magical protocol meeting all needs, the author and five other contributors showcase several protocols (including Canadian and European standards) and features of systems' interoperability. The concluding case study (one of several) is based on a large-scale integration effort. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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