Building control systems integrate various building systems like lighting, HVAC, security, and more to centrally control and automate a building. They have evolved from single room systems in the 1990s to enterprise-wide systems today that communicate over common protocols. The AV industry can integrate with building control systems to provide user interaction capabilities and unification across systems. This provides opportunities for cost savings, energy management, and distinguishing the AV industry as leaders in intelligent buildings. Building control also allows monitoring and reporting on energy usage which supports green building standards.
A Building Management System is a computer-based control system that is installed in the buildings in order to control and monitor the mechanical and electrical equipment of the building including lighting, fire systems, ventilation, security systems etc.
A Building Management System is a Computer based system which can monitor and control different mechanical and electrical equipment in a building. A reliable, efficient and integrated controlling among these equipment’s in a building is the main objective of a Building Management System. This paper presents a Multi Agent Controlled Building Management System which is controlled as an agent based integrated system of different subsystems such as Lighting, Security, Air-conditioning, Ventilation
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In terms of industrial cyber security “application whitelisting” is an emerging approach to combating viruses and malware. It allows software to run that’s considered safe and blocks all other programs. The basic concept behind application whitelisting is to create a list that permits only good known files to execute, rather than attempting to block malicious code and activity. Visit https://www.honeywellprocess.com/en-US/explore/services/industrial-it-solutions/Pages/default.aspx today.
A Building Management System is a computer-based control system that is installed in the buildings in order to control and monitor the mechanical and electrical equipment of the building including lighting, fire systems, ventilation, security systems etc.
A Building Management System is a Computer based system which can monitor and control different mechanical and electrical equipment in a building. A reliable, efficient and integrated controlling among these equipment’s in a building is the main objective of a Building Management System. This paper presents a Multi Agent Controlled Building Management System which is controlled as an agent based integrated system of different subsystems such as Lighting, Security, Air-conditioning, Ventilation
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Industrial Cyber Security: What is Application Whitelisting?honeywellgf
In terms of industrial cyber security “application whitelisting” is an emerging approach to combating viruses and malware. It allows software to run that’s considered safe and blocks all other programs. The basic concept behind application whitelisting is to create a list that permits only good known files to execute, rather than attempting to block malicious code and activity. Visit https://www.honeywellprocess.com/en-US/explore/services/industrial-it-solutions/Pages/default.aspx today.
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Abstract: Smart Meter Security is a growing topic in the security industry that hasn’t been discussed to its full potential. This presentation will discuss the types of vulnerabilities that have been found in Smart Meters, and give examples from real world assessments we’ve conducted. Different methods of accessing the meter will be presented such as over the optical interface and the Zigbee wireless radio. In addition, we will discuss a testing methodology we’ve developed which covers Smart Meter testing with the open source Termineter framework developed by the presenter. Finally a live demonstration of the attacks that were discussed will be performed on a real Smart Meter during the presentation for the audience. Finally the newest features in the Termineter framework will be discussed including the support for connecting to Meters over TCP/IP networks using C12.22.
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In spite of open protocols there has been a real problem with multi-vendor competitive procurement to keep costs down yet still provide owners with functional, high performance systems. This slide show provides some tips on how to achieve success.
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The merging of IT and AV systems opens new possibilities for centralizing, extending, automating AV systems and asset management for schools and businesses. In this course, you'll gain an understanding of what a configurable control system has to offer, and how MediaLink and TouchLink facilitate a quick and economical approach to control system integration.
The Firewall Policy Hangover: Alleviating Security Management MigrainesAlgoSec
The Firewall Policy Hangover: Alleviating Security Management Migraines provides a brief history of the evolution of firewalls, examines how complexity leads to misconfiguration risk and concludes with a discussion on firewall policy management best practices and real-life lessons learned. Additionally, this presentation shares research from “The State of Network Security 2012” that examines:
• the challenges of managing network security policies
• the impact of changing business requirements
• the benefits and limitations of emerging firewall technology
This presentation discusses why cybersecurity is an issue for safety instrumented systems and will examine example architectures when communicating with the SIS.
Benefits of Addressable Fire Alarm SystemDianaVicente6
Why are addressable fire alarm systems better than conventional systems? In an addressable fire system, each device and detector is connected to the central fire alarm panel using a unique address. Addressable fire alarm systems are designed to discover fires in their early stage of development. In high demand among the commercial and industrial markets, addressable alarm systems provide numerous benefits listed in this slide.
How I learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving the Smart MeterEnergySec
Presented by: Spencer McIntyre, SecureState
Abstract: Smart Meter Security is a growing topic in the security industry that hasn’t been discussed to its full potential. This presentation will discuss the types of vulnerabilities that have been found in Smart Meters, and give examples from real world assessments we’ve conducted. Different methods of accessing the meter will be presented such as over the optical interface and the Zigbee wireless radio. In addition, we will discuss a testing methodology we’ve developed which covers Smart Meter testing with the open source Termineter framework developed by the presenter. Finally a live demonstration of the attacks that were discussed will be performed on a real Smart Meter during the presentation for the audience. Finally the newest features in the Termineter framework will be discussed including the support for connecting to Meters over TCP/IP networks using C12.22.
Audience members will leave the presentation with a detailed understanding of the types of vulnerabilities that affect smart meters and how they can be leveraged by an attacker.
Building Automation System (BAS) competitive buying strategiesRich Purtell
In spite of open protocols there has been a real problem with multi-vendor competitive procurement to keep costs down yet still provide owners with functional, high performance systems. This slide show provides some tips on how to achieve success.
Simplified av control solutions by Extron ElectronicsAVI-SPL
The merging of IT and AV systems opens new possibilities for centralizing, extending, automating AV systems and asset management for schools and businesses. In this course, you'll gain an understanding of what a configurable control system has to offer, and how MediaLink and TouchLink facilitate a quick and economical approach to control system integration.
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A Memorandum of Association (MOA) is a legal document that outlines the fundamental principles and objectives upon which a company operates. It serves as the company's charter or constitution and defines the scope of its activities. Here's a detailed note on the MOA:
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Name Clause: This clause states the name of the company, which should end with words like "Limited" or "Ltd." for a public limited company and "Private Limited" or "Pvt. Ltd." for a private limited company.
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Registered Office Clause: It specifies the location where the company's registered office is situated. This office is where all official communications and notices are sent.
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Capital Clause: This clause specifies the authorized capital of the company, i.e., the maximum amount of share capital the company is authorized to issue. It also mentions the division of this capital into shares and their respective nominal value.
Association Clause: It simply states that the subscribers wish to form a company and agree to become members of it, in accordance with the terms of the MOA.
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Legal Requirement: The MOA is a legal requirement for the formation of a company. It must be filed with the Registrar of Companies during the incorporation process.
Constitutional Document: It serves as the company's constitutional document, defining its scope, powers, and limitations.
Protection of Members: It protects the interests of the company's members by clearly defining the objectives and limiting their liability.
External Communication: It provides clarity to external parties, such as investors, creditors, and regulatory authorities, regarding the company's objectives and powers.
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While the MOA lays down the company's fundamental principles, it is not entirely immutable. It can be amended, but only under specific circumstances and in compliance with legal procedures. Amendments typically require shareholder
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Sustainability has become an increasingly critical topic as the world recognizes the need to protect our planet and its resources for future generations. Sustainability means meeting our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. It involves long-term planning and consideration of the consequences of our actions. The goal is to create strategies that ensure the long-term viability of People, Planet, and Profit.
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HR recruiter services offer top talents to companies according to their specific needs. They handle all recruitment tasks from job posting to onboarding and help companies concentrate on their business growth. With their expertise and years of experience, they streamline the hiring process and save time and resources for the company.
As a business owner in Delaware, staying on top of your tax obligations is paramount, especially with the annual deadline for Delaware Franchise Tax looming on March 1. One such obligation is the annual Delaware Franchise Tax, which serves as a crucial requirement for maintaining your company’s legal standing within the state. While the prospect of handling tax matters may seem daunting, rest assured that the process can be straightforward with the right guidance. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the steps of filing your Delaware Franchise Tax and provide insights to help you navigate the process effectively.
I’d like to introduce myself, my name is Steve Greenblatt. I have been in the AV industry in the capacity of control system programming for almost 18 years. I first started as staff programmer with a manufacturer and then started in independent programming company 14 years ago. I now run a business with a staff of seven people working with consultants, technology managers, integrators and manufacturers to provide custom control system solutions. I have been teaching here at InfoComm annually for the past five years. I’m also a member of the InfoComm Energy Management Standard committee responsible for developing an ANSI/ISO standard to Energy Management. I’d like to get to know you a little better. By a show of hands, how many of you are Consultants, how many are Technology Managers, how many are Integrators, how many are Programmers, how many Manufacturers or Manufacturer’s Reps. Great, it’s a nice cross-section of the industry and I have information targeted toward all of you.
Building control is a vast topic, Within the time that we have together, I will cover a lot a there will be a lot more to learn; however I may not be able to cover all the information that everyone is looking find out about building control. The following are my objectives. Define what sub-systems comprise building control Provide an overview of how building control systems work Discuss how building control relates to the AV industry Determine what can be done to harness the power of building control Discuss how we can benefit from understanding building control For Consultants, we’re going to talk about the power of building control and what value you can bring to your client and the project team through your mastery of building control. For Technology Managers, we’re going to discuss the power that you can have at your finger tips by unifying building and AV controls and benefitting from having an optimized space or building. For Programmers, we’re going to get under the hood a little bit a discuss what goes into controlling building systems and what features and functionality can be offered to your customers. For Integrators, we’re going to learn how to talk the language of building control, what’s involved in integrating a building control system, and how to offer building control to your customers. For Manufacturers, we’re going to talk about system components and elements involved in building control systems as well as the features and benefits of a fully integrated system. If these learning objectives don’t meet your expectations or needs for this sessions, please feel free to put the next 90 minutes of your time to better use. I completely understand, if you would prefer to exit quietly.
I’d like to start by sharing a store with you. I’d like you to envision yourself in a conference room that you are responsible for designing, specifying, programming, selling, whatever aspect of the industry is closest to your role. You are the presenter and you are ready to demonstrate the new system to your boss, the owner, etc. Just as you are about to start, the sun moves behind the clouds and the lighting in the room becomes dim. Simultaneously, the shades slowing raise to let in some more light, but don’t raise to the point that they would allow sun to shine in people’s eye or directly on the screen when the cloud cover passes. Because AV Presentation was selected from the touchpanel, the lighting levels in the room dim to balance with the light coming in through the windows to settle on an optimal level for a presentation. As this is happening in the background, the room temperature is adjusting for the meeting size and participant preference. As the meeting progresses, the AV presentation part ends and there is a general discussion. The lighting level of course needs to change to accommodate face-to-face dialog and that option is selected from the touchpanel. Lighting levels raise to light the room by raising levels of accent lights and raising the shades. Not too much later, the sun peaks through the clouds. As a result, the shades and artificial lighting levels adjust to maintain the same comfortable level of lighting and temperature in the room. Although more light is needed for a meeting, the lighting system dims to use less energy and take advantage of the outside lighting. Since it is a nice cool day outside, less heat is needed in the room by taking advantage of the outside sunlight through the windows. With all of this happening behind the scenes, everyone has a comfortable experience and the meeting does not have to be disrupted by making adjustments to lighting, shades, or temperature. When the meeting ends and the participants leave, the system is automatically shutdown and the room is reset if no activity is detected for 15 minutes since there isn’t another meeting scheduled in the room for a couple of hours. Resetting the room involves turning off the lighting, lowering the shades to maintain the room temperature and setting the levels of energy usage to an unoccupied optimal level for daily use. At the end of the day, you present your boss or the owner with a report showing the usage of system, the amount of energy used and how much cost was saved by having an energy management system. All of this is made possible by having the room scheduled and set to make smart decision based on user needs, preferences, and usages settings.
Let’s travel back in time to provide some background to the discussion. In the early 90s and prior, systems were very basic. Touchpanels were only used in the complicated systems. Video conferencing wasn’t mainstream. Systems were limited to the devices in the room. How many of you can remember those days? Although systems were much simpler to design and program logically, the challenges were in getting the proper information to interface and control the equipment. Most system components were more difficult to integrate and control. Control systems were just becoming mainstream and integration was a true art form. Many devices were not designed with control in mind and getting control protocol sometimes required accessing proprietary information. Information was coveted and it seemed pretty daunting to install and integrate a video conference system and setup a video projector.
Progressing through the 90s integration became more mainstream and projects grew from single isolated systems to larger muti-room systems that shared devices, functionality, combined, and could be controlled individually or centrally. Inter-room communication through RS-232 or RS-422 point-to-point connections were the most advanced method of sharing information or providing control between systems. How many people remember this?
The late 90s and early 2000s brought a tremendous advancement to our industry. This innovation was the ability to put control systems on an Ethernet network. As much of an advanced as we know it to be now, there was much unknown, fear, concern, and trepidation. Sound familiar? It took a different mindset, different knowledge and skills, and interfacing with different equipment and players in order to capitalize on this technology. This was the beginning of AV and IT coming together. Once it was embraced, it became mainstream. Ethernet control allowed systems to be easily inter-connected, the ability to provide remote access, the ability to remotely control systems from anywhere in the world. What would happen if we didn’t embrace the challenge of Ethernet control?
As we have grown to leverage Ethernet control and putting systems on a network, the possibilities continued to grow. Web control and remote access turned into resource management, centralized support, and remote monitoring. Resource management systems such and RoomView and RMS allow data to be collected for systems for reporting, allow systems to be scheduled and events to be triggered globally, settings to be maintained from a centralized system and notification for faults or threholds.
So if we take a step back, in the last 20 years or so, we have gone from single room presentation systems where it was a challenge to interface with individual equipment to network based systems that can be managed remotely and controlled anywhere in the world. I’d say that this is significant progress and obstacles to overcome.
We know that we need to progress in order to be sustainable, so what is the next for the AV industry
What about building control? Building control is an area of opportunity where the AV industry could thrive in the future.
Building control consists of parallel, independent systems some of which are familiar to us in the AV world and others that are a bit foreign. The AV industry has had experience with lighting control, HVAC control, monitoring, and sensors for a number of years; however, control on a building level has differences and unique challenges.
So, here’s where the opportunities lie. With building control systems working independently, they are similar to devices that work manually. Without integration, the capabilities are limited and restricted. Think of each of the building control systems as an independent conference room system. They work well independently, but their power isn’t leveraged until they are interconnected and tied to a remote management system.
Let’s take a look under the hood at the architecture of a building control network. Building control involves some standardized open protocols that are specific to this industry. They are called BACnet, LonWorks, and ModBus. Devices within each building control network can communicate via IP, RS-485, RS-232, ZigBee, etc. which then connect to the building network via IP.
In order to integrate building control systems, you can rely on a native interface the some devices provide or include a third party interface by manufacturers like Field Server or Crestron.
Now that we are talking integration of building control systems, the picture should become a little more familiar. Having multiple systems interact under one roof allows for more sophisticated control and processing, optimization, management from a single point of control, streamlined operations, elimination of redundancies such as multiple sensors or schedules, and the ability for data to be collected in a single location for delivery of metrics and fault response. Does this sound like something that we are currently doing with AV systems?
As you can hopefully see, there are many parallels between the concepts behind integration of building control and the AV world. We already know how to control devices and components of all shapes and sizes. We know how to makes systems work and work well together. We have controlled lighting, shades, HVAC, paging systems and even some security systems for years. We understand the application of the space and the users’ needs in order to establish optimal settings We are involved with remote management and scheduling of rooms through resource management systems It makes sense that we would be a valuable piece in the building control puzzle. One that could add the humanizing component and provide real benefit to the users and building owners.
The concept of building control integration reminds me of an idea from a few years ago that shook our industry. That idea was AV and IT convergence. It was a scary, challenging time where the AV industry was thrust into a new unknown world where we needed to talk a different language, interface with new players, and prove ourselves. Based on the widespread acceptance, I think that we have embraced the challenge and benefitted from it. I can draw many parallels from AV / IT convergence to AV / IT / Building Control convergence
Let’s consider this, the sum of AV + IT + Building Control equals an intelligent building. It is a natural progression for our industry to become an integral part of this equation. The integration of building control along with the knowledge of the user and application in the space that AV provides results in an intelligent building.
Building intelligence yields results that are valued by our customers such as energy management, cost savings, system efficiency, and enhanced user comfort and productivity.
Building controls provide an area of opportunity for our industry Optimization of building control provide cost savings and energy management by unify systems to work together efficiently and effectively The interaction or unification of building control is the solution that is where the opportunity exists Consideration of the specific user or room application by the AV system allow for effective unification leading to optimization and cost savings
InfoComm Energy Management standard and STEP is going to push all of us to be weary of energy usage, power states of devices, and power controls.
Are you ready for the challenge and to reap the potential rewards or are you willing to let progress and opportunity pass you by.
Let’s recap and discuss what we learned today. What are the benefits of building control? Cost Savings Energy Management Enhanced User Experience Green Solutions How can the AV industry impact building control? Unification of independent systems Capture user input, scheduling of spaces, room application to provide optimal settings
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