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Episode 242: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings VideoCast and PodCast for Week Ending October 15, 2017

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Episode 242: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings VideoCast and PodCast for week ending October 15, 2017, features our interview with Ken Sinclair, owner and editor, Automated Buildings. Ken is a true catalyst and harbinger of change, which he believes will involve our full embrace of IoT. EasyIO releases their FW wireless series challenge; Tridium introduces Niagara Cloud Backup Service and Asset Manager and publishes a White Paper on Niagara in the Industrial IoT; Lynxspring Exchange 2017 Initiatives updates; Siemens’ Ingenuity for Life video; KMC Genius Summit 2018 Hosted at The Langham Luxury Hotel in Chicago, IL, January 18-20, 2018; Acuity Brands Atrius Navigator SDK video; Kele acquires distributor Control Consultants Inc.; Schneider Electric Helping JA World Student Leaders; Optergy’s leadership role in BMS for small buildings; Blue Ridge Technologies’ Completing the BAS – Unify HVAC and Lighting Controls webinar; Honeywell’s President and CEO, Darius Adamczyk, announces portfolio changes ahead; and Stromquist’s Tim Chamblee explains chiller surge.

Introducing Niagara Cloud Backup as a Service and Asset Manager now available. Tridium’s latest advancement means you can protect the enterprise from losing valuable Niagara station and configuration data, and manage your Niagara licenses from one online location. Introducing Niagara Cloud, a growing suite of services that can help you leverage the Internet of Things in new and powerful ways.

New Lynxspring Edge-to-Enterprise Business Initiatives Announced at the 2017 Lynxspring Exchange and Technology Showcase. Lynxspring, Inc., a premier developer and provider of open, IP solutions for building automation, energy management, IoT, equipment control and device-to-enterprise integration, made several new announcements today at the 2017 Lynxspring Exchange and Technology Showcase Conference being held October 1st – 3rd at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Siemens — Ingenuity for Life Creates Perfect Places. Something drives us every day to make buildings better With people spending about 90 percent of their lives indoors, there is no place where we spend more time in our life. So buildings are far more than just four walls. They are the places where we learn the most important lessons in life, where we encounter the personalities that inspire us, where the best of our ideas are born. Buildings are the places where we spend time with the people we love. And at the end of it all: They are our homes – and there is no place in the world that feels so special to us.

KMC Genius Summit 2018 Hosted at The Langham Luxury Hotel in Chicago, IL, January 18-20, 2018. KMC is proud to present the 2018 KMC Genius Summit, hosted at The Langham Luxury Hotel in Chicago, IL. We’re bringing together our best partners for two days of world-class training sessions and in-depth technical product training. Not to mention evenings of fun and new networking opportunities! Attending the KMC Genius Summit will open your eyes to new possibilities and potentially revolutionize the way you do business.

Acuity Brands Atrius Navigator Indoor Positioning and Location-based Platform Service Software Development Kit (SDK). Atrius Navigator platform service Software Development Kit (SDK) unlocks location-based (LBS) and indoor positioning services (IPS) within mobile applications. Acquiring data from your Atrius Sensory Network, Atrius Navigator delivers precise, cost-effective indoor positioning solutions, enabling applications that redefine customer journeys and enhance business operations.

Kele, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Control Consultants, Inc. MEMPHIS, Tenn. and BOSTON – Kele, Inc. (Kele) announced today the acquisition of Control Consultants, Inc. (CCI). This strategic combination highlights each company’s long-term commitment to providing industry leading products and solutions to its customers. The combined entity will operate as separate brands, but will leverage the strengths each bring.

ControlTalk NOW interview with Ken Sinclair, owner and editor of Automated Buildings. Ken is a catalyst and harbinger, whose goal is to inform his readers of the future of building automation. Ken reviews the highlights of his October, 2017 Theme: “People-Powered Transformation, which is another stellar assemblage of industry expertise, insight, and a host of significant interviews and articles. Ken’s editorial message is emphatic and crystal clear: Embrace the change that is coming! Make your plans now! to attend Ken Sinclair’s education sessions at 2018 AHR in Chicago.

Schneider-Electric Helping Junior Achievement Prepare Today’s Students to Lead Tomorrow’s World. As a non-profit organization, Junior Achievement depends on help and donations from corporations. To assist the organization, Schneider Electric® and C-Tech Controls donated an intelligent building management system, with installation, for the three Junior Achievement Biztown locations in Tennessee: Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville.

Product Updates, Vital Links, and Latest News from EasyIO’s SK Foo. Hi all! It has been busy for us since the launching of our new products, our wireless range of controller FW series, our server spec FS32 and also our small little green module which converts one Analogue output to two Digital Output the FR-02. Since launching we received overwhelming response from customers and also our partners. We keep improving adding more features to these range of products.

Saving Time is Saving Money with Optergy BMS! Installing building management systems in small buildings can be very cost effective. For end-users it’s easy to imagine a building you know that often leaves lights or HVAC on when the system really should not be running, it’s not hard to see that small buildings can pile up huge bills. In fact much of the buildings load (~70%) can be controlled simply and economically. Visit Optergy today!

Project Haystack Organization Publishes Fall 2017 Issue of Connections Magazine. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, October 09, 2017 — The Project Haystack Organization (www.project-haystack.org), a collaborative community addressing the challenge of utilizing semantic modeling and tagging to streamline the interchange of data among different systems, devices, equipment and software applications, today announced they have published the third issue of their Connections Magazine.

Looking for New Business Opportunities with Tridium — Check this out! You are a skilled systems integrator, and if you are like most, it seems like things are starting to slow down a bit or have just gotten more competitive, either way, there is a space that you can take you skills to that is less crowded. This IIot update, just in from the team at Niagara is worth checking out.

How California Title 24 and the other State Energy Codes Effect You and System Design. As a teacher of mine use to say, “nothing is obvious to the uninformed”. And when getting informed is free and the best of the best is teaching you, it is a time to take action and register now for something that is or will be effecting the smart buildings control pro, which is how lighting control is being changed by California Title 24. Visit Blue Ridge Technologies Unified Lighting..

Honeywell Announces Planned Portfolio Changes. A message from Darius Adamczyk, Honeywell President and CEO. Dear Colleague: Today, we announced several important planned changes to our portfolio that will position the Company for sustainable organic sales growth and margin expansion within a more focused set of end markets. You can read the details about these changes – including our intention to spin off our Homes product portfolio and ADI global distribution business as well as our Transportation Systems business into two stand-alone, publicly-traded companies – in this morning’s press release and in our presentation to investors.

Pro Tech Tip: Understanding Chiller Surge. Join, Stromquist & Company’s, master trainer and control pro, Tim Chamblee,as he walks us through chiller surge. Tim teaches you what you need to know about chiller surge, and how to protect your chillers. Tim, with over 40 years in the HVAC service and controls business offers practical tech tips and training, reach out to him directly at tim@stromquist.com, or call him at 1-800-241-9471 to find out about his training classes, or to buy York Chiller parts. Stromquist & Company is a stocking distributor of York chiller parts and would love to help provide these parts when you have a need.

EasyIO Wants to Show You Something New and Amazing! Win a WIFI VAV Controller and a VIP Trip to the 2017 ControlTrends Awards in Chicago

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With the CTA Awards approaching, EasyIO wants to show you somehow new and amazing. This is your chance to win a Wireless Wi-Fi VAV Controller. Submit your answers by October 15th, and get the controller delivered to your door before October 30th, 2017. You need to be quick! Email your answers to controltrendscontact@gmail.com.

The first 25 people to register and answer these 8 questions correctly will get a free VAV Controller.
1. When was EasyIO established?
2. Does EasyIO have BTL?
3. How much do you pay for EasyIO Software Tools and ongoing global support?
4. Is an EasyIO FW VAV Controller a BACnet Client or a BACnet Server
5. Does an FW have live wiresheets with live programming
6. What is the Contractor price for an FW8V?
7. Can the FW be used for VVT Applications
8. How will you deploy the Controller? Would you write a one paragraph (case study) summary after installation? This can be on your house pool, spa, irrigation, furnace, A/C etc!

And there is more, the three best case studies received before October 30, 2017, will receive three VIP invites to the 2017 CTA Awards at the Hard Rock Cafe (January 21, 2018) in Chicago as guests of EasyIO. Flights and Hotel provided, within USA. Email your answers to controltrendscontact@gmail.com.

Pro Tech Tip: Understanding Chiller Surge

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Join, Stromquist & Company’s, master trainer and control pro, Tim Chamblee,as he walks us through chiller surge. Tim teaches you what you need to know about chiller surge, and how to protect your chillers.

Tim, with over 40 years in the HVAC service and controls business offers practical tech tips and training, reach out to him directly at tim@stromquist.com, or call him at 1-800-241-9471 to find out about his training classes, or to buy York Chiller parts. Stromquist & Company is a stocking distributor of York chiller parts and would love to help provide these parts when you have a need.

Honeywell Announces Planned Portfolio Changes

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A message from Darius Adamczyk, Honeywell President and CEO

Honeywell Announces Planned Portfolio Changes

Dear Colleague:
Today, we announced several important planned changes to our portfolio that will position the Company for sustainable organic sales growth and margin expansion within a more focused set of end markets. You can read the details about these changes – including our intention to spin off our Homes product portfolio and ADI global distribution business as well as our Transportation Systems business into two stand-alone, publicly-traded companies – in this morning’s press release and in our presentation to investors.
These are big changes for the Company, and I want to emphasize that regardless of whether an employee will remain with Honeywell or join the new Homes or TS businesses, all employees will continue to be part of dynamic organizations whose top priority is to bring value to their customers by offering technology-differentiated solutions. There will be many new professional opportunities to grow and thrive. Above all, we will be in a terrific position to continue to perform for our customers, our shareowners, and for each other. Let’s remember the spins will likely not occur until late next year and, until then, both businesses will remain fully a part of Honeywell. We must stay focused at all times on doing a great job for our customers and executing on our business plans.
The changes announced today follow the completion of a comprehensive review of our portfolio. We evaluated each business unit using numerous criteria, including growth outlook, financial performance, market dynamics, potential for disruption, and, most importantly, assessment of fit as a Honeywell business. We considered which businesses would benefit most from continuing to be part of Honeywell, and which would benefit from independent strategic and capital allocation decision making tailored for their evolving end markets. The remaining Honeywell portfolio will consist of high-growth businesses that are aligned to six attractive industrial end markets, driven by mega trends such as energy efficiency, infrastructure investment, urbanization, and safety. This portfolio will present us with numerous opportunities to pursue organic and inorganic growth and margin expansion through further deployment of our world-class HOS Gold operating system and the Honeywell Sentience Platform.
I also want to take this opportunity to welcome Gary Michel to Honeywell in his new role as HBT President and CEO. Gary will report to me and serve as a Company officer. He brings 32 years of leadership experience from Ingersoll-Rand Company, where he demonstrated a deep understanding of his customers and end markets, and the ability to translate this knowledge into technology-differentiated offerings that bring value to customers. Gary succeeds Terrence Hahn, who will move into a leadership role in preparing the Homes Products and ADI businesses for the spin and will continue to report directly to me. I would like to thank Terrence for his leadership in establishing HBT and building on our strong positions in these markets.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge the Honeywell Process Solutions team within Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT) in advance for the work they will do to integrate the Smart Energy business into their portfolio. These businesses are a great fit with each other, and we anticipate that their combination will allow us to expand our industrial metering, control system,and software capabilities and serve a broader set of customers.
As a reminder, I will be hosting an all-employee global town meeting at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, October 20. Please be sure to attend, as I will provide more details and insights into today’s announcements and answer any questions you may have.
Thank you for all your hard work and support.

How California Title 24 and the other State Energy Codes Effect You and System Design

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As a teacher of mine use to say, “nothing is obvious to the uninformed”. And when getting informed is free and the best of the best is teaching you, it is a time to take action and register now for something that is or will be effecting the smart buildings control pro, which is how lighting control is being changed by California Title 24.

So check this free webinar out:

It’s Time to Complete the Building Automation System – Unifying HVAC & Lighting Controls: 

 
How California Title 24 and the other State Energy Codes effect system design.

 

 

 

Outline
• Unified Control and Defining
Complete BAS
• Expanding Opportunities through an
occupant centric approach
• How to get started

Presenters
Dennis Swoboda
VP Sales & Marketing 
Bill Dunkleberger
President

 

Who Should Attend?
Distributors and Contractors welcome

Topic 
Blue Ridge
Technologies
Unifying
HVAC & Lighting Controls 

Wednesday
October 11 
2 p.m. Central

Click here to register.

Looking for New Business Opportunities with Tridium — Check this out!

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You are a skilled systems integrator, and if you are like most, it seems like things are starting to slow down a bit or have just gotten more competitive, either way, there is a space that you can take you skills to that is less crowded. This IIot update, just in from the team at Niagara is worth checking out.

Niagara in the Industrial IoT (IIoT)

DC Technology Spotlight: Industrial IoT Platforms Pave the Way for the Smart Factory

Introducing IDC’s new white paper, Industrial IoT Platforms Pave the Way for the Smart Factory. This new paper analyzes how technologies powering the Internet of Things such as the Niagara Framework® can be applied in industrial environments to digitally transform operations.

Download the new white paper to understand how these IIoT platforms are allowing manufacturers to gather data from a mixed environment of devices, equipment and machines. By converging information technology and operations technology, manufacturers are moving beyond being efficiency-driven to becoming fulfillment-driven. You are a skilled systems integrator, and if you are like most, it seems like things are starting to slow down a bit or have just gotten more competitive, either way, there is a space that you can take you skills to that is less crowded. This IIot update, just in from the team at Niagara is worth checking out.

Project Haystack Organization Publishes Fall 2017 Issue of Connections Magazine

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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, October 09, 2017 — The Project Haystack Organization (www.project-haystack.org), a collaborative community addressing the challenge of utilizing semantic modeling and tagging to streamline the interchange of data among different systems, devices, equipment and software applications, today announced they have published the third issue of their Connections Magazine.

The Haystack Connections Magazine Fall 2017 issue reports on the latest news from the Project Haystack community from around the world, since their previous Spring 2017 issue. It includes updates on the progress of working groups, establishment of new tagging models, reference implementations, complimentary applications, and success stories from the community as they work together to make device data easier to use across applications of all types.

“With 50 pages of content from members around the world this issue provides clear evidence of the success and continued adoption of the Project Haystack data tagging methodologies and the growth in the community,” said John Petze, Executive Director of the Project Haystack Organization. “It also includes a significant follow-up article on the May 2017 Haystack Connect Conference that we think readers will see great value in, even if they attended the event since there was so much information presented to be able take in all at one conference.”

“And for the first time, the Haystack Connections Magazine includes advertising from technology suppliers that are already providing Project Haystack-compatible products, services and applications to the intelligent buildings community,” added Marc Petock, Executive Secretary of the Project Haystack Organization. “We greatly appreciate their support of this expanded publication.”

The Haystack Connections Magazine Fall 2017 Issue is available for download at: www.project-haystack.org/forum/topic/547.

Founding Member and Board Member companies include: Airmaster, Intel®, J2 Innovations, Legrand, Lynxspring, Siemens, SkyFoundry and Yardi, and Associate Member companies are Accu-Temp, Altura Associates, Arup, BASSG, Bueno Systems, CABA, Connexx Energy, Controlco, Intellastar, Intelligent Buildings, IoT Warez, KMC Controls, KNX Association, sensorFact and Tridium.

More information about the Haystack methodology, the Project Haystack Organization and membership is available at: www.project-haystack.org. The Discussion Forums can be found at: www.project-haystack.org/forum/topic.

To join or for more information on the Project Haystack organization, visit: www.project-haystack.org.

About Project Haystack

Since its formation in March of 2011, the Project Haystack Organization (a 501(c) non-profit trade association) has been providing the industry with an open-source, collaborative environment to address the challenge of making data self-describing using semantic modeling, also known as data tagging. The work developed by the Project Haystack member companies and community streamlines the process of managing, presenting and analyzing the vast amount of data produced by smart devices and equipment systems. The Haystack methodology can be used with virtually any type of system and device data and is not tied to any vendor or communication protocol. More information about Project Haystack is available at: www.project-haystack.org.

Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Contacts

John Petze
Project Haystack, Executive Director
Principal, SkyFoundry
johnp@haystackconnect.org

Marc Petock
Project Haystack, Secretary
Lynxspring, Inc.
marc.petock@lynxspring.com

View Online: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/10/prweb14779069.htm

Saving Time is Saving Money with Optergy BMS!

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Installing building management systems in small buildings can be very cost effective. For end-users it’s easy to imagine a building you know that often leaves lights or HVAC on when the system really should not be running, it’s not hard to see that small buildings can pile up huge bills. In fact much of the buildings load (~70%) can be controlled simply and economically.

For contractors, simple and economical means they have access to products like Proton that can help provide high performing small buildings with building and energy management. All this in under a hour? Yes! watch our friend Marc put together a small EMS and BMS project in under an hour.

Optergy-Proton setup in under 60 minutes from Optergy on Vimeo.

* Configure devices and meters
* Graphics and floorplans
* Alarms schedule and trendlogs
* Programming
* Mobile App

To learn more about Proton click here.

To become a reseller or for more information contact us or email us at info@optergy.com.

Product Updates, Vital Links, and Latest News from EasyIO’s SK Foo

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Hi All! It has been busy for us since the launching of our new products, our wireless range of controller FW series, our server spec FS32 and also our small little green module which converts one Analogue output to two Digital Output the FR-02.

Since launching we received overwhelming response from customers and also our partners. We keep improving adding more features to these range of products.

Anyway, I would like to take this opportunity to announce that I am releasing a firmware upgrade for these range including our successor The Beast, FG+.

FW updates: GET the LATEST FW SERIES FIRMWARE HERE
– Improved Wi-Fi network stability
– Improved Network Web page, much easy to configure
– And much awaited BACnet IP client.
– And many more.

FS32 updates: GET the LATEST FS32 FIRMWARE HERE
– BACnet MS/TP now supports slave device
– BACnet MS/TP baud rate increase up to 115k
– Firmware upgrade can be done via web page.
– And many more.

FG+ updates: GET the LATEST FG+ FIRMWARE HERE
– Improved BACnet MS/TP client comm.

I am also releasing an updated the CPT Tools to accommodate all the updates above.Dashboard has even more widgets and many more.
GET the LATEST CPT TOOLS HERE

If you are one of our DROPBOX subscriber you can get all these updates from there. All the files will be ready by Friday, 22nd Sept 2017 at 8.00PM GMT+8. In the meantime sit back and relax while I prepare all the necessary into dropbox.

Thank you

On behalf of SK Foo EasyIO ; reply to skfoo@easyio.com
Shahrul Nizam Foo
EasyIO Technical Support
skype: apex_c
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Please download latest tool and firmware from our Dropbox links as below.

Click Here to watch our Online Training Videos
Click Here for Latest CPT Build
Click Here for EasyIO User Guides
Click Here to download latest Niagara Tcom Driver by Maxline a Niagara Framework Driver Developer

Schneider-Electric Helping Junior Achievement Prepare Today’s Students to Lead Tomorrow’s World

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As a non-profit organization, Junior Achievement depends on help and donations from corporations. To assist the organization, Schneider Electric® and C-Tech Controls donated an intelligent building management system, with installation, for the three Junior Achievement Biztown locations in Tennessee: Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville.

Discover more about EcoXpert at http://www.schneider-electric.com/en

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