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Have You Heard of 75F? If not you might want to watch this.

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Young Gun Brent Burrows discovered a really cool product last week...

75F is a new company to the US market, but I think we will be seeing a lot of them in the Smart Building Controls space.

Their product is all about how too..

Optimize comfort and savings

Your buildings are dynamic entities – your control systems should be dynamic, too. 75F smart HVAC solution makes commercial buildings more comfortable and energy efficient. Using the Internet of Things, 75F harnesses the power of the cloud and packs it into smart control devices to make people more comfortable. Their self-optimizing system does all the work while you enjoy comfort and savings.

Having Trouble Discovering BACnet Points on Your Trane Voyager System?

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In the field with HVAC Control Pro Brent Burrows

A special thanks to HVAC Pro, ControlTrends Affiliate, Master Sytems Integrator, Young Gun, and all around cool dude, Brent Burrows as he takes us with him on a service call.

The Problem: BACnet points from a Trane Voyager system are unable to be discovered.

The Solution: Watch as one of Entek’s finest HVAC and Smartt Building Control Techs, diagnoses and fixes the problem.

Great stuff Brent! If you agree, let him know in comments by typing “Well Done.”

Be sure to check Brent out on the Next Generation Innovation Podcast with his co-host Aaron Gorka.

Optergy New Enterprise v 2.4.5 has been Released!

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Optergy Enterprise v 2.4.5 includes some important features and critical security updates (Please do not delay updating your sites!)

This new version includes:

SSL-Encrypted Web browsing using SSL (Secure Socket Layer or https). Read more about securing Optergy best practices

This feature has been further refined to allow for wildcard SSL certificates (used by large multi-site enterprises), as well as the ability to generate CSR (certificate signing request)

CyberSecurity improvements (various)-Optergy working in conjunction with cybersecurity experts Applied Risk (https://applied-risk.com) has enhanced its protection against unwanted intrusion into Optergy software. 

VPN improvement-OpenVPN installation files are now included in the base installation for easier installation

New Weather API-Optergy now provides free weather data from online source (Weather Company by IBM), gone are the API keys and the need for a paid service to retrieve and use weather data

Improved Device Scanning-Users can now scan by network or port to limit the items to just the network that is of interest saving time

New BACnet Client-Adds the ability to Read and Write to BACnet device properties as well as Read Property Multiple

New Mobile App v 1.17-The mobile app has been re-architected to be more supportable and conform to IOS and Android standards

Click the button below to download this new release

Note: All users must update to v 2.4.0 prior to updating to 2.4.5

 

Sincerely,

Steven Guzelimian

ACI’s latest Tech Tips Video: Saving Controller Inputs by Averaging Room or Zone Temperatures

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  • Did you know? Multiple Temperature Sensors can be wired to provide one average output signal.
  • Instead of using separate inputs for two, three or four rooms, average those temperatures and run one signal back to a single input on your BMS controller.

There are two methods used to provide an average output from your sensors. The method you use will depend on the type of sensors, resistive or analog, in your application. Watch as ACI’s Tech Support Manager, Matt Buchholz, demonstrates the wiring of both methods.

View the 6N-1ISO here: https://www.workaci.com/content/6n1-iso

John Petze: HAYSTACK 4.0 IS COMING! What it is and Why it Matters…

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The understanding of the need for semantic modeling of device and equipment data has matured significantly in the last decade and the requirements and techniques for applying semantic modeling to equipment data are advancing rapidly. As we have learned, semantic modeling is critical for humans to work with and understand the ever-increasing amount of data coming from their systems, but the process of manually applying that semantic model is not scalable. We need our tools to simplify and automate how the semantic model is applied.
 
Haystack 4 builds on the 8 years of experience in applying Haystack across thousands of buildings worldwide, the input from practitioners in the community throughout that time, as well the collaborators that have participated in the activities of Haystack Working Group 551 over the past year. The way you configure tags today using Haystack will not change, but as you will see, the way the tags get modeled within Haystack systems will enable the tools you use to become smarter so you spend less time manually configuring tags and more time getting value out of the raw data coming from your IoT devices.
 
Extensive documentation will be available on this work and it will be a key focus of the Haystack Connect 2019 event, with a full day track dedicated to a detailed review of Haystack 4. Our goal with this document is to offer a high-level preview of the major advances that Haystack 4 brings to the challenge of semantic modelling of the devices and equipment systems that permeate the built environment.
 

There's only 1 week left before Haystack Connect - make it a priority to attend.

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What does the Next Generation Have to Say About HVAC and Smart Building Controls?

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Episode 10:Next Generation Innovation

Next Generation Innovation HVAC Controls Young Gun Style

I am so excited to be sharing Episode 10 of Next Generation Innovation with you.

The Next Generation Innovation is a podcast and video-cast for the younger HVAC Control Pros.

Aaron introduces his new co-host Brent Burrows.  Brent is Building Automation Specialist at  Entek in Atlanta. Entek is one of the premier systems integrators in Georgia and Brent is a big part of their success.
Brent knows his stuff!
He works in the field everyday with HVAC and building automation controls and brings this knowledge to the Next Generation Podcast and to ControlTrends with his Tech Tip series.

Your hosts Aaron Gorka and Brent Burrows bring a fresh perspective to all things HVAC and Smart Building Controls.

 In this episode they give you their thoughts on Controls Con.

 Often Irreverent but never boring…

check out Aaron and Brent in Episode 10 of Next Generation Innovation.

What do Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Laurent Vernerey have in Common?

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Steve and Bill predicted the future of technology before they created it. Laurent seems to be doing the same.

I had the pleasure of hearing Laurent Vemerey, the President of Acuity Brands, speak at 2019 Controls-Con. I believe that he has a clear picture of what the  future of smart building controls looks like. 

I believe we should listen to him.

He might be the Smart Buildings Controls’ Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.

I was impressed.

Let me know what you think in comments.

2019 Controls-Con is a Complete Success! See Day 2 Business and Technology Track Summaries

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Congratulations to Scott Cochrane, Kristina Reid, and the entire team at Cochrane Supply and Engineering for delivering the biggest and best Controls-Con Event ever! ControlTrends will continue our coverage of the 2019 Controls-Con in the near future with more video interviews and articles, so stay tuned.

BUSINESS TRACK: For sales professionals, managers, executives. Evolution: From BAS to IoT to a New Business Model

Implementing an IoT platform has become an art form. The right mixture of trade and IT capabilities has created new and exciting opportunities for business development. This session was comprised of a panel of large end users that already use an IoT framework on a significant scale. Discussions included best practices and real-life examples of how IoT is changed the business we work in.

TECHNOLOGY TRACK: For programmers and engineers. Integration Lifecycle

This session dove deep into concepts and best practices surrounding the “Integration Lifecycle.” Topics included: Network Planning, N4 System Database, Tag Dictionaries and Hierarchy Planning, Templates, Authenticators, Virtual Points, N4 Analytics, and Responsive Panes.

TridiumTalk Webinar: Create Mobile-friendly Px Graphics with Niagara 4.6, May 8, 2019, 11:00 a.m. EST

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TridiumTalk: Responsive Web Px Pages

Niagara 4.6 offers power and potential not seen since the introduction of Niagara 4 in August 2015. Most exciting about Niagara 4.6 is how it modernizes the framework and provides ways for users to save time, effort and money during system installations. Significant enhancements were made to simplify creating responsive Px views that offer a better user experience for your customers accessing Niagara applications from mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

Join us for a talk about how the features of Niagara 4.6 will help you create mobile-friendly Px graphics that change size and layout responsively on all screen sizes. 

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Be sure to register today to attend the TridiumTalk on how the application can help you enhance your visualizations. 

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May 8, 2019
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Sales engineer Kevin Mamajek will demo the new Hx/Px views including flow pane, responsive pane, split pane, and even an Edge Pane tip for use in a 4.6 station.

Come away with an understanding of how to upgrade your existing graphics to adapt better to different devices.

A Q&A session follows.

If you have any questions, please contact your Tridium account manager or Niagara partner. We look forward to you benefiting from the new Niagara 4.6 features!

Mechanical Systems and Control Systems How to Avoid The Blame Game

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How many times have you been on the job, and the customer is not happy: the Mechanical Contractor and Controls Contractor are red-faced, pointing fingers at each other and it has the look and feel of an MMA Fight gone wrong?

It happens more than you think. So how can this scenorio  be avoided? 

Young Gun Aaron Gorka goes back to school (literally back to school) to find solutions to the age old awkward  dance of mechnical vs. controls.

Aaron goes to one of Canada’s top technical colleges, Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. He sits down with Jim Bechard and John Loncar two of the brightest professors in the HVAC and Smart Buildings controls field.

On this episode of Next Generation Innovation, you will hear an insightful conversation about how the different systems in a building are supposed to work. You will also get practical tips on everything from managing expectations to evaluating performance.

Thanks to Aaron, Jim, and John for passing on such excellent knowledge.

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