North Building Technologies

Commander makes he cost-effective convergence of building services and IT networks a reality. Whether your need is for peer-to-peer high-level networking for integrated systems, or to link remote sites onto existing IT networks for centralised management and enterprise applications, Commander is the solution.

Use Commander to add Web Services and integration to legacy products. Instantly BACnet, Web Server and e-mail enabling your products.

Take control of your Zip networks - Commander with the Zip distributed data acquisition interface instantly creates a small building controller. Suitable for small buildings where it is desirable to introduce low-cost monitoring and control, such as small shops, cabins, and houses.

Link your building control systems across IT networks using Commander, then combine with ObSys for centralised management of your building services.

In Command and In Control

Within each Commander a core of central services are available. Once building data is automatically converted to North's extensible object model (XOM) it can be stored, manipulated and monitored by the following modules:

Interface Technology

Commander offers unrivaled connectivity via its RS232 device port. Utilising North's interface technology, Commander is able to interface with any one of hundreds of compatible systems.
For a complete guide please visit our interface list.

Networking

• IPBus Interface - allows Commander to access other IPBus (XOM/IP) compatible devices on the IP network, such as North ObSys and other Commanders
• User Database - collects values from the attached systems. It acts as a database of summary information that is aimed at users. Users can view and set the information in the database in several ways: from the Web Server; from the BACnet controller; and from attached compatible devices
• Web Server - automatically generates HTML pages using information collected by the user database and alarm event history. Access to specific pages or values can be controlled using the authentication server
• BACnet Application Specific Controller supports the ASHRAE BACnet/IP (Building Automation and Control Networks) standard. Information from the user database is automatically presented as BACnet objects
• Authentication Server - identifies tokens and access levels for 250 users. Provides authentication for the Web Server, attached devices, and other devices on the IP network

Alarm Handling

• Alarm event distribution and routing - routes alarm events to destinations within Commander, the attached system, and the Ethernet network depending on configurable criteria
• Alarm event history - stores the last 100 alarm events received
• SNMP Trap notification - reports alarm conditions to a management station trap handler
• E-mail notification of alarm events - sends alarm events as e-mail messages
• Monitoring of values and alarm event generation - the user database monitors the values collected and generates alarm events if required

Control

• Programmable Control - OBVEngine allows the engineer to develop processes to control objects within Commander, the attached system, and on the Ethernet network
• Time Control - uses Commander’s date and time to provide on-off time control to other devices. The Calendar is used to specify day-types for the following year, and each of the timers then has a set of usable profiles for each day-type
• Data Logging - allows Commander to log up to 32 different points and stores the data for use by other object-based software such as the ObSys Data Manager or LogView

Commander is available now from North Building Technologies and already has a solid track record with installations across Europe.

Visit the North e-Library for more information and technical documentation on Commander.

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