Web-based Automation Systems
What is Web-based Automation?
The phrase "web based automation system" covers many areas, from controllers that use IP (Internet Protocol) as the carrier for their own communications messages, to a system that uses a Web Based GUI (Graphical User Interface).
Norths' Commander and Obsys products are all "web enabled" in that they have a built in Web server and can use IP to communicate between each other.
You can use products such as Commander and Obsys 2.0 to web enable older devices that do not have any IP connectivity. For example, adding a Commander to a Fire Panel will allow a user to browse onto the Commanders web server and see the status of each zone, it is possible that they may also be able to reset or isolate devices from that web interface You could also use the Commanders web capabilities to share values with third party systems over the web, using protocols such as BACnet/IP, XML or SNMP. Commander can even Email alarms notifications to you.
There are many ways in which North can Web enable third party systems, a simple example is given in a graphical example you can see by clicking below.
Open an illustrated example of a web-based automation system.
Building Automation System Interoperability |
Remote Building Management
Case Study
Motorola Offices, Basing- stoke.
At Motorola's UK corporate head- quarters, a small Compass network is passing information
from the power monitoring and fire systems to the HVAC system. This enables the HVAC
system to log data from the power monitor and to take action in the case of a fire alarm.
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Interfaces
North provide interfaces to hundreds of compatible building automation systems
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