BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FUNDAMENTALS
ENGINEERING MANUAL OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL
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CONTENTS
Building Management
System Fundamentals
ENGINEERING MANUAL OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL
Introduction ............................................................................................................ 184
Definitions ............................................................................................................ 184
Background ............................................................................................................ 185
Energy Management ........................................................................... 185
Facilities Management Systems .......................................................... 185
System Configurations ............................................................................................................ 186
Hardware Configuration ...................................................................... 186
Zone-Level Controllers .................................................................... 186
System-Level Controllers ................................................................ 187
Operating-Level Processors............................................................ 187
Management-Level Processors ...................................................... 187
Communications Protocol ................................................................... 187
Peer Communications Protocol ........................................................... 188
Communications Media ....................................................................... 188
Twisted Copper Pair ........................................................................ 188
Fiber Optic ...................................................................................... 188
Phone Lines .................................................................................... 188
System Functions ............................................................................................................ 189
General................................................................................................ 189
Zone-Level Controller Functions ......................................................... 189
System-Level Controller Functions...................................................... 189
Operations-Level Functions................................................................. 189
General ........................................................................................... 189
Hardware ........................................................................................ 189
Software .......................................................................................... 189
Standard Software ...................................................................... 189
Communications Software.......................................................... 189
Server ......................................................................................... 190
Security....................................................................................... 190
Alarm Processing ....................................................................... 190
Reports ....................................................................................... 190
System Text ................................................................................ 190
System Graphics ........................................................................ 190
Controller Support ...................................................................... 191
Operation............................................................................................. 191
Specifying graphics (I/O summaries) .................................................. 193
Control graphics .................................................................................. 195
Data Penetration.................................................................................. 195
Integration of Other Systems ............................................................................................................ 196
General................................................................................................ 196
Surface Integration .............................................................................. 196
In-Depth Integration............................................................................. 196