MACH-Vision™ User Interface Controller - Reliable Controls

. . . people and technologyyou can rely on BACnet HIGHLIGHTSBMA ListingReliable Controls ® products are now listed in the BACnetManufacturers Association Product Catalog:www.bacnetassociation.org/BMAProductCatalog.htmNote that Reliable Controls ® has products listed under threeseparate categories:Did You Know?! Reliable Controls ® has been manufacturingbuilding automation systems since 1986.! All current Reliable Controls ® controllers are‘native’ BACnet ® and support one or more of thefollowing implementations of the protocol - PTP,MS/TP, Ethernet, and B/IP.! All Reliable Controls ® Corporation BACnet ®protocol implementation conformance statements(PICS) can be found atwww.bacnetassociation.org as part of the BMAProduct Catalog.! All controllers in the Reliable Controls ® MACH-System are peer-to-peer.! At the BIG-NA plugfest in Ohio State there wereonly three manufacturers who could demonstrateBACnet ® on MS/TP. They were Alerton, Delta, andReliable Controls ® .! All Reliable Controls ® products are backwardscompatible with previous generation products,including KMD 5000, 5100, 5500, 6000, and 6900products sold by KMC.BACnet ® World-WideThe International Standards Organization (ISO) haveadopted BACnet ® as an international standard for thebuilding automation industry (ISO-16484-5). Thisaction serves to highlight the increasing world-wideacceptance of BACnet as the emerging standard forthe building automation industry.Representatives of the BACnet Interest Group - Europe(BIG-EU) attended a BTL meeting prior to the AHREXPO in Chicago at the end of January. The objectivewas to integrate European testing standards with theBTL testing standards." B-ASC (Application Specific Controller)" B-AAC (Advanced Application Controller)" B-BC (Building Controller).To see the list of BACnet ® and Reliable Controls ® MACH-System installations visit the BACnet ® and ReliableControls ® page that is linked from the side bar of our Website.BTL Working GroupAs a voting member of the BACnet ManufacturersAssociation (BMA), Reliable Controls ® is priveledged to haveRoland Laird participate in the BACnet Testing Laboratory(BTL) Working Group. The mandate of the BTL WorkingGroup is to define and approve the tests used by the BTL indetermining whether manufacturer’s products meet thestandards of the BACnet ® protocol. The BTL Working Groupgoes beyond the BACnet ® standard in order to guarantee theinteroperability required by the industry.Interoperability WorkshopRoland Laird attended the third BACnet ® InteroperabilityWorkshop sponsored by the BMA held in Kenesaw, Georgia.The interoperability workshops are held annually and are avaluable means of both confirming interoperability andrectifying any issues that arise.This years workshop was attended by 17 manufacturers.Reliable Controls ® was scheduled to conduct testing with 9of the 17 vendors. The testing was successful indemonstrating interoperability on four different physicalcommunication layers of BACnet ® (PTP, MS/TP, B/IP, andEthernet).Reliable Controls is a proud member of the BMA© 2003 Reliable Controls ® Corporation3