BACnet & BMS Journal India – Issue 1

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BACnet & BMS Journal India 

Issue 1 | April 2019 

Mumbai 

April 25 – 27, 2019 

5 th Smart Cities 

India 2019 Expo 

Developing Smart Cities 

for our citizens 

May 

22 – 24, 

2019 

22 23 24 May 2019 

Pragati Maidan, New Delhi 

India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Investment planned 

across the key government initiatives includes Highways – USD 106.5 bn, 

Railways – USD 131.7 bn, Ports – USD 61.5 bn, Airports – USD 58 bn, Industrial 

Corridors – USD 100 bn, Smart Cities – USD 14.6 bn and Clean India - USD 29 bn 

September 25 – 28, 2019 

Buildings 

by upto 50% and reduce 

• Home automation / IoT: 

construction time by 

The Home automation 

50% from inception to 

market is expected to 

completion. 

cross USD 4.43 billion by • Green Building Solutions: 

2022 

Buildings are responsible 

• Building Intelligence 

for a huge share of energy, 

Monitoring (BIM): Smart 

electricity, water and 

Buildings optimize 

materials consumption. 

utilization, support 

The building sector has 

green standards and 

the greatest potential to 

control operating costs. 

deliver significant cuts in 

Implementation of 

emissions at little or no 

BIM technologies and 

cost. Buildings account for 

workflows in Architectural, 

18% of global emissions 

engineering, construction 

today, or the equivalent 

and facility operations 

of 9 billion tonnes of CO2 

(AECO) can reduce costs of 

annually 

construction and lifecycle 

costs by upto 50%, reduce Water & Sanitation 

greenhouse gas emission • Water monitoring: Surface 

and ground water can 

be affected by land use, 

agricultural practices, 

pollution and climate 

change. Monitoring and 

treatment of water is 

essential since public 

health may be jeopardized 

if surface water is 

contaminated. 

• Water Metering / billing: 

Smart water metering, 

communication networks 

and analytics will increase 

such that by 2020 

over US$200m will be 

channeled to address the 

country’s water sector. 

• Water ATMS: There are 

66,093 rural habitations 

in India where the 

drinking-water source is 

contaminated with either 

one or more chemicals, 

such as arsenic, fluoride, 

nitrate, iron and salinity. 

Water ATMs provide safe 

drinking water in urban and 

rural areas. 

• Solid Waste Management: 

Onsite handling, waste 

collection, waste transfer 

and transport, waste 

processing, recovery and 

disposal are key solutions. 

Management programs, 

technologies including 

smart bins, waste to 

energy techniques are 

being used by smart cities 

and municipalities. 

• Toilets: 3 lakh plus 

public toilets have been 

constructed from 2015 

onwards under Swach 

Bharat Urban. 

© snehit: Smart buildings in Mumbai, India 

H. Michael Newman 

SAUTER 

SIERRA ODC 

INBAC 

Glimpse into Efficient 

Building Solutions 

SLK Green Park Campus 

in Bangalore – A New 

Standard for BACnet in 

India 

Smart Facility Management 

Solutions for Smart Buildings/ 

Facilities 

Initiative for Open Systems 

Building Automation in India 

3 7 8 17

5 8 16 

Preface 

Glimpse into Efficient Building Solutions 3 

Solutions 

BACnet/IP the “Tool” from Engineering to Project Management 4 

Penn State University’s Ready to Scale with 5 

Visual BACnet Site Monitoring 

A New Standard for BACnet in India 7 

Smart Facility Management Solutions for Smart 8 

Buildings/Facilities 

BACnet Insight 

Full Steam Ahead for Cross-System Communication 10 

ASHRAE SSPC 135 Meetings: BACnet Secure Connect, 11 

Semantic Tagging 

Products 

Energy Valve One Optimized Complete 12 

Solution – Cloud-based 

Connect Air-Conditioning to BACnet 13 

Combining High Performance with IoT Architecture: modulo 6 13 

How to Improve Health and Save Energy with CO 2 Monitoring 14 

Providing full Range of Solutions, Products & Services 14 

Around BACnet and B-IoT 

Metasys ® 10.0 Redefines Modern Building Management 15 

BACnet Global 

BACnet Paves the Way to CO 2 Neutrality 16 

India – A Fertile Ground for Innovations and Growth … 17 

Calendar of BACnet Events / Editorial Notes 18 

Cover photo © snehit: Smart buildings in Mumbai, India 

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Preface 

Glimpse into Efficient 

Building Solutions 

Dear Readers, 

The Indian building automation market is rapidly expanding and is 

expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of more 

than 12% by 2023. With an increase in demand for smart buildings 

in the residential and industrial sector on the one hand and a 

push by the government for green energy-efficient initiatives like the 

100 Smart Cities Mission on the other, the Indian building automation 

sector is brimming with innovation and opportunity. 

In such times, standardization in building automation and especially the 

application of the BACnet standards can play an instrumental role in 

implementing efficient building solutions. BACnet has a long association 

with India. Softdel, for example, with its BACnet conformance testing 

activities, has been an active BACnet hub in Pune for years. More recently, 

applications of standardization and interoperability to create green 

buildings, such as the world’s second-highest-ranking green building 

by SIERRA that you will read about further in this journal, represent the 

tremendous possibilities standardization offers towards building 

sustainable solutions and cities. The intention of this first BACnet & BMS 

Journal India is to provide a platform to showcase and communicate 

success stories, product presentations, developments in standardization 

and news from the world of BACnet and building management systems. 

Being published right before the World Build India 2019 trade fair to be 

held in Mumbai, this journal is a glimpse into the current state of affairs in 

this increasingly dynamic building automation sector. 

Enjoy reading! 

H. Michael Newman 

Creator of the BACnet standard and 

Original chairman of the ASHRAE BACnet committee 

BIG-EU 

Plugfest 

2019 

State of the Art Test 

Environment at BACnet 

Plugfest 2019 

Never before have open communication 

tests for interoperable building automation 

taken place in such an environment. For 

software developers and product managers 

from the smart building industry, the Information 

Security Hub (ISH) at Munich Airport 

from May 22–24 will be a meeting place for 

participants from all over the globe. From 

the large number of tests at the BACnet Plugfest 

2019, investments in the BACnet standard will 

be secured from a wide range of manufacturers. 

• Interoperability testing in a cutting-edge test 

environment at the ISH lab 

• Developer presentations on current developments 

in standardization and certification 

• Optional IT security testing of the devices 

provided for the Plugfest in the ISH 

community, organized by ISH 

More information: www.bacnetplugfest.org 

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Solutions 

BACnet/IP the “Tool” from Engineering to 

Project Management 

Principal, Santiago International Airport. 

© Beckhoff 

Santiago International Airport obtains the 

benefits of using BACnet and Beckhoff 

technologies in the new extension of their 

facilities. 

The new terminal extension project for Santiago 

International Airport will allow the use of 67 

new boarding gates along 294.000 m² of total 

area. The number of passengers will increase 

significantly by more than 10% every year, with 

a total of 21 million transit movements recorded 

for the last year. The scope of the control extension 

project covers the main facility systems, 

including HVAC, lighting, energy management, 

elevators/escalators, platform illumination, 

towers and third-party integrations such as 

water storage alarm systems and passenger 

gangways. 

The project demands not only the collection of 

field data, the PLC will have a logic control to 

ensure the correct operation of the different 

physical devices and sensors installed in the new 

terminals of the airport. As a mandatory project 

requirement, the system had to be created 

following a philosophy oriented to real open 

systems, so it was decided to use BACnet as a 

control system development standard. 

The complete solution to cover all aspects 

mentioned above, was created using a total of 

more than 300 PLCs distributed throughout the 

newly developed surface. 23 Beckhoff CX5010 

as main data concentrators and 57 CX9020 with 

233 CX8091 systems were installed to collect 

field information. 

The complete I/O list includes more than 10.000 

signals, processed by Beckhoff PLCs, creating an 

object hierarchy that enables a communication 

and sharing information through the use of the 

physical BACnet network. 

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Many of the systems installed, allows for a 

direct integration using BACnet, reducing 

additional engineering costs. Collecting the 

different objects inside the device becomes a 

simple task using device discovery. The main 

brands involved in project were Sodeca, Carrier 

and others. 

Using BACnet for the 

entire installation meets 

the final customer 

demands, positively 

impacting in less maintenance 

resources. The 

responsible staff for the 

design and engineering 

will also carry out the 

maintenance of the 

system for the next 

15 years. The experience 

gained during the engineering with 

BACnet will facilitate the tasks mentioned above. 

At the moment, the control development work is 

developing in time and cost, with an approximate 

opening of the first terminals during this year. 

Initial investment of 700 million dollars will 

ensure that Santiago International Airport will 

be one of the most important airports in South 

America, not only in terms of modernity, but in 

the use of a technology adapted to the present 

times and focused on the end-user. 

BACnet and Beckhoff as an engineering 

tool, working together to improve resources 

productivity. 

About the author 

Oliver Marcos is Business Development 

Manager of Automation & Control at AUDITEL, 

a global Technology, Engineering and Innovation 

company based in Madrid, Spain. AUDITEL 

realizes global projects in the aircraft and airport 

industry as well as infrastructure projects. 

BACnet/IP was used as an engineering tool from 

the engineering stage up to the maintenance 

management. As a guide of good practices, 

the premise of an object-oriented development 

indicated by the BACnet technology is reducing 

development time, costs and project risks. 

For a BACnet integrator the most important 

value is the possibility to deal with objects 

and not with signals. 

Oliver Marcos 

Business Development Manager of Automation & Control | Auditel – Engineering 

and Services 

oliver.marcos@auditel.es | www.auditel.es 

Penn State University’s Ready to Scale with 

Visual BACnet Site Monitoring 

University catches BACnet problems in real 

time and improves network health. 

Background 

When Tom Walker first started working at Penn State 

University four years ago, there were a lot of network 

issues. Buildings were dropping offline. Broadcast 

traffic was pushing 90,000 packets per hour. Walker 

was on the phone almost every single night because 

devices were down or had to be reset. 

The Old Main Building at Penn State University. 

© Wikimedia 

Walker and his team managed to reduce 

broadcast traffic over the years, from 90,000 down 

to about 30,000; but that took cobbling together 

a half-dozen different tools and two network 

integrity analysts dedicated to looking for anomalies. 

Now, they’re getting into the nitty-gritty of 

refining and maintaining network health – especially 

as the network continues expanding year over year. 


Solutions 

Visual BACnet Site Monitoring, the innovative solution from Optigo Networks. 

© Wikimedia 

Challenges 

Penn State currently has around 15,000 

devices, 200 servers, 300 buildings on campus, 

and another 160 buildings in the Commonwealth. 

Those numbers are increasing quickly, 

with ongoing construction and plans to 

double the device count to 30,000. This rapid 

expansion has introduced big broadcast traffic 

problems: because of one construction 

project, they were getting “30,000 packets per 

hour from just one single building,” says Walker. 

Those huge spikes in broadcast traffic were 

bringing devices and entire buildings down. 

They can’t stop construction. They can’t predict 

how changes will affect the network. It was clear 

they needed a powerful analytics program that 

could monitor, track changes, and alert them of 

any issues. 

Solution 

many changes, so much construction happening 

all at the same time. We needed something a 

little closer to real-time,” says Walker. “We 

needed something that can bring right up the 

top offenders.” 

With Visual BACnet Site Monitoring, Walker and 

his team are achieving real-time monitoring 

results with a single program. They get notified 

when anything changes in the network health. 

From there, they can pinpoint issues on the 

network, track what caused those problems, 

and quickly respond. BACnet Site Monitoring 

has highlighted problems they never could have 

caught on their own. 

“My colleague and I were on the phone almost 

every single night because something was 

down, something wasn’t communicating, had to 

be reset. We’ve taken that back down to where, 

we get a call maybe two or three times a month, 

if that. And a lot of that was going through 

and starting to analyze the traffic a lot deeper 

than we were before.” – Tom Walker, Network 

Administrator, Penn State University. 

Walker and his team originally purchased 

a Visual BACnet team account, but quickly 

found they needed more for their massive, 

unpredictable network. “We’re dealing with so 

Monica McMahen 

Marketing Manager | Optigo Networks 

monica@optigo.net | www.optigo.net 

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A New Standard for BACnet in India 

The SLK Green Park Campus in Bangalore, 

opened in 2018, is one of the first buildings 

in India using BACnet/IP for the whole 

building management system including the 

room automation. It was implemented by 

Eneffen technologies, exclusive SAUTER 

Group partner in India. 

The impressive new SLK Green Park Campus 

sets a new standard for sustainability and 

building automation: SAUTER and Eneffen have 

commissioned to interconnect all Integrated 

Building Management Solutions (IBMS) via 

BACnet/IP. So far, BACnet/IP has never been 

used as the only standard communication 

protocol for the whole building automation in 

India. 

The SLK Green Park Campus with its complete constellation in BACnet/IP. 

The light management fully integrated into BACnet/IP. 

One system for all demands 

All HVAC systems at SLK Green Park 

Campus are now interconnected via 

SAUTER modulo 5, a fully configurable, 

modular system that can meet any demand 

of state-of-the-art building technology. 

Modulo 5 is entirely based on the open 

BACnet/IP communication protocol and 

allows a complete exchange of data for 

complex building management functions, 

including air conditioning with pin-point 

precision, alarm and fire protection functions 

as well as convenient room management, 

all integrated within a single system that is 

completely scalable. 

For SLK Green Park Campus, modulo 5 

includes the direct digital controls (DDC) 

to command the HVAC systems such as 

air handlers or electrical breakers, room 

automation controllers including lighting 

control or ventilation fans. All these elements 

are connected via native BACnet/IP. 

Various zone temperatures are monitored 

and adjusted using SAUTER’s ASV2 VAV 

controllers. On the field level, these VAVs 

communicate via BACnet MSTP and are 

routed to BACnet/IP. 

Integrated software for reporting and 

visualisation 

Other systems like chillers, variable speed 

drives, UPS, precision air handlers or electrical 

systems have been integrated via Modbus/ 

RTU, converted to BACnet/IP and centralised to 

the main IBMS software called SAUTER Vision 

Center. This BACnet-certified software 

provides a comprehensive and user-friendly 

energy management dashboard and reporting 

system. SAUTER Vision Center reports 

various building parameters as well as data on 

energy consumption, temperature control, chiller 

performance, and many more. 

The powerful modulo 5 system manages to 

connect over 8000 data points to the IBMS 

system over BACnet/IP, which significantly 

exceeds the average data volume processed by 

systems in India. Both modulo 5 and SAUTER 

Vision Center have recently been awarded the 

highest BACnet certificate. 

With SLK Green Park Campus, SAUTER and 

Eneffen Technologies have managed to position 

the SAUTER technology worldwide as a leader in 

building management and room automation. The 


Solutions 

The new SLK Green Park Campus in Bangalore. 

company, whose history and expertise spans 

over 100 years, combines a global outlook with 

regional ties, and a traditional approach with 

groundbreaking innovation. 

Nicolas Sautter 

Head of SAUTER Asia Pacific Competence Center | SAUTER Singapore 

nicolas.sautter@ch.sauter-bc.com | www.sauter-controls.com 

Smart Facility Management Solutions for 

Smart Buildings/Facilities 

It is never too late to imbibe new innovations 

and start a different working style. SIERRA 

ODC’s software development centre in 

Coimbatore, India called the “eFACiLiTY ® 

Building” is a Smart Building that has several 

innovative smart concepts implemented. 

This building got rated as theWorld’s 2nd and 

India’s highest ranking Green Building, certified 

under LEED NC v2009 rating system by U.S. Green 

Building Council. This is also one of the Smartest 

Buildings in the world and this was achieved 

by tightly integrating the CAFM (Computer 

Aided Facility Management) Software with the 

Building Management System (BMS/BAS). 

SIERRA used their own CAFM software 

eFACiLiTY ® integrating tightly with Honeywell 

WEBs N4 Building Automation Platform 

to achieve 100% automation of the facility 

operations. eFACiLiTY ® building is a model 

Smart & Green building showcasing smart 

and automated facility management concepts 

to achieve optimum resource utilization, high 

efficiency and excellent occupant comfort. 

100% Green Power, Occupancy and Lux based 

automated lighting operations, indoor air quality 

monitoring with demand controlled ventilation, 

fully automated water purification, management 

and recycling, energy monitoring, maximized 

day lighting are some of the notable features 

implemented in this building. 

All electro-mechanical issues in the facility 

are captured by the BMS/BAS platform and 

passed on to the eFACiLiTY CAFM software that 

manages the fault categorization, work 

assignment, service level management till 

the issue is full rectified and verified apart 

from managing the preventive and predictive 

maintenance tasks. 

Housekeeping issues like leaky taps, soiled 

toilets, dirty work areas, too cold/warm 

work areas go unreported and installing 

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sensors to monitor them is not feasible. The eFACiLiTY ® Building 

has Smart IOT Buttons from Amazon, Flic, Mesh etc. installed at 

various locations to get these issues reported just by a click of a 

button. Occupants just click on these good looking wireless buttons 

to report any issue and the calls to respective teams are created 

instantly, assigned and notified via mobile notifications and the calls 

are monitored till the issue is fixed. 

The facility also has One-Touch Instant Feedback kiosks installed. 

The eFACiLiTY ® Instant Feedback Kiosk not only helps to capture 

one-touch feedbacks from the occupants, raise appropriate helpdesk 

calls and work orders, but also takes care of monitoring the workflow 

of managing poor feedbacks until the corrective actions are taken. 

eFACiLiTY ® also integrates with devices that support BACnet, 

Modbus, Mbus, KNX kind of protocols to automate failure 

identification and work order generation, automate capturing of 

meter readings, predictive maintenance work orders, equipment 

control etc. Building automation platforms of Honeywell, Siemens, 

Schneider Electric, Carrier Race, Azbil, Trane, Tridium etc. are 

readily integrated into the system. 

To know more about Smart Facility Management Solutions, visit 

www.efacility.in. To know more about the eFACiLiTY ® Building, visit 

www.greenestbuilding.com. 

Modular building solutions 

for Smart Cities 

BACeye 

Visualization and analysis of BACnet networks 

Obtaining neutral information about data exchange in a 

BACnet network is not always easy. Especially if the various 

components have been supplied by different manufacturers. 

BACeye is a cross-functional tool that can be used to clearly 

visualise networks and quickly identify problems. As a de facto 

standard, this “Swiss army knife” for building automation makes 

the work of system integrators, commissioning engineers, plant 

operators and end users considerably easier. 

The eFACiLiTY ® Building – SIERRA ODC’s software development centre in 

Coimbatore, India. 

Universal-Gateways and Router 

Exceptional versatility and flexibility 

The MBS Universal Gateways and Router serve as a 

communication interface for the various communication 

protocols or routes packages between the MS/TP media 

(RS485), Ethernet and IP in industrial and building automation. 

• All important communication protocols are available 

Giridhar JG 

CEO & Managing Director 

SIERRA ODC Private Limited 

info@sierratec.com | www. efacility.in 

• Security Architecture as Add-On: „BAC-Guard“ und „BAC-Crypt“ 

• Integrated adapters such as: KNX, LON, M-Bus or Profinet ... 

• Enabling faster cabling and connection 

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Full Steam Ahead for Cross-System 

Communication 

Modern building management faces a variety 

of challenges. Against the backdrop of a device 

landscape comprising a range of manufacturers 

and various communication protocols, systems 

including cooling and ventilation, lighting and 

shading require appropriate coordination. 

Simultaneously, the efficient use of energy and 

climate protection remain top priorities. In the 

light of the above, the network protocol BACnet 

now occupies a prominent international position 

as a key technology, boasting a current market 

share of 64 per cent. 

A standard for interoperability 

There are tangible reasons for this impressive 

catalogue of success. When the more complex 

control parameters or functions are at stake, 

communicative connection via data protocol 

offers advantages, which result from a 

coordinated interplay between the individual 

systems. As an internationally leading standard 

(ISO 16484-5), BACnet creates the non-proprietary 

basis for consistent data exchange 

between field devices and control technology. 

Here, serial standards and network media 

receive the same level of support. Prior 

consideration is essential when it comes to 

integrating the various components. From a 

technical standpoint, this initially concerns 

the devices themselves and the objectives 

to be achieved as a result of the integration, 

followed by the communication protocols 

and tools employed and, finally, user 

authorisation and network maintenance. As 

far as organisation is concerned, the 

standardised use of texts and characters, 

responsibilities for the individual systems, 

consultations with the IT department, internet 

connection and other aspects must be 

considered. 

Making good use of all IT security 

stratagems 

exclude hacker attacks on building automation, 

which do serious damage to the entire 

infrastructure and have a devastating effect 

on the image of the company affected, as far 

as possible. Networked home technology can 

be operated individually using the appropriate 

routers in which these security mechanisms are 

integrated. Furthermore, BACnet’s comprehensive 

communication can be encrypted via the corporate 

network, while data access is authorised. 

Benefiting from the advantages 

The fact remains that anyone looking to operate 

building automation in an efficient manner these 

days just can’t get around BACnet. Because the 

communication standard is a proven method of 

creating cross-system networks. Large properties, 

in particular, benefit from cost advantages 

thanks to interoperability. Available devices can 

be integrated simply and easily, and clients 

are not limited to specific manufacturers when 

making new acquisitions. 

If required, BACnet can provide building 

operators with information in order to ensure 

that data-based functional tests are 

implemented more quickly and easily. Systems 

can be monitored automatically as a result, 

making them more economic to operate. 

Devices with security functions can be combined 

to create a security system which effectively 

protects the transmission paths against 

unwanted access. 

Gateways as interfaces 

A range of sophisticated products and software 

systems is available on the market for those 

wishing to integrate all devices on a specific 

property within a single network on a non-proprietary 

basis. A BACnet router, for instance, can 

be used in a similar way to a media converter 

when DDC or SPS controllers using different 

network media seek access to field level sensors 

and actuators as clients. If these devices adhere 

to varying communication protocols, gateways 

can be used as interpreters. 

As interfaces for the different communication 

protocols in industrial and building automation, 

they are also capable of performing more 

complex tasks – including specifications for 

timer programs, alarm transmission and trend 

log recording, if the field device does not 

provide these functionalities. Non-proprietary 

systems also facilitate data exchange at 

automation level. Here, gateways ensure that 

KNX, M-Bus and LonTalk devices, for example, 

can be functionally integrated into a 

homogeneous BACnet global system. 

Several benefits are associated with this. The 

integration of BACnet gateways as a communication 

interface omits the need for the usual bus 

couplers, simultaneously reducing cabling work. 

These gateways can also be connected faster 

to serial or network-based protocols. While field 

devices and automation stations frequently only 

used to provide current values, BACnet can now 

be used to collect additional data and make 

this available to the control technology. This 

facilitates the provision of other functionalities 

at management level, such as alarm detection, 

automatic functional tests and maintenance 

supervision. 

As a result, it’s no coincidence that crosssystem 

communication with BACnet is gathering 

momentum on a global scale. As a standard 

in the field of building automation, BACnet has 

become simply unstoppable. 

BACnet has responded to the current trend of 

using company-wide IT structures in building 

automation by creating its own security 

architecture “BACnet/SC”, which is due to 

be released shortly. It is, after all, essential to 

Nils-Gunnar Fritz 

Member of Executive Board BACnet Interest Group Europe e. V. 

Managing Director MBS GmbH, Krefeld, Germany 

info@mbs-solutions.de | www.mbs-solutions.de 

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ASHRAE SSPC 135 Meetings: BACnet 

Secure Connect, Semantic Tagging 

In October, the interim BACnet committee 

meeting took place again at the Georgia 

Institute of Technology in Atlanta, known as 

"Georgia Tech". This was already the 14th 

interim meeting hosted by Georgia Tech starting 

in 2006. With the ASHRAE Winter Conference, 

also in Atlanta, but at the CNN Center and the 

Georgia World Congress Center together with 

the AHR Show, more days of meetings of the 

working groups and the committee were added. 

Following, the state of core work items and the 

addenda are detailed. 

Device Address Proxy 

In Atlanta, a further element regarding scalability 

of BACnet systems was approved for a first 

public review. The Device Address Proxy function 

allows to keep off high numbers of Who-Is and 

I-Am broadcasts from susceptible networks like 

MS/TP. This new function is sitting in a BACnet 

Router for returning I-Am responses on behalf 

of the device behind it, and without any impact 

on existing devices. The Device Address Proxy 

function will be in public review as Addendum 

135-2016bx. 

BACnet Secure Connect 

Published Addenda to 135-2016 for BACnet Protocol Revision 1.20 

135-2016bd 

Addenda in Work 

135-2016ap 

135-2016bb 

135-2016bj 

In AP-WG for second 

review 

In PS-WG for second 

review 

In preparation by IT-WG 

for next review 

The BACnet Secure Connect addendum 

continued to be in focus of the IT-WG. The 

Adds the new Staging object type to the standard. This object controls a 

set of binary objects, based on a commanded analog value. 

concept that had 

been amended 

since the last 

review were refined 

and cleaned All 

this with the goal 

in mind to soon 

have a simple to 

implement, yet 

interoperable 

solution available. 

For example, it is 

now allowed to 

implement BACnet 

Secure Connect 

in every, including 

old, protocolrevisions. 

After 

Atlanta, the addendum 

was further 

finalized in teleconference 

calls of the IT-WG, for bringing it 

into a next public review before the next 

in-person meeting in April. 

Application Interfaces, is on-hold at this point 

for 223P. 

Zero configuration capabilities of MAC 

addresses for MS/TP devices. 

BACnet Secure Connect (BACnet/SC). 

135-2016bo In AP-WG for first review Application of ASHRAE 223P in BACnet. 

135-2016br Ready for Publication Miscellaneous Clarifications. 

135-2016bs 

Ready for Publication 

New BIBBs and Device Profiles for Elevators 

(Lifts) and Escalators. 

135-2016bt Ready for Publication Life Safety Enhancements and OEO Support. 

135-2016bu Ready for Publication Miscellaneous Clarifications. 

135-2016bv 

135-2016bw 

In preparation by OS-WG 

for first review 

Approved for second 

review 

Miscellaneous Clarifications. 

Time Series Data Exchange Format. 

135-2016bx Approved for first review Device Address Proxy Function. 

BACnet Secure Connect, or BACnet/SC in 

short, is a virtual data link layer for the existing 

BACnet stack and with that, fully compatible 

with all existing BACnet devices via a 

standard BACnet router. BACnet/SC supports a 

virtual hub-and-spoke topology and allows direct 

connections between devices. All connections 

are based on TLS-secured WebSockets. 

135-2016be 

135-2016bi 

New BIBBs and device profiles for the lighting domain. 

Introduces a standardized audit reporting and logging mechanism for 

auditable 

actions of BACnet devices and users. 

135-2016bk Extends the range of reserved property identifiers above 4194303. 

135-2016bl 

135-2016bm 

135-2016bn 

Clarifications in response to official interpretation requests. 

Enhances and clarifies MS/TP on some of its aspects. 

Extends and corrects some BIBBs and device profiles. 

ASHRAE 223P, Semantic Tags for Building 

Data 

In the meetings of the AP-WG, the work on the 

projected ASHRAE Standard 223P "Designation 

of Semantic Tags for Building Data" was 

continued. The collaboration with the Project 

Haystack and the Brick Schema project is 

established. The interest in 223P is still 

high. Including new contacts to the National 

Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), which is 

researching on energy optimizations of buildings. 

135-2016bp 

135-2016bq 

Corrects and tweaks the BACnet RESTful Web Services in some details. 

Complements and clarifies some smaller aspects of the Access Control 

objects. 

The proposed ASHRAE 223P standard, 

"Designation of Semantic Tags for Building 

Data", will standardize the semantic information 

of building data as ontologies, on an abstract 


BACnet Insight / Products 

logical level. The concrete use in protocols and 

data, also in BACnet, will need to be defined 

by the respective protocols and data specifications 

itself. In BACnet, addendum 135-2016bo 

is foreseen for this. 

Status of Addenda to BACnet Standard 

135-2016 

Nine addenda to the BACnet standard are 

published and are part of the BACnet standard 

135-2016 in protocol revision 1.20 (see table on 

page 11, below). 

In the meetings, further addenda were approved 

for a first or a next public review, of which some 

reviews are ongoing, and others will be taking 

place later this spring. The status of the addenda 

in work is (see table on page 11, top). 

Status of Addenda to the BACnet Test 

Standard 135.1-2013 

The following addenda to the BACnet Test 

Standard 135.1-2013 are published (see right 

table). 

Numerous change proposals for the test 

Status of Addenda to the BACnet Test Standard 135.1-2013 

135.1-2013o 

135.1-2013p 

135.1-2013q 

135.1-2013r 

Align SubscribeCOVProperty 

error codes. 

New EPICS consistency tests. 

Additions and amendments of tests for covering the revision of 

the alarming which had been introduced with protocol revision 13. 

Tests for new properties and error codes. 

standard are in work by the TI-WG, brought 

forward together with the BTL-WG and other 

BACnet Committee working groups to a first 

public review. This includes new tests for IPv6, 

the Network Port object, and a lot of other 

additional tests and amendments. 

The next interim meeting of the BACnet 

Committee will be taking place at the Lutron 

Experience Center in Plantation FL from April 9 

to April 12, 2019. 

Public review and final versions of addenda are 

available at no cost from ASHRAE (http://www. 

ashrae.org) as well as on the BACnet website 

(http://www.bacnet.org). To stay up-to-date 

on public reviews, publications, and interim 

meetings, you can subscribe to the weekly 

ASHRAE Standards Actions electronic 

newsletter, or read it, at the ASHRAE website 

www.ashrae.org/standards-research-technology/standards-actions. 

 

Bernhard Isler is an ASHRAE member and 

convenes the Application Profiles working group 

of the ASHRAE SSPC 135 BACnet Committee. He 

works for Siemens Switzerland Ltd, Building Technologies 

Division, located in Zug, Switzerland, 

bernhard.isler@siemens.com. 

Energy Valve One Optimized Complete 

Solution – Cloud-based 

With its unique functionality and intelligent 

cloud services, the Belimo Energy Valve 

sets new standards for automatic optimization 

and offers an all-round care-free 

package. 

Belimo created a new product category with its 

introduction of the Belimo Energy Valve. This 

control valve continuously optimizes the water 

flow, automatically adjusts it to current climatic 

conditions and eliminates the so called Delta-T 

syndrome. Since its market launch in 2012, 

the Belimo Energy Valve has won 20 awards 

from industry organizations worldwide. Today, 

thousands of these smart valves help to reduce 

the operating costs in buildings and CO 2 

emissions. Now the third generation of the 

Belimo Energy Valve is launched. 

Cloud for enhanced comfort 

Upon request, the new version can be 

connected over the Internet to the Belimo 

Cloud. The operation of the valve is then 

continuously monitored and compared 

against other valves operating under 

similar conditions. Customers receive 

regular energy reports that include data 

on trends, energy, and performance. 

Technical support from Belimo can likewise give 

customers better and faster advice thanks to the 

available data. 

Innovative flow measurement 

Belimo supplemented the ultrasonic flow 

measurement with its patented glycol meter. 

Many systems require a mixture of water and 

glycol as a heat transfer fluid. The new Belimo 

Energy Valve monitors this glycol concentration 

and protects the plants against frost. 

Belimo Actuators India Pvt. Ltd. 

info.india@belimo.ch | www.belimo.in 

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Products 

Connect Air-Conditioning to BACnet 

IntesisBox from HMS makes it possible to 

connect Air Conditioners to BACnet network 

now. 

Direct Expansion systems into BACnet 

For the last several years, Air Conditioning 

Direct Expansion systems have become 

more and more popular for small and medium 

projects. Considering that electric energy 

costs related to acclimatization systems is 

estimated to be around 40%, for these 

scenarios, controlling and monitoring those 

systems becomes one of the most significant 

points when talking about energy efficiency and 

cost control. BACnet offers a great opportunity 

for home and building management systems 

to create energy efficient scenarios through 

integration with Direct Expansion Systems. 

Air Conditioning integration 

Integration of air conditioning systems into any 

management system is a process that 

takes into consideration the following: 

• Improvement of energy consumption 

• Improvement of the customer’s 

comfort 

• Easy integration 

• Cost-effective solutions 

• Control over the most significant 

signals: 

• On/Off 

• Mode 

• Set Point Temperature 

• Fan Speed 

• Vane Positions 

• Room Temperature 

IntesisBox offers a large range of BACnet 

gateways to integrate single Direct Expansion 

AC units for the most popular AC brands. On 

BACnet IP mode, the gateway provides an 

embedded web site to setup all the necessary 

parameters and provides a useful signal viewer 

that allows read and write of all the BACnet 

communication objects to help testing of both 

control sides: the air conditioning system and the 

BACnet control. On BACnet MSTP the Intesisbox 

BAC-1 gateways can be configured in the field 

using DIP Switches without requiring any PC. 

HMS Industrial Networks India Pvt. Ltd. 

sta@hms.se | www.hms-networks.com 

Combining High Performance with IoT 

Architecture: modulo 6 

The building automation system SAUTER 

modulo 6 comprises compact, powerful hardware, 

intuitive cloud-based software, a wide 

range of integration options and strong data 

security, thus enabling future-oriented systems 

– from smart heating, ventilation and air-conditioning 

control to networked building clusters. 

SAUTER modulo 6 provides thus far unequalled 

performance in terms of the number of data 

points per automation station, memory space 

and processing speed – all of this while taking 

up minimum space in the cabinet. 

SAUTER modulo 6 is based on BACnet/IP and 

integrates all of the usual field bus protocols 

such as Modbus, M-Bus, KNX, BACnet MS/ 

TP etc. for the control of heating, ventilation, 

climate, lighting and energy, while combining 

all systems into one stable, secure overall 

system. 

The traditional separation of the 

systems is being replaced by 

the new world of the “Internet of 

Things” (IoT) and the cloud. Via 

MQTT data can be stored automatically 

in the cloud as required, 

or it can be integrated into the 

local system from the cloud. 

Cloud Services are available for 

the controlling, the operation and 

the engineering. 

modulo 6 connects via Bluetooth to a smartphone 

or tablet. An intuitively operated 

app enables access to measured values, 

control variables and system parameters. As 

an alternative to smartphone operation, 

modulo 6 also has a local operating unit 

(LOI) with a high-resolution graphical colour 

display. 

SAUTER modulo 6 knows the specialised communication 

protocols for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, 

light, energy and resource measurement 

(BACnet/IP, Modbus, KNX, DALI, M-Bus, etc). 

SAUTER Head Office 

Fr. SAUTER AG 

info@sauter-controls.com 

www.sauter-controls.com 


Products 

How to Improve Health and Save Energy with 

CO 2 

Monitoring 

Air quality transmitter with colour touch 

display and BACnet protocol for residential 

and commercial buildings. 

Residential, commercial or governmental 

buildings have become the biotopes in which 

we spend most of our time. We live, eat, exercise 

and work indoors. And no matter where you are, 

you breathe ... 

Air quality is not only an outdoor problem. Your 

exhalation contains CO 2 , which not only affects 

your productivity level and decision-making 

performance, but also your long-term health. 

Saving energy 

compensation – true read. The data transmits to 

a BMS system or stand-alone controller using 

industry standard output signals and communication 

protocols. It combines all the necessary 

elements for effective climate control in commercial 

office buildings, hospitals, hotels, schools and 

other facilities. Using CO 2 monitoring for demandcontrolled 

ventilation (DCV) allows for a healthy, 

comfortable and cost-effective environment for the 

occupants. 

The product complies with ASHRAE standard 

189.1. 

• Maintenance-free 

• Three sensors in one housing: CO 2 , 

temp and RH 

• Colour touch display with possibility of 

customizable GUI 

• PIN codes for access to display- and meter 

settings 

• Improved housing design for effective 

measurement 

• Modbus or BACnet protocol 

tSENSE is an advanced and versatile 3-in-1 

transmitter designed for installation in the airconditioned 

zone. It measures CO 2 concentration, 

temperature and humidity in the ambient air. This 

is done accurately without any need for additional 

Senseair AB 

info@senseair.com | www.senseair.com 

Providing full Range of Solutions, Products & 

Services Around BACnet and B-IoT 

With decades of experience in Building Automation 

globally, Softdel offers end-to-end solutions, 

products & services to help OEMs, SIs & 

end users unlock the power of B-IoT. 

Softdel products 

softBAC, a BACnet PR-19 Stack by Softdel, is a 

comprehensive stack library supporting all profiles 

right from server side (B-SS, B-SA, B-ASC, B-AAC, 

B-BC) to client side (B-OD, B-OWS, B-AWS). It 

supports various platforms (Baremetal, Embedded 

RTOS, Windows/Linux, Docker Container) & 

features such as IPv6, IEIEJ & web interfaces 

(REST, TLS1.2 Security). 

Softdel also offers BOSS (BACnet Device 

Simulator & Explorer) which enables users to simulate 

BACnet devices useful for functional & performance 

testing. It also discovers, monitors & 

controls BACnet devices present in the network. 

Softdel solutions & services 

Softdel provides B-IoT solutions from IoT 

consultancy, device engineering, connectivity, B-IoT 

gateway to IoT platform integration, cloud-based 

BMS & analytics dashboard. 

Softdel has operated the world’s #1 BACnet Test 

Lab (BTL) for BACnet International for last 12 years. 

As a part of BACnet offerings, Softdel provides 

BACnet training & consultancy, connectivity 

services (stack porting & integration), & pre-certification 

testing. 

With deep domain expertise and right mix of products 

& solutions, Softdel is a preferred partner for OEMs to 

develop their next gen products for Smart Buildings. 

With deep domain expertise and right mix of products 

& solutions, Softdel is a preferred partner for OEMs to 

develop their next gen products for Smart Buildings. 

 

Softdel 

marketing@softdel.com | www.softdel.com 

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Products 

Metasys ® 10.0 Redefines 

Modern Building Management 

Johnson Controls Metasys 10.0, designed 

to deliver more unified building management 

provides facility personnel with smart building 

automation, fast response to critical alarms and 

new integrations with fire detection, security and 

lighting systems. 

Metasys 10.0 introduces a new and improved 

set of integrations with C·CURE 9000 Access 

Control and victor Video Management 

Systems, simpler integrations with SIMPLEX ® 

Fire Systems and with lighting systems from 

leading lighting providers. 

Several new hardware devices added to Metasys 

10.0, include: 

• Two new equipment controllers with 

removable screw terminal blocks for easy 

installation, high capacity memory and fast 

processing 

• A new 4-in-1 network sensor series with the 

ability to sense temperature, humidity, CO 2 

and occupancy – all with one sensor 

• A new TEC3000 thermostat controller with 

color touchscreen 

Another innovative feature is Ethernet ring 

topology support for Metasys IP equipment 

controllers. 

The Metasys User Interface (UI) introduces 

several new features that reduce operators’ time 

on task. A key feature is the ability for users to 

schedule reports to be delivered via email and 

save and execute report templates on demand, 

reducing time spent configuring and providing 

reports. 

For more than a quarter century, Metasys building 

automation has delivered consistent results 

to meet even the most complex building management 

needs. The benefits you can expect to 

keep today’s buildings on top of change, include: 

• Operational savings through extended 

building management capabilities and 

enhanced productivity 

• Energy savings through coordinated control, 

precise data and peak equipment performance 

• IT and platform security through best-practice 

processes 

• Faster troubleshooting and response through 

advanced diagnostics 

• Greater occupant comfort, security and 

satisfaction 

Johnson Controls 

bts-marketing@jci.com 

www.johnsoncontrols.in 

Trusted BACnet Router 

with Diagnostics and BTL 

BASrouter 

The popular BASrouter, a multi-network 

router, is BACnet Testing Laboratories (BTL) 

listed and provides enhanced diagnostic 

capabilities for improved troubleshooting. 

• Versatile stand-alone routing 

between BACnet networks 

• Graphically view MS/TP devices, 

status and errors 

• BTL approved for B-RTR and 

B-BBMD device profiles 

Learn more at https://pages.ccontrols.com/basrouters 



BACnet Paves the Way to CO 2 Neutrality 

For European airports, BACnet (ISO 

16484-5) is a welcome communication 

standard that is supporting them on their 

path towards CO 2 neutrality. This was the 

conclusion drawn at the end of the first 

BACnet Airport Conference hosted by the 

BACnet Interest Group Europe (BIG-EU) 

and held in Frankfurt Airport from 27 th to 

28 th of September. More than 130 representatives 

of European airports, planners 

and experts for BACnet applications came 

to design the system integration in airport 

buildings. During the two days there were 

a number of lively discussions with many 

different subjects being touched on. 

Dr. Ulrich Kipper, Head of Infrastructure Management at Fraport AG, described the benefits of BACnet from a user 

perspective at the BACnet Airport Conference 2018. 

The participants were amazed by the Information 

Security Hub (ISH) at Munich Airport, by 

the functional BACnet diversity in the future 

Terminal 3 of Frankfurt Airport and by the exemplary 

BACnet solutions at the airports in Rome, 

Paris and Manchester. They were impressed by 

the enormous possibilities of the open standard. 

“Every major airport is a smart city with a huge 

energy efficiency potential in existing buildings 

and new buildings, which we can also raise with 

the help of BACnet,” summarized BIG-EU President 

Klaus Wächter (Siemens). 

More than 130 representatives of European airports, planners and experts participated in 

the BACnet Airport Conference in Frankfurt. 

The risks of system integration were also 

addressed. “Come to Munich Airport and we'll 

test the cyber security of your equipment,” 

Munich Airport IT Manager Marc Lindike 

spontaneously invited the participants. The 

enthusiasm of the BACnet users and BIG-EU 

members in response to this offer led to 

the relocation of the 13 th European BACnet 

Plugfest to Munich. It will now take place from 

May 22 th –24 th , 2019 in the ultramodern Competence 

Center for Cyber Defence at Munich 

Airport. 

The conference itself 

was opened by Rolf 

Riemenschneider, 

Head of IoT Sector in 

the European Commission, 

and H. Michael 

Newman, inventor of 

the BACnet standard. 

The essential role of 

BACnet for current 

and future Fraport 

construction projects 

was presented by Dr. 

Ulrich Kipper, who 

heads Fraport AG's 

central Infrastructure 

Management. 

Airports rely on BACnet 

This was followed by an agile discussion on the 

special challenges facing airport buildings. The 

presentations focused on the resilient digitization 

of infrastructure, artificial intelligence for smart 

buildings, the BACnet operator workstation 

at Frankfurt Airport as the basis for energy 

savings and the integration of weather forecasts 

– and, time and again, on sustainability and 

energy management. Helsinki Airport, as Mikko 

Viinikainen, Head of Sustainability and Environment 

at Finavia told the participants, is already 

CO 2 -neutral. Many more airports will follow in 

the next ten years and will be relying on BACnet 

in their buildings to help achieve this. 

With the simultaneous building automation 

conferences “Indoor Mobility” and “Cyber 

Security” from September 26 th to 27 th , 2019 

in Frankfurt am Main, the BIG-EU is continuing 

its approach to specific application cases. 

The focus will be on system integration in 

urban multi-purpose buildings and the active 

protection of smart buildings against cyber 

attacks. 

Websites: www.indoor-mobility-conference.org 

// www.cyber-security-conference.org. 

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India – A Fertile Ground for Innovations and 

Growth in Building Automation Systems 


“India is the only trillion-dollar economy to rank 

among the top five fastest growing economies in 

the world. The $2 trillion economy is expected to 

clock an average annual growth of 7.73% during 

2017–19, backed by strong macroeconomic 

fundamentals, robust domestic demand, favorable 

demographics, ample resources and a proactive 

government.” (Source: www.nasdaq.com) 

Thriving sectors of the Indian economy feature 

on the International Banker lists (www.internationalbanker.com). 

Engineering accounts 

for around 8%, the InfoTech industry almost 

60% and real estate approximately 13% of the 

country’s GDP. These sectors play a vital role as 

catalysts for enabling growth in the Indian building 

automation industry. Building automation and 

home automation are also being galvanized 

by two important initiatives by the Indian 

Government: 

• Smart City Initiative 

• Promotion of entrepreneurs and start-ups 

These will require open standard/protocols in 

building automation products to be created or 

adapted. 

A need for global and local impact 

To leverage the power of digitalization it is 

imperative to put innovations in the building 

automation industry in a format which is 

compatible with both older and newer versions. 

Products with global and local impact 

assure lasting solutions 

Let’s take the example of “Uber”. Uber has 

integrated global APIs from Google Maps and 

banks which makes its service highly dependable 

as it is not limited to any region or country or 

continent. Uber incorporates global standards 

serving local needs. Integrating global APIs 

helps Uber’s growth in another important way – 

faster time to market, as the development and 

enhancements of integrated APIs are purely 

based on collaboration and meeting the common 

needs of people today. 

Incorporating global BAS standards will enable 

the Indian building automation industry to focus 

upon innovations and growth and to benefit from 

global collaborations and affiliations. 

INBAC – An invitation to design the future 

of open systems building automation 

community in India 

To discover the interests of the building automation 

industry in India, an exploratory project was 

set up. This project focused on exploring understanding 

through discussions with key leaders 

in the building automation Industry in India. The 

results were as follows: 

• Market players are interested in symbiotic 

growth 

• Key players place a great deal of 

importance on the time-to-market (faster 

development and smaller overheads), 

collaboration on innovations and in a local 

context 

• Small and medium size players look at the 

advantages of using a platform as a tool 

for learning how to make interoperable 

solutions and to showcase their products 

To explore for the next phase: 

• Government’s initiative to create 100 smart 

cities in India 

• Create awareness and thereby a market 

for open standards and protocols to 

leverage the power of digitalization 

• Promote the usage of data as a product 

(measure – analyze – act) for increased 

energy saving, security needs and 

reduced CO₂ and waste (inline with the 

principle – “though the funds are 

individual, resources are common”) 

• Smart city support groups – universities, 

NGOs, innovation incubation centers: 

• Support and educate about open 

standards and protocols and global 

innovations which will help make solutions 

interoperable for rapid integration 

• Student activities and involvement to 

prepare students for employment within 

the industry by bringing in practical 

knowledge 

• Standardization bodies global/local 

• Identify problems in the Indian BAS 

industry, such as upcoming innovations 

and defining the necessary approach 

from the perspective of local industry 

 

Sakhee Chandrayan 

Industry Consultant 

sakhee@yesperanza.com | www.linkedin.com/ 

groups/10395360 


Calendar of BACnet Events 

Date Location Event Information 

2019 Updates are available on www.big-eu.org/en/events 

April 25–27 Mumbai, India World Build India 2019 

www.ite-exhibitions.com, 

info@abec.asia 

May 21–23 Philadelphia/PA, USA Lightfair International www.lightfair.com 

Impressum 

Editorial Notes 


www.bacnetjournal.org 

The BACnet & BMS Journal India is an Indian magazine 

for building automation based on BACnet and other BMS 

technology. Experts, practitioners and professionals 

show the way in applying and developing the BACnet and 

other BMS standards – from building automation trends 

to devices and application projects; from qualification 

and training to testing and certification; from who’s who 

in the BACnet and building automation community to 

useful information on events and resources. 

May 22–24 New Delhi, India 5 th Smart Cities India 2019 Expo 

May 22–24 

Munich, Germany 

13th European BACnet Plugfest, 

executive host: MBS GmbH 

September 25–28 Mumbai, India Automation India Expo 

September 26–27 

September 26–27 

Frankfurt Airport, HOLM, 

Germany 

Frankfurt Airport, HOLM, 

Germany 

November 07–10 Mumbai, India Acetech Mumbai 

BACnet Indoor Mobility Conference – System 

integration in multi-purpose buildings 

BACnet Cyber Security Conference – Active 

Protection of Smart Buildings 

www.smartcitiesindia.com, 

aruns@eigroup.in 

www.bacnetplugfest.org, 

info@big-eu.org 

www.automationindiaexpo.com, 

arokiaswamy@iedcommunications.com 

BIG-EU Office, 

www.indoor-mobility-conference.org 

BIG-EU Office, 

www.cyber-security-conference.org 

www.etacetech.com, 

info@etacetech.com 

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2020 Updates are available on www.big-eu.org/en/events 

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