Archive for January, 2010

Day 3

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Today is the third day of BACnet meetings in Orlando, FL. Today is the first of two days devoted for the main SSPC 135 meeting. The morning of these meetings is usually a little "slow", and I say that with all due respect. However, getting everyone on the same page with ...

Alarming Discussions are, well, alarming

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Today is day 2 of the BACnet meetings in Orlando. The first meeting today is the OS-WG, which as of this writing is over its allotted time. This particular working group has been tasked with tackling the very large task of the alarm and event services reboot. These discussions have ...

I’m going to Disneyworld!

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

I'm currently in Orlando, Florida. Not to visit the mouse, but to attend BACnet meetings as part of the 2010 Winter AHR Expo. BACnet is an ASHRAE standard and as such, the SSPC and the various working groups hold their meetings directly prior to the AHR show. The working groups usually ...

We got a vendor ID

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Over the holidays, I decided to "stake my claim" in the BACnet world by obtaining a BACnet vendor identifier from ASHRAE. For those who are unfamiliar with this process, please check bacnet.org. The process is pretty easy, all things considered. There was more paperwork involved with joining the BACnet committee! The ...