Andover Controls Announces New Line of Native BACnet Controllers; First Manufacturer to Integrate All Building Functions under a Single BACnet-Compliant System.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003 Andover Controls Corporation announces a new product line of native BACnet controllers and front-end workstation software. The Company's Continuum(R) BACnet Family will be available for ordering this May. BACnet is a data communication protocol and an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. worldwide standard for Building Automation and Control networks developed under the auspices of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration refrigeration, process for drawing heat from substances to lower their temperature, often for purposes of preservation. Refrigeration in its modern, portable form also depends on insulating materials that are thin yet effective. , and Air -Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers ). Designed in strict accordance with ASHRAE standard 135-2001, Andover's native BACnet products can interoperate with other BACnet devices without the need for gateways. No special protocol converters are needed, saving users valuable system configuration time and ongoing maintenance costs. Schools, universities, governments, and other organizations have chosen BACnet to be their standard communications protocol Hardware and software standards that govern data transmission between computers. The term "protocol" is very generic and is used for hundreds of different communications methods. A protocol may define the packet structure of the data transmitted or the control commands that manage the primarily for temperature control and DDC See VESA DDC. systems. Andover Controls takes BACnet a step further by incorporating the protocol seamlessly with their Continuum integrated building solution. Building managers can now incorporate all their building subsystems under a single, BACnet-compliant facility management system. Andover Controls is the first manufacturer to combine BACnet temperature control with security/card access, badging, power and lighting, even digital video, as well as other vendors' BACnet and proprietary devices. Plus, with Andover's dedicated BACnet front-end workstation, users have true single-seat control of their entire facility while managing multiple systems and vendors; or get instant web access to their building system from anywhere with Andover's BACnet web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. package, web.Client(TM). To find out more about Andover Controls and their new BACnet family of controllers, visit their web site at www.andovercontrols.com/BACnet. Andover Controls designs, manufactures, and installs "smart building" systems that ensure the security, comfort, and efficiency of buildings. Founded in 1975, the company has over 40,000 systems installed in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, Asia, and Australia. It is part of publicly held Balfour Beatty plc, a British engineering conglomerate. |
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