COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION TO BUILDING AUTOMATION 1 1 WHAT IS BUILDING AUTOMATION? 1 1 1 BUILDING AUTOMATION IN PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS 1 1 2 BUILDING AUTOMATION IN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS 1 2 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUILDING AUTOMATION AND BUILDING CONTROL 1 2 1 SYSTEMS IN BUILDING AUTOMATION 1 2 2 SYSTEMS IN BUILDING CONTROL 1 3 THE STRUCTURE OF BUILDING AUTOMATION AND CONTROL NETWORKS 1 3 1 THE HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE OF BUILDING AUTOMATION 1 3 2 THE HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE IN BUILDING CONTROL 1 4 ENERGY MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS 1 4 1 PAY BACK PERIOD 1 4 2 ENERGY MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS AT THE AUTOMATION LEVEL 1 4 3 ENERGY MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS AT THE MANAGEMENT LEVEL 1 5 COMFORT, CONVENIENCE, AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN ROOM AUTOMATION 1 6 STANDARDIZED BUS SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS IN BUILDING AUTOMATION 1 6 1 BUS SYSTEM AND NETWORK REQUIREMENTS 1 6 2 BUS SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS: AREAS OF USE 1 6 3 CURRENT STANDARDS LITERATURE 2 THE BASICS OF INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 2 1 INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATION 2 1 1 FIELD BUS COMMUNICATION 2 1 2 COMMUNICATION OVER NETWORKS 2 2 DIGITAL DATA TRANSFER: IMPORTANT TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 2 2 1 KEY TERMS 2 2 2 BINARY AND HEXADECIMAL NUMBERS 2 2 2 DIGITAL DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS 2 2 3 THE ISO/OSI REFERENCE MODEL 2 3 FIELD BUS AND NETWORK: IMPORTANT TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 2 3 1 NETWORK TOPOLOGY 2 3 2 MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL METHODS 3 KONNEX 3 1 INTRODUCTION 3 1 1 WHAT IS KONNEX? 3 1 2 THE BENEFITS OF KONNEX 3 1 3 THE KNX ASSOCIATION 3 1 4 REASONS FOR LEARNING ABOUT KNX 3 1 5 LEARNING OBJECTIVES 3 1 6 STAIRWELL AND CORRIDOR LIGHTING IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING 3 2 CONVENTIONAL INSTALLATION TECHNOLOGY 3 2 1 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 3 2 2 ON/OFF SWITCHING CIRCUITS 3 2 3 CHANGEOVER SWITCHING CIRCUITS 3 2 4 CROSSOVER SWITCHING CIRCUITS 3 3 OVERVIEW OF KONNEX 3 4 KNX BUS DEVICES 3 4 1 TYPES OF BUS DEVICES 3 4 2 FREQUENTLY USED BUS DEVICES 3 5 TOPOLOGY 3 5 1 NODES, LINES, AND AREAS 3 5 2 POWER SUPPLY UNITS (WITH A CHOKE) 3 5 3 COUPLERS 3 5 4 ADDRESSING NODES (DEVICES) 3 5 5 FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT LINES 3 5 6 INSTALLATION GUIDELINES 3 5 7 BLOCK DIAGRAMS AND STANDARDIZED DEVICE SYMBOLS 3 6 TRANSMISSION MEDIA AND KNX TP BUS SIGNALS 3 6 1 TRANSMISSION MEDIA 3 6 2 BUS SIGNALS ON KNX TP 3 6 3 BIT RATE WITH KNX TP 3 7 THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS 3 7 1 FRAME TYPES: DATA AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FRAMES 3 7 2 UART CHARACTERS 3 7 3 BUS ARBITRATION 3 7 4 LIMITING THE NUMBER OF TIMES A FRAME IS FORWARDED: ROUTING COUNTER 3 7 5 USER DATA 3 7 6 ERROR DETECTION 3 7 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENT FRAMES 3 7 8 THE LENGTH OF THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS THE STRUCTURE OF A DATA FRAME 3 8 KNX HARDWARE EXTERNAL HARDWARE INTERNAL HARDWARE 3 9 KNX SOFTWARE OVERVIEW THE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS IN A COMPACT DEVICE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS IN A MODULAR DEVICE SYSTEM SOFTWARE APPLICATION PROGRAMS ENGINEERING TOOL SOFTWARE, VERSION 3 3 10 PUTTING THE THEORY INTO PRACTICE 3 10 1 A BASIC KNX SYSTEM: A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE 3 10 2 PRACTICE PROJECT: LIGHTING CONTROL 3 10 3 COMMISSIONING 3 10 4 TESTING THE LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM 3 10 5 DIAGNOSTICS/MONITORING THE BUS 3 11 TRENDS 3 11 1 TOUCH-SCREEN CONTROL PANELS 3 11 2 INTEGRATING BUILDING CONTROL INTO IP NETWORKS 4 BUILDING AUTOMATION WITH LONWORKS® 4 1 INTRODUCTION 4 1 1 CENTRAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY 4 1 2 DECENTRALIZED BUILDING AUTOMATION AND COMMUNICATION 4 1 3 FURTHER DECENTRALIZATION AND OPEN COMMUNICATION STANDARDS 4 1 4 LEARNING OBJECTIVES 4 2 THE BENEFITS OF LONWORKS® TECHNOLOGY 4 2 1 USE IN BUILDING CONTROL 4 2 2 USING LON TECHNOLOGY AT THE AUTOMATION LEVEL 4 3 THE HISTORY OF LONWORKS® 4 3 1 THE USE OF LONWORKS TECHNOLOGY WORLDWIDE 4 3 2 LONMARK INTERNATIONAL 4 3 3 STANDARDIZATION 4 4 BASICS OF THE LONWORKS SYSTEM 4 4 1 COMPONENTS 4 4 2 COMPONENTS AND FUNCTIONALITY OF A LON DEVICE 4 5 TRANSFER OF INFORMATION BETWEEN LON DEVICES 4 5 1 PHYSICAL NETWORK TOPOLOGIES 4 5 2 MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND SIGNAL CODING 4 5 3 THE STRUCTURE OF A DATA FRAME 4 5 4 LOGICAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE WITH NETWORK VARIABLES 4 5 5 INTEROPERABILITY OF LON DEVICES 4 6 LONWORKS TOOLS 4 6 1 DEVELOPMENT TOOLS: LONBUILDER AND NODEBUILDER 4 6 2 NETWORK INTEGRATION TOOLS 4 7 LONWORKS SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 4 7 1 BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH LON 4 7 2 CONNECTING LON NETWORKS TO THE INTERNET 4 8 EXAMPLES OF USE 4 8 1 LIGHTING CONTROL WITH LON 4 8 2 A LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH A PANIC BUTTON USING LON 5 BACNET 5 1 INTRODUCTION 5 1 1 LEARNING OBJECTIVES 5 1 2 BACNET ORGANIZATIONS 5 1 3 AREAS OF USE 5 1 4 OVERVIEW OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES 5 1 5 THE BACNET COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE 5 2 TRANSMISSION MEDIA, THE DATA LINK LAYER AND THE PHYSICAL LAYER AND EIA-232 5 2 2 POINT-TO-POINT 5 2 3 ETHERNET 5 2 4 ARCNET 5 2 5 LONTALK 5 3 THE NETWORK LAYER 5 3 1 PURPOSE 5 3 2 BACNET AND INTERNET PROTOCOLS 5 4 THE APPLICATION LAYER 5 4 1 OBJECTS 5 4 2 BACNET SERVICES 5 4 3 BACNET PROCEDURES 5 5 BACNET DEVICES AND INTEROPERABILITY 5 5 1 INTEROPERABILITY AREAS AND BUILDING BLOCKS 5 5 2 BACNET DEVICE PROFILES 5 5 3 PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION CONFORMANCE, CONFORMANCE TEST AND CERTIFICATION OF BACNET DEVICES 5 6 GATEWAYS TO OTHER SYSTEMS REFERENCES