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Section 7 – Database Support

Database IntegrationsExport using:

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Trane Summit Network

Niagara AX Web Supervisor

CorporateDB

Legacy Network Data Flow Direct

Data Flow through Web Supervisor

KEY

DB Integration – Why?

• Make BAS data part of the Enterprise– Financial management– Asset management– Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems– IT information systems

• Make BAS data available to other systems– Work order management– Capital improvement systems– Energy management

Data Integration Methodologies Using:

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Custom JAVA exporterSQL QueriesOracle Queries EmailJava DB Connectivity SNMPWeb Services HTMLXMLOPCoBIX

DB Interface Definitions/Uses

• Exporters – design to move data from matrix formats in JENEsys™ generally to Microsoft applications such as Access or Excel

• DB Queries (SQL, BQL, Oracle) – allow JENEsys™ stored data to be retrieved by standardized query languages.

– Queries allow the user to specify a description of the desired result set, but it is left to the devices to perform the physical operations that produce the result


• SNMP – Simple Network Management Protocol – an open Internet standard – SNMP exposes data on the managed system (JENEsys™). This data can be queried (monitored) and written to (controlled) by the management system

• XML – eXtended Markup Language – a fee-free, open Internet standard whose purpose is to help information systems share structured data via the Internet– Standardizes JENEsys data so any database application, program

or system can read, share and communicate with the JENE.– XML allows sharing of information between new and legacy data

applications without spending any money on s/w acquisition


oBIX - OASIS Open Building Information Exchange

• From an industry point of view– Open Standard Protocol, XML based

• From a Tridium point of view – The primary use of oBIX is to enable Niagara R2 systems to

communicate with Niagara AX (JENEsys™) – based systems

– R2 Development ended with launch of AX in 2005 but R2 systems are widely installed and continue to be sold by some OEMs – notably TAC/Invensys

Section 7 Takeaways

• Methods of DB Integration are numerous

• Integration methods generally have a license fee associated with them

• Most DB Integrations require:– Inclusion of PC-based Web Supervisor software on the

network– Transfer of data to Web Supervisor from the JENEsys™

platform– This requires a communication protocol to be licensed on the

JENEsys™ platform – BACnet or Fox– Fox is the primary protocol used Niagara to Niagara IP

communication

Questions: Section 7

Section 8 – Key Sales Points

Value Pyramid

Val

ue

Competition

Mechanical Equipment

Chillers

Control Systems

Parts

Service

BAS Software

Energy Management Software

Power Demand Management

Facility Management

DB Integration

Legacy Integration

3rd Party application integration

Total Building Solutions $

Sales Benefits

• Preserves customer investment in legacy systems– Extend the life of existing control systems

• Saves customer money by deferring product replacement

• Makes legacy systems and new Trane systems part of an integrated BAS network - “Embrace not Replace”….

• Legacy driver applications allow sharing of data from one system to another, allows greater flexibility for the customer when choosing equipment or services

Sales BenefitsSales Benefits

• Future proof technology – open solution

• Customer owns the IP and programming tools

• Multi-tier enterprise level system allows user to extend

beyond HVAC control. (Lighting, Security, Energy

Modeling, etc)

• Highly Scalable. Stand alone small building to multiple

instances all communicating together

Lynxspring™ Benefits to TraneLynxspring™ Benefits to Trane

• JENEsys™ products and related services complement

not compete with Trane controls and equipment

• JENEsys™ enhances Trane’s position as solution

providers (equipment, service, control, energy reduction,

information, etc) by delivering flexible hardware and

software options to meet your customer needs.

• JENEsys™ product help expand existing Trane offerings

(equipment sales, service, etc)

• Lynxspring provides secure access to Niagara

technology and outstanding support of your technical

and sales efforts

Section 8 Takeaways

• JENEsys™ adds planks to Trane’s value pyramid

• Key sales point is the preservation of client’s investment in controls and equipment

• JENEsys™ provides a future proof benefit to users

• JENEsys™ provides user with the freedom of choice– Choice between Embrace or Replace

Section 9 – Legacy Solutions

Eliminate the Integration “Gotchas”

• Integration team requires someone with specific knowledge of the target control system. This can be a client employee, integration team member or a third party

• Integration may require 3rd party devices be installed in the target system

• The end client needs to provide Integration team with a list of points in the target system that require integration and the list needs to clearly indentify monitor points (read) and control points (read/write).

• End client needs to provide the integration team with access to the system during the life of the integration project – including any maintenance period

Client Vs. Server ArchitectureClient Vs. Server ArchitectureN2 Integration ExamplesN2 Integration Examples

N2 System

Bus

Ethernet LAN

N2 Manager

JENE is Managed by N2 Master

This is a “Server” Type License

Standard Browser

PDA/Cell

JENE Manages N2 Devices

This is a “Client” Type License

CLIENT TYPE SERVER TYPE

N2 System

Bus

Open Client Drivers

Driver Description Available From

Price Published

?

BACnet IP Client BACNet IP Client over Ethernet Lynxspring Yes

BACnet MS/TP BACNet MS/TP over RS-232 or RS-485 Lynxspring Yes

LON LON over twisted pair, FTT-10 Port (client and server) Lynxspring Yes

iLON iLON over Ethernet (client and server) Lynxspring Yes

Modbus RTU Modbus RTU over RS-232 or RS-485 Lynxspring Yes

Modbus TCP Modbus TCP over Ethernet Lynxspring Yes

M-Bus M-bus serial and IP Note1 Lynxspring No

oBIX Client oBIX Client over Ethernet Note1 Lynxspring No

OPC Client OPC Client over Ethernet Lynxspring Yes

SMS SMS over Ethernet Lynxspring No

SNMP SNMP over Ethernet Lynxspring No

Z-Wave Z-Wave via ACT RS232 to wireless interface Lynxspring No

Open Server Drivers

Driver Description Available From Price Published?

BACnet IP Server BACNet IP Server over EthernetLynxspring Yes

Modbus RTU Slave Modbus RTU Slave over RS-232 or RS-485Lynxspring Yes

Modbus TCP Slave Modbus TCP Slave over EthernetLynxspring Yes

oBIX Server oBIX Server over Ethernet Note1

Lynxspring No

OPC Server OPC Server over Ethernet Note1

Lynxspring No

Legacy Client Drivers

Driver Description Available FromPrice

Published?

AAM PHP American Automatix PHP over RS-232 or RS-485 Lynxspring Yes

AAM PUP American Automatix PUP over RS-232 or RS-485 Lynxspring Yes

Andover AC256 Andover AC256 over RS-232 or RS-485 Lynxspring Yes

Andover Infinity/Continuum Andover Infinity/Continuum Lynxspring No

Barber Coleman GCM Network 8000 RS232 driver Note2 Call No

Barber Coleman GCM Network 8000 RS232 driver Note1 Lynxspring No

Barber Coleman ASD Network 8000 ASD RS485 Driver Note1 Lynxspring No

Clipsal Cgate Server Driver Lynxspring No

Dynalite Dynalite Note2 Call No

E-Mon Meters Class 300, 500, and IDRs Note2 Call No

Global Cache Global Cache over Ethernet Note1 Lynxspring No

Helvar Helvar via RS232 to DALI interface Note1 Lynxspring No

Honeywell C-BUS AX interface to Softyon C-Bus OPC Server Call No

Honeywell C-BUS OPC interface to Softyon C-Bus OPC Server Call No

Honeywell Security Vista Note1 Call No

Honeywell Hometronic Hometronic via RS232 to wireless interface Note1 Call No

Horstmann Mainscomm Hortsmann powerline via RS232 interface module Note1 Call No

Legacy Client Drivers

Driver Description Available FromPrice

Published?

Johnson Controls N2 Open Lynxspring Yes

Josam Grease Trap Sensor Josam Grease Trap Sensor Note1 Call No

Lang Oven Lang Oven over RS-232 or RS-485 Note1 Call No

Motion Control Engineering Motion Control Elevator Controller Interface over Ethernet Note2 Call No

OMRON FINS Ethernet Protocol Note1 Lynxspring No

Resol Resol via RS232 port Note1 Call No

Siebe, Robertshaw Microsmart Lynxspring No

Siemens System 600/Apogee RS-232 to MMI port Note2 Call No

Sonance/IPORT IPOD docking station Note1 Call No

TCS/BASYS RS-485 driver Note1 Call No

Trend Serial IQ Serial Driver Note1 Call No

Trend Ethernet IQ Ethernet Driver Note1 Lynxspring No

Ubiwave Ubiwave Note1 Call No

Veeder Root VeederRoot over RS-232 or RS-485 Note1 Lynxspring No

Wattstopper Miro Control of Miro wireless lighting devices Note2 Call No

Driver Notes

• Note 1– Contact Lynxspring for Information

• Note 2– Driver published by independent developer

Niagara Legacy

• Niagara R2 is the original O/S supported by Tridium– Stopped development in 2005– Continue to sell and support this O/S

Vykon contractors TAC Invensys dealers Staefa dealers

• JENEsys™ O/S is AX

• Method to communicate R2 to AX is through the oBIX driver

• If an opportunity is specified “Niagara”, be sure to determine if it is R2 or AX

• Call Lynxspring for clarification if necessary

NiCS - NIagara Compatibility Statement

• Licensing model for Niagara OEMs to define levels and types of interoperability

• Two primary interactions– Sharing of data between stations (application)– Ability of the programming tool to engineer the station

• Limits are for security or competitive reasons• JENEsys™ and tools are completely open– Any Niagara-certified technician can work on the system

• Customers can always get the stations and programming tools (by others) opened up for Trane

Implications: Service of the system

Section 9 Takeaways

• Qualify your opportunities

• Clearly identify the target systems

• Develop a plan

• Eliminate “gotchas”

• Know which drivers are off-the-shelf pricing and which require consultation with Lynxspring

• Be aware of differences in Niagara R2 and AX

• NiCS – Who can service the system(s)

Section 10 – Solution Examples

Testimonials

Using JENEsys™ we can sell more Trane controls, not less. And we have just touched the surface of the potential that can be reached by combining the JENEsys™ solution with standard Trane controls. The JENEsys product opens up more options. For example, we have the option of better integration to competitors' systems. This opens up opportunities for more Trane controls to be sold, and helps connect us with new customers to broaden our base of potential service contracts.

…Steve Brimeyer of Trane Des Moines

Testimonials

Lynxspring products have increased both our controls and equipment business by allowing us to integrate into other people’s systems. This has resulted in both increased equipment and service business. We now are able to talk to customers that we couldn’t talk to in the past. We are doing a job right now with a school district that has four Johnson schools and one Honeywell. Before Lynxspring we would not have been considered. With Lynxspring, we have the job.

…Kevin Hauser at Harshaw Trane

Testimonials

The Lynxspring product has helped us secure new business as well as expand our horizons on existing or new Summit. The product has made it possible for us to respond to requests from customers to integrate other competitive systems into our Summit Workstation. Recently, Lynxspring assisted us with integration information from Network8000 through Lynxspring to Summit and we have responded favorably to the customer. We have also used it to expand from our Summit system on a campus of one of the Energy Industry customers to pick up two JCI buildings and integrate the information through our Summit workstation.

…From Al Connelly at the Hunton Group (Houston Trane)

Testimonials

Lynxspring has “top graded” our capabilities by providing Trane Arkansas with a larger tool set and more flexibility. As a result our people got better. We were also better able to focus on retrofit and service opportunities. Also, we had lost out to Niagara™ on some campus and government contracts and Lynxspring let us come back to compete for those jobs.

…Frank Mayfield of Trane Arkansas

Arkansas Trane’s Frank Mayfield’s Case Study

| 2008 WEBINAR on SYSTEM INTEGRATION with a TRANE Focus |

Tactic #1: Target Competitive Controls Systems as Service Opportunities

• Use knowledge of competitive controls to expand share of service customers

• Meet the owner’s need for comfort, reliability, efficiency

• Start with maintaining the incumbent system

• Leverage the lament: “It’s not working now and it’s never worked!”


Tactic #2: Map the Migration Path

• System Migration is going from proprietary to open

• System Migration is site specific

• Plan for spare parts through integration to become independent of the incumbent

• Promote an open vision– Web enabled– Competitive bidding for expansion and service– Single seat operation– Virtual services

• Sell the vision


Tactic #3: Make the building work better

• Selectively apply systems knowledge to enhance building operation

• Define your performance with the building stake holders

• Some items to consider for fast improvement:– Throttling ranges of VAV controller– Reset setpoints to relax the system– Nail humidity problems


Tactic #4: Overthrow the incumbent

• System crash issues

• Central Plant Efficiency

• System Obsolescence– Parts not available, not reasonable about $– Workstation operating system (OS/2, win95)

• Single source for controls and equipment

• Is there hostility towards the incumbent?

• Plant the flag, Install the integration platform


Chenal Country Club

• 800 point Siemens' System 600• Long standing equipment relationship• Took advantage of poor performance of the

incumbent to get the control service contract.• Sold integration with JENE prior to major expansion

and upgrade of facility• Siemens to JENE to Summit (BACnet)• Spec read “connect to existing Summit system”


Cypress Plaza

• Longstanding equipment relationship

• Andover OS/2 front end crashed

• Andover bid $15,000 to replace

• We cut their number and wound up paying some tuition

• There is still an orange box on the wall

• Building has renewed 3 times since Integration

• Mediocre relationship between owner and Andover went sour


Andover

• RS232 interface, dependent upon their building level panel for data

• Long update times, takes patience to operate

• Tough to support, have to reload data in segments


Siemens

• Ditto from Andover, low fidelity integration

• Be careful of taking on a new hospital with Div 17 integrations

• Comfortable with SCU’s and MBC’s


TAC Vista

• 2 communications link configurations– Classic (LonWorks)– Lon (LonMark)

• Once you touch a classic network with a 3rd party tool the network is in jeopardy

• TAC LonMark is very well behaved

• Easy tunneling through JENE and ProBuilder with Menta engineering software


Johnson Controls

• JENE has both N2 Server and Client

• Our initial jobs were using FX 40, “Johnson JACE”, N2 driver and everything else Niagara


Other AX Drivers

• BC Network 8000

• CSI INET

• BACnet MSTP – Alerton, Delta, Reliable, KMC, etc.


Niagara Framework

• Distech• Carrier One• Staeffa• Invensys• Honeywell• Vykon• Know the rules of access for other Niagara based

systems• Know the vendor specific tools


Caveat Integrator

• Must have a “native guide”• Tools for set up and programming legacy unit controllers

need to evaluated and maintained• Integrations occur at different levels within competitive system

architectures, understand the “where and how”• Know the pitfalls, manage customer expectations • Andover, CSI, JCI, Siemens Div 17 elements raise the bar• Avoid one offs & don’t get spread too thin• Know what’s important: schedules and setpoints carry large

weight for everyday operators


Caveat Vendor

• Know the facts that threaten the credibility of the incumbent

• Clients sometimes will “keep dancing with the one that brought us”

• Most of Trane Arkansas’ JENE installations have a Summit front end

• Compliment the ICS story

• Step into the role of “best of breed” solutions provider

| 2008 Lynxspring Partner Conference | Paradigm Return to Energy Savings |

Arkansas Trane History with System Integration

• Andover

• Alerton

• Echelon (Distech, Viconics, HVAC equipment)

• Johnson

• KMC

• Siemens


The Untouchables

• Novar

• TAC classic network


Summary of Essential Information

• Fluency in legacy system, “native guide”• Tools for legacy system• Integration platform and protocol translators– JENE– Appropriate drivers

• Map of the job– Current layout– What are the system’s actual functions?– Where are they stashed?

• Applications knowledge– HVAC systems– IT


The Intangible Ingredients

• Customer Expectations– Speed– Fidelity– Connectivity– Simplicity

• Customer Tolerance for Change– One Client – Many Customers: Board Room to Boiler Room– Thermostat and Time Clock “habits”


Relationship Progression

• Repair

• Maintenance

• Enhancement

• Displace legacy OEM

• Listen and Discover

• Develop and Advocate a System Migration strategy

Section 10 Takeaways

• JENEsys™ is working with many Trane offices as an Integration enabler

• There are many examples within the Trane community of successful integrations

• Review Frank Mayfield’s case study material for valuable and specific information

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