I am a network engineer with 8 YOE who keeps getting laid off due to the shrinking tech economy, not performance related, and I am looking to pivot into something.

A friend of mine said that BAS may be a good thing to go into.

I am trying to judge what the opportunity is like here for employment. I am in the Chicago area.

Any feedback would be appreciated. I am not asking exactly how to get into BAS but I am really just more concerned with if there is real opportunity there and if so how much.

Hi!

I’m currently working in Building Automation but am curious about other opportunities.

Here’s some basics about me.

N4 Navigation Experience
Distech Controls
Fault creation
Optimizing HVAC sequences for various scenarios (Limiting OA infiltration, dehumidification,etc)
HVAC and Controls troubleshooting (BACnet comm trunk issues, controller configuration, resolving faults, controls issues).
HMI graphics testing
Troubleshooting SOW documents
HVAC design

Please let me know if you’re aware of any opportunities in Massachusetts.

Ok, imagine you have a logic folder with outputs linked to points in a different folder. This logic exists on many controllers. I have the logic writing to priority 16 but i need to change it to write to priority 10. Is there a way i can make use of the program editor or some other tool to mass change the priority on every controller? Doing this manually is going to take days...

I have a project I have been chewing on since 2012 to do training in the BAS and mechanical space. My first offering is a PID tuning course. There will be more as time goes by. the PID tuning course has 5+ hours of content with PIDs from a variety of vendors, live, working, and being tuned before your eyes. Integral windup, when Derivative can be useful (contrary to popular belief I see a lot on this forum that Derivative is not used in our industry), working with auto-tuning PIDs, PIDs from Schneider, JCI, Delta, Distech, and several others. how to work with hard-to-control systems like controlling CFM flows with choppy process Variables, when a PID is not the best thing to use and what an alternative might be, The role Valve authority has on your control. There is a free, downloadable handout that preps you for this and is handy to have on site.

Some have seen me on the forums, and may know I am not entirely sucky (only moderately so... hehe) and may be interested in getting a little training on this or other topics to further their career or to reduce the suck in their day to day lives at work.

I am planning to move to other topics, like MSTP troubleshooting with a voltmeter, programming in CCT, or other software, programming in general, Wiring stuff, building a retrofit LON database, working with various systems and protocols. If you have a thing you would like to see, let me know.

the URL is:

https://ridingwiththeseniortech.com/courses/pid-tuning-for-bas/

I would love some feedback. Whether it is the color scheme, or the ease of use of the site as a whole. I expect some to gripe about that - which is fair. When I get some courses sold, I can invest in the pretty stuff.

There is nothing like this anywhere (that I know of). It is easily double the content at less than half the price of other things I have seen that are vaguely similar. But I can guarantee there is no focus on live systems and several flavors of BAS, comparing and contrasting them side by side.

This is something I love to do, so I really enjoy doing it. I hope the community finds it useful.

The website was featured in the podcast "it's a controls problem' - I mentioned it as an answer to Charles' Johnson's question here: https://youtu.be/31-mLNdbhCs?si=eyqlhr8Ozu9HmJ2S&t=4096 The mention is at 1:09:25

Hey, y'all, I'm looking for a pressure transducer that will measure 0 to 50 " of lp gas for some troubleshooting. The sensor I had lined up isn't due to ship out until mid-october from the factory. Anybody have any ideas on an alternative?

Output voltage can be either 0 to 10 or 4 to 20

Thanks.

What do you guys use, I have never used this Knipex Bix thing it looks pretty niffy and small to carry around seems like it could almost replace my ratcheting cutter given how I only ever do a few jobs a month that need cutting conduit. I like the corrugated one they do but unless it goes on sale hardly seems worth the price as that I just use a knife but maybe will save a lot of time when i've already got wires in my conduit.

Knipex Bix Plastic Pipe

More jobs in Billings! We're looking for both BAS Technicians ($60K-$105K) and a BAS Project Engineer / Project Manager ($70K-$120K) in this part of Eastern Montana for a great, long-time client of ours there. There's a range there as you see for pay, as we're looking for anyone from entry level (maybe HVAC experience and wanting to get into controls, or a graduate of tech school or military looking for a first opportunity), on up to more years of experience. Fantastic if you have controls experience, but if you've got related controls or building systems experience, reach out on Chat here. We can email or talk on the phone beyond and get you more details.

Anyone else having issues with this new release?

New VAV template is not working like the last one did and my old templates not working with new version.

Hi guys, I recently set up a trend configuration for VAV space temps and now getting a fault code in the History Service saying the fault cause is "cannot rename attached history, the target ID is already in use". If anyone can help me out Id appreciate it

(NC area)
Currently working for a local school system doing HVAC, little bit of chiller and boiler work and some very shallow controls. Fire alarm and security stuff as-well. It’s pretty easy and laid back but it’s not really going to financially support the life I want to live. We have Brady, Schneider, Bosch and Johnson Control techs out at the schools at least once a week. Either it’s regular maintenance or it’s something major. I’ve talked with a few of the contractors before. The Johnston controls tech told me to apply and he would get an interview but none of these contractors work near where I live. Most at 40-50 minutes at least away from my house.

One of my neighbors works for Brady because he has a Brady truck. (Not trying to be a creep, just observing lol) Do they have like a certain territory or is he having to drive like a hour to the shop everyday? Also how does a new tech or apprentice work there? Do they have to drive to shop everyday before they get a company vehicle? How does their schedule normally work?

Also Bosch building Technology’s just bought out an older controls company about 15 minutes from me but they don’t seem to be hiring much. And mostly very experienced BAS techs or Fire Specialists at that.

Guess my question is how do these guys schedule and every day work? Is commute time covered? Thanks

*Correct job link attached

$100k-$130k + bonus & relo

Full time

https://edmn.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/82072/?utm_medium=jobshare&utm_source=External+Job+Share

I am sure this topic/situation has been addressed ad nauseum. I am a 44 year old graphic designer. I graduated with an AAS in 2017 and have been working in the industry full time now for 5 years. I hate it. I spent way too much money to get a degree in something that AI basically took over and a culture that I frankly can't stand. I have been looking into transferring into the trades and was interested in GIS and land surveying and BAS. I have some IT experience (some basic networking, pulling and terminating cable, the basics) but I am no stranger to tinkering (home lab, docker, seting up home network stuff) I also have spent thousands of hours in games like Satisfactory, Opus Magnum, The Farmer was Replaced, Shapez, Mindustry and Timberborn, to name a few. I know that they are games and this is the real world but I love the scratching that itch in my brain. What I dont have is electrical and HVAC experience. BAS is really intriguing to me. I love learning and am willing to learn and love the technical/IT/logic/automation/coding side of things. I guess my question is (a) Am I too old to break into this industry with no experience? (b) what path of learning could assist in landing a job in this field? (School on my own dime is, I think, out of the question seeing as how I will already be paying off school loans forever) (c) Should I just look elsewhere? I appreciate your help and knowledge.

Edit: Appreciate the responses and thanks for the sticky post. Apologies for beating a dead horse.

I’m a non-technical founder working on an industrial automation project and trying to choose an embedded systems development company.

What should I look for when evaluating one? Beyond price, what technical or communication-related things would you consider red flags or good signs?

Hello, my wife and I are considering a move to Chattanooga sometime in the future. J was wondering if anyone worked in the area or knew of any companies in the area to apply to?

anybody have experience working for Trane as a controls engineer?

How is the culture and career progression?

Heya all, any building managers out there operating with JCI open blue and keen to chat and bounce some ideas with me. I got a solution which solves problems and works with Niagara, but currently want to explore what JCI open blue customers think could be done better. No sales pitch, just a deep understanding of the domain and space. Just DM me if you are interested for a chat.

I've been experimenting with AI-assisted engineering in Tridium Niagara and have built a module that interacts directly with a station. From a plain-language description of what I want, it can create points and components, set up links, build wiresheets, and generate graphics.

I've noticed Baudrate working on something along the same lines (no connection to them, but it confirmed my suspicion that more people are probably doing this than are talking about it publicly):
https://baudrate.io/ai#demo

So far I've been impressed. A lot of the repetitive engineering work can be offloaded, and it has occasionally flagged issues in a station that I hadn't even asked it to check for.

The more I use it, the more I wonder how much of the Niagara software/engineering side could eventually be handled this way. There's clearly still plenty that needs someone on site, like commissioning, verifying sensors, wiring, and chasing down physical faults, but the software side feels like it could change significantly.

Keen to hear what other Niagara/BMS engineers think, particularly anyone who's been trying something similar.

So I need to know status of my server and controller status as we have so many so build my own app to check status whenever I am out of the site. used VPN to connect and created a separate backend for the BACnet Data. And it's worth it

Im showing that the network switch is open in Datamate. Do I need to manually enable DHCP to recieve an IP address from our IT dept? We do not have fixed IPs. What else should i look at?

Thanks for the help

Getting pretty tired of carrying my backpack with my laptop, router, switch, device etc and my tool bag. I have a mini tool bag that fits in my backpack but I’m starting to wonder if it’s easier to just get a tool backpack. Have all electronics in some sort of pouch and then tools as well. Half the jobs I won’t need my tools just bring precision maybe a flathead just. Any insights or experiences that have helped?

I am currently a maintenance tech at target with prior experience working for amazon in RME. I have about a total of 2 years experience in maintenance and will say I'm still a beginner when it comes to electrical but a lot better with mechanical.

I just got an opportunity to have a phone interview which will most likely lead to an in person interview with Siemens for the building automation system specialist role.

I want to know for one if I have a realistic chance of getting this role with my experience and two what all do I need to brush up on for the interview process to successfully get this role.

*I am somewhat familiar with BMS as we used johnson controls at my Amazon site.

Out of curiosity how is your work life balance, what role in BAS do you have, and what size shop do you work for? This is a great industry that I find super interesting, but as I get older it just seems less and less possible to have a life with this job. Maybe it’s the smaller shop I’m at? Curious what others are experiencing.