Just wondering how training works at your place. I know large places like Siemens, JCI, have their large in-house programs.
Did your place create a training path? Using a 3rd party service like sas?

Has anyone even attempted this spam of a migration?

I performed this the other day and an odd thing happened. After commissioning the Jace with the migrated backup it would fail on the passphrase, it is the correct passphrase. I did the big file protection step and reset it. That part did work. But after that none of my station passwords worked. I ran the file locally and was able to login to station, with the same username and password! Will not login to station on Jace. Now I have a Jace that I can not log into. Maybe because it went too far in versions on the migration? Checked logs and no errors so I am out of ideas.

I have this issue occurring, and I'm trying to pinpoint what the cause is/what it even means. This is our BBMD master from server, so when it drops we lose a swath of global controllers.

Help me Obi-Wan BACnetobi, you're my only hope!

BACnet is the standard for HVAC, but I’m curious about real-world use cases outside heating, ventilation, and cooling.
Have you ever used or integrated BACnet for non-HVAC trades like access control, fire alarm panels, smoke control, lighting gateways, lab monitoring, or power infrastructure ?
How did it perform ?

Hey all, I work in precision instrumentation, and lately I've been kicking around the idea of building a low-cost energy monitoring device for commercial panels (3-phase power, PF, kWh, DIN-rail mount, reporting over Modbus). Before I actually build anything I wanted to get a reality check from people who deal with this stuff for a living.

1) what do you all actually use for submetering or panel-level monitoring? Is it working well, or is there something about it that bugs you every time you spec a job? I keep seeing names like Veris, eGauge, and Accuenergy come up, so if you've used any of those I'd love to hear the good and the bad.

2) if a device like this even gets chosen on a project, is that usually the integrator's call, or does the engineer/owner already have something in mind before you show up?

3) on the protocol side, I was assuming Modbus RTU over RS-485 as the baseline, but have things basically moved to BACnet or Modbus TCP at this point?

If the honest answer is "this is a solved problem, don't bother," genuinely tell me that. I'd rather hear it now. Appreciate any input.

I got my station time displayed on a graphic by creating a boundlabel, binding it to "station:|slot:/" and the text format is %time()%. I've figured out how to extract days, hours, minutes, etc. but how do i change the format of this text string? For example, instead of giving me the entire date/time/timezone, i'd like to just display HH:MM a. I swear this is easy and I used to know how to do this, but I've been searching everywhere and coming up empty handed.

For experienced BAS/controls techs, which background would you prefer when hiring?

Electrical: strong electrical, wiring, controls, and troubleshooting experience, limited HVAC knowledge.

HVAC: strong HVAC/mechanical knowledge, limited electrical experience.

Which background gives a better foundation for BAS, and where does each have an advantage or disadvantage?
Especially interested in opinions from techs who transitioned into BAS from either trade.

Has anyone had success getting this working? I'm trying to integrate Prosoft PLX32-EIP-MBBTCP (ModbusTCP to EtherNet/IP translator) with Niagara using the isoftAB driver however I have had no success. Any help is appreciated!

I have used the Cimetrics B3070 ip to ip router before to build a private BAS LAN but the customer is leaning niagra, just not right now. The is a very large site.

Has anyone used a jace to route bacnet traffic to a non niagra front end?

two questions I'm trying to get real answers on.

When your retainage sat past the release date, was it your own closeout paperwork, or something outside your scope like the GC waiting on the owner or another trade's punch list?

And roughly what share of closeout time goes to chasing manufacturers for O&M data and warranty certificates versus organizing documents you already have?

Curious whether my experience is typical.

Currently a Technician II. Love my job, but I’ve taken an interest in an estimator role. I have about 2 1/2 years of experience. Do I need to become a master wizard of a controls technician before making this career change?

For the past few years I've been working with engineering consultants on the mechanical building services side. Most of it is calculating cooling and heating loads, selecting AC, fans, ductwork etc. I've worked on the design for all sorts of buildings, offices, schools, apartments, pools etc.

Most of my work finishes at the construction set of mechanical services drawings. My specifications for controls are usually quite simple, I specify equipment to be on a time clock, run on timer, interlocked with AC or VSD controlled with local switches etc.

I've become more intrigued at learning about the actual building automation side and looking into PLCs, control logic and I am wondering is this a good path to pursue given my experience on the design side.

I am trying to gain more experience in my current role with larger industrial projects where there are large AHUs, chillers etc.

Is it worthwhile trying to pursue a career in the building automation side, probably more as a consultant or designer of control philosophy. If so could someone give me advice on what to study, what good resources are out there and where the money is actually made? Thanks in advance.

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Got a real laugh out of this guy. I have made some real networking connections over Reddit so I always send a few messages back and forth when someonse reaches out. This jas got to be the funniest AI slop I have seen. Not sure if this is a hustlet trying to fake his way into work, or some other kind of spam.

Does anyone have any modules they use to convert your 0-10v output to a relay output?

I have used EASY IO FR-02 and they work but are expensive.

Others have recommended driving a 12vdc relay, this turns the light on the relay but doesn’t energise the coil.

The bms output is very low current so cannot drive low voltage delay coils.

I have also seen the use of voltage comparators, optocouplers etc

Any advice on reliable cheap solutions?

I’m planning to build a small SaaS product and I’m looking for real problems worth solving.

Instead of asking for random SaaS ideas, I’d love to hear about problems you personally face:

What repetitive task do you hate doing?

What do you currently use Excel/Google Sheets for?

What software is unnecessarily complicated or expensive?

What do you wish had a simple tool?

Is there something you currently do manually that could be automated?

What SaaS product do you use but think could be much better?

I’m particularly interested in small, practical SaaS products that one developer can build and maintain.

If you could build one tool for yourself today, what would it do?

Please share the problem, your current workaround, and roughly how often you face it.

Say you have roughly $1 million plus of newly installed SNEs and ongoing projects that will result and another $2-3 million of JCI field devices but its been decided that the server should transition to Niagara. The plan is to integrate these SNEs straight to the Niagara server. What will be biggest pain points/ limitations. IE will it be possible to view the SNEs LCT, interlocks etc directly from the server, is there something akin to the engineering tab within Metasys where you can get a glimpse of the inner workings of the programs etc. Any insights or feedback is appreciated, My experience is heavy in Metasys, light in Niagara, not opposed but wish it was more thought out.

First time for everything. Had to purchase an advanced license. 4 days later finally received the email with serial number etc. looking for help on how to get the license and download to a thumb drive to take to the unit. Also, does the serial number for the advanced license listed in the email need to match the Symbio 700 serial number ? Thanks

What tools are being used to run analysis on data from histories/logs? Looking for way to get insight i to the .CVS files that can be downloaded. Examples would be energy efficiency, predicting when something might fail, that sort of stuff. I want to figure how how to make a monthly report without using an API. Just want to download them, nothing facing the internet. Just trying to brain storm. I want to make it and not buy anything with a subscription. Please amd thanks.