The SNC provides automated system-wide control and coordination over multiple field devices under one or more field device networks. Some examples of the system-wide control coordination capabilities include:
- Scheduling: The SNC use BACnet Scheduling Object to automatically command mechanical or electrical equipment to an operational state, such as On/Off, Occupied/Unoccupied, Economy/Comfort, or Heating/Cooling/Economizer/Auto based on a user-defined schedule. You can set the operating parameters according to time of day, days of the week, holidays, or calendar dates.
- Alarm and event management: The SNC can generate alarms based on user-defined criteria; to send alarm and event messages to web browsers, email servers, and Network Management Systems; and to store and view alarm and event logs, can monitor and process BACnet Intrinsic Alarming, and transfer the data to the Server.
- Network-wide system interlocking: The SNC can collect data from field devices, make logical comparisons between the data, and issue relevant commands to other field controllers, anywhere on the network.
- Transaction recording: Audits and logs all user actions performed through the system. Operators can review these logs to understand what changes have been made to the system, who made them, and when they were made.
- Historical data: Historical data can be collected and stored by the SNC for any monitored data point value based on user-defined intervals or on a change of value. The SNC can transfer the data logs to the Server at defined intervals, or when the SNC logs are full.
- Totalization: The SNC can calculate rolling sums of any monitored data point value stream. Operators can use this information to monitor runtime information useful for service, maintenance, and early identification of building system problems.
- Optimal start: The SNC can automatically determine the best time to start heating and cooling systems to ensure that the facility is conditioned for occupancy. It adjusts to seasonal variations and reduces energy use.
- Demand Limiting Load Rolling (DLLR): The SNC can monitor energy meters, such as electricity, gas, steam, or water, and automatically shed equipment loads according to user-defined levels. Demand Limiting helps manage utility demand charges. Load Rolling controls equipment operating levels to reduce total energy consumption.
- Access control system integration: The SNC can monitor and control systems that notify the security guard when an access badge scan is permitted or denied, when access control devices go offline, and when monitored doors are locked and unlocked. The SNC can use building events to trigger logic and automate access control functions throughout a facility.
- Video management system integration: The SNC can access systems that track the health of video system components, and reports on a variety of analytics and events. Video streaming directly within the user interface is not available; you can view the surveillance system adjacent to the SMP UI in a separate browser window.
- Lighting control system integration: the SNC can access and control lighting groups, zones, and spaces without the engine needing a large number of points. Options include turning lights on and off, adjusting light levels, and obtaining sensor data that indicates such data as occupancy, ambient light level, and power consumption.