BACnet Unplugged: Updates Made To Building Controls Standard
“Marrying these two technologies seemed obvious,” said Martocci. “BACnet already had the object and services model designed specifically for building automation but no wireless network, and ZigBee had the wireless capabilities but no object model for building automation. We just had to put the two together to benefit from the synergies.”
The addendum recommendation began about two years ago with meetings between BACnet and ZigBee experts. “During this time we learned about ZigBee’s data communications, and they learned about BACnet’s networking and objects and services model,” said BACnet chairman Bill Swan. “Together, we looked at a number of approaches and discussed the pros and cons of each.”