OUTDOOR MEETING OCTOBER 8

Our next BACnet User Group meeting will be on October 8, 2020 at at Cimetrics' new office and manufacturing facility in Greenville, NH.

REGISTER HERE

Where

Cimetrics' new office and manufacturing facility in Greenville, NH

32 Mill St

Greenville, NH

The purpose of the BACnet User Group is to bring together the local BACnet user community twice a year to share tips, techniques, and pains on the use of the BACnet products and technologies. Please forward this email to anyone who might benefit from our meetings.

We will have this event outdoors and we require all participants to wear masks - we have a big outdoor picturesque space and plenty of free parking. We will have packaged food and drinks and chairs arranged at a safe distance.

Our presenter is Jim Lee - CEO of Cimetrics

Managing secure BACnet systems

Abstract: With the recent release of BACnet/SC, the industry's focus is now on building on top of the SC transport layer to create a holistic framework that can fully manage all BACnet devices and systems to satisfy tomorrow's cybersecurity requirements. This talk will outline collaborative industry activity under way to address the needs of BAS industry as well as our new audience, IT organizations.

Don't forget to register - here is the agenda. You are always welcome to come earlier and leave later:

3.00 pm - 4.00 pm - Dinner and networking.

4.00 pm - 5.00 pm - BACnet presentations & discussions.

5.00 pm - 6.00 pm - Networking and Discussions.

Our presenter is Jim Lee - CEO of Cimetrics

Managing secure BACnet systems

Abstract: With the recent release of BACnet/SC, the industry's focus is now on building on top of the SC transport layer to create a holistic framework that can fully manage all BACnet devices and systems to satisfy tomorrow's cybersecurity requirements. This talk will outline collaborative industry activity under way to address the needs of BAS industry as well as our new audience, IT organizations.

May 13, 2020 event

You are invited! Don't forget to register! Our next BACnet User Group meeting supported by BACnet International will be on Wednesday May 13, 2020 at Donohue's Bar and Grill in Watertown, MA.

April 12, 2018 event

New England BACnet User Group had a great session at Schneider Electric. Along with presentations we had the tour of the lab with Mike from Schneider. Thank you Schneider Electric and especially Scott Lurvey - for hosting us!

Presentations from our speakers:

Duffy O'Craven - BACnet Testing Laboratories manager - IoT Affects BACnet How?

IoT Affects BACnet How?

Charlie Peterson - Director of IIoT Sales at Sierra Monitor Corporation - 5 Benefits of BACnet Data In the Cloud

5 Benefits of BACnet Data In the Cloud

April 12, 2018 event

November 7, 2017 event

New England BACnet User Group had a great session at Boston University. Again, it was the biggest meetings with new attendees. Along with presentations we had the tour of the building with Pete Howard from Cimetrics. Thank you Elijah Ercolino - Director of Building Automation Systems at BU and Daniel Quigley - Building Automation System (BAS) Manager at BU for hosting us!

Presentations from our speakers:

Pete Howard, Cimetrics - Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineerin

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New England BACnet User Group had a great session on March 30, 2017, at PTC offices in Needham. Again, it was one of the biggest meetings with new attendees. Along with presentations we had demos from PTC. Thank you Glen Marquis and MIke Leathem for hosting us!

Gabriel is a Field Control Specialist at LG where he has a great controls knowledge working with nearly every major controls manufacturer in the US. His responsibility is field warranty support for the V-NET Controls product line. He also assists with training and education materials as well as development of future products. He has successfully integrated LG's BACnet gateway with Siemens, Honeywell, Schnieder, Johnson Controls, Automated Logic, Delta Controls, Reliable Controls, Crestron, KMC, and Alerton products. He has previously worked as a Systems Technician at Johnson Controls and was an in-house fire and security controls technician for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Leathem, Mike

"Beyond BACnet: Tying BACnet Systems with Non-BACnet and IOT Platforms."

Mike Leathem is Senior Applications Engineer, as part of the Product Management team at the PTC Portland Office (previously Kepware). Mike has been in this role for 2 years, working with customers, internal development teams and channel partners to identify product requirements, manage the development backlog and guide product releases. This has included significant work on the BACnet driver.

Prior to working at Kepware Mike has had a diverse engineering career doing hardware product development for Scientific Instruments and GPS devices, as well as manufacturing work in technical ceramics and microelectronics.

Mike has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse and an MS in Microelectronics from RIT.

When he isn’t working as an engineer, Mike can be found playing in the White Mountains.

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New England BACnet User Group had a great session on October 27, 2016, at Schneider Electric office in Andover. This was the biggest meeting so far - we are growing!! We had great presentations from the president of BACnet International Andy McMillan with a live demo of "The BACnet Institute and its associated educational content and its forums" and from Larry Stangel - Automation Specialist at Siemens Building Technologies about "BACnet integration challenges with real life examples from the job sites". Thank you BACnet International for the great food and beverages!! Thank you Schneider for hosting it - especially Scott Lurvey!---

AGENDA

5 pm - 6.30 pm - Networking with a cash bar at the Character's Sports Bar near the event place. Double Tree Hotel 123 Old River Road, Andover, Massachusetts, 01810. As you get off the Rt 93 exit, you would just turn left at the stop light to go to the hotel, rather than turning right to come to the office.

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New England BACnet User Group had a great session on April 6, 2016 at Siemens offices in Canton. We had great presentations from Albert Putnam, Cimetrics who shared his experiences with BACnet at large sites. And Amy McMahon, Automated Logic who talked about lessons learned from BACnet Integration challenges. We also had a very productive discussion. If you are in the area please join our next session.

Information about presenters

"End User Framework for Large BACnet Sites"

Albert Putnam

VP Tech Ops, Cimetrics

Albert will share his experiences with BACnet at large sites. He will consider various scenarios with a view to levels of compliance and architectural robustness. He will suggest who should be involved in creating a framework, what the high and low level issues are. He will also discuss central concepts such as consistency and scalability within large BACnet sites.

"A view from the field office"

Lessons learned from BACnet integration challenges

Amy McMahon

Engineering Manager, Automated Logic

Amy McMahon has worked in the controls industry for the last 25 years. She started out her career in the telecommunications field. Working for Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, she installed SCADA systems on the natural gas pipeline across the North East. She moved into high speed production controls and has worked with most of the major PLC brands. For the last 10 years she has been working in the building controls world with Automated Logic Corporation. She has extensive experience at the field level of integrating third party systems with the building management system, Webctrl. Built on a BACnet backbone, Automated Logic systems and services integrate the strengths of multiple subsystems to provide custom solutions that supports current energy savings and comfort objectives. Working daily with a native BACnet system has provided her with a front line view of the BACnet world. Amy has a passion for customer service and enjoys developing both technical solutions and long-term relationships with her customers. She has achieved LEED BD&C credentials, and is currently pursuing her MBA degree at Northeastern University.

Happy New Year to everyone!

We are happy to announce that our next BACnet User Group NE meeting organized by BACnet International, Siemens and Cimetrics will be on April 6, 2016 in Siemens office at 85 John Road - Unit 1 Canton, MA 02021.

Please attend our meetings - I will send invitation shortly when we know the second presenter. We are looking for the presenters!!!! Any BACnet topic, integration challenges you have encountered or any questions related to BACnet - please volunteer to talk. The goal is to share the knowledge, share the best practices it is a very friendly atmosphere and the presentation length is 30 min.

One of the presenters at this meeting will be Andy McMillian - president for the BACnet International. He will talk about the BACnet Institute and its associated educational content and its forums.

The event is free including dinner - please forward this information to anyone who you think would benefit from attending our user group.

Please write to Svetlana slyons@cimetrics.com if you are interested to be a speaker!

Our last BACnet New England user group meeting was on September 17, 2015. It was held at Cimetrics right in the heart of Boston.

• What were the early challenges after ASHRAE 135 was first published in 1995

• What integration testing was available before the first Plugfest

• What was it like in the early days of BACnet certification

• What tools were available

• What are the improvements have been made to date

• What improvements are currently being defined

Carl Slack and Scott Lurvey, will talk about BACnet integration challenges that they deal with in the field time and time again.

5 pm - 6 pm - registration/networking

6 pm - 8 pm - Presentations and discussions

8 pm - 9 pm - extra further discussions and networking

We want to thank BACnet International who will sponsor food and refreshments.

Additional information about presenters:

Scott Sitterly has been working with communications protocols for many years. During his 20 years at Digital Equipment Corp he was responsible for porting Internet Services to many hardware/OS platforms. During his years at Phoenix Controls he

Hope the snow will melt by then :)

It is still time to register for the meeting here.

As usual, BACnet International will sponsor food and refreshments. Direction and parking.

More information about our last meeting in November, 2014.

Cimetrics and Philips Color Kinetics had organized and hosted BACnet New England user group quarterly meeting in Burlington, MA. We had two meetings so far - first was in May, 2014 and second meeting was in November 19, 2014.

The purpose of the BACnet User Group is to bring together the local BACnet user community on a quarterly basis to share tips, techniques and pains on the use of the BACnet products and technologies. The user group features BACnet experts from Cimetrics, including Jim Butler, and meter expert Albert Putnam and President of BACnet International Andy McMillan - read his interview on importance of building community of engineers and architects to facility managers and owners.

November meeting was about BACnet Integration challenges and their resolutions. At this event we had two presenters from Cimetrics and Siemens talking about any problems they faced with BACnet integration at the job site. And then we had a discussion based on the presentations. As a presenter you will get a valuable feedback and get to share your story.