To: Mike Buckley who wrote (15138 ) 1/14/2000 10:21:00 AM From: 100cfm Read Replies (2) | Respond to
A previous post on Elon stating that they were primarily in the building automation business prompted me to call a friend who is in the building automation business. I asked him what the deal with Lon Works was. He stated that Lon Works is becoming the standard and that they have crushed their main competitor BacNet. From what i understand, Lon Works is the technology in the automation business called the E-Bus. This is the two wire link that goes to every thermostat, valve, motor, compressor, light, pump and etc in a building. Via the E-Bus all the components in the building can communicate with each other. This information is then passed back to the front end system where operating decisions are made by a building management program and instructions are sent to the various devices via the C-Bus. A compressor or pump will be turned on or off via the C-Bus but will tell the front end what it's actually doing via the E-Bus.
