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Building Automation and Control
News Release from: CentraLine | Subject: Excel Web
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 June 2007
Building automation now easier and less
expensive
Building automation now easier and less expensive, with new cost-reducing variants of Excel Web, a freely programmable Building Automation controller from CentraLine, by Honeywell.
Excel Web uses an existing IP network (Ethernet LAN/WAN) for plant controllers, and is operated via standard web browsers, greatly reducing project costs The new 52-point and 104-point models are more cost-effective for small buildings than the original 300 and 600-point controllers
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 6 Dec 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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All are fully LONWORKS and BACnet compatible.
Excel Web can host a huge variety of Building Management applications, such as traditional HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning); energy management including optimum start/stop, night purge and maximum load demand; supervisory functions for lighting, sun-blind, heat and energy metering and many other applications.
LONWORKS compatibility ensures free choice in selecting HVAC plant vendors, now and in the future.
Excel Web provides direct access via Intranet or Internet; there is no need for additional routers.
It is freely programmable using the CARE Engineering Tool from Honeywell.
Existing application macros from the Honeywell Excel 5000 System can be re-used.
This allows the use of standard, pre-tested and pre-documented application and control strategies.
Excel Web integrates seamlessly with the Honeywell SymmetrE building management system and Honeywell Enterprise Buildings Integrator (EBI).
Excel Web is license-free and offers the highest level of independence and network security in the marketplace, with the combination of BACnet and LonWorks open protocols, easy operation and remote services via Standard Browsers including Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, plus increased networking security using LINUX.
It also features built-in remote service capability, including firmware and application download, read-out of online trend buffer, and trend and read-out of LON communication statistics.
Excel Web integrates into every network security concept and is firewall friendly: it requires only two ports, HTTP and BACnet, and does not use ActiveX.
The web server can be disabled for critical applications, such as on military or pharmaceutical sites.
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