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Building
Floor 07
Room TZ02
Building A Floor 07 RoomTZ02 AHU01 Supply Fan Maint. Switch
AHU01
Supply Fan
Maint, Switch
DDC-Suite 2.5
Sweb_Alarming
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Products:
DDC Suite – software library for building automation
Upgrade of
Saia
®
DDC-Suite to Version 2.5
Improved generation of Building Identification keys
The Saia®DDC-Suite is an optional supplement to the Saia®PG5 Controls Suite for building
automation. The modular function design combined with a wide range of functional compo-
nents and templates in the form of finished program parts simplifies programming consider-
ably. Thanks to the range of possibilities, the DDC Suite 2.0 has become an important tool for
system integrators in recent years. In particular the automatic generation of BACnet configura-
tion and S-Web alarms have made a significant contribution to reducing engineering times.
However, there were certain limitations on name generation. Since the majority of the names
were generated using FBox names, not all building identification keys could be transferred.
Author: René Zuch
The results of the needs of large projects
Individual building identification keys are gaining
enormous significance. Clear labelling is essential
for efficient service and maintenance. It saves time
and costs in the daily work of maintenance person-
nel. Even for the major project at Frankfurt Airport
Terminal A+, these building ID keys were a key com-
ponent of the project. So we needed to find a new
solution for name generation. For Terminal A+, new
FBoxes were built to extend the existing DDC Suite
2.0.
These FBoxes combined with a new feature in
PG5 2.0 made it possible to enter texts directly into
the FBoxes and use it directly to generate a build-
ing ID code. The lessons learned from this project
can now be used by all customers running the new
Saia®DDC-Suite 2.5.
Free generation of building ID keys
The DDC Suite 2.5 is an extension of the existing DDC
Suite 2.0. It contains no functional changes or exten-
sions and is compatible with the the existing tem-
plates for Saia® S-Web and Saia®Visi.Plus.
The main feature of this version is the new possibility
to generate the building ID keys for the S-Web alarm
texts and BACnet consistent with the requirements
of the FUPLA program. All the limitations of the pre-
vious versions have been removed. The building ID
key can now have up to 12 layers. The common part
(
layers 1 to 10) is specified by a central FBox.
Central setting for different building ID layers.
DDC-Suite 2.5
More flexibility
for text information
in BACnet and S-Web
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