Use of Firm Neutral Data Standard Communications Protocol in a Utility and EnergyMonitoring and Control System Environment: A Demonstration

摘要

The operation of building and utility systems at many U.S. Army, Europe (USAREUR)installations is controlled and managed by Utility and Energy Monitoring and Control Systems (UEMCS). Commercially available hardware/software direct digital control (DDC) systems exchange data between individual microprocessors within the system using complex, proprietary communication protocols. As a result, different vendors' DDC systems are not normally communications compatible. Firm Neutral Data (FND) transmission is a standard communication protocol developed by the German Government that permits different vendors' DDC hardware to be interfaced with a common front-end computer called a central station. This study demonstrated the use of FND in a multi-vendor UEMCS at the U.S. Army's Karisruhe Military Community, Germany. Two different manufacturers' DDC systems were interfaced to a third manufacturer's central station. The demonstration confirmed that FND can be used to integrate several vendors' DDC systems into a fully functional UEMCS. (MM).