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5 tools

Controls-Tech Field Tools

Tools a controls tech actually opens on a service call: BACnet explorers, packet capture, protocol test tools and AI assistants for documentation and troubleshooting.

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Wireshark

Free packet analyzer with a BACnet dissector, the tool for chasing broadcast storms, BBMD/routing problems and devices that 'just stopped talking'.

Free (open source)

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YABE (Yet Another BACnet Explorer)

Free, open-source BACnet explorer: discover devices, read/write points, edit schedules and trend logs, browse BBMD tables. BACnet/IP, MS/TP and BACnet/SC.

Free (open source, MIT)

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Aquant

Conversational AI that helps techs troubleshoot equipment.

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Chipkin (CAS BACnet Explorer)

BACnet/Modbus discovery and test tools and protocol gateways for controls techs.

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XOi

AI-captured job documentation and equipment data for field techs.

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