Network cabinet with an industrial Ethernet switch, patch cables and a DIN-rail gateway

9 tools

IoT & Integration

Gateways, network tools, data normalization and open tagging standards. This is the plumbing every analytics or AI product depends on.

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Project Haystack

Open-source tagging and data-model standard for naming equipment and points so analytics and FDD tools can find them without manual mapping.

Free (open standard)

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IoT & Integration

Attune (Senseware)

Unified IoT platform with wireless sensors for real-time building data.

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Brick Schema

Open-source ontology describing building equipment, points and how they relate (this AHU feeds these VAVs), used by data platforms and researchers.

Free (open source)

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IoT & Integration

Buildings IOT

Smart building integrator and software (normalized building data, analytics).

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IoT & Integration

Contemporary Controls

BACnet routers, gateways and networking hardware for automation.

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Eclipse VOLTTRON

Open-source platform for collecting device and BAS data and running control and analytics agents. Originally developed at PNNL for the U.S. DOE, now an Eclipse Foundation project.

Free (open source)

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IoT & Integration

Mapped

Data infrastructure that normalizes BAS and building system data into a unified graph.

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IoT & Integration

Normal Software

Building data management and controls integration layer (Normal Framework).

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IoT & Integration

Optigo Networks

OT network visibility and health monitoring for BACnet/smart building networks.

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