BTIB is thrilled to announce the new version of its Active Framework with about 50 issues corrections and new features plus the support for Niagara 4.6. The btibStructure module is now more stable and offers you a lot of possibilities for tagging your station really quickly. As usual, btibToolkit embeds a couple of new components. In preparation for incoming dashboarding capabilities, we introduce a new module called btibVision dedicated to the UI.
What's new in Toolkit ?
We introduce in this release the MultiGenerateLink, a component that allows you to create automatically links between multiple sources and targets based on BQL or NEQL queries. It can save you a lot of time. There is also a new dedicated component, PointLogExt, to follow your ControlPoint changes and to log them using the btibCore logging system. You can also now use the LogHistoryRecipient to store your logs into histories.
Note that all the UI part of Toolkit has been moved to the new btibVision module. Follow this tutorial if you need to upgrade a 4.4 station to 4.6.
What's new in Structure ?
A number of issues have been fixed with the NodeCreator and the AssignmentView. We introduce NodeRelations in order to create relations between Nodes. You can now for example easily create relations between a floor and its allocated tenants or with schedules in the station. We also introduce it for the assignment of sources. Now, if you define that an equipment is a Meter, you end up with the Haystack tags, and it can ask you to select which meter it is a submeter of. For an AHU, you could select which chiller it is associated with etc.
BSO-Project for Haystack
Our goal is to facilitate the tagging process as much as possible and Haystack is a big part of it. Haystack is now one on the most known used standard to describe the BMS environment by normalizing about 200 tags and relations between entities. There are two major problems with it:
It's time consuming as it's not really organized in a "human" logic and you can easily do some mistakes by forgetting tags
It's English only (and that's the core foundation for it) but not everyone talks English
So we created an open-source project called bso-project.org to tackle these problems. It's mainly based on the top of Haystack. We introduce Nodes that represent group of tags such as Heat Distribution, Pipe Flow Sensor etc. We organize them into 6 graphs making it easy to find the right one with a category graph, a resource graph, a dimension gaph etc. And we created a system to translate them into a local language while keeping the original Haystack tags.
Therefore you can deploy Haystack tags and relations in a Niagara station at an unprecedented speed.
So, in order to get all the Nodes that are defined in BSO-Project, we introduce a powerful importer to fetch all those Nodes into your Niagara station. Choose the language and trigger the import action, that's all it takes. It's gonna create or update hundred of Nodes that you can still override if you need your own specifications.
Licensing
We introduce in this release the new licensing model based on Active-Credits. Check this tutorial for more information. You can ask for a free license on your OfficeDemo to try out.
Training
Two e-learning programs are available
StructureLevel 1: Get the basics of btibStructure (NodeCreator, AssignmentView, Batch commands)
StructureLevel 2: Deep dive into advanced models, use of NodeTags, SourceTags, the logs system, the Nature Aspect
Ask for an access at orders@btib.fr
Documentation
All the documentation is now available in English here or you can right-click on any component in a palette.
Download
The last version of the Active Framework is available here for downloading. Don't forget to ask for a license on your OfficeDemo.
ReleaseNotes
The releaseNotes of the 46.1.0 are available here.
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Introduce the 46.1.0 for the Active Framework with a lot of new features
BTIB is thrilled to announce the new version of its Active Framework with about 50 issues corrections and new features plus the support for Niagara 4.6. The btibStructure module is now more stable and offers you a lot of possibilities for tagging your station really quickly. As usual, btibToolkit embeds a couple of new components. In preparation for incoming dashboarding capabilities, we introduce a new module called btibVision dedicated to the UI.
What's new in Toolkit ?
We introduce in this release the MultiGenerateLink, a component that allows you to create automatically links between multiple sources and targets based on BQL or NEQL queries. It can save you a lot of time. There is also a new dedicated component, PointLogExt, to follow your ControlPoint changes and to log them using the btibCore logging system. You can also now use the LogHistoryRecipient to store your logs into histories.
Note that all the UI part of Toolkit has been moved to the new btibVision module. Follow this tutorial if you need to upgrade a 4.4 station to 4.6.
What's new in Structure ?
A number of issues have been fixed with the NodeCreator and the AssignmentView. We introduce NodeRelations in order to create relations between Nodes. You can now for example easily create relations between a floor and its allocated tenants or with schedules in the station. We also introduce it for the assignment of sources. Now, if you define that an equipment is a Meter, you end up with the Haystack tags, and it can ask you to select which meter it is a submeter of. For an AHU, you could select which chiller it is associated with etc.
BSO-Project for Haystack
Our goal is to facilitate the tagging process as much as possible and Haystack is a big part of it. Haystack is now one on the most known used standard to describe the BMS environment by normalizing about 200 tags and relations between entities. There are two major problems with it:
So we created an open-source project called bso-project.org to tackle these problems. It's mainly based on the top of Haystack. We introduce Nodes that represent group of tags such as Heat Distribution, Pipe Flow Sensor etc. We organize them into 6 graphs making it easy to find the right one with a category graph, a resource graph, a dimension gaph etc. And we created a system to translate them into a local language while keeping the original Haystack tags.
Therefore you can deploy Haystack tags and relations in a Niagara station at an unprecedented speed.
So, in order to get all the Nodes that are defined in BSO-Project, we introduce a powerful importer to fetch all those Nodes into your Niagara station. Choose the language and trigger the import action, that's all it takes. It's gonna create or update hundred of Nodes that you can still override if you need your own specifications.
Licensing
We introduce in this release the new licensing model based on Active-Credits. Check this tutorial for more information. You can ask for a free license on your OfficeDemo to try out.
Training
Two e-learning programs are available
Documentation
All the documentation is now available in English here or you can right-click on any component in a palette.
Download
The last version of the Active Framework is available here for downloading. Don't forget to ask for a license on your OfficeDemo.
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