1.  ASHRAE BACnet

• Types of systems
• Open systems
• Closed systems
• Proprietary systems
• Non-proprietary systems
• Examples
• What is BACnet?
• BACnet application layer
• BACnet object
• BACnet services
• BACnet network layer
• BACnet data link layer
• BACnet physical layer
• BACnet conformance classes
• Native BACnet and gateways

• What is LonWorks?
• How does LonWorks work?
• LonTalk Protocol
• Neuron chip
• LonWorks SNVTs
• LonWorks SCPTs
• LonWorks transceivers
• LonWorks routers
• What is LonMark?

• What are routers?
• What are gateways?
• When routers needed?
• Routing issues with BACnet/IP
• Gateway specification and procurement issues
• Gateway performance

• Shadpour, F., 2001. The Fundamentals of HVAC Direct Digital Control: Practical Applications and Design, 2nd ed., Chapters 5 & 6, Hacienda Blue, Escondido, CA. [697 S52]
• Fisher, D., 2002. Specifying gateways and routers for BACnet network, Network Controls: A Supplement to HPAC Engineering, July 2002, pp. 62-68.

• ASHRAE's BACnet committee http://www.bacnet.org/
• BACnet Tutorial Overview
• BACnet/IP
• BACnet: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
• Bibliography
• BACnet Manufacturers Association http://www.bacnetassociation.org/
• Echelon LonWorks system http://www.echelon.com/
• Online LonWorks Demonstrations
• Introduction to the LonWorks System (PDF)
• LonMark Interoperability Association http://www.lonmark.org/
• LonMark Design Guidelines
• LonMark Technical Corner
• Protocols & communication technologies  http://www.intellicom.se/res_lonworks.shtml