[ March 14 , 2017, Germany ] Beckhoff showcased its universal control solutions for all building technology systems at ISH 2017 in Frankfurt, Germany, including components for simple and secure communication with cloud systems. By demonstrating cloud-based HVAC system control and showcasing forward-looking themes such as Microsoft HoloLens and Amazon's AI voice assistant Alexa , Beckhoff illustrated the technologies already achievable today and their widespread use in future smart buildings. Beckhoff offers all the hardware and software components that enable IoT, big data and analytics applications, and secure cloud communication. HVAC equipment manufacturers, system integrators, and operators can greatly benefit from directly integrating IoT into central building controls: simpler and faster engineering, centralized cloud-based energy data analysis, trend data logging, and simplified big data processing.
IoT Communication: Beckhoff's Innovative Solutions
TwinCAT IoT enables easy integration of IoT communications into standard control systems, facilitating applications such as new projects and upgrades. IoT integration can be achieved using Beckhoff or third-party control technologies—or Beckhoff's IoT couplers—without requiring any control system. Support for standardized protocols such as AMQP, MQTT, and OPC UA ensures easy and secure communication with cloud systems. The TwinCAT IoT Communicator App allows direct access to TwinCAT process data via mobile devices. TwinCAT Analytics ensures seamless data acquisition synchronized with machine cycles, providing an ideal foundation for predictive system maintenance.
Cloud-based building automation: Advantages
System integrators can use Beckhoff's cross-system PC-based building control systems to accelerate engineering accuracy, respond more quickly to planning adjustments, and integrate or upgrade private or public cloud systems directly into standard control technologies based on TwinCAT IoT. Building operators can quickly, flexibly, and independently of time and place access all recorded energy consumption data through cloud connectivity integrated into the control system. Transparent trend recordings can be used to optimize energy management systems in smart buildings. Beckhoff provides HVAC equipment manufacturers with a complete control solution across all building technology systems integrated with IoT connectivity. This means that using TwinCAT IoT on a cloud basis can efficiently control complex heating systems and reduce energy consumption.
TwinCAT IoT enables easy integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) into standard control systems, facilitating new projects and upgrades. Manufacturers, system integrators, and operators can benefit from faster engineering, centralized cloud-based energy data analytics, transparent trend recording, and simplified big data processing.
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About Beckhoff (Germany)
Beckhoff Automation GmbH is headquartered in Welsh, Germany. With branches worldwide and global partners, the company currently operates in over 70 countries and regions.
Beckhoff has always adhered to the development philosophy of PC-based automation technology. Its industrial PCs, fieldbus modules, drive products, and TwinCAT automation software constitute a complete and compatible control system, providing open automation systems and complete solutions for various industrial control fields. For over 30 years, Beckhoff's components and system solutions have been widely used worldwide. In March 2001, Beckhoff Germany established its first representative office in China in Beijing. In May 2007, Beckhoff Germany established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Shanghai and moved its China headquarters there. Since then, the company's business has entered a period of rapid development, and it currently has offices in 25 major cities across China, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, and Nanjing. As Beckhoff's various new products and technologies with excellent cost performance continue to enter the Chinese market, its commitment to breaking traditional control models and promoting PC control technology has been increasingly accepted by Chinese users.
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