Project
IMS won the tender for the initial phase roll-out of Mechanical ,
BMS and Control at ‘ Project X ’ – a new precinct of five multi story buildings in the heart of Gaborone . The control system of choice was the Distech Eclypse range of IP controllers using EC-Net4 with Envysion as the Supervisory and Visualisation software .
The control system was engineered by Shawn Fisher of IMS using Distech Controls engineering tools : Builder HVAC application and programming tool , XpressGFX I / O configuration tool and XpressNetwork Utility for configuration and commissioning . IMS has successfully deployed Eclypse throughout phase one of this project , monitoring and controlling relevant mechanical and electrical systems . The following systems have seamlessly been integrated with Eclypse : EC-BOS-8 ’ s and Optigo Fiber Management OT networking equipment via BACnet , water meters , power meters , LG VRF system , UPSs , Generators and the Solar Array . IMS completed all graphics using Distech ’ s ENVYSION for EC-Net4 . ENVYSION is a web-based graphic design and visualisation interface that delivers the art and science of actionable visual knowledge with a powerful user experience .
“ As a ‘ drag & drop ’ GUI development platform , ENVYSION provides a real-time , data-driven user interface and graphical elements that enhance communication and analysis .”
Top : Eclypse being deployed on site . Bottom : LG system being integrated into Eclypse .
As a ‘ drag & drop ’ GUI development platform , ENVYSION provides a real-time , data-driven user interface and graphical elements that enhance communication and analysis .
For the Operational Technology ( OT ) networking , IMS chose to integrate Optigo networking equipment . The stand-out benefit over standard , cheaper network hardware was mainly due to the managed fibre to copper switches and software tools offered by Optigo .
Optigo OneView – hosted on the Optigo Network Controller – was used to manage the OT network . OneView is a userfriendly dashboard that monitors and manages the entire network from one screen . Edge Switches and supported routers are automatically recognised and added to Optigo OneView . Using the supported router ( available for order through iLED ) users can even enjoy the power and ease of multi-layer network management in one centralised dashboard .
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