Beckhoff Building Automation at Light+Building: Hall 9.0, Stand D50

The automation kit for flexible building automation

Beckhoff Building Automation enables integration of the IT and automation worlds with building automation using PC- and Ethernet-based control technology. In addition to a comprehensive range of Ethernet components and building control systems with different performance characteristics, Beckhoff will present system extensions and product innovations at Light+Building in Germany.

Beckhoff will present its PC-and Ethernet-based building automation product portfolio in Hall 9, Stand D50. Intelligent building services are based on a universal control platform: from the Industrial PC as a master or building computer, the Embedded PC with integrated I/O system, to the Ethernet controller for distributed applications around the building.

The new C69xx Industrial PC type is small and compact version that complements the existing range of Ethernet-based control solutions. Beckhoff will also present the "Economy" series, a new generation of built-in Control Panels and Panel PCs that are available with different screen sizes and are used as operating and display devices for building functions.

CX1020 and CX9000 are new models for the Embedded PC range. The CX9000 with direct interface for Bus Terminals and Windows CE as operating system is particularly suitable as a high-performance controller for building functions. In the basic configuration, two RJ 45 sockets that are internally connected to an integrated switch are available as interfaces. This simplifies wiring of several CX9000 within a line topology. In buildings, the CX9000 is used for controlling individual room functions such as lighting, shading, or HVAC.

The BK9100/BC9100 Ethernet Bus Couplers are also equipped with integrated 2-port switches and are used as section controllers, for example. They communicate with the master computer via real-time Ethernet. All sensors and actuators such as potential-free sensing devices, relays, temperature sensors, actuators etc., are connected via the Bus Terminal system.

The Beckhoff Bus Terminal system is the central interface component for all data points in the building. In addition to EIB, LON and DALI Bus Terminals, which are used for integrating associated sensors and actuators into the Bus Terminal system in order to make it even more efficient, the new MP-Bus master terminal for HVAC devices complements the product range. In combination with higher-level PC- and Ethernet-based control technology, a powerful and cost-effective overall system that is optimally tailored to building automation requirements can thus be configured.