{"id":5099,"date":"2021-10-19T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/about.ismacontrolli.com\/?p=5099"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:34:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:34:06","slug":"introduction-to-niagara-framework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/about.ismacontrolli.com\/en\/introduction-to-niagara-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Niagara Framework\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First Encounter with Niagara Framework\u00ae<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you are from the Building Management Systems occupation the word Niagara has a slightly different meaning for you than it has for the whole world. No, in this article, we aren\u2019t going to talk about Niagara Falls, although their beauty and power are beyond doubt. We are going to split some light on Tridium\u2019s Niagara Framework\u00ae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1999 Tridium launched the first truly open software platform for building automation \u2013 Niagara Framework\u00ae. At that moment the BMS market was filled with systems dedicated to specific manufacturers of BMS equipment. Most of these manufacturers used their communication protocol and that makes the life of engineers very complicated in case if the devices of multiple vendors were required at some object. Tridium\u2019s Niagara Framework\u00ae decided to go one step ahead of the market and created a framework that was able to integrate as many different devices from different vendors as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Niagara Falls<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Such as Niagara Falls gathered the water from multiple water sources and created the most powerful waterfall in the world, so Niagara Framework\u00ae was gathering devices from the most well-known BMS market participants, creating the most powerful BMS system in the world. Nowadays Niagara Framework\u00ae allows communication with all open communication protocols like BACnet, Modbus, LonWorks, KNX, M-BUS, LON, MQTT, SNMP and others without the need of using converters or additional software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adaption of Niagara Framework in the US and Worldwide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the foundation of Tridium\u2019s business lies the well-known formula \u201cProblem+Passionate people willing to solve that problem=Success\u201d. The problem was the interoperability of available different open protocols on the market. The people who were willing to solve that problem were a few engineers from Richmond, Virginia. And the solution to that problem was Niagara Framework\u00ae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The important step for Tridium\u2019s recognition and future rapid development was their partnership with Honeywell in 2000. At that year Tridium\u2019s name became available on the European market as well. Later in 2005 Honeywell announced the acquisition of Tridium, but Tridium will be granted the status of an independent business entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The World<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Next year the number of Niagara instances will reach over 35 000 worldwide. With the introduction of the JACE-6 controller, the number of instances would reach 200 000 by 2011. Today the number of instances is approaching 1 000 000. Impressive, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future of Niagara Framework\u00ae?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What are the strong indicators that this technology will be successful in the future? Let\u2019s see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n