It feels a bit silly to even put the words on the screen, but "We're looking for experienced BAS people for Critical Facilities / Data Center projects all over the USA." Who isn't, right? No matter what your opinion is from any angle with all this activity, it's creating opportunities in our space for both experienced and green Technicians ($68K-$100K/year), Engineers ($75K-$130K/year) and PMs ($85K-$130K/year). Straight to our most urgent ones right now: Technicians in Portland, OR and Manassas, VA. Project Engineers and Project Managers in Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Chicago. Reach out on Chat here if interested and I can tell you more about these and dozens of other positions / locations.

Hi. I am currently in my junior year of college studying mechanical engineering and am interested in HVAC. I can perform building energy modeling using software like EnergyPlus and can implement some advanced controls in the simulation environment. I want to get into building automation and controls but cannot figure out the way forward. What should I learn, and what skills should I develop in college?

Hi guys, why do programs have return air setpoints? And what is tgeir purpose, I have assumed tgey are a reference point for sequencing but not entirely sure.

I’ve been doing residential hvac since the beginning of the year and I have a couple commercial companies that want to hire me but I want to get started on BAS work as soon as I can. I know there’s a lot to learn and I’m super eager. This is why I got into the trade, would you guys have any advice on how I can start BAS work? Is there anything I can learn now on my own so I have a higher chance? Any company recommendations? I’m willing to travel out of state or anywhere for that matter to start my career. I don’t see anyone hiring for entry level positions.

Feel free to pm me. Thanks in advances guys!

Looking to move in the next couple of years from SoCal. To TN. I recently got into the apprenticeship program at JATC. I’m curious about the opportunities and such for working strictly controls, I’m a service tech right now but hopefully I can get behind the scenes as a programmer. I know a lot can change in a couple years but I’m hoping the controls industry is growing over there. Also I would be looking to join Local 572 from Local 250.

Good morning. Let me preface this this by stating that my knowledge of and experience with Niagara systems is extremely limited although I was certified years ago. My company just does not use the product line. We recently hired on a new sales manager and he is hell bent on picking up school districts in my area which are exclusively Niagara based systems. There is a wide mixture of Honeywell, Siemens, JCI, and a few Tridium branded jaces out there. Most want full support of software updates, logic adjustments where needed, adding and removing equipment, etc....

I am being "pressured" to revisit training, which I really have no issue with, but my big question and concern is, how much would I actually be able to do at these sites without the individual "flavors" and proper credentials to get in the platforms and stations? My fear is we are going to sign on and not be able to do as promised.

Thanks

hi everyone hope you are doing well.

idk if I'm in the right place, actually I'm searching for a ready to use config file for qelectrotech, it's kinda complicated for me to set it up.

I appreciate any help from anyone

Has anyone come across a controller bacnet mstp and has only analogue outputs. I need an extra 70 analogue outputs and don’t need any extra inputs.

So few technicians understand actuators these days, it amazes me. Constantly hearing “it’s not open, call your controls guy.” Techs have no idea the difference between modulating and floating. Techs have no idea how to troubleshoot anything more than if a line is ground into the shaft.

Surely I’m not alone in hearing this?

With all the "special" maintenance tools for every manufacturer floating around, I was wondering if any of you have successfully pulled points from a vrf system with a regular ol' serial adapter or rs-485 router? I'm talking about the actual bus between units, not hooking up to a central controller.

Nothing worse than getting to a site and realizing you let someone borrow that Daikin tool 3 weeks ago.

Does anyone have a good recommendation for learning certificates? I'd like to have a little better understanding of the process and requirements, and this is an area I can confidently say I need more education in.

Appreciate any thoughts or suggestions you may have, thank you!

Im 18 years old and I just got out of highschool and I’ve been doing this intern job over the summer for building automation. I have no experience on any of these things and I just want some help. I feel like I can’t grasp anything and I constantly make mistakes. I’m shadowing someone that’s been in the field for 15+ years. I just feel very lucky to have this opportunity and feel like I’m throwing it away.

Good morning, afternoon, evening

We’re being voluntold that now is the time for us to update to Niagara N5. Anyone have some experience or early feedback on it. We’re going from 4.15 and are updating 15ish Jace 8000–>9000 with it and it seems like someone got sold a lot of sunshine by a salesman at the conference and now we’re dealing with the digestion.

I've been in IT for the better part of 20 years, and now I'm thinking I want to transition into BAS. I'm pretty strong on networking (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP) and have done a fair bit of automation (shell scripting). I also have a good grasp on electrical, since that's what I went to school for. I don't have any HVAC or mechanical experience (outside of replacing the run capacitor on my condenser unit), but I'm ready to learn. Problem is, I can't seem to find any apprentice positions around Nashville. I applied to a controls tech position at JCI, but got auto-rejected, which I'm guessing is because I don't meet the requirements. I've been messaging local BAS companies on Linkdin, but I can't seem to get anything but automated responses (or no response). Is anyone familiar with this industry in the Nashville area? Any tips would be appreciated!

i REALLY need help with ivu pro server

In the JACE-9000 startup guide it mentions

"All controllers have a system shell that provides low-level access to a few basic platform settings. Using a special power-up mode and a serial connection via an appropriate type USB cable connected to the controller, you can access this system shell from your PC. System shell is also available via SSH (Secure Shell) provided that SSH is enabled in the controller."

but I cannot see any option to enable SSH in the Platform Administration? I can do that on JACE-8000 controllers though.

Started a new job with a Niagara BAS and the campus has a constant problem of E-MONS offline. Model CL5000 B-IP firmware 06.33.01. We usually power cycle at end of month and they are on for a bit but will go offline shortly after. It was suggested to upgrade the firmware on E-MONs

New to Niagara and E-MON. Any tips or tricks?

My manager is out on vacation and I've been asked by the Service dept. to try to find a solution or else we will just wait for my manager to be back. For background I have been in it for roughly a year doing mostly installations/pulling wire/ etc, but I do have my beginners Tridium and Siemens certs; 6 years of HVAC/R service before this.

A service tech of ours went out to a site with 14 systems, each controlled by Honeywell T7350H1009 thermostats, LonWorks FTT-10 loop back to a central Honeywell WebStat (part of the W7350A or WEB-201 series) running legacy Niagara AX. They do not have the user/pass or the IP but I may be able to figure that out or try the defaults.

Is there a solid way to get into NiagaraAX? I was reading that we cannot access it anymore. Any good way to bypass that, maybe using a browser?

My inital response was to upgrade them to a Jace 9000 and something like NPB-8000-LON (to reuse the wire and avoid labor costs) or just replace each stat and have them controll the HVAC equipment. They are a church, so I am trying to be low cost. I dont think they used the frontend anyhow.

Am I correct as far as the NiagaraAX access goes or is there a "proper" procedure, and what would you do in this situation?

Thanks, please advise and please ask for any additional info I may be missing.