INTRODUCTION

Trend is one of the world’s leading Building Energy Management Systems manufacturers, with a worldwide distribution and support network covering over 50 countries. Its fully integrated control solutions can meet the most complex requirements of modern buildings.

Trend Control Systems are supplied, engineered and commissioned by approved Systems Integrators.

IQ®VISION integrates Trend controllers, third party smart devices and internet protocols into a centralized software platform. IQ®VISION is designed to manage all sizes of buildings from single stand-alone sites to enterprise level, giving building owners and managers the ability to identify issues and optimize their systems.

IQ®VISION is a real-time user interface that enables users to get the very best from their BEMS, providing graphical information to standard internet browsers.

It boasts a diverse range of useful functions such as centralized data logging, archiving, alarming, trending, master scheduling, system wide database management and integration with enterprise software applications – all of which can be used for highlighting and investigating energy use within buildings.

IQ®VISION is a completely OPEN and extendable platform that is scalable for every application.

FLEXIBILITY AND 3RD PARTY INTEGRATION

IQ®VISION is designed to manage buildings from entry level HVAC control, through enterprise-wide head-end integration, giving building owners and managers the ability to identify issues quickly and optimize their systems efficiency.

This high-level centralised system management is possible thanks to the development of an enhanced Trend over IP driver that can organise data into a Trend-specific hierarchy for ease of access. For multi-site or campus-based applications, users can also quickly navigate to an individual building using tags to diagnose problems and compare data between buildings to identify energy usage patterns. IQ®VISION can also integrate to other applications, such as work order management and analytical systems.

IQ®VISION will accept any open protocol, TONN integration or Third-Party application. Third Party systems such as BACnet, Modbus, M-Bus, KNX, OPC

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY AND MIGRATION

As with all Trend devices, backward compatibility is designed in from the outset and IQ®VISION boasts a System Migration Tool that enables users to import schematics from 963 Supervisor and system data from IQ®SET projects, significantly reducing engineering time.

SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING ENGINEERING TIME

IQ®VISION is configured using the state-of-the-art Niagara 4 interface, which as well as being bold, intuitive and easy to use, utilises HTML5 to provide an array of rich features that are perfectly in tune with the demands of the Internet of Things (IoT). Additionally, the end user web interface is JAVA free – removing security and browser compatibility issues

DASHBOARDS AND SCHEMATICS

IQ®VISION has the capability to build dashboards via a standard embedded graphical engineering tool. When creating new or following the migration of 963 schematic pages – new schematic components can be used to simplify the schematic page – these are designed to enhance mobile viewing.

CONCLUSION

IQ®VISION sets a new benchmark in what’s possible for system supervision with a graphical, real-time user interface that acts as a window to Building Energy Management Systems.

It builds on the massive success of the 963 Supervisor by taking functionality and energy management to a whole new level. Introducing a wide range of dynamic new features that will not only reduce the amount of money users spend on energy but give them a level of control and fine detail that was previously considered out of reach.