Two-way data transfer or communication between FM management software with BMS software.
CAFM Features
- Communication by APIs
- Two-way.
- Communication frequency (periodic, on demand).
- Error control.
- Maintenance / updating communication with BAS sub-systems: Accesses, IoT, Lifts, Lighting, CCTV, Air conditioning, Blinds, Fire Protection Equipment, etc.
- Remarks
- There will usually be many different softwares for each system (air conditioning, access control, lifts, lighting, CCTV, etc.) with different protocols and closed systems.
- Thus, specific development shall be necessary and analysis of the costs and benefits of integration.
- It may possibly be convenient to have an intermediary platform to map and structure the data for its communication.
Financial justification
- Directly
- Allows one to automate certain processes and integrate them within a sole management platform, reducing management time between different platforms and uploading data between them.
- Indirectly
- Allows one to collect information on consumption, uses, access, etc... That allow one better knowledge of how the building behaves and, with this, to be able to make proposals for improvement to optimise it.
- Allows information to be collected to monitor sustainability programmes within organisations.
- Some softwares allow one to perform analysis of data from different sources and of different kinds using artificial intelligence, to optimise uses, energy efficiency, and to make forecasts for the future.