November 8, 2006—Wireless building automation technologies provide new options that solve challenging installation scenarios and remove physical or financial constraints to hard wiring. Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., announced the introduction of a Wireless Automation Level Network (WALN that offers, according to the company, unprecedented system design and implementation flexibility.
Wireless connectivity at the automation level is especially desirable when a proposed site’s circumstances make running Ethernet cabling physically difficult or prohibitively expensive.
Siemens uses IEEE 802.11 (WiFi) technology to establish wireless communications for building automation controller and management level networks. To assure compatibility with the latest technologies, Siemens is committed to developing hardware based on open communication standards (such as WiFi and Ethernet).
For more information, see the Siemens Web site.
