The All-New Visual BACnet Site Manager is Here
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Visual BACnet Site Manager! On April 25th, we’re releasing the latest update to Visual BACnet Site Monitoring. The Site Manager helps facility managers understand their building network’s health at the site, and zone, and capture node levels. No matter your network’s size or complexity, you can […]
Monitor Big Building Networks with Visual BACnet Site Manager
April 3, 2019, Vancouver, BC – The latest release from Optigo Networks helps facility managers understand their building network’s health at the site, and zone, and capture node levels. The network connectivity, management, and monitoring company’s new development highlights overall network health, with the ability to dig into specific problems as well. No matter what the […]
4 Reasons Why Should You Use the BACnet Protocol?
We wrote a whole whitepaper on why you should use BACnet, interviewing thought leaders and technicians throughout the industry. To give you the Coles notes, here are a few pros and cons of BACnet. Want to know more? Check out our Ultimate BACnet FAQ. Pros of Using BACnet Cons of Using BACnet Overall though, BACnet is […]
Princeton University’s Journey to Better Network Visibility with Optigo Networks
Whether it’s VLANs or a smoky data center, the IT and OT teams at Princeton always have each other’s backs. At Optigo Networks, we firmly believe IT and OT teams can work together in any number of ways. Your network could be separate or converged, and you could assign responsibilities based on expertise or device […]
Introduction to Networking
Do you struggle to communicate with your IT colleagues? Do they use concepts and language that go right over your head? The worlds of IT and Operational Technology (OT) are merging more and more these days as the Internet of Things grows in prominence. This collaboration between IT and OT is great, but there are […]
How to Combat a Dusty Server Room
Construction sites are dirty, dusty places. If you’ve ever been on one, you know the dust gets everywhere. Thick film covers every surface and particles sneak into every crevice. The finer the dust, the greater the damage it can do to your brand-new devices if you install them too early. There are steps you can […]
The Business Case for BACnet/IP
More and more buildings are moving onto BACnet/IP. Not just because of the technological benefits — although IP is lauded for its simplicity and inherent connectivity. No, the shift is due to the business benefits of BACnet/IP. What is the business case for BACnet/IP? Why should we be implementing this technology? We recently had the […]
Will IoT Disrupt BACnet and BAS?
November 27, 2018, Vancouver, BC – Vancouver-based Optigo Networks, the network connectivity, monitoring, and analytics company, has released a whitepaper on the future of BACnet and the Building Internet of Things (BIoT). This whitepaper probes the biggest questions we face in BACnet, the building automation communications protocol, and our smart buildings today. Interviewees discussed data privacy […]
Webinar: Are you Ready for the Future of BACnet?
We recently hosted a webinar on the future of BACnet, moderated by our own CEO Pook-Ping Yao, with very special guests Andy McMillan of BACnet International, Phil Zito of Building Automation Monthly, and Adam Rinderle of bluEvolution. We dove into industry challenges, solutions, key debates, and the future of the BACnet protocol. All our guests […]
How Penn State Monitors For a Smart, Healthy Network
Not so long ago, Penn State had big network problems. Think tons of network traffic, buildings dropping offline — that sort of thing. When Tom Walker first started working at PSU four years ago, broadcast traffic was pushing 90,000 packets per hour. He was on the phone almost every single night because devices were down or […]
