Continuous OT Monitoring = Better ESG Results
Behind every smart building achieving ESG goals is an OT network monitoring ESG performance in real-time. As organizations push toward ambitious Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, OT networks can provide an obvious way to achieve an ESG mandate. Continuously monitoring the OT networks themselves—not just the equipment they control—offers a surprisingly powerful sustainability tool. […]
How Penn State Solved MS/TP Issues Overnight
When Tom Walker looked at Penn State University’s Navy Yard network, he saw big issues. The system was busy and loud. So loud, that the overrun MS/TP network was bringing down the entire building. Because this was happening on the MS/TP network, pinpointing the problem would mean boots on the ground to segment and test […]
Circular Networks in BACnet Systems: How to Detect and Fix Them
What Does a Circular Network Look Like? A circular network occurs when multiple routes to the same controller exist and communicate at the same time. This happens when two or more communication protocols are active. For instance, if you have a network with both BACnet/IP and BACnet/Ethernet routes communicating with the same controller, this creates […]
What’s In a BACnet Packet Capture?
There comes a time in every OT technician’s life (probably more often than they’d like) when they just can’t figure out what the heck is going on. After all, BACnet issues have a habit of masking their root cause behind common symptoms: Duplicate devices can throw up strange errors that look like physical connection issues, […]
