How Penn State Uses Visual BACnet to Optimize Network Traffic

Penn State University Visual BACnet
Watch how the team at PSU found Optigo Visual BACnet was the perfect solution for getting their traffic back under control across campus.

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Four years ago, Penn State was at 90,000 packets per hour of broadcast traffic. At least a dozen different buildings were randomly dropping offline. The network team was on the phone almost every single night because something was down, something wasn’t communicating, or something had to be reset.

They needed a powerful tool to drastically reduce and maintain network traffic. They tried just about every program out there, and the programs were clunky, inflexible, and cost tens of thousands of dollars every year just to license.

Now, hear how Tom Walker and his team at Penn State found the perfect solution for their network, with Visual BACnet Site Monitoring. Tom chats with our team about what Penn State did to reduce their network traffic and make it healthy, how they use Visual BACnet across their campuses, and how the team plans to continue lowering network traffic now that they are onboard.

Ready to try the ultimate BACnet monitoring and management solution on your campus? Schedule a call today to talk about our next-generation solution, Optigo Visual Networks.

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