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George Hingle

George’s CBAS Tips, August 2023

CBAS 20 Email Alarms Setting up Email Alarms couldn’t be any easier in CBAS 20. All you have to do is setup the Alarm on a point, check the Acknowledge box, and select Contacts. There is no acquiring an email account or settingup a program to send the email. Before

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George Hingle

George’s CBAS Tips, July 2023

Did you know that Schedules on both Analog and Binary Output points can have up to 24 “cycles”? A Cycle is any time that the Schedule commands the point. A Binary point is just 2 possibilities, meaningOn\Off, Start\Stop, Normal\Alarm. With 24 cycles that means you can turn a piece of

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Drew Mire

Keeping It Simple Saves Money

Computrols founder, Roy Lynch authored the article below in 1999. The article was published in the September/October 1999 edition of the Energy Manager magazine. In this article Roy details how simplicity results in savings. All of the principles outlined within still apply to this day and Computrols continues to focus

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CBAS Tips
George Hingle

George’s CBAS Tips, June 2023

CBAS Workstations: How Many, How to Program, and How to Connect The term for a Workstation in CBAS is GW. Some people think that means gateway, but it really means Graphical Workstation. On the DPU or Automation Server, CBAS runs the Database for the building in Real Mode and communicates

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Bobby Rodriguez

PID Control Explained

We use various tools in the name of temperature control automation and one of the most widely used methods is the PID, which is an algorithm designed to apply accurate and optimal control of a process variable, such as space temperature.  PID stands for Proportional-Integral-Derivative, which are the three main

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Drew Mire

Computrols AI Generated Video

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as Chat GPT have generated a lot of buzz recently. While these tools are impressive they are only scratching the surface of the capabilities this powerful and evolving technology has to offer. I see the tools that were recently introduced to the mainstream as glorified

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CBAS Tips
George Hingle

George’s CBAS Tips, May 2023

Wet Bulb and Dry Bulb Calculations in CBAS I was asked recently how to setup a Wet Bulb calculation in CBAS. Any Analog Input Calculation point can be setup as Wet Bulb. But first, a little info on Wet Bulb and Dry Bulb Temps. Definition: A Wet bulb measures the

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Mike Clayton

 Protecting Yourself from Phishing Attacks

Email scams such as Phishing (pronounced “fishing”) continue to be a persistent threat affecting almost all aspects of our personal and business lives. Phishing is a scam where someone will use various techniques to have you reveal personal/confidential information such as login credentials or banking information that can then be

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Computrols Staff

BUILDING BRAINS

By GREG THOMAS Real estate writer July 24, 1998 Publication: Times-Picayune, The Despite society’s increasing dependence on sophisticated electronics,most of us still can’t program a VCR. The same high-tech frustrations apply to managers of high-rise office buildings and sprawling commercial centers. Electronic systems have managed building functions since the 1960s,

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Simply put, Computrols provides the most economical-to-own building automation solution on the market today. We empower our users by providing robust yet simple solutions that allow our customers to largely manage their building automation systems in-house.

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