Niagara Workbench™ is an indispensable solution for programming and maintaining a Niagara system. However, it is seldom used with field controllers because controllers normally do not incorporate Niagara. Our BAScontrol devices overcome this challenge because they use Sedona, a license-free, component-oriented programming language, which is similar to the Niagara Framework®. (Sedona was developed by engineers at Tridium and released to the open-source community.) Like Niagara, Sedona utilizes function block programming where components are assembled onto a wiresheet, configured, and then interconnected to create applications.
By using a free N4 Sedona Driver available for our BAScontrol devices, Niagara 4 can be used to communicate via Sedona (SOX) to Sedona devices to read/write their points. It can also be used to program the wiresheet on Sedona devices.
Sedona provides live programming just as you find in Niagara. As soon as you drop a component on the wiresheet or make a link connection, it is live. There is no compiling, downloading, etc., required.
The BAScontrol units' webpages provide a convenient method to fully configure the controller, see the status of the points, and override the points.
Users can develop fully custom wiresheets in a controller, but we also offer a wide variety of free, pre-built applications that can be used to fully control your mechanical system. These pre-built applications can be edited to operate per your specifications. They are a great way to get started quickly with easy configuration.
BAScontrol devices can function as a BACnet server to Niagara and support devices/point discovery and easy integration into Niagara through its BACnet driver. Most of our BAScontrol products can also directly read/write BACnet points on other controllers. This can eliminate the need to have Niagara read something on one controller and write it onto another.
To learn more visit the N4 Driver page.
