Protocols & Integration Technologies
Real buildings are never one protocol. A single site might run BACnet chillers, Modbus meters, Lon field devices, SNMP power gear, and an MQTT feed to the cloud – all needing to land in one Niagara station. Software Pile does the multi-protocol integration that ties a mixed building into a single, coherent system.
Protocols We Integrate
- BACnet (IP and MS/TP) and Modbus (TCP and RTU) – the workhorses
- MQTT for cloud and IoT, SNMP for IT and power infrastructure
- LonWorks for legacy field networks, oBIX and REST for enterprise systems
- Proprietary and OEM protocols via custom drivers when nothing off-the-shelf fits
The Integration Is the Hard Part
Getting each protocol to connect is table stakes. Making them agree – consistent units, coherent naming, sensible alarms, and a data model that survives the next building added – is the real work. That is where a specialist earns the fee.
Send us the protocol mix at your site and your Niagara version. We will scope the integration end to end.