The first product to deliver a repeatable Building Controls start up and commissioning solution
Product Highlights
- Manage both the Automated Testing of sequences and the workflow for point-to-point testing, system startup and commissioning.
- Upload BACnet BMS points database from supported BMS platforms.
- Designed by Software Engineers for Building Management System experts.
- Direct Cloud or Local Connection to BMS via BACnet IP and supported technologies.
- Script based, highly reusable and repeatable testing.
- Model any testing scenario easily with our proprietary BMS testing.
- Test creation(s) built in cloud editor or using a simple text file editor and spreadsheet CSV files.
What users are saying about AutoCXI
“Our engineers have gone from trying to keep up with their work to driving our success. The company has doubled its commissioning workload without adding a single engineer.”
“We are able to focus our resources on the specific systems that are generating defects rather than the repetitive commissioning processes”
“We have used other systems that just give us forms and lists to track the manual testing. AutoCxI allows us to model and run repeatable test scenarios. It’s a game changer!”
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Successful Commissioning Projects
What AutoCXI will do for you!
Significantly reduces commissioning and testing costs
Improves the quality and repeatability of commissioning and testing, delivering client satisfaction and retention
Provides needed detail audit and history of commissioning and testing process
Is easily configured and used by the team you already have
Where does AutoCXI (AI) ROI come from?
1. Testing with an Operator working at the front-end requires manual repetitive process, error prone, operators forget to put setpoints and overrides back to normal. Operators tend to test multiple things at the same time and make mistakes, breadth of test is generally many more when its automated.
2. To correctly test, many times, you are waiting for something to cool down or heat-up. Testing if a valve is really closed after its opened, for the operator to sit and wait is massive waist of resources. Generally, they test other things and run many tests at the same time to be productive and its error prone.
3. In practice you test partially, potential address issues and continue testing. Iterative testing time is very wasteful. AutoCXI can re-run tests over and over without taking any human resources, except reading the results.
4. Frequently pressure on control contractor to complete startup BEFORE mechanical systems are ready. This means executing tests piecemeal, which auto CXI does very well. If contractor waits until everything is “ready”, the number of resources needed are frequently prohibitive. We have found so many times for example something is tested and working and then as more work is performed it “breaks”. Why: Reasons, balancers adjust valves, close hand valves, etc. DDC technicians make mistakes, software revisions by programmers break something.
5. Very difficult to close BMS jobs. Managers tend not to be fully accurate for the pre-startup, startup and formal commissioning phases “STATUS”. Manage your project and teams by testing results not guestimates. Point-Point testing phase, I/O valves and actuators, sequence of operation(s) for scenarios, alarm testing. By understanding the testing results of each Phase, it is drastically easier to predict and manage the remaining resources on the job.
6. Some control contractors have challenging relationships with CAX Agents. Contractors frequently need to put top talent to get a job signed off. Having confidence that BMS is tested, having evidence, allows comfort to push back on CAX, show test results and avoid CAX tendency to show worth through generating large volumes of paper.
7. During punch list, we frequently find technicians start at the top of the list and progress through the list without regard to importance. AutoCXI makes it easy to export work lists which have been prioritized by project manager, putting resources on what is important to the control contractor.
8. Measuring and correcting defects in a formal way allows control contactor to see performance of individual team members providing transparency at senior levels.
9. Over time ROI increases as contractor has testing scripts libraries customized in a way similar to sequence customization.
10. Commissioning/Startup is Expensive – See Project1, Project2 establishes a range from 10% for commercial office space- and 25% for lab work.
11. How many resources are translated to excessive warranty costs because they where not addressed during startup.
12. Revenue opportunity for Continuous Commission and related on-going post construction services.
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AutoCXI Features
Cloud Based Portal
- Fully Cloud Based – No footprint required on Laptop or PC
- Customized with Logo and Contact Information
- Hierarchical Portal Structure for the Management of the Commissioning Process
- Manage Clients (customers)
- Manage Project Sites
- Manage Specific Projects (contract work) Located at Project Sites
Security
- Secure 128 Bit Encrypted
- Access to Portal Secure Access from Portal to BMS over VPN
- Control who can access Portal
- Create/Manage user(s) inside and outside your organization for the workflow process
- Create/Manage user(s) inside or outside the integrator’s organization
Flexible Test Execution – Connectivity Options
- Role Based Security – Administrators, Managers, Editors and View Only
- End to End System can run completely in the cloud with VPN Connectivity to the BMS Network
- A Laptop agent is available for customers who cannot established cloud-BMS connectivity
- Synchronization to the cloud when Laptop agent obtains internet connectivity
Test Creation
- Test creation scripting language for BMS test feature file creation
- Create tests using simple online editor
- Cut/Paste scripts in text editor from previous tests
- Re-Use of standard tests (specific to your library)
- 100 test samples provided and growing
- Create tests with online test builder
- Step by step process to develop single or multiple test feature files
- Write generic test cases (point or system agnostic)
- Utilize/specify specific points to merge to create test cases
- Create one test and execute multiple times by using equipment identifiers
Supported Interfaces
- BACnet IP or (MS/TP via Customer Router)
- JSON
- IP Header Packet
- API for Manufacturer’s specific implementations
Points/System Database Construction
- Support for JACE upload database
- Support for ABB Aspect Series upload database
- Support for manual Create of Excel spreadsheet with System and BACnet Point Specification
- Ability to Refresh and Synch BMS database as changes are made on BMS units, points and controllers
Test Execution
- Schedule test execution to be performed on any date/time
- User Selectable Feature files allows flexibility to choose executed feature files
- Transactional date/time stamp results are stored in database for each test execution
- All test artifacts are stored and remain with the test execution run
- Easy to Read Summary Test Results pass/fail
- Provide Email link to anyone to access ONLY specific test result
- System automatically returns Overridden Points and Setpoint changes to the original state on test completion
Report Results
- Report templates provided for summary and detailed results
- Summary report templates provide limited pass/fail information
- Detail reports allow hierarchical drill down to show each test step and actual BMS
data point values at run time - Report can be customized to include customer LOGO or letterhead
- Automatically Include graphic screen prints in result reports if BMS system
supports retrieval
We ran two independent case studies and this is the cost saving break down for these 3 facilities
AutoCXI Pricing
Standard
2 users minimum
- Email support
- Single Thread
Premium
2 users minimum
- Email, Phone, Screenshare Support
- Multithreaded Execution
Enterprise
Continuous Commissioning
- Continuous Commissioning Feature Set(s)
- Control Loop Tuning
- Target Preventative Maintenance where needed.
- Monitor Energy Conservation measures (ECM)
- License models to End-User or System Integrator
- Scalable pricing by systems Size
- Premium support
- Custom reporting
Online training and configuration service
- Includes basic configuration services
- 3 Users / 10 Tests / 50 System Feature Tests
- Hourly rates apply for additional training or configuration services