ISO/IEC TR 14543-4:2002

Information technology — Home Electronic System (HES) architecture — Part 4: Home and building automation in a mixed-use building ISO/IEC TR 14543-4:2002

Publication date:   Aug 28, 2002

Scope

This part of ISO/IEC 14543 presents methods for overall building management of the home
electronic system (HES) architecture. The interaction of building and home control systems
requires a demarcation between building manager versus tenant responsibilities. A method for
implementing agreements between building managers and tenants regarding user access to
and control of applications via a firewall is specified.
This technical report augments series ISO/IEC 14543, the architecture of HES (Home
Electronic System), in order to accommodate both home and building automation in a mixeduse
building. Both systems may coexist in a building with shops, offices and apartments. Some
systems are applicable to the whole building versus the systems which are applicable to
individual apartments and offices only. In some cases these systems need to interact.
This technical report proposes a logical model for linking building and home control systems
even if the two use different physical arrangements of components. The basic recommendations
are:
allow for distinct and separate building and home automation control systems, possibly
supplied by different manufacturers;
define clear points of connection between building and home control systems;
limit the number of points of connection between building and home control systems,
preferably to one per home system;
accommodate systems that provide building tenants with user control of local systems. This
favors an architecture where products can be designed for the user to override control
decisions within parameters agreed with building management. Such actions are exercised
by the building automation system and affect local systems. This enhances user safety and
user privacy;
provide seamless links between systems that are based on different architectures, that
incorporate different communications protocols, and that may be purchased from different
manufacturers.