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Tracer Product Tour 2010. General Session. Outline. Trane Controls Vision and Strategy History – where are we today? Current Product Strategy Chilled Water Systems Overview New Product Capabilities Single Tracer SC Applications Multiple Tracer SC Applications Break
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Tracer Product Tour 2010 General Session
Outline • Trane Controls Vision and Strategy • History – where are we today? • Current Product Strategy • Chilled Water Systems Overview • New Product Capabilities • Single Tracer SC Applications • Multiple Tracer SC Applications Break • System Selection • Tools and Productivity Improvements • Sales Tools and Resources • Other Product Updates • Upcoming Products Late 2010
Strategic Value of Trane’s Controls Business • Controls Contracting business stream • Controls hardware sales • Comprehensive Solutions – controls required • Systems strategy • Pull-thru in both directions – Contracting Equipment • Unit controllers enhance Trane’s equipment offering • Enhances Controls Service and Parts business streams • Including “Intelligent Service” offerings • Access to customer over the life of the building
Market Trends and Industry Drivers • Continued growth trend of existing building upgrades and renovations • Energy retrofits are a key driver • Emerging energy opportunities such as “Smart Grid” • Energy reporting requirements • Compliance • Analysis • Credits • LEED for new construction and existing buildings • Integration of systems – growing market and evolving in scope • Increasing security concerns • Increasing maintenance concerns • Sustaining performance – comfort and energy • Workforce productivity • LEED and other compliance validation
Trane Strategies • Our differentiation Systems and Solutions - Our knowledge is key ICS - Factory quality, faster construction, less risk Unit Controllers - Smart algorithms, Data for Service HVAC Applications - VAV Air Systems, Chiller Plant Performance - Temperature, Humidity, IAQ, Acoustics Efficiency - Lowest energy cost systems Sustainability - Easier to maintain and document • Goals • Increase % of equipment sold with systems • Increase % of systems with a Service Agreement • Expand systems beyond HVAC • Need to have a strong, competitive controls offering • New architecture to close the gaps
Tracer™ SC - 2009 The cornerstone of Trane controls platform • Web-enabled product • Scalability - multiple models • (30, 60, 120 devices) • Supports open standard protocols • BACnet™ – LonTalk™ • Trane system applications • Air systems – VAS and Area Control, first release • Additional applications in subsequent releases + + = 9
Tracer™ SC Architecture - 2009 Trane Technician PC with Tracer TU Customer PC with Web Browser Ethernet WAN/LAN BACnet/IP Tracer SC Intellipak (I or II) LCI-I LonTalk BACnet Intellipak (I or II) BCI-I Multi-Purpose Tracer MP581 VAVs Tracer VV550 VAVs Tracer UC400 Unitary Controller Tracer ZN517 ReliaTel Equipment LCI-R 10
Tracer™ SC Capabilities - 2009 • Service Pack 1b • Operating System • Operating System • Performance • Service Pack 1a • BACnet Controls • BACnet UnitControllers • UC400 VAV • BCI-I • Release 1b • Rooftop VAV • Additional LON Unit Controllers • MP501 • MP503 • ZN510/1 • ZN520/1 • ZN524 • GLD • UC400 Field Programmable • Graphics • Release 1a • Rooftop VAV • LON Controllers Only • LCI-I • LCI-R • ZN517 • Applications • Air System • Schedule • Security • Area • Data Management • Data Logs • Override • Custom Applications • TGP2 • VV550/1 • MP580/1 • Embedded Software Updates • Area • Equipment • Schedules • Trends • VAS • Backup & Restore • Alarms • Reports 2009 2Q 4Q 1Q 3Q
Chilled Water Systems Release in Mid-2010 Business Impact Market Expansion Access to more jobs Chilled water system jobs BACnet top-to-bottom jobs Access to larger jobs Jobs with more than one Tracer SC (via Tracer ES) Jobs with Tracer SCs and BCUs (via Tracer ES) Say “yes” to web and BACnet specs Product Acceptance Feature additions Productivity improvements Ease of use enhancements Major release opens Tracer SC to most of the market
Tracer Controls Capabilities in Mid-2010 • Web Enabled • Graphical Operator View • Schedules (view and edit) • Common Alarm Log • Tracer ES Reports and Trends Tracer ES for Single Operator Interface JENEsys™Modbus Bridge Ethernet WAN/LAN BACnet/IP Tracer SC Tracer SC Area and VAS System Applications Chiller Plant Control System Application Point to Point for Application Control BACnet MS/TP or LonTalk BACnet MS/TP or LonTalk Air Handlers With Tracer Controls Chiller Equipment With Tracer Controls Rooftop Equipment With Tracer Controls VAVs With Tracer Controls Field Applied Applications With Tracer Controls 16
Tracer Controls Capabilities in Mid-2010 • Tracer SC Version 2.0 • Chiller interfaces and Chiller Plant Control • Non-Trane device support • Increased BACnet MSTP capacity • Usability and Installation improvements • Tracer ES Version 2.5 • Tracer SC support • Tracer TU Version 4.0 • Updated Graphics Editor • Miscellaneous enhancements
Product Enhancements Single Tracer™ SC Applications
Tracer™ SC Enhancements Chiller Plant Control • Support Trane and non-Trane LON and BACnet chiller controls • Support for generic chillers via MP581 or Tracer UC400 • Same functionality as Tracer Summit plus Added Chiller Plant Control Features • Variable Primary Flow • Check the box • Uses RLA subtract • RLA subtract • Subtract on rated load amp consumption • Chiller rotation based on runtime • Automatic reset of CPC on chiller failures • Series chillers in constant flow and VPF plants • Check the box • Applicable to a two chiller series plant
Tracer™ SC Enhancements Chiller Plant Control Dashboard • Display critical information from a single graphical interface • Understand current status of the Chiller Plant • Display system performance and energy usage • Alarm indication of problems Improving the presentation of our capabilities
Tracer™ SC Enhancements Increased Device Capacities • LonTalk • 120 Devices including up to 20 MP580s • BACnet MS/TP • Up to 120 Devices (60 per link) • Most comfort cooling applications are OK • Critical applications may limit the quantity (30 per link) • It’s the wire (not the processor) • Intense use of fast TGP2 routines and/or trends • Hospitals, Labs, Industrial • Use Tracer SC60 model • More information in the Operations session Increasing performance to reduce costs
Tracer™ SC Enhancements User-defined Point Names • Allows more customization of Equipment Templates • Expands capabilities for: • Programmable controllers (Tracer UC400) • Non-Trane devices (via LonTalk or BACnet IP or MS/TP) • Examples: • JeneSys BAS Bridge • VFDs New capabilities for integration with non-Trane devices
Tracer™ SC Enhancements Customer Usability • Override capability from status page • Equipment pages have simplified navigation • Faster page generation – more responsive to the user Scheduling • Ability to set-up exception schedules • Re-designed user interface Significant improvements in user interface – key areas
Tracer™ SC Enhancements Conversion on upgrade of Tracer SC to Version 2 • No requirement to reprogram site, graphics, and rediscover equipment on LonTalk installations • BACnet MS/TP devices require manual updates of graphics and Tracer SC TGP2 routines • Version 2 upgrade requires prior update to Version 1.2.0222 (SD card upgrade) • No hardware changes Contact us on BACnet job upgrades
Demo Tracer™ SC
New Product Capabilities Multiple Tracer™ SC Applications
Tracer SC Architecture (New) Local PC with Web Browser Tracer ES (Large Site) Remote PC with Web Browser Web Connection Ethernet WAN/LAN BACnet/IP Tracer SC Air Handler With Tracer Controls Tracer SCs Chiller Control With Tracer Controls • UC 400 • VV551 • MP 581 • MP503 • ZN52x BACnet or LonTalk BACnet or LonTalk Chiller Plant Control Application VAVs With Tracer Controls (VAS and Area) JENEsys™Modbus Bridge
Tracer ES™ Capabilities With Tracer™ SC • Schedules • Modify existing schedules • Create exception schedules • Data Logs • Alarms • Common alarm log across multiple Tracer SC panels • Global point sharing • Graphics • Widgets • Dashboards
Mixed BCU and Tracer™ SC Applications • Add Tracer ES as the operator interface • Web access for BCUs • Single interface for both system types • Common alarm log • Exception scheduling • Global point sharing • Customer migration path
Demo Tracer ES™ and Tracer™ SC
When to Apply Tracer™ SC Provide web access and building control capabilities for: • New construction projects • RTU/VAV systems • Chilled Water Systems • Air cooled chiller/AHU • Water cooled chiller plants/AHU • Chilled water terminal product • Specifications that require “top-to-bottom” BACnet compliance • Existing building upgrades or expansion Tracer SC is becoming our core offering
When to Apply Tracer Summit™ Provide building control capabilities for: • UUKL Smoke Control • Some water source heat pump systems • Critical Control Systems • Existing building upgrade or expansion • Legacy equipment controllers (Comm3 or Comm4) • Local display Legacy expansions, special applications, local display
When to Apply Tracer ES™ Provide web access and building management capabilities for: • New construction projects • Multiple system panels (Tracer SC or BCU) • Large sites with multiple buildings • Web access for new BCU jobs • Existing building upgrades or expansion • Tracer SC / BCU jobs • Web Access for current BCU customers • Integration to 3rd party BACnet compliant systems Web interface for multiple panel applications – Tracer SC, BCU and other BACnet panels
HVAC Equipment Inventory Comm. Options *Field Applied Tracer UC400
Sales Tools • Existing Live Demos • Tracer SC – http://tracersc.trane.com/(logon: Trane pw: Tracer) • Tracer ES - http://traceres/TracerES/(logon: officedemo pw: training) • New Live Product Demos • New demos for Tracer SC and Tracer ES – available in June on the Trane network • Direct access via web without VPN or Trane network requirements in July • Tracer SC Flash demo • Tracer SC Web Tour (Inside Trane network) • Tracer SC Web Tour download for offline PC use • How to order your office demo • Contact Shawn Dunsmoor in St. Paul for assistance
Sales Tools • Tracer SC Customer PresentationPowerPoint June 2010 • Tracer SC Product CatalogBAS-PRC031-EN June 2010 • Tracer ES™ Express for Single Sites • Trane Controls Capabilities Sales BrochureBAS-SLC001-EN July 2010 • Updating controls in chiller sales literature – ongoing
Sales Resources - Updated • Systems Capabilities Matrix • http://tranenetlax1/gcc/Portal/System_Capability_Matrix.pdf • Tracer SC Marketing Guide • http://www.trane.com/cps/uploads/userfiles/internal/controls/BAS-SLM024-EN.pdf • Tracer SC Guide Spec • http://www.trane.com/CPS/Uploads/UserFiles/Controls/SingleBldg/TracerSC/TracerSCGuideSpec.doc • Resource Inventory Guide • http://tranenetlax1/gcc/Portal/Resource.Guide/Trane_Resource_Inventory_Guide_5.2x.xls • Tracer SC/UC400 Job Approval Request Form • http://www.trane.com/cps/uploads/userfiles/internal/controls/TracerSCJobApprovalRequest.doc • Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) • Selectable points list available in June 2010 • St. Paul Product Support: 1-877-78-TRANE • ICSL Support
Trane Other Product Updates • Tracer ES Express • Dashboards • Energy Software • Data Center Solution • Technology Solutions Contracting • Tracer R’newal Update
Tracer ES™ Express Single Site Web Server • Remote web-access for new and existing Tracer customers • Operator workstation • Site Status/Setpoints/Overrides • Scheduling • Alarms • Data Logs • Comfort call response • Building performance monitoring • Supports 1-5 panels • Pre-packaged for simplified installation Uses SQL Express database and pre-packaged server
Ordering and Pricing Order via Lynx – delivered from St. Paul • Installation • Pre-configured server reduces complexity • Microsoft SQL Express database installed • Pre-loaded Tracer ES software
Trane Dashboards Multiple projects under way K-12 dashboard released in 2009 Goal: standard dashboards with repeatable estimating and fulfillment Currently under development Chilled Water System Higher Education Retail Custom pages available through Centralized Services Template announcements in Q3 & Q4 2010 Education Green Dashboard (K12) Chiller Plant Dashboard