Siemens Desigo Plug and Play Automation is a solution to connect, manage and monitor HVAC systems of small and mid-sized buildings ensuring highest occupant comfort while reducing energy consumption. Desigo Plug and Play Automation radically lowers the effort and complexity of Building Automation by delivering a fast and efficient plug and play solution to integrate and control field devices.
Equipment for measurement and control includes an IoT device that combines the functions of a controller and gateway, integrating thermostats, heat and cooling meters, electric meters and wireless actuators, control units, and sensors.
The key features of Desigo Plug and Play Automation include:
- Radiator application with KNX IoT Thread devices
- Fan coil unit control with Modbus thermostats for 2- and 4-pipe fan coils
- Cloud-based dashboard for energy consumption tracking and control
- Individual room control for demand-driven heating and cooling
- Integration of meters for electricity, heating and cooling
- Plug & play commissioning and workflow for remote planning, intuitive on-site installation, troubleshooting and maintenance
- Energy savings thanks to end-to-end heating and cooling demand control
- Scheduling functions for thermostats based on building needs
- Commissioning report created in app verifying that all devices are visible and manageable from the cloud service
- On-line system check allows users to troubleshoot the system remotely
- Self-administration where new users can be invited to access the cloud service
- User management with role-based access control
- Device management of Siemens cloud-based devices
- Subscription management to view, manage, review and cancel subscriptions
The delivery consists of the Desigo Plug and Play Automation hardware and a software subscription.