Field-Ready · Lesson 0.2
The Language of BAS
The jargon nobody explains. The words everyone assumes you already know.
Building automation has its own language, and nobody hands you a dictionary on your first day. You are expected to already know what a trunk is, what a JACE does, and what someone means when they hand you a work order for a DOAS serving a VRF system. This lesson is the dictionary.
Open every card. You do not need to memorize all of this today. You need to know it exists so that when you hear it on a job site, something clicks instead of nothing.
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The Basics
The top-level names for what this industry is and what it does.
On the Wire
The physical connections that tie a BAS together.
Points and Signals
How the BAS reads and commands the physical world.
Field Hardware
The physical devices you will wire, mount, and troubleshoot on the job site.
Air-Side Equipment
The units that condition and distribute air throughout a building.
Mechanical and Electrical Equipment
The drives, motors, and infrastructure that keep everything running.
Units and Measurements
The numbers that show up on every point list and equipment schedule.
Systems and Software
The platforms, tools, and concepts above the controller level.
The Protocols
The languages controllers use to talk to each other.
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