by Brianna Crandall — February 2, 2015—To empower building owners and operators to easily manage their heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) energy consumption while maintaining a comfortable indoor environment, building automation systems manufacturer and pioneer Alerton (a Honeywell business) has released an updated version of its Ascent Compass Software.
The Compass 1.2 solution provides users a cleaner, simpler interface designed to reduce the steps required to optimize building systems and energy efficiency, and thus save facilities staff time and increasing work efficiency.
Introduced in 2014, Compass is a part of the Alerton Ascent building automation suite of products that monitors and controls a host of building systems, including HVAC, lighting, security/access control, fire and life safety, elevators and escalators, and others.
Compass 1.2 software features an enhanced navigation tree that enables each user, or group of users, to tailor the building automation system to only present features pertaining to their work. The interface is simpler and reduces the number of steps required to complete a task, notes Alerton.
Another feature is context-specific menus that provide relevant data and tasks wherever a user is within the system. This allows users to easily view, create and edit alarms or any system data points controlled by Ascent, delivering complete user management of trend logs, alarms and schedules via the Web. Additional enhancements include updated graphic images, controls and views.
