Our "better way to do it" is highlighted by our partnership with Alerton Technologies Inc. ATS is the distributor for Alerton products in Washington, Idaho and Alaska. Alerton is a leading manufacturer and pioneer of Direct Digital Control (DDC) systems. The development of web-based systems interfaces, BACnet open protocol systems, Ethernet networking, and extensive systems integration demonstrates Alerton's industry leadership.

Alerton has the ability to bring new products and custom solutions for individual facilities to the market quickly, well ahead of the capabilities of other control manufacturers.

 

 

ATS Automation manages energy by implementing many energy-saving control strategies in new and retrofitted systems to reduce energy consumption.
  • Demand Ventilation Concepts
  • Variable Volume usage-based laboratory controls
  • Optimum start strategies
  • Variable Frequency Drive Retrofits
  • Economizer Reset
  • Variable Pressure Control Strategies
  • Lighting and Irrigation Control
  • Cooling and Heating Plant Optimization

System Integration:

  • BACnet
  • LonWorks
  • MODBUS
  • Hotel reservations and check-in
  • Card Access and Fire Alarm System Support
  • Laboratory Control System Installation and Support

 

BACnet Four Level Architecture

For complete monitoring and control functionality, BACtalk offers a four-tiered network architecture.

(Click on any of the levels to get a more detailed explanation).

 

 

Management Level:
From virtually anywhere in the world, you can monitor and control your buildings with our easy-to-use graphical software. Use three-dimensional animation and full-color graphics to access real-time data and energy management features. As-built drawings, floor plans and specific graphics of HVAC equipment can be customized for each site. The flexibility of BACnet allows connection to local area networks and the Internet.

Integration Level:
Intelligent BACnet programmable controllers perform global control strategies on a peer-to-peer basis for an entire facility or multiple sites. These devices integrate seamlessly with third-party building systems such as fire alarm, access management and lighting.

Field Controller Level:
Alerton offers an entire family of intelligent, native BACnet logic controllers. Each controller is programmable to support a range of applications, from complex air handling units to terminal unit devices such as VAV boxes, heat pumps and air conditioning units. All of our BACnet controllers use Alerton's intuitive, graphical DDC programming language, VisualLogic.

 

Field Controller

 

  • VLC 1188 Controller
  • Fully Programmable for almost any application
Sensor/Actuator Level:
Unique sensors like Alerton's Microset (pictured below) can serve as both tenant control centers and field service tools. The system also supports traditional sensors and actuators used in building automation.

Sensor

 

The Industry's First Intelligent Room Sensor:

  • Easy-Use Function Keys
  • Built-In Service Mode
  • OSA Indication
  • Humidity Option
  • System Clock Display

As a portion of the ATS Building Automation Solution, ATS engineers create custom control sequences using the easy to follow visual block diagram VisualLogic.

 

VisualLogic

VisualLogic

 

Envision for BACtalk

Envision for BACtalk

 

Using Envision for BACtalk is very simple and intuitive. Our graphics program simulates equipment status, building temperatures, and other monitored systems throughout the building. This visual, real-time graphic makes training and building maintenance simple and clean.

 

Chilled Water Loop

 

ATS has partnered with Phoenix Controls, the leading supplier of airflow controls for the laboratory environment. ATS is the local distributor for Phoenix Controls providing laboratory airflow control solutions.

 

Revolutionary Phoenix Controls Technologies offer the highest accuracy to precisely control fume hood containment and room pressurization, and also provide the highest stability,

even when challenged by countless pressure variations in miles of duct work.

Advanced airflow management solutions will change your vision of the laboratory airflow world. The Phoenix Controls system will not only provide the safest, most comfortable environment, but will also lower your up-front capital costs, while reducing ongoing operational, energy and maintenance costs.

 

Objectives of ATS Lab Control

  • Safety
    • Fume Hood Capture & Containment
    • Laboratory Pressurization
    • Minimum Ventilation Control (Air Change Rate)
  • Environmental Control
    • Temperature
    • Humidity
    • Sound
  • Reduced Operating Costs
    • Energy
    • Minimize Downtime
    • Maintenance
    • Patented VFD for Single Hood Applications
    • Patented Sash Sensing
    • Pioneered Volumetric Tracking Approach
    • Introduced Accel Venturi Valve
    • Patented Zone Presence Sensor

Phoenix Lab Control

 

Major Phoenix Projects

ATS is the Northwest representative for Aircuity. Aircuity has developed an indoor air quality measurement system

to monitor eight physical and chemical parameters within a building, including temperature, relative humidity, carbon dioxide and common pollutants such as carbon monoxide, ozone, particles and radon. Filter samples may also be collected for mold analysis.

IAQ 100 Schematic

 

Aircuity System

Sensor data is automatically transferred to a protected website, and is interpreted by a proprietary artificial intelligence-based program to produce an air quality report. Aircuity's technology provides affordable information to help facility managers evaluate, control and improve the air quality in schools, offices and industrial workplaces.

Aircuity was recently used on the Department of Ecology project to identify areas with problematic ventilation.

 

Aircuity "Optinet™" Facility Monitoring System
ATS Automation is excited to announce the release of Aircuity's "Optinet" Facility Monitoring System. The Optinet™ system is a comprehensive, cost effective solution for sensing and monitoring a facility's environment. It goes beyond traditional methods by providing a distributed, multipoint sampling using industrial grade sensors to monitor a host of environmental conditions throughout a facility in a variety of applications:

  • Indoor Environmental Air Quality Monitoring
  • LEED™ Certification Points
  • Performance Contract Reporting
  • Results Based Maintenance
  • Real Time Commissioning
  • Ventilation Effectiveness Evaluation



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