The Control Box: new supervisor for optimizing building energy systems

Marketed under the GENATIS BY SOUCHIER brand, this digital supervisor allows energy savings thanks to better control of existing equipment from a simple internet browser and brings comfort to occupants.

The CONTROL BOX offers a supervision solution by controlling various equipment such as heating, air conditioning, lighting, Air Handling Unit (CTA), a destratification system, energy meters and management of air pumps. heat of the offices.

The CONTROL BOX is recommended and suitable for all buildings (tertiary, industrial, agricultural, etc.).

Through its commercial brand GENATIS, SOUCHIER puts its know-how at the service of installers and operators by offering technical solutions dedicated to the intelligent management of natural resources (renewal of indoor air, management of solar input and sanitary water ) for GTB and GTC.

For Mr. Binisti, General Manager: “We are delighted to launch the CONTROL BOX on the market. This versatile and intelligent solution reinforces our commitment to providing our customers with advanced tools for efficient and responsible energy management. The CONTROL BOX opens new perspectives for companies wishing to optimize their energy consumption and reduce their impact on the environment, while achieving increased comfort. The CONTROL BOX represents a significant advance in the field of building automation. »

The quintessence of supervision: the functionalities of continuous improvement of energy systems

The CONTROL BOX allows energy optimization of a building that can support up to:

• 12 energy zones with control of lighting authorization, heating and air conditioning, destrification
• 1 heating generator whose operation will be controlled by the heating demand of the zones,
• 30 indoor air conditioning/heating units (reversible heat pumps) with control of temperature setpoints, operating override, automatic restart, etc. Communication with the indoor units is carried out via a multi-brand communication gateway
• The exterior lighting of the building as well as the lighting of the sign, depending on a time program and/or the height of the sun and/or a twilight switch,
• 1 Air Handling Unit (CTA), with Modbus communication (RTU or IP)
• Analysis of energy meters, over hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and annual periods

In order to enable complete and efficient management of all of a building's installations, the CONTROL BOX has been designed as a single supervisor linking the different energy systems. It aims to significantly increase the level of performance of systems such as heating and air conditioning networks, lighting, ventilation, etc. This energy management contributes to intelligent management of resources and better comfort for users through controlled control of their environment. .

The CONTROL BOX stands out with a wide range of advanced features to improve the comfort and efficiency of industrial and commercial installations. It offers unprecedented energy optimization, of the order of 20 to 30%, allowing companies to reduce their energy costs while minimizing their impact on the environment. Exhaustive supervision, carried out remotely and in real time of the systems, is based on automated programming and the punctual intervention of operators who can act as needed and based on the analysis of the information collected.

Act on all parameters

Thanks to its unit override management system, users can individually adjust heating and cooling settings according to their preferences. The summer/winter period function of the CONTROL BOX makes it possible to automatically adapt all systems to seasonal changes, thus offering optimal management of energy consumption.

Durability of installations

The CONTROL BOX, beyond being a tool for controlling energy consumption and reducing CO2 emissions, makes it possible to reduce the constraints weighing on the management of equipment by extending their lifespan and minimizing maintenance times. shutdown, then maintenance costs by optimizing their use.

The CONTROL BOX also allows easy integration with radio technology such as LoRaWAN and Zigbee, providing a flexible and scalable solution.

Total compatibility for single, centralized control

Thanks to its Modbus RTU and Modbus TCP/IP communication, it ensures perfect compatibility with other existing supervision equipment. The CONTROL BOX can also be combined with a wide range of brands, thus offering a practical multi-brand gateway for users and according to the references of the different equipment.

A notification center to manage priorities

The CONTROL BOX has an integrated notification center to inform users of important events related to their environment and allows them to react quickly and efficiently in the event of a critical situation. This feature allows you to stay informed of relevant changes and updates. Alarm management is done by assigning priority levels, offering a deferred mode for sending non-urgent alarms and allowing the choice of several channels for sending notifications (mobile application, e-mail, mode deferred).

An intuitive and personalized interface

The CONTROL BOX supervision software is efficient and intuitive. With its ergonomic interface and its functionalities, it allows you to control and carry out efficient data processing. Users can view all information in a clear and animated way. In addition, the CONTROL BOX allows you to historically track all monitored points, in the form of lines, areas or bars thanks to an associated reporting system. This service provides immediate dynamic information with high detail on consumption data which can be individualized. Self-configuring charts provide a clear visual representation of energy data, allowing users to easily detect inefficiencies and take necessary action to correct them. Users can also customize the designations for finer use of the interface.

It is possible in the CONTROL BOX to log any information type command (binary or digital). This will therefore allow you, for example, to record a temperature curve, humidity curve, fan speed, occupancy period, etc.

On the left part, you can directly select the name of the stored variable or access it via a tree structure by function:

• Heat pump equipment parameter,
• Outside,
• Energy Management,
• From Zone 1 to Zone 12,
• Exterior lighting,
• Counters,
• Zone Lighting Hours,
• HVAC Zones schedules,
• Heat pump equipment,
• ...

Technical characteristics

• Processors:
  • 6 cores 64-bit, Dual-core Arm Cortex-A72
  • 64-bit @ 2,0GHz associated with an Arm quad-core
  • Cortex-A53 64-bit @ 1,5GHz
• RAM: 4 GB DDR4 RAM
• 4 external USB: 2 x USB 2 + 2 x USB 3,
• Hard drive: 32 GB Emmc,
• WIFI: 2,4 GHz and 5 GHz integrated,
• Bluetooth 5.0,
• RTC battery
• Power supply: 9V 2A USB-C EU plug