All tags listed alphabetically

absorption

Cooling process using energy from heat source such as hot water

ac

Relating to alternating current electricity

accumulate

Accumulate the tag's value during inheritance and defx

active

Working, operative, effective

actorTimeout

Timeout for messages send to the connector's actor thread

actuator

Equipment to move or control a mechanism

admin

Requires admin permission

ahu

Air Handling Unit

ahuZoneDelivery

AHU delivery method of conditioned air to the zone

air

The mixture of gases which surrounds the earth

airCooling

Cooling by dissipating heat into the surrounding air

airHandlingEquip

HVAC equipment that conditions and delivers air via one or more fans

airQuality

Concentration of contaminants in the air

airQualityZonePoints

Entity with logical grouping of zone air quality points

airRef

Air flows from the referent to this entity

airTerminalUnit

Equipment in air distribution systems which terminate at the space

airVolumeAdjustability

Ability of air handling equip to adjust volume of air flow

alarm

Notification of a condition which requires attention

angle

Measurement of the relative difference in direction between two vectors or phasors

apparent

Perceived quantity

area

Area of a shape or floor space

association

Associations model ontological relationships between definitions

ates

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage system

atesClosedLoop

The ATES uses closed piping to transport a water/glycol mixture through the ground

atesDesign

Design type of the ATES underground system

atesDoublet

The ATES has one or more pairs of a separate warm and cool well

atesDoubletPaired

The ATES is as a doublet, but with specific warm and cool wells linked together

atesMono

The ATES has only one physical well

atesUnidirectional

Similar to a doublet, but water always flows in the same direction from the extraction to the infiltration well

atmospheric

Related to the atmosphere of the earth

avg

Average

bacnet

ASHRAE building automation and control protocol

barometric

Relating atmospheric pressure

baseUri

Base URI for normalizing relative URIs

battery

Equipment used to store electric energy

biomass

Plant or animal material used as fuel to produce electricity or heat

biomassHeating

Heating by the combustion of biomass

blowdown

Removal from container or pipe

blowdownWaterRef

Blowdown water flows from the referent to this entity

bluetooth

Short range wireless communication protocol

boiler

Equipment to generate hot water or steam for heating

bool

Boolean value true or false

branchSelector

Branch selector used for heat recovery in a VRF system

bypass

Pipe used to bypass an equipment

cable

An assembly of one or more insulated conductors

cav

Constant air volume terminal unit

centrifugal

Compression via a continuous flow of fluid through an impeller

ch2o

Formaldehyde (CH₂O)

ch4

Methane (CH₄)

children

List of prototypes contained by this entity

childrenFlatten

List of aspects to flatten into children prototypes

chilled

Substance is cooled using cooling process

chilledBeam

Conditions a space using a heat exchanger integrated into the ceiling

chilledBeamZone

AHU supplies air to chilled beam terminal units

chilledWaterCooling

Cooling using transfer of heat to chilled water

chilledWaterRef

Chilled water flows from the referent to this entity

chiller

Equipment to remove heat from a liquid

chillerMechanism

Primary mechanism of chiller

choice

Choice specifies an exclusive marker selection

circ

Pipe used to circulate fluid through an equipment or system

circuit

Electrical circuit and its associated components such as breakers

cloudage

Percentage of sky obscured by clouds

cmd

Point is a command, actuator, AO/BO

co

Carbon monoxide (CO)

co2

Carbon dioxide (CO₂)

co2e

Carbon dioxide equivalent

coal

Combustible sedimentary rock

coalHeating

Heating by the combustion of coal

coap

Constrained Application Protocol

coil

Heat exchanger used to heat or cool air

cold

Having low degree of heat

coldDeck

Duct carries air for cooling

compressor

Device for mechanically increasing the pressure of a gas or refrigerant vapor by reducing its volume

computed

Computed point

computedFromReciprocal

Indicates a relationship that is computed from its reciprocal

computedModel

See Synthetics chapter

computer

General purpose computer

concentration

Abundance of substance in the total volume of a mixture

condensate

Liquid phase produced by the condensation of steam or other gas

condensateRef

Condensate flows from the referent to this entity

condenser

Device or related to process of condensation

condenserClosedLoop

Working fluid is kept separate from fluid used for heat transfer into the atmosphere

condenserCooling

Removal of heat through the process of water condensation

condenserLoop

Open or closed loop for condenser working fluid

condenserOpenLoop

Uses working fluid itself for evaporation into the atmosphere

condenserWaterRef

Condenser water flows from the referent to this entity

conditioning

Related to cleaning, heating, cooling, humidifying, dehumidifying, ventilating or circulating  air. 

conduit

Duct, pipe, or cable to convey a substance or phenomenon

conn

Connector for communication to a remote system

connErr

Error message associated when connStatus indicates an error condition

connFeatures

Defines the features supported by a given connector

connLinger

Linger timeout used to keep a connector open

connOpenRetryFreq

Duration used for connector open retries

connPingFreq

Duration used to configure the auto-ping feature on a given connector

connPoint

Point associated with a connector for data synchronization with a remote system

connState

Current connection state of a connector as one of the predefined strings

connStatus

Current status of a connector as one of the predefined strings See Connectors

connTuning

Marker applied to a rec which defines a tuning configuration

connTuningRef

Reference to a tuning configuration defined by a connTuning rec

constantAirVolume

Delivers a constant volume of air flow

containedBy

The entity is logically contained by the referent

contains

Entities logically contained by this entity

controller

Microprocessor based device used in a control system

controls

Associated with the control system for an industrial process

cool

Associted with low temperature or cooling processes

cooling

Cooling mode or process

coolingCapacity

Measurement of a chiller ability to remove heat measured

coolingCoil

Coil used to cool air

coolingOnly

Equipment without heating

coolingProcess

Processed used to cool a substance

coolingTower

Equipment to transfer waste heat into the atmosphere

coord

Geographic coordinate in latitude/longitude in decimal degrees

crac

Computer Room Air Conditioner

created

The timestamp when entity was created

cur

Supports current value

curCalibration

Calibration value to apply to adjust the value read from the connector before updating curVal

curConvert

Conversion to apply when reading curVal from connector

curErr

Error description when curStatus indicates error condition

curStatus

Status of point's current value reading

curTracksWrite

When configured curVal automatically tracks changes to writeVal and curStatus is set to "ok"

curVal

Current value of a point

current

Movement of fluid or electricity

dali

Digital Addressable Lighting Interface protocol for lighting

damper

Damper equipment or control point

dataCenter

Space used to house computer and networking gear

date

ISO 8601 date as year, month, day

dateTime

ISO 8601 timestamp followed by timezone identifier

daytime

Time between sunrise and sunset

dc

Relating to direct current electricity

deadband

The range in a process where no changes to output are made

def

Create a new definition bound to the given symbol

defx

Extends the given definition with additional meta tags

delta

Differential of fluid between entering and leaving sensors

demand

Rate required for a process

depends

List of this library's dependencies

deprecated

Obsoleted

design

Data related to intended design and operating conditions

dessicantDehumidifier

Decreases humidity from air using a substance which absorbs moisture

device

Microprocessor based hardware device

deviceRef

Device which controls a monitors this entity

dewPoint

Dew point temperature at which water vapor will form dew

dict

Map of name/value tag pairs

diesel

Liquid fuel specifically designed for use in diesel engines

directZone

AHU supplies air directly to the zone

direction

Compass direction measured in degrees

dis

Display name for an entity

disKey

Localized string key formatted as pod::key

disMacro

Display name using macro syntax

disableOverridableChecks

Disables function overridable checking

disabled

Indicates the entity is in a disabled state

discharge

Duct for air leaving an equipment

dispenser

Equipment that releases a specific amount of a substance

diverting

Three way valve which inputs one pipe and diverts between two output pipes

doas

Dedicated Outside Air System

doc

Documentation in simplified flavor of markdown

docAssociations

Generate a section in the docs for this association

docTaxonomy

Generate a taxonomy tree for this term in the documentationindex

dockerContainer

Docker container

dockerImage

Docker image

dockerState

Current status of a Docker container

dockerStatus

Additional human-readable status of the container

domestic

For human use

domesticWaterRef

Domestic water flows from the referent to this entity

dualDuct

Two ducts

duct

Conduit used to convey air for HVAC

ductArea

Config point on a vav for duct area measured in ft² or m²

ductConfig

Ductwork configuration

ductDeck

Cold, hot, or neutral deck

ductSection

Equipment section of ductwork

duration

Number with a unit of time

dxCooling

Cooling using direct expansion of a refrigerant vapor

dxHeating

Heating using direct expansion of a refrigerant vapor

ecobeeClientId

Your Ecobee API Key

ecobeeConn

Ecobee connector

ecobeeConnRef

Used on a proxy point to reference its parent ecobeeConn

ecobeeCur

Ecobee address to use to get the current value

ecobeeHis

Ecobee address to use to sync point history

ecobeePoint

Point which synchronizes data via an Ecobee connector

ecobeeRefreshToken

The refresh token you obtained for your API key

ecobeeWrite

Ecobee address to use to write a point value

economizer

Duct to access fresh outside air only for economizing, not ventilation

economizing

Energy reduction mode which augments heating/cooling with outside air

effective

Current control setpoint in effect taking into account other factors

efficiency

Efficiency point of a chiller measured in "COP" or "kW/ton"

elec

Associated with electricity or with electrical force, power, or energy

elecHeating

Heating by the conversion of electrical energy

elecLine

Single-phase line measurement of an electric quantity in an AC electric power system

elecLineToLine

Single-phase electric quantity measured line-to-line in an AC electric power system

elecLineToNeutral

Single-phase electric quantity measured line-to-neutral in an AC electric power system

elecRef

Electricity flows from the referent to this entity

elevator

Enclosure used to move people between floors

emission

Amount of a substance discharged into the air

enable

Secondary on/off point of an equip especially used with a vfd

energy

Measure of ability to do work

entering

Pipe conveys fluid into an equipment

enthalpy

Total heat content of a system

entity

Top-level dicts with a unique identifier

enum

Defines an eumeration of string key names

enumMeta

Project singleton record with enumeration name/code definitions

equip

Equipment asset

equipRef

Reference to equip which contains this entity

err

Indicates an error condition, dis should contain display message

errTrace

Exception stack trace

escalator

Moving staircase used to move people between floors

evaporator

Mechanism used to convert a refrigerant from its liquid to gaseous state

evse

Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment

evseCableType

Physical type of evse-cable

evseSession

Describes an event during which an evse-port can deliver power to an EV

evseStatus

Status of one or more evse-port reported by an EVSE

exhaust

Duct used to expel air back outside

export

Supplied out of a system

expr

Axon expression string

extraction

Taking a substance out of another substance

faceBypass

Point of an ahu indicating air flow is by-passing the heating/cooling coils

fan

Fan equipment or control point

fanPowered

Device with a fan

fcu

Fan Coil Unit

feature

Feature namespace of definitions formatted as feature:name

feelsLike

Apparent temperature perceived when considering humidity, wind chill, and heat index

fileExt

Filename extension such as "csv"

filetype

File format type definition

filter

Related to an air or fluid filter

filterStr

Haystack filter string

flags

Flags string

floor

Storey of a building

floorNum

Unitless integer indicating the floor's distance from ground level

flow

Measure of volumetric flow of fluid

flowInverter

System to change direction of substance flow

flue

Duct for exhausting combustion

fluid

Liquid or gas

flux

Measurement through a given surface

foldOn

Registers a function as folding a given value type

freezeStat

A boolean point of an ahu indicating a freezing condition

freq

Occurrences per unit time

ftp

File Transfer Protocol

fuelOil

Petroleum based oil burned for energy

fuelOilHeating

Heating by the combustion of fuel oil

fuelOilRef

Fuel oil flows from the referent to this entity

fumeHood

Ventilation equipment to limit exposure to hazardous fumes

func

Axon function

gas

Substance with neither definite volume nor shape

gasoline

Petroleum derived liquid used as a fuel source

gasolineRef

Gasoline flows from the referent to this entity

geoAddr

Free form street address

geoCity

Geographic city or locality name

geoCoord

Geographic coordinate as C(latitude,longitude)

geoCountry

Geographic country as ISO 3166-1 two letter code

geoCounty

Geographic subdivision of US state

geoElevation

Elevation above sea-level of the location

geoPlace

Geographic place

geoPostalCode

Geographic postal code

geoState

State or province name

geoStreet

Geographic street address and name

grid

Two dimension table of columns and rows

ground

Related to the surface of the earth

haystack

Haystack HTTP protocol for exchanging tagged data

haystackConn

Haystack connector to a Haystack REST API server

haystackConnRef

Used on a proxy point to reference its parent haystackConn

haystackCur

Used on a haystack proxy point to store the id of the entity in the remote system used to read and watch curVal

haystackHis

Used on a haystack proxy point object to store the id of the historized point in the remote system used to sync history data

haystackPoint

Point which synchronizes data via a Haystack connector

haystackPollFreq

Applied to haystackConn to tune the duration between watch polls

haystackWrite

Used on a haystack proxy point to store the id of the entity in the remote system used to write writeVal

haystackWriteLevel

Number between 1 and 16 used with haystackWrite to determine which priority level of the remote system is written to

header

Pipe used as central connection or manifold for other piping runs

heat

Associated with a heating process

heatExchanger

Equipment to transfer heat between two working fluids

heatPump

Equipment that employs a vapor compression cycle with a reversing valve to provide heating or cooling

heatRecovery

Transfer of heat from one substance to another to reduce energy consumption

heatWheel

Boolean point indicating command state of AHU's heat wheel

heating

Heating mode or process

heatingCoil

Coil used to heat air

heatingOnly

Equipment without cooling

heatingProcess

Processed used to heat a substance

hfc

Hydrofluorocarbons

his

Supports historization of data

hisCollectCov

Enables COV history collection of the curVal

hisCollectCovRateLimit

Rate limits the frequency for hisCollectCov

hisCollectInterval

Enables interval history collection of the curVal

hisCollectNA

Historize the NA value whenever the curVal is null or curStatus is not equal to "ok"

hisCollectWriteFreq

This tag configures how long to buffer collected history items in memory before flushing them to the historian

hisConvert

Conversion to apply when reading history data from connector

hisErr

Error description when hisStatus indicates error condition

hisMode

Indicates the way that history data is collected for a point

hisStatus

Status of point's history collection or synchronization

hisTotalized

Indicates values which are a continuous stream of totalization

hot

Having high degree of heat

hotDeck

Duct carries air for heating

hotWaterHeating

Heating using energy of hot water

hotWaterRef

Hot water flows from the referent to this entity

http

Hypertext Transfer Protocol which is foundation of the web

humidifier

Adding moisture to air

humidity

Percent relative humidity

hvac

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

hvacMode

Operational mode for HVAC equipment

hvacZonePoints

Entity with logical grouping of zone HVAC air points

ice

Water in its solid form

id

Defines the unique identifier of an entity in system using a ref value type

illuminance

Luminous flux hitting the inside of the sphere at a specific point

imap

Internet Message Access Protocol for retrieving email

imbalance

Lacking balance

import

Received into a system

indoorUnit

Operates inside the conditioned space

infiltration

Permeation of a substance into another substance

inlet

Duct with air entering an equipment

input

Entity inputs a substance which flows from another entity

inputs

The entity inputs a substance from the referent

int

Unitless integer number

intensity

Measure of an electromagnetic field

irradiance

Energy received at a surface by area

is

Defines one or more supertypes of a subtyping relationship

isolation

Actuator used to isolate an equipment from a pipe or ductwork system

kind

Kind name used to identity a value data type

knx

KNX protocol commonly used for lighting systems

laptop

Portable laptop computer

leaving

Pipe conveys fluid out of an equipment

level

Range from 0% to 100%

lib

Library module of symbolic definitions

light

Electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum

lighting

Systems associated with illumination in the built environment

lightingZonePoints

Entity with logical grouping of lighting points

lineAvg

Line average of single-phase electrical quantity measurements in an AC electric power system

lineCurrent

Single-phase line current measured in an AC electric power system

lineEnergy

Single-phase energy measured line-to-line in an AC electric power system

linePf

Single-phase power factor measured line-to-line in an AC electric power system

linePower

Single-phase power measured line-to-line in an AC electric power system

lineVolt

Single-phase voltage measured line-to-line in an AC electric power system

liquid

Substance with definite volume but takes the shape of its container

list

Ordered list of zero or more values

load

Chiller point to command or measure the chiller's load as a percentage from "0%" to "100%"

luminaire

Light fixture using electricity to provide illumination

luminance

Energy of light in a given direction

luminous

Relating to light as perceived by the eye

magnitude

Size or extent

makeup

Restore something missed or lost

makeupWaterRef

Makeup water flows from the referent to this entity

mandatory

Requires that the marker be applied to dicts which use the marker's subtypes

marker

Marker labels a dict with typing information

mau

Makeup Air Unit

max

Maximum

maxVal

Inclusive maximum for a numeric value

mech

Associated with a machine or its mechanical force, torque, power, or energy

meter

Equipment to meter a substance or phenomenon

meterScope

Classifies a meter as a main site meter or submeter

mime

Mime type formatted as type/subtype

min

Minimum

minVal

Inclusive minimum for a numeric value

mixed

Duct where fresh outside air and return air is mixed together

mixing

Three way valve which inputs two pipes and outputs a mixture between the two to a single output pipe

ml

Machine learning point

mlIdentificationPeriod

Training period description, known as the identification period or baseline, utilized during the model training process

mlInputVarRefs

List of independent variables, also known as model inputs or features, associated with a machine learning model

mlModel

See Synthetics chapter

mlModelMetrics

Goodness-of-fit metrics provided in the form of a simple dictionary

mlModelParameters

Result of model identification, which may appear as a list of model parameters for simpler models or as a reference to a stored model, in the form of a file uri

mlOutputVarRef

Dependent variable, also known as the model output or target, associated, with a machine learning model

mlVar

Machine learning variable representing both model inputs and outputs

mlVarFilter

Filter used for querying points by tags, providing more flexibility than mlVarPoint, although it is not mandatory

mlVarPoint

Reference to a point associated with a machine learning variable, known as a machine learning variable point

mlVarRef

Reference to a machine learning variable

mobile

Relating to mobile phones, hand-held computers, and similar technology

mod

Last modified time of record - see docSkySpark

modbus

Register based communication protocol used with industrial devices

modbusBlockGap

Applied to modbusConn to allow for gaps in block reads

modbusBlockMax

Applied to modbusConn to limit the maximum number of registers to read in a block read

modbusConn

Modbus connector

modbusConnRef

Used on a proxy point to reference its parent modbusConn

modbusCur

Modbus address to use for current value subscriptions

modbusPoint

Point which synchronizes data via a Haystack connector

modbusReadTimeout

How long to wait before timing out on a modbus read

modbusRegMapUri

Applied to modbusConn to define the register map CSV file

modbusSlave

Applied to modbusConn to identify the slave address on this modbus network

modbusWrite

Used on a modbus proxy point to store the id of the entity in the remote system used to write writeVal

modbusWriteTimeout

How long to wait before timing out on a modbus write

motor

Equipment that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy

movingWalkway

Conveyor to move people across a horizontal or inclined plane

mqtt

Message Queuing Telemetry Transport publish/subscribe protocol

mqttCertAlias

Used on an mqttConn to indicate which certificate and key pair to use for client authentication to the broker

mqttCleanSession

Whether to set the clean session flag on the connect request to the broker

mqttClientId

The client identifier to use when connecting to the broker

mqttConn

MQTT connector to an MQTT Broker

mqttConnRef

Used on a proxy point to reference its parent mqttConn

mqttMaxRetry

How many times to retry sending messages that require acknowlegment

mqttPoint

Point which synchronizes data via a MQTT connector

mqttQos

MQTT Quality of Service (QoS)

  • 0 - At most once (fire-and-forget)
  • 1 - At least once
  • 2 - Exactly once
mqttRetain

Set the retention flag on a published message

mqttRetryInterval

How long to wait between retries for messages that require acknowlegment

mqttVersion

MQTT protocol version

multiLine

Indicates that a multi-line text input should be used

multiZone

AHU discharge air is split into a duct per zone

n2o

Nitrous oxide (N₂O)

na

Not available used to indicate invalid or missing data

name

Name key

naturalGas

Fossil fuel energy source consisting largely of methane and other hydrocarbons

naturalGasHeating

Heating by the combustion of natural gas

naturalGasRef

Natural gas flows from the referent to this entity

nestClientId

The OAuth client_id for your application

nestClientSecret

The OAuth client_secret for your application

nestConn

Google Nest connector

nestConnRef

Used on a proxy point to reference its parent nestConn

nestCur

Nest address to use to get the current value

nestPoint

Point which synchronizes data via a Nest connector

nestProjectId

The project identifier from your Google Device Access project

nestRefreshToken

The OAuth refresh_token for your application

nestWrite

Nest address to use to write a point value

net

Difference between import and export

network

Logical communications network between two or more devices

networkRef

Associates a device which communicates on specific a network

networking

Related to data communication networks

neutral

Used to indicate electrical current being measured on an electrical neutral conductor when applied to a point entity that has the elec and current tags

neutralDeck

Duct carries air which by-passes both heating and cooling coils

nf3

Nitrogen trifluoride (NF₃)

nh3

Ammonia (NH₃)

no2

Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)

noSideEffects

Marks a function or operation as having no side effects

noSkyarc

Marks a Haxall library as not runnable on SkySpark enabled products

nodoc

Undocumented and not officially supported

nosrc

Do not include source code in documentation

notInherited

Marker applied to a def to indicate that is not inherited into subtype definitions

number

Integer or floating point numbers annotated with an optional unit

o2

Oxygen (O₂) - the common dioxygen allotrope in the air

o3

Ozone (O₃)

obix

XML based Open Building Information eXchange protocol

obixConn

Connector to an oBIX HTTP server

obixConnRef

Used on a proxy point to reference its parent obixConn

obixCur

Used on a oBIX proxy point to store the URI of the entity in the remote system used to read and watch curVal

obixHis

URI of the obix:History to synchronized history data

obixLobby

The lobby URI is used to address an obixConn API endpoint

obixPoint

Point which synchronizes data via a oBIX connector

obixPollFreq

Duration between obixConn watch polls

obixWritable

Server export of a writable point as an obix:Writable:Point

obixWrite

URI of the obix:WritablePoint to write writeVal

obixWriteLevel

Number between 1 and 16 used with obixWrite to determine which priority level of the remote system is written to

obsAddOnInit

Fire add event for all existing records in data set on initialization

obsAdds

Process when a new data item is added to the observed data set

obsCommits

Subscribe to record commits in Folio - see docs

obsCurVals

Subscribe to transient commits of curVal or curStatus - see docs

obsFilter

Filter string to define the record data set observed

obsHisWrites

Subscribe to history data updates- see docs

obsMqtt

Subscribe to MQTT connector published messages

obsMqttConnRef

Subscribe to the topic on this MQTT connector

obsMqttTopic

Receive published messages that match this filter

obsPointWrites

Subscribe to writable point priority array updates - see docs

obsRecs

Base class for observables on database records

obsRemoves

Process when an existing data item is removed from the observed data set

obsSchedule

Subscribe to scheduled timer event - see docs

obsScheduleDaysOfMonth

Schedule events for given days of the month

obsScheduleDaysOfWeek

Schedule events for given days of the week

obsScheduleFreq

Schedule events with given frequency

obsScheduleSpan

Schedule events only during the configured span of time

obsScheduleTimes

Schedule events for given times of the day

obsUpdates

Process when an existing data item is updated in the observed data set

obsWatches

Subscribe to watch and unwatch events - see docs

observable

Observable subscription - see docs

observes

Observable subscription - see docs

occ

Occupied mode of a space

occupancy

Number of occupants in a space

occupants

People who use the built environment

occupied

Setpoint or sensor indicating occupancy of a space

of

Expected value type of a collection, reference, or choice

op

Operation for HTTP API

openEnum

Apply to str enum tags where the enumeration range is open ended

outdoorUnit

operates outside the conditioned space

output

Entity outputs a substance with flows to other entities

outputs

The entity outputs a substance to the referent

outside

Duct to access fresh outside air for both ventilation and economizer

overridable

Applied to an ext function to enable override by project record functions

panel

Enclosure for electrical and control equipment

parallel

Circuit with multiple paths of flow

password

Manages password which is hashed/stored to the password store

perimeterHeat

Auxiliary heating points associated with a vav

pf

Electric power factor

pfDisplacement

Displacement power factor, which excludes effects of harmonic distortion

pfDistortion

Distortion power factor

pfScope

Power factor scope

pfTrue

True power factor, which includes effects of harmonic distortion

pfc

Perfluorocarbons

phase

Phase measurement in a three-phase electrical system

phaseAvg

Phase average of single-phase electrical quantity measurements in an AC electric power system

phaseCount

Number of phases for an AC electrical power system or connected equipment

phaseCurrent

Single-phase current measured line-to-line in an AC electric power system

phaseEnergy

Single-phase energy measured line-to-neutral in an AC electric power system

phasePf

Single-phase power factor measured line-to-neutral in an AC electric power system

phasePower

Single-phase power measured line-to-neutral in an AC electric power system

phaseVolt

Single-phase voltage measured line-to-neutral in an AC electric power system

phenomenon

Aspect of scientific interest with measurable quantities

phone

Telephone used for voice telecommunication

pipe

Conduit used to convey a fluid

pipeFluid

Type of fluid conveyed by piping

pipeSection

Equipment section of piping

plant

Central plant used to generate a substance for a process

plantLoop

Plant piping loop

pm01

Particulate matter 0.1

pm10

Particulate matter 10

pm25

Particulate matter 2.5

point

Data point such as a sensor or actuator

pointConvert

Point value conversion used to normalize data to/from a remote system

pointFunction

Classifies the point as a sensor, command, or setpoint

pointGroup

Grouping of children points used by spaces and equipment

pointQuantity

Quantity the point senses or controls

pointRef

See Synthetics chapter

pointSubject

What the point senses or controls

pollTime

Frequency between polls of curVal

pop3

Post Office Protocol version 3 for retrieving email

port

A gateway or opening used to transfer a substance

power

Energy consumed per unit time

powerConverter

Converts one electrical waveform to another using power electronic circuitry

precipitation

Amount of atmospheric water vapor fallen including rain, sleet, snow, and hail

prefUnit

Defines a preferred unit to be used with a quantity

pressure

Measure of force applied

pressureDependent

VAV damper modulates to control space temp

pressureIndependent

VAV damper or a control valve that modulates to maintain desired flow setpoint

primaryFunction

Primary function of building as US Energy Star key

primaryLoop

Pipework which circulates closest to the energy source

process

Industrial or HVAC process

projMeta

Singleton record for project meta data

propane

By-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining (C₃H₈)

propaneHeating

Heating by the combustion of propane

protocol

Communication protocol used for devices on a network

pump

Pump equipment or control point

purge

Associated with a cleaning process to remove contaminants

quality

Quantity measured against standard metric

quantities

Quantities used to measure this phenomenon

quantity

Measurable property of a substance or phenomenon

quantityOf

Associates quantity as measurement of a phenomenon

rack

Enclosure or chassis used to mount computer and networking gear

radiantEquip

HVAC equipment that conditions a space without forced air

radiantFloor

Heats a space using pipes or cables embedded beneath floor

radiator

Heats a space using exposed pipes or coils

rated

Data specified by a manufacturer or rating organization

reactive

Relating to reactance

reader

Fantom type qname for reader class

reciprocal

Piston compressor driven by a crankshaft

reciprocalOf

Specifies the inverse of an association or relationships

ref

Reference to an entity

refrig

Fluid used in refrigeration and heat exchange

refrigRef

Refrigerant flows from the referent to this entity

reheat

Command point for reheating process

relationship

Ref tags used to model entity-to-entity relationships

remove

Singleton for remove operation

return

Duct returning air back to equipment

roof

Envelope covering the top of a building

room

Enclosed room of a building

rotaryScrew

Rotary screw compression

router

Device used to route data packets

rtu

Roof Top Unit

run

Primary on/off point of an equip especially used with a vfd

scalar

Scalar is an atomic value kind

secondaryLoop

Pipework which circulates closest to the building or end use

sedonaConn

Sedona Sox connector to a remote device

sedonaConnRef

Used on a proxy point to reference its parent sedonaConn

sedonaCur

Sedona address to use for current value subscritions

sedonaPoint

Point which synchronizes data via a Sedona connector

sedonaWrite

Sedona address to use for writing

sensor

Point is a sensor, input, AI/BI

series

Circuit with single path of flow

server

Hardware or software which provides services for other programs or devices

serviceFactor

Ratio of the maximum continuous output capacity at which a machine or system may operate without damage to the machine or system’s nominal output capacity

sf6

Sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆)

sim

Simulation point

simBaseline

See Synthetics chapter

simModel

See Synthetics chapter

simOperation

See Synthetics chapter

simOptimum

See Synthetics chapter

simScenario

See Synthetics chapter

singleDuct

One single duct

singlePhase

Single-phase AC electrical power

site

Site is a geographic location of the built environment

siteMeter

Main meter for the associated site

sitePoint

Marker tag applied to a point to indicate the point is site-wide

siteRef

Reference to site which contains the entity

smtp

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol for sending email

snmp

Simple Network Management Protocol for managing IP devices

solar

Relating to energy from the sun

solid

Substance with definite shape and volume

sox

Sedona Framework UDP based communication protocol

sp

Point is a setpoint, soft point, internal control variable, schedule

space

Space is a three-dimensional volume in the built environment

spaceRef

Reference to space which contains this entity

span

Time span as modeled encoded as XStr

speed

Distance per unit time

sqlConn

SQL connector to a relational database using JDBC

sqlConnRef

Used on a proxy point to reference its parent sqlConn

sqlHis

Arbitrary key used by the SQL connector to synchronized history data

sqlPoint

Point which synchronizes data via a SQL connector

sqlSyncHisExpr

This is a tag which must be configured on each sqlConn record used by the connSyncHis() function

src

Source code

stage

Stage number of staged equipment operation such as coil or pump

staleTime

Time before a point's curStatus marked from "ok" to "stale" See Connector Tuning

standby

Readiness mode of a space

stateOfCharge

State of charge (SoC) of an electric battery

steadyState

The delay before transitioning to the steady state

steam

Water in its gas form

steamHeating

Heating using energy of steam

steamRef

Steam flows from the referent to this entity

str

Unicode string of characters

su

Requires superuser permission

submeter

Submeters measure usage of a sub-system or equipment within a site

submeterOf

Reference to parent meter which is immediately upstream of this meter

substance

Matter in one the three states solid, liquid, or gas

subterranean

Below the surface of the earth

switch

Device for toggling state or routing data

symbol

Symbol to a def

synthetic

Synthetic point with computed operational data

syntheticModel

See Synthetics chapter

syntheticModelRef

See Synthetics chapter

system

Grouping of related equipment dedicated to a single application

systemRef

Reference to system

tablet

Mobile device with touch screen for user input

tagOn

This tag is used on the given entity

tags

Tags used with this entity

tank

Tank used to store a substance for temporary holding

tankSubstance

Substance stored by a tank

task

Dispatch task function

taskExpr

Task messaging handling Axon expression

taskStatus

Current status of a task

temp

Temperature - measure of hot and cold

tertiaryLoop

Pipework which circulates within the building

thd

Total harmonic distortion

thermal

Related to energy of heat

thermostat

Senses and controls temperature of space in HVAC system

threePhase

Three-phase AC electrical power

time

ISO 8601 time as hour, minute, seconds

total

Complete or absolute

transient

Indicates a value tag which should not be persisted

transitive

This marker is applied to a relationship to indicate it is transitive

trash

Marks a record for deletion

tripleDuct

Three ducts

tvoc

Total volatile organic compound (TVOC)

typeName

Fantom type qname

tz

Timezone identifier from standard timezone database

unit

Unit identifier from standard unit database

unitVent

Unit Ventilator

unocc

Unoccupied mode of a space

ups

Uninterruptible power supply

uri

Universal resource identifier

username

Username for an authentication account

val

Data value type

valve

Valve equipment or control point

variableAirVolume

Delivers a variable volume of air flow

vav

Variable air volume terminal unit

vavAirCircuit

How does the VAV pull in air

vavModulation

How does VAV modulate the temp based on duct pressure

vavZone

AHU supplies air to VAV terminal units

velocity

Speed in a given direction

ventilation

Duct to access fresh outside air only for ventilation, not economizing

version

Version string formatted as decimal integers separated by a dot

verticalTransport

Equipment to move humans and materials

vfd

Variable-frequency drive

visibility

Distance at which light can be clearly discerned

volt

Electrical potential difference or electromotive force

volume

Three dimensional space occupied by a substance

vrf

Variable refigerant flow

warm

Relatively warm in comparison to another substance, without being actively heated

water

Water in its liquid form

waterCooling

Cooling using transfer of heat to water which is not explicitly chilled

weather

Associated with atmospheric air or phenomenon

weatherCond

Enumeration of weather conditions

weatherStation

Logical weather station and its measurement points

weatherStationRef

Reference to weather station for to use this entity

well

A well is a source of groundwater and potentially thermal energy

wetBulb

Wet bulb air temperature

wikipedia

Hyperlink to the subject's page on Wikipedia

wind

Flow of air on surface of the Earth

wire

Cabling used to convey electricity or data

writable

Supports writing data

writeConvert

Conversion to apply when writing writeVal to the connector

writeErr

Error description when writeStatus indicates error condition

writeLevel

Current priority level for writeVal as number between 1 and 17

writeMaxTime

Maximum time between writes used to send periodic writes

writeMinTime

Minimum time between writes used to throttle the speed of writes

writeOnOpen

Issue a write every time the connector transitions from open to closed

writeOnStart

Issue a write when the system first starts up

writeStatus

Current status of a writable point output

writeVal

Current desired value to write to output

writer

Fantom type qname for writer class

xstr

Extended string - type name and string value encoding

yearBuilt

Original year of construction as four digit year such as 1980

zigbee

Low power wireless communication protocol for home automation

zone

Related to spaces from a system perspective

zwave

Low power wireless communication protocol for home automation