modulo 6

modulo 6 can be operated intuitively! It connects via Bluetooth to a smartphone or tablet. An intuitively operated app enables access to measured values, control variables and system parameters. As an alternative to smartphone operation, modulo 6 also has a local operating unit (LOI) with a high-resolution graphical colour display. The LOI is compatible with all the available I/O modules and offers priority operation independently of the automation station as per EN ISO 16484-2, while also displaying measured values and output signals both numerically and graphically in real time.

modulo 6 breaks with traditional thinking in terms of separate technical building systems! The new world of the “Internet of Things” (IOT) removes barriers to communication. This is why modulo 6 connects with the cloud and with IoTs just as naturally and securely as with the existing systems for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. The future building operator calls up the services of the management system from the cloud as required. However, they only pay for the functions and data that they actually need. The building management software previously operated locally on a server becomes obsolete, and the costs of local data centres and their operation are a thing of the past. This enables new strategies for the efficient use of buildings: Optimisation of the operation via analysis of building data in the cloud, cost reduction by using cloud services but also, for example, localisation and navigation of persons and things, information about the current level of usage for actuators and valves with predictive information about the expected serviceable life.

Despite state-of-the-art technology, buildings have life cycles of several decades. Using modulo 6 protects our customers’ investments by enabling the gentle refurbishment of existing systems. Old systems can be updated in budget-friendly stages without any interruptions. Additionally: Already developed control and regulation programs from the SAUTER modulo 5 system generation can also be used and expanded – they can not only run on modulo 6 but can complete their tasks in parallel and separately in new programs. Thus, modulo 6 is backwards compatible as regards programs and networks, integrates its own and third-party installations and also offers the link to the era of the cloud and IoT – ready for the future!