Safety and comfort go hand in hand, especially when it comes to maximizing energy efficiency. Until now, building automation systems have been divided into three clearly defined levels: the field, automation and management level. The characteristics of these levels depended heavily on the size and complexity of the building or property to be automated. However, thanks to the ongoing development of digital control and regulation technology, the boundaries between these levels are becoming increasingly blurred.

Powerful digital systems are increasingly decentralizing the functions of the automation level in particular and integrating them into the field level. The higher-level management functions can either be centralized as a control room or implemented as distributed systems with several operating stations based on a client-server architecture. The management system software includes a multitasking operating system, a powerful database, user software and process visualization software.

XMP-BABYLON forms the bridge between the management and automation levels by communicating via the defined transfer point, the building automation node, and exchanging data with the corresponding databases. The use of higher-level management functions requires the seamless integration of all associated building automation systems into an interoperable overall system. This requires the system to be open for the integration of different systems and to have an open communication interface.