Electronic Systems USA, Inc.

Introduces UNITY 2000™ at AHR Exposition in Dallas, Texas

Louisville, KY (February 5, 2000) - Electronic Systems USA, Inc. (ESUSA), the nation's leading supplier of multi-vendor products and services in the building automation industry, is pleased to announce the introduction of UNITY 2000 at AHR 2000. UNITY 2000™, designed and developed by Electronic Systems USA, Inc., is a powerful multi-vendor system designed to functionally replace building automation front-ends and host computer systems manufactured by Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Siemens, CSI, EST, and Trane. This Windows NT® based front-end allows seamless integration of HVAC, fire/life safety and security systems into a single operating system. In addition to traditional building management functions, UNITY 2000 supports the integration of access control, security, elevator control, and fire/life safety while maintaining required agency listings. Following today's open, interoperable standards, UNITY 2000 also allows integration to ESUSA's LONWORKS^® based product line, NexSys^®. Demonstrations of UNITY 2000 will be provided in the ESUSA booth (#2334) throughout the three-day show and conference.

Introduces NexSys® Workstation 2.0 at AHR Exposition in Dallas, Texas

Louisville, KY (February 5, 2000) - Electronic Systems USA, Inc. (ESUSA), the nation's leading supplier of multi-vendor products and services in the building automation industry, is pleased to announce the introduction of NexSys Workstation 2.0 at the International Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Exposition in Dallas, Texas. ESUSA is displaying NexSys Workstation 2.0 at this international show, the world's largest conference and exhibition focused on products and services provided for the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration industry. This advanced building automation system software has now been integrated with Echelon's LONWORKS^® Network Services (LNS) network operating system. "By building this newest release on top of the LNS network operating system, we were able to increase our capability to integrate third party LONWORKS products into a complete and open system," said John Gnadinger, Director of Engineering at ESUSA. "Furthermore, since the NexSys Workstation can now use LNS plug-ins, any third-party device that has a LNS plug-in can be configured as easily as our own devices." Additional capabilities in the new release include: panel level trending, enhanced security, DDE support, LONMARK^® 3.1 compatibility, and a new installation program. ESUSA will be featuring NexSys Workstation 2.0 at AHR Exposition, and will be demonstrating its multi-vendor capabilities as well as its new features. The demonstration contains panels with ESUSA LONWORKS devices and LONWORKS devices from multiple vendors. Demonstrations will be given in ESUSA's booth throughout the three-day show and conference.

Awarded Contracts at Keesler Air Force Base

Louisville, KY (February 5, 2000) - Electronic Systems USA, Inc. (ESUSA), the nation's leading supplier of multi-vendor products and services in the building automation industry, has been awarded contracts for replacing and servicing the energy management and control system (EMCS) equipment in over 80 buildings at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. In the late 1980s, Keesler contracted ESUSA to install ESUSA's Building Control Console (BCC) to upgrade the aging Honeywell Delta 2000 CPU that monitored and controlled the base's 417 data gathering panels and approximately 8,175 points. Since the ESUSA CPU replacement was installed, ESUSA has been contracted to have the old Delta 2000 points replaced with direct digital control (DDC) equipment on multiple retrofit projects. In addition, all new construction projects also incorporated new DDC equipment where applicable. Over the past nine years as contractor of choice, ESUSA has installed and commissioned several thousand points of DDC equipment.

Continues Progress on Encampments at Camp Pendleton Project

Louisville, KY (February 5, 2000) - Electronic Systems USA, Inc. (ESUSA), the nation's leading supplier of multi-vendor products and services in the building automation industry, is continuing progress on its Camp Pendleton project. The five-year contract for Camp Pendleton includes a multi-year, annual maintenance agreement, installation of ESUSA's multi-vendor UNITY front-end system to upgrade an existing Honeywell Delta 5100 system with seven Delta 1000 building automation CPUs, and installation of ESUSA's new LONWORKS^® based NexSys^® DDC system in 800 buildings. The contract was awarded to ESUSA in 1997 by San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), subsidiary of leading energy management company Enova Corporation. The Margarita encampment project was completed at the end of 1998. Over 50 buildings were installed with NexSys, which consisted of 100 nodes. The project at Chappo encampment was started mid 1999. This project in progress and there will be installation of 30 buildings with NexSys. To date, over 40 nodes have been installed and communicate via the base TCP/IP network. The project at Headquarters also was started mid 1999. This project is on going and currently has NexSys installed in over 35 buildings with over 91nodes installed. This project also communicates via the base TCP/IP network.. This project utilizes Coactive routers to connect NexSys to a central location (UNITY room, WAR room). The UNITY system has been fully online since the summer 1998. All encampments with Honeywell D1000 system have been integrated. To date, all NexSys buildings have been integrated to UNITY at this time.

Releases UNITY 5.7

Louisville, KY (January 14, 2000) - Electronic Systems USA, Inc. (ESUSA), the nation's leading supplier of multi-vendor products and services in the building automation industry, is pleased to announce the release of UNITY version 5.7. UNITY, designed and developed by Electronic Systems USA, Inc., allows seamless integration of major manufacturers' HVAC, fire/life safety, and security systems into a single operating system. New features included in the 5.7 release are: CSI I/NET version 4.3 support (Year 2000 compliant), Edward Systems Technology's EST-3 fire and life safety subsystem, NexSys^®  version 1.3 support, expanded REXX script capabilities, and Korean language support.

ESUSA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Johnson Controls, Inc. ESUSA, headquartered in Louisville, KY. USA, manufactures and distributes direct digital control products for the global market. In addition, the company maintains and upgrades HVAC, fire/life safety, security, and third party energy management systems. 

Johnson Controls, Inc., is a global market leader in automotive systems and facility management and control. In the automotive market, it is a major supplier of seating and interior systems and batteries. For nonresidential facilities, Johnson Controls provides building control systems and services, energy management and integrated facility management.

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