BACnet history BACnet was developed in 1987 by ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers). BACnet is an open-source protocol and ASHRAE looks after its development and maintenance. Due to wide support and adoption, BACnet is used in more than 30 countries. Purpose of BACnet BACnet acts as a standard communication protocol enabling interoperability between building devices and systems — controls and automation systems. BACnet presents standard methods for requesting, interpreting, transporting and presenting information between systems from various vendors such as lighting, HVAC, fire systems and security....

Rovio has updated its popular Bad Piggies title for iPhone today with a ton of new content including 15 new levels, a new feature that lets users record and share tricks, an all-new sandbox, and a selection of new in-game gadgets. The app, however, is yet to receive Rovio’s just announced ‘Account’ feature that lets users save game progress in the cloud and resume playing on any device. The HD iPad version of the app receives the same update....

The Flash is changing direction with next week’s episode, “Girls Night Out,” which will put Barry Allen as the Flash on the sidelines, and as the title suggests, will shine the spotlight on the female characters of the series. It was reported in August that Emily Bett Rickards would guest star on The Flash as a mini-crossover with Arrow, and that Katee Sackhoff would appear as a villain. The episode was described as a fun “girls night out” in Central City that would lead the girls into trouble....

Bates Motel season 4 episode 10 takes place in the aftermath of Norma Bates’ death and reveals how “Mother” finally emerged. Audiences in 1960 were barely equipped to deal with Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Not only did it break such taboos of the era such as depicting lovers sitting on the same bed in a state of undress or a toilet flushing on camera, but it also included the shocking murder of the supposed main character Marion Crane halfway through....

No character has done more to push the superhero movie genre forward than Batman. Comic book movies have come an enormously long way over the past 4 decades, from low-budget campy adventures to international juggernauts that generate billions and dominate the cinematic calendar. Although the superhero movie genre can be traced back to the 1940s, the first major Hollywood effort came in 1978 with the first Superman, starring a young Christopher Reeve in the title role....

Avengers: Infinity War will undoubtedly be one of the biggest films of 2018, but odds are it will not break one of the all-time opening weekend records. At long last, the cinematic event Marvel Studios has spent 10 years and 18 movies building to is upon us, and many are curious to see just how high its box office numbers go. There was a point in time where some (including us) wondered if it would be able to top the figures posted by the phenomenon that was Black Panther, but now it looks like that showdown won’t be a close contest....

With the U.S. opening of Captain America: Civil War just days away, a new chapter of Marvel Cinematic Universe history is set to begin. As the opening salvo for the much anticipated Phase 3, Civil War will set the tone and direction for the upcoming entries into the franchise, which will vastly expand upon the established mythos and bring new characters and new stories to the big screen for the first time ever....

Update: Set photos confirm Jeremy Renner wears the Ronin costume and we have a theory as to why Hawkeye becomes Ronin in Avengers 4. The latest images from the set of Avengers 4 show a different take on Hawkeye. Marvel fans are still anticipating the release of a trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, but even before something official from next year’s team-up arrives, we’ve been getting glimpses of the follow-up. Now that Infinity War has wrapped filming, shooting for Avengers 4 is in full swing in Atlanta and a variety of other locations....

UPDATE: Read our Avengers: Endgame trailer breakdown. The Avengers 4 title has finally been revealed. Years ago, Marvel Studios originally announced plans to release Avengers: Infinity War - Part 1 in 2018 and Avengers: Infinity War - Part 2 in 2019, but plans started to change as directors Anthony and Joe Russo ironed out the story for the concluding chapters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first saga with screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely....

Hell apparently hath no fury like a Redditor scorned, as an Avengers: Endgame fan was willing to go to preposterous lengths in order to exact their revenge upon an internet stranger who spoiled Avengers: Infinity War for them. They claim that their mad plan spanned the better part of a year and ended in spoiler-for-spoiler justice, but it’s so hilariously cruel that many are calling the validity of the story into question....

Battlefield V gets its second major expansion this week, along with a batch of players’ most requested changes and bugfixes. Battlefield V’s Chapter 2: Lighting Strikes is the game’s second free content update, and it will bring new modes, weapons, vehicles, and some much-needed gameplay tweaks. Like Chapter 1: Overture before it, the Lightning Strikes expansion will be made available to all Battlefield V players over the coming weeks at no cost....

The CW has released a full-length trailer and poster for its Batwoman TV series. At the moment, the network is home to five DC superhero series, including four that take place in a shared continuity known as the Arrowverse (Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl) and one that exists in a world all its own (Black Lightning). However, with Arrow ending after next season and Crisis on Infinite Earths serving as this year’s major Arrowverse crossover event, there are big changes on the horizon for The CW’s DC TV landscape....

The wait is over, as the first reviews for Avengers: Infinity War are now online. As Marvel Studios prepares to wrap up 10 years of the MCU and launch its next Phase of films, audiences around the world are anticipating the release of Avengers 3 this week. Though there’s a certain amount of risk involved in combining so many franchises and characters, Marvel has certainly earned enough goodwill for fans to assume the best....

New fan art for the upcoming Avengers 4 features a battle-ready Ronin. Not to be confused with Ronan the Accuser from Guardians of the Galaxy and the upcoming Captain Marvel, Ronin is one of the aliases used by Clint Barton, a.k.a. Hawkeye. Ronin made his debut in 2005, but Hawkeye himself has been around since 1964 when he appeared in Tales of Suspense #57. Many people have gone by the name Ronin in the comics, but Avengers 4 is likely to feature Hawkeye as Ronin....

What happened after Thanos snapped his fingers and wiped out half of all the life in the universe? How are all those Avengers going to come back into the fold before their upcoming sequels? Who or what will finally defeat Thanos and bring peace to the universe? Next summer, we will finally have those questions answered when the freshly titled Avengers: Endgame comes along to break a new bunch of box office records....

In the most dramatic twist of the season, Dean Unglert has returned to the beaches of Bachelor in Paradise to win former fling Caelynn Miller-Keyes back. And in the most dramatic twist ever, Unglert returned without his 1970s-esque mustache on his face. Long before the Blake Horstmann-Hannah Godwin-Tayshia Adams-Kristina Schulman-Caelynn Miller-Keyes drama (wow, that’s a lot), there was the Unglert-Danielle Lombard-Kristina Schulman love triangle. Unglert was the original indecisive boy on the beaches of Bachelor in Paradise, and it seems like he might not be ready to give up his title....

The Bachelorette’s Tyler Cameron is officially apartment-hunting in New York City. The model is preparing to make the move from his home in Florida to the Big Apple. Tyler was one of the contestants vying for Hannah Brown’s heart on the latest season of The Bachelorette. He made it to top two before Hannah broke the news to him during his proposal speech that he wasn’t the one, then accepted Jed Wyatt’s proposal....

You woodn’t have thought it possible, but yes, you can actually have an Apple Watch band – something flexible that needs to wrap around your wrist – made from real wood! Bandly is the creation of Philadelphia-based designer Lorenzo Buffa, who previously used a patented technique to create the bands for analog watches. These have been sold in major museum stores like MoMA & Guggenheim, and he’s now created versions for the Apple Watch…...

Bank of America has updated its mobile banking app to allow sign-in using Touch ID, and has added Apple Watch support for balances, recent transactions and alerts. The new fingerprint and Touch ID sign-in capabilities provide eligible Android, iPhone and iPad customers with a secure and convenient way to log into the mobile banking app using their fingerprint. This feature allows access to the most common functionality of the app without the additional need for a passcode....

Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Batwoman, season 1, episode 13, “Drink Me.” The latest episode of Batwoman, “Drink Me,” made use of a character concept that had once been pitched for Batman: The Animated Series but was rejected as being too dark for a children’s cartoon. The same idea later found its way into the Batwoman comics, but with a reinvention of the same obscure Batman villain that almost appeared in the cartoon: Nocturna....