Terms of Use

Introduction

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using our Website. By accessing or using any part of the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access this Website or any of its services.

We are using the Forumbee service to host this Website. They provide us with the online community platform that allows us to make this Website available to you.

This Website is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.

Welcome & Information

Welcome to The BACnet Community where you can learn, share and get your technical questions answered. The forums include several conversations, or threads. Click once on the title to read through a conversation. The newest post will show at the top of the conversation. This is a moderated forum so all posts submitted will be reviewed and approved prior to being posted to the Forum. Our goal is to review all posts within one business day. To start a discussion of your own, select the most appropriate conversation title, click on it, then click on Start a new topic or Post a Question. Write your thoughts in the box and give your post a title (so other forum members can tell at a glance what you want to discuss).

To get the most out of this forum, read through the posts by others, post your own topics and respond to posts by other people. The more you engage with the community the faster and deeper your learning will go. Please make sure all of your posts are on topic and be respectful of all participants and perspectives. There will be differences of opinion, even among experts.

The Forum will alert you via email to posts that may be of interest to you. To adjust the frequency of those alerts click on the profile link and select the setting that works best for you.

Moderators reserve the right to move, remove or reorganize placement of posts and comments to best serve the community. Also, be aware that access to this forum is by invitation-only and information posted here should only be utilized by members of your organization and not shared publicly.

At all times BACnet International adheres to a firm anti-trust policy. Click here to view BACnet International’s anti-trust policy. As this Forum is open to participants from many companies, your company confidential information should not be included in any post.

A number of technical experts are participating in the Forum, However, BACnet International does not guarantee information found here is comprehensive, free from error or otherwise suited to your specific needs. Note that posts reflect the opinions of individuals not necessarily that of BACnet International.

Prohibited Activities

You are prohibited from using this Website or its content:

for any unlawful purpose;
to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts;
to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances;
to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others;
share or publish any other person's personally identifiable information without their express consent;
to harass, abuse, insult, threaten violence, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate others;
to submit information that is pornographic, sexually explicit, violent or otherwise of a mature nature; or encourages or is likely to encourage any of the above;
to gamble, provide gambling information or entice others to engage in gambling through any method;
to submit false or misleading information;
to create multiple accounts for disruptive or abusive purposes;
to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Website or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet;
to collect or track the personal information of others;
to spam, post advertising or promotional messages;
to phish, pharm, pretext, or bait;
to access or submit information using automated bots, software, engines, crawlers, scrapers, data mining tools or the like;
to interfere with or circumvent the security features of this Website, or any related website, other websites, or the Internet.
use this Website in any manner or for any purpose which breaches the Forumbee Terms of Service

We reserve the right to terminate your use of the Website or any related website for violating any of the prohibited uses.