We have written before about the role and importance of the Niagara Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA), yet in practice there are still details and operating rules that are not always fully clear. This is especially true when it comes to version upgrade entitlements, the consequences of an interrupted SMA, and the possibilities for reactivation. In this article, we provide clear and practical answers to these frequently misunderstood questions.

SMS-based alerting systems continue to play a key role in environments where reliable and immediate notifications are critical. Whether in industrial automation, infrastructure monitoring, or building management systems, the stability of communication often directly affects operational safety.

In the second part of our series presenting SmartNode’s proprietary developments, we focus on a topic that often remains in the background of building operations: the visibility of real-time gas consumption data. Now we present another in-house development focusing on utility data integration: the SN-OPUS-API module.