Add Wireless Sensors and Gateways to Niagara
Adding Wireless Sensors and Gateways to Niagara; Without Compromising Your BMS
Modern buildings demand more data—yet most building automation systems were never designed to scale easily beyond their original wired footprints.
As teams look to add environmental, energy, water, and equipment monitoring, the challenge isn’t sensor availability—it’s integration. Specifically, how to bring wireless sensor data into existing BMS environments cleanly, securely, and without re-architecting operations.
For organizations using Tridium Niagara, the path forward is clear: extend Niagara with BACnet-integrated wireless sensors and gateways that behave like native points inside the system.
That’s exactly where MultiTech comes in.
The Integration Challenge in Niagara-Based BMS Environments
Niagara is widely trusted because it unifies building systems under a common framework—HVAC, lighting, energy, access control, and more—using standards like BACnet.
But adding new sensing points often introduces friction:
- Wired expansion is slow and expensive
- Retrofit projects disrupt finished spaces
- Wireless systems often live outside the BMS
- Operators are asked to manage yet another dashboard
- Custom integrations increase long-term support risk
The result? Teams delay or abandon projects that would otherwise deliver clear operational value.
What’s needed is not “more IoT”—but a standards-based way to extend Niagara without changing how buildings are operated.
Why BACnet Matters for Wireless Sensors
BACnet remains the backbone of building automation because it ensures interoperability, transparency, and long-term supportability.
When wireless sensors integrate through BACnet:
- Data appears as familiar BACnet objects
- Alarms, trends, and histories behave as expected
- Operators use existing workflows
- Integrations survive platform upgrades
In other words, BACnet turns wireless data into first-class BMS citizens.
MultiTech’s approach is built around this principle: wireless sensing should extend Niagara—not sit beside it.
MultiTech’s approach is built around this principle: wireless sensing should extend Niagara—not sit beside it.
Extending Niagara with MultiTech Wireless Sensors and Gateways
MultiTech enables building teams and system integrators to deploy secure, industrial-grade wireless sensors and connect them to Niagara through BACnet-aligned integration paths.
This architecture bridges the gap between low-power wireless sensing and enterprise BMS platforms—without proprietary lock-in or fragile middleware.
What This Enables
- Wireless sensors in hard-to-reach or finished spaces
- Scalable deployment across single buildings or portfolios
- Clean mapping of sensor data into BACnet points
- Centralized visibility inside Niagara Workbench
- Predictable, supportable integration over time
How the Architecture Works
A typical Niagara integration using MultiTech follows a straightforward model:
- Wireless sensors capture environmental, energy, or equipment data
- MultiTech gateways securely collect and manage sensor traffic
- Sensor data is mapped into BACnet-compatible points
- Niagara consumes those points just like any other BACnet source
The result: Wireless sensor data appears inside Niagara—without changing how operators interact with their BMS. No new dashboards. No parallel systems. No retraining.
MultiTech designs its solutions with Niagara environments in mind, ensuring integrations align with how real projects are delivered and supported.
Built for Niagara Users and Integrators
Key Benefits for Niagara-Based Systems
Standards-Based
BACnet Integration
Wireless data is presented using BACnet conventions that Niagara users already understand—supporting consistent alarms, trends, and histories.
Familiar Configuration
and Workflow
Industrial-Grade
Reliability
MultiTech hardware is purpose-built for buildings—not consumer IoT experiments—supporting long lifecycles and predictable performance.
Scalable from Pilot
to Portfolio
Secure by Design
to Portfolio
U.S.-Based Hardware
Engineering, and Support
Common Niagara Use Cases Enabled by Wireless Sensors
Our customers & partners commonly use this (but not limited to!) to deliver real world results:
- Environmental monitoring (temperature, humidity, IAQ)
- Energy and load monitoring
- Leak detection and water loss prevention
- Equipment condition monitoring
- Hard-to-wire or temporary spaces
- Portfolio-wide visibility initiatives
If the goal is to add visibility without adding wire, wireless sensors integrated through BACnet are often the most practical path forward.
Why MultiTech
MultiTech has decades of experience delivering secure connectivity for industrial and building environments. Rather than forcing customers into proprietary ecosystems, MultiTech focuses on being the connectivity layer—bridging sensors, gateways, and platforms like Niagara in a way that respects existing architectures.
That philosophy makes MultiTech a natural fit for Niagara-based BMS deployments where standards, scalability, and long-term support matter.
Planning a Niagara Integration?
Every building environment is different—especially when it comes to existing controls infrastructure, network policies, and operational requirements.
If you’re considering adding wireless sensors to a Niagara-based BMS and want to understand: What’s possible with your current system | How BACnet integration would work | What a pilot or phased rollout might look like
We’re happy to help.
