{"id":3304,"date":"2023-10-02T14:34:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T18:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T12:04:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T16:04:51","slug":"minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Protocol Revision Changes for BTL Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BACnet Testing Laboratories (BTL) is updating the minimum protocol revision required for products entering testing. Beginning January 1, 2024, Revision 16 will be the minimum protocol and on January 1, 2025, Revision 18 will be the minimum protocol required for products entering testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As stated in the BTL Testing Policies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The minimum Protocol_Revision is determined each January 1st and is the highest Protocol_Revision which has been available in a <strong>BTL Test Plan <\/strong>for at least 4 years. The schedule below indicates the specifics of how this will work for the next few years. See the BTL website for the current schedule.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-2.34.09-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-2.34.09-PM.png 819w, https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-2.34.09-PM-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-2.34.09-PM-768x605.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For general questions concerning BTL Testing, please&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/btl.org\/contact-us\/?type=Product%20Testing\"><strong>contact Emily Hayes, BTL manager<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BACnet Testing Laboratories (BTL) is updating the minimum protocol revision required for products entering testing. Beginning January 1, 2024, Revision 16 will be the minimum protocol and on January 1, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minimum Protocol Revision Changes for BTL Testing - BACnet International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minimum Protocol Revision Changes for BTL Testing - BACnet International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BACnet Testing Laboratories (BTL) is updating the minimum protocol revision required for products entering testing. Beginning January 1, 2024, Revision 16 will be the minimum protocol and on January 1, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BACnet International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-27T16:04:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-2.34.09-PM.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BACnetIntl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/\",\"name\":\"Minimum Protocol Revision Changes for BTL Testing - BACnet International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-2.34.09-PM.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-02T18:34:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-27T16:04:51+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-2.34.09-PM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-2.34.09-PM.png\",\"width\":819,\"height\":645},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Minimum Protocol Revision Changes for BTL Testing\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/\",\"name\":\"BACnet International\",\"description\":\"BACnet Community Information, Promotion and Education\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BACnet International\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/bacnet-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/bacnet-logo.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":124,\"caption\":\"BACnet International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/BACnetIntl\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bacnet-international\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Minimum Protocol Revision Changes for BTL Testing - BACnet International","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Minimum Protocol Revision Changes for BTL Testing - BACnet International","og_description":"BACnet Testing Laboratories (BTL) is updating the minimum protocol revision required for products entering testing. Beginning January 1, 2024, Revision 16 will be the minimum protocol and on January 1, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/","og_site_name":"BACnet International","article_modified_time":"2023-10-27T16:04:51+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-2.34.09-PM.png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@BACnetIntl","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/","url":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/","name":"Minimum Protocol Revision Changes for BTL Testing - BACnet International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-2.34.09-PM.png","datePublished":"2023-10-02T18:34:56+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-27T16:04:51+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-2.34.09-PM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-02-at-2.34.09-PM.png","width":819,"height":645},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-for-btl-testing\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Minimum Protocol Revision Changes for BTL Testing"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/","name":"BACnet International","description":"BACnet Community Information, Promotion and Education","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/#organization","name":"BACnet International","url":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/bacnet-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/bacnet-logo.png","width":400,"height":124,"caption":"BACnet International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/BACnetIntl","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bacnet-international\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacnetinternational.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}