{"id":2446,"date":"2023-12-15T11:09:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T16:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/btl.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-january-1-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:09:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T16:09:07","slug":"minimum-protocol-revision-changes-january-1-2024","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/btl.org\/news\/minimum-protocol-revision-changes-january-1-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Protocol Revision changes January 1, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The BTL Testing Policies states (Section 3): \u201cThe BTL requires that products being tested for BTL Certification claim a Protocol Revision equal to or greater than a moving minimum. The minimum Protocol_Revision is determined each January 1st and is the highest Protocol_Revision which has been available in a <strong><em>BTL Test Plan <\/em><\/strong>for at least 4 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 1, 2024, the minimum Protocol_Revision will become PR_16. This does not apply to unchanged products applying for BTL Certificate Renewal Testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Existing BTL Certifications and BTL Listings are not affected. However, if a product is updated and is submitted for re-testing with changed or new BACnet functionality, then the product must be PR_16 or higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All products that are at their Recognized BACnet Testing Organization (RBTO) and are <strong><u>ready to begin testing<\/u><\/strong> before the end of 2023, may test at the current minimum Protocol_Revision (PR_15).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"897\" src=\"https:\/\/btl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-14-at-3.52.14\u202fPM-1024x897.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/btl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-14-at-3.52.14\u202fPM-1024x897.png 1024w, https:\/\/btl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-14-at-3.52.14\u202fPM-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/btl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-14-at-3.52.14\u202fPM-768x672.png 768w, https:\/\/btl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-14-at-3.52.14\u202fPM.png 1029w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bacnetglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Minimum-Protocol-Revision-dates.pdf\">View Minimum Protocol Testing Revision Policies<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BTL Testing Policies states (Section 3): \u201cThe BTL requires that products being tested for BTL Certification claim a Protocol Revision equal to or greater than a moving minimum. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btl.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}