scope:

This standard provides protocols for measurement and control networks for home and residential quarters, so that they can achieve green, smarter functions. It specifies the interactive data format between devices and systems; and it gives standardized definitions of the sensor, actuator, and equipment and data communication interfaces.

This standard also includes:

- The data format definition of configuration and management-oriented functions.

- The data format definition of deployment and control-oriented functions.

- The method of definition for conformance tests and interoperability tests.

Purpose

IEEE Std 1888™ is limited to the general protocol of the high level, and does not address down to the lowest level, such as sensors and actuators on equipment. IEEE Std 1888.4™ defines all equipment addresses and function instructions for peer-to-peer communication/control between equipment and the human machine interface (HMI) and between equipment and smart phones and smart terminals to perform green and smart functions for homes and residential quarters.