ECHONET Consortium activity report(FY2018 ２Q)
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TopicsSteeringCommitteeActivities①ECHONET 2.0 vision strategy opened to the general public at CEATEC JAPAN 2018
・An interim report of the "ECHONET 2.0 vision" strategy that is under consideration at thestrategic construction WG was announced at the conference of CEATEC JAPAN 2018 withattendees filled with the venue and exhibited at the exhibition booth established at the exhibitionhall.
②Public disclosure of WebAPI guidelines to the publicWebAPI· Establishment of guidelines for ECHONET Lite Web API that enables collaboration between clouds
that can expect creation of various services and opened to the public on the website for the firsttime in October.
③Change of composition of ECHONET Lite standard document· A document "ECHONET Lite System Design Guidelines", 1st edition, which added the descriptionof the design guidelines on the smart meter by making the system design guidelines of Part 5
independent from the ECHONET Lite Standards, was made public.
① ECHONET Lite AIF specification international standardization activity· We dispatched Expert to ISO / IEC JTC 1 SC 25 WG 1 International Standardization Committee (9/ 24-27 @ Virginia, USA).
· Confirm the contents of NEW WORK ITEM PROPOSAL (NP) and Working Draft (WD) of ECHONET
Lite AIF specification "Home air conditioner and controller (ISO / IEC 14543-4-301)" and proceed
to NP and WD voting process.
①ECHONET Lite Specifications【Specifications released/revised】· A document "ECHONET Lite System Design Guidelines 1st edition" is released, which makes thesystem design guidelines of Part 5 independent from the ECHONET Lite specifications and adds thedescription of the design guidelines concerning the smart meter.
At the same time, we released ECHONET Lite Ver. (July 6)【Released certification test specifications】· The fourth edition for ECHONET Lite Standard Ver.1.0 * and the fourth version for ECHONET LiteStandard Ver.1.1 * are released (July 25) (Japanese version released on June 7 Settled.
②Appendix, Detailed Requirement for ECHONET Device Object· Member review ended for Release K (4 new classes, 2 revised property). (To be released at the endof October)· Information on recruitment of new proposals for Release L Distribution completed (application
period: October 1 - October 22)

TechnicalCommittee③Apprication Communication Interface Spesifications· Residential solar power generation · HEMS controller inter-application communication interface
specification Ver.1.10 Draft and certification test specifications were reviewed by the secretarymembers.
④Test tools·AIF certification test tool aif_tool - 1.2.3 (Test tool for devices other than smart meter) has beenrevised and released for members (July 18). Mainly revised procedure manual and test scenario.
⑤WebAPI Guideline· Completed the member review of ECHONET Lite Web API Guidelines Version 1.00 and ECHONET
Lite Web API Appendix and made it public on the Echonet website at the beginning of October.
⑥ Hosting a plug fest
· The 1st plug fest of 2018 was held at Industrial Plaza in Ota Ward, Tokyo on 11th and 12th July
2018.

Promotion
Committee①ECHONET 2.0 vision strategy opened to the general public at CEATEC JAPAN 2018
· Under consideration of concrete action plan of "ECHONET 2.0 Vision" strategy in ECHONET2.
strategy WG.
· At the conference of CEATEC JAPAN 2018, we got a full participant and made it open to the public
at panel discussion as an interim report on the background leading to the construction of theECHONET 2.0 vision and the basic strategy.
In addition, at the exhibition booth established at the exhibition hall, we explained to the boothvisitors at the panel showing "ECHONET 2.0 vision".
・The final report will be announced at a symposium to be held in December.
② Renewal of EchoNet product introduction page・ ECHONET Lite authentication registration number is displayed on the device that has acquired AIF
authentication, and a link function is provided to facilitate mutual confirmation.
· Additionally displayed "Appendix version release" information on the product introduction page ofAIF equipment.
· Link information described in detailed information on property related to equipment (PDF) is also
posted.・.

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