This European Standard concentrates on control applications for Home and Building HBES Open Communication System and covers any combination of electronic devices linked via a digital transmission network. Home and Building Electronic System as provided by the HBES Open Communication System is a specialized form of automated, decentralized and distributed process control, dedicated to the needs of home and building applications.

This European Standard defines the mandatory and optional requirements for the medium independent communication over IP for HBES products and systems, a multi-application bus system where the functions are decentralised, distributed and linked through a common communication process.

This European Standard is used as a product family standard. It is not intended to be used as a stand- alone standard. Other parts from the EN 50090 series may apply.