Healthcare
250+Zones
Bendigo Health Day Rehab Centre
A custom VAV controller for a $110 million refurbishment.
Bendigo, VIC
Est. 198640 years of building control40 years of Sphere-made building control
Building control for places that never switch off.
Building management and access control systems, designed, manufactured and supported by Sphere. Trusted by hospitals, emergency services and city towers to keep air, energy and doors running.
Trusted across healthcare, government and national retail
1986
Founded at the Austin Hospital
5,000+
BMS points at Bendigo Hospital
350+
Doors on Sphere access control at Bendigo Health
3
Generations of Sphere controls still running today
What we do
Everything between the plant room and the front door.
One team for building management, access control and the engineering behind them, from first design to the after-hours call.
01 · BMS
Building management systems
Design, installation, programming and commissioning of HVAC controls, from a single plant room to multi-campus hospitals.
Learn more02 · Security
Access control and security
Door access control that grew up in Victorian hospitals, now protecting campuses, universities and government sites.
Learn more03 · Upgrades
Controls upgrades and migration
Move from pneumatics or older generations to modern electronics in stages, without ripping out what still works.
Learn more04 · Integration
Systems integration
Native BACnet controllers and high-level interfaces that let the BMS talk to fire, mechanical and third-party plant.
Learn more05 · Engineering
Custom hardware and engineering
An in-house electronics and software team that designs controllers, firmware and switchboards when off-the-shelf won't do.
Learn more06 · Support
Service, support and maintenance
Remote and on-site support from engineers who know the Sphere product range, including after-hours when things don't go to plan.
Learn moreWebAI · Current generation
Your building,
in a browser.
WebAI carries forward the web-page approach Sphere pioneered with WebXL, adds native BACnet, and still talks to the WebXL and Facility controllers already on site. Designed by our own electronics and software engineers.
- Runs in a web browserA web-browser front end makes setup and configuration straightforward, with nothing extra to install.
- Native BACnet and ModbusBACnet IP and MS/TP, Modbus IP and RTU, with unlimited BACnet points.
- Backward compatibleTalks to WebXL IO, Minicom and Facility equipment, so sites can upgrade in stages.
- Spots problems earlySphere's AI Smart technology detects and advises of system abnormalities and automates preventative maintenance schedules.
webai / plant / ahu-05 · level 4
LiveSupply air
14.2°
SP 14.0°
Return air
22.1°
Zone avg
Alarms
0
Healthy
Supply air · 24 h
BACnet · AV-1042
Upgrade path
Upgrade without the rip-out.
Every Sphere generation talks to the next. Sites move to WebAI one plant room at a time, keeping the Facility and WebXL hardware that still does its job.
- 01Original
Facility
Minicom field controllers and DP44 network processors, still running in Victorian hospitals.
Wimmera Base Hospital: 44 Minicoms - 022000s
WebXL
Web-based controllers that made Sphere's name in multi-storey buildings here and overseas.
461 Bourke St: 27 WebXL controllers - 03Today
WebAI
Browser-based, natively BACnet and Modbus, and able to run the generations before it.
Bendigo Day Rehab: WebAI demand aggregation
Selected projects
Hospitals, headquarters and city towers.
What clients say
Relied on when it matters.
01 / 03
Great service provided by Sphere Systems in a very high-pressure hospital environment. Ben is very knowledgeable in all aspects of A/C and BMS controls. Whether it's fixed remotely or on-site, no job is too big or too small.
Ready when you are
Have a site that needs attention?
New build, upgrade or an after-hours fault: talk to the engineers who design and support Sphere systems.