System, method and apparatus for building operations management
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1. A sensor network, comprising:
- a gateway device in a building, the gateway device having a network connection to a host system that is remote from the building, the gateway device receiving configuration information from the host system via the network connection, the configuration information including request interval information; and
a wireless node in the building that communicates with the gateway device via a wireless communication protocol, the wireless node connected to a BACnet device using a wired BACnet interface, the wireless node receiving the configuration information from the gateway device via the wireless communication protocol, the configuration information enabling a configuration of the wireless node to produce a plurality of sensor data requests for transmission to the BACnet device using a BACnet data communication protocol, wherein a period of time between a first of the plurality of sensor data requests and a second of the plurality of sensor data requests is determined by the wireless node based on the request interval information received from the gateway device,wherein the wireless node is configured to transmit first sensor data received from the BACnet device in response to the first of the plurality of sensor data requests to the gateway device, and is configured to transmit second sensor data received from the BACnet device in response to the second of the plurality of sensor data requests to the gateway device.
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for integrated building operations management. Nodes in the sensor network can be configured to interface with a building control system to exchange sensor-related information.
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1. A sensor network, comprising:
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a gateway device in a building, the gateway device having a network connection to a host system that is remote from the building, the gateway device receiving configuration information from the host system via the network connection, the configuration information including request interval information; and a wireless node in the building that communicates with the gateway device via a wireless communication protocol, the wireless node connected to a BACnet device using a wired BACnet interface, the wireless node receiving the configuration information from the gateway device via the wireless communication protocol, the configuration information enabling a configuration of the wireless node to produce a plurality of sensor data requests for transmission to the BACnet device using a BACnet data communication protocol, wherein a period of time between a first of the plurality of sensor data requests and a second of the plurality of sensor data requests is determined by the wireless node based on the request interval information received from the gateway device, wherein the wireless node is configured to transmit first sensor data received from the BACnet device in response to the first of the plurality of sensor data requests to the gateway device, and is configured to transmit second sensor data received from the BACnet device in response to the second of the plurality of sensor data requests to the gateway device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a gateway device in a building via a network connection with a host system that is remote from the building, configuration information that includes request interval information; receiving, by a wireless node in the building, the configuration information from the gateway device via a wireless communication protocol, the wireless node connected to a BACnet device using a wired BACnet interface; configuring the wireless node using the configuration information, the configured wireless node enabled to produce a plurality of sensor data requests for transmission to the BACnet device using a BACnet data communication protocol; transmitting, by the wireless node device, a first of the plurality of sensor data requests and a second of the plurality of sensor data requests to the BACnet device, wherein a period of time between the first of the plurality of sensor data requests and the second of the plurality of sensor data requests is determined by the wireless node based on the request interval information received from the gateway device; receiving, by the wireless node, first sensor data via the wired BACnet interface in response to the first of the plurality of sensor data requests; transmitting, by the wireless node, first sensor data received from the BACnet device in response to the first of the plurality of sensor data requests to the gateway device; receiving, by the wireless node, second sensor data via the wired BACnet interface in response to the second of the plurality of sensor data requests; and transmitting, by the wireless node, second sensor data received from the BACnet device in response to the second of the plurality of sensor data requests to the gateway device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A wireless device, comprising
a wireless transceiver that receives a configuration update packet from a gateway device at the monitored location via wireless communication, the configuration update packet including configuration information that is delivered to the gateway device by a host system that is remote from the monitored location, wherein the configuration information includes request interval information; -
a wired BACnet interface that is configured to connect the wireless device to a BACnet device that supports a BACnet data communication protocol; and a controller that initiates a transmission of a plurality of sensor data requests by the wireless device to the BACnet device via the wired BACnet interface, wherein a period of time between a first of the plurality of sensor data requests and a second of the plurality of sensor data requests is determined by the wireless device based on the request interval information received from the gateway device, wherein the wireless device is configured to transmit first sensor data received from the BACnet device in response to the first of the plurality of sensor data requests to the gateway device, and is configured to transmit second sensor data received from the BACnet device in response to the second of the plurality of sensor data requests to the gateway device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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