Mechanism and approach for monitoring building automation systems through user defined content notifications
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1. A mechanism for monitoring a building automation system, comprising:
- an alarm/event triggering conditions configuration component;
a system configuration database;
an alarm/event system context data notification configuration component on a server is integrated with the alarm/event triggering conditions configuration component and system configuration database supporting configurations for data notification;
the system configuration database facilitates generating a default or a user-defined context data notification based on each alarm/event triggering condition configuration, wherein the context data notification includes content indicating a cause of the triggered alarm/event comprising a trend log for a piece of equipment triggering the alarm/event and a trend log for equipment other than the piece of equipment triggering the alarm/event;
an alarm/event monitoring component integrated with the alarm/event triggering conditions configuration component, the alarm/event monitoring component having a first portion implemented in the piece of equipment and the first portion implemented at the piece of equipment monitors and evaluates an alarm/event condition based on current point data for the piece of equipment and a second portion implemented on the server and configured to process data over a time range relative to an event/alarm occurrence identified by the first portion of the alarm/event monitoring component; and
a real-time data component and a history data component, providing data for monitoring alarm/event conditions; and
wherein;
using event monitoring from the alarm/event monitoring component, the alarm/event system context data notification configuration component generates the default context data notifications in response to being triggered by the alarm event triggering conditions component, the generated default context data notifications include the trend log for the piece of equipment triggering the alarm/event and the trend log for equipment other than the piece of equipment triggering the alarm/event.
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Abstract
A system or mechanism for monitoring a building automation system through configurable conditions that indicate non-optimal performance or failure of building equipment. The mechanism may deliver notifications when the conditions are triggered. The mechanism may enable complex conditions and arbitrary user defined contents providing a context of the system to be delivered as notifications of data to configured recipients. The mechanism may enable a configuring event including not only user defined system context data as part of the event notification but also complex user defined conditions as needed.
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1. A mechanism for monitoring a building automation system, comprising:
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an alarm/event triggering conditions configuration component; a system configuration database; an alarm/event system context data notification configuration component on a server is integrated with the alarm/event triggering conditions configuration component and system configuration database supporting configurations for data notification; the system configuration database facilitates generating a default or a user-defined context data notification based on each alarm/event triggering condition configuration, wherein the context data notification includes content indicating a cause of the triggered alarm/event comprising a trend log for a piece of equipment triggering the alarm/event and a trend log for equipment other than the piece of equipment triggering the alarm/event; an alarm/event monitoring component integrated with the alarm/event triggering conditions configuration component, the alarm/event monitoring component having a first portion implemented in the piece of equipment and the first portion implemented at the piece of equipment monitors and evaluates an alarm/event condition based on current point data for the piece of equipment and a second portion implemented on the server and configured to process data over a time range relative to an event/alarm occurrence identified by the first portion of the alarm/event monitoring component; and a real-time data component and a history data component, providing data for monitoring alarm/event conditions; and wherein; using event monitoring from the alarm/event monitoring component, the alarm/event system context data notification configuration component generates the default context data notifications in response to being triggered by the alarm event triggering conditions component, the generated default context data notifications include the trend log for the piece of equipment triggering the alarm/event and the trend log for equipment other than the piece of equipment triggering the alarm/event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for alarm/event monitoring and notification in a building automation system including a piece of building equipment, comprising:
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at a piece of building equipment, monitoring a triggering condition based on an alarm/event condition configuration; at the piece of building equipment, evaluating the triggering condition from an alarm/event triggering condition configuration periodically or upon a change notification of a value in the triggered condition; in response to identifying an event/alarm occurrence at the piece of building equipment, polling data, monitoring for change of data values, and/or fetching/analyzing history data as required for evaluating the triggering condition at a server; and notifying with a notification in response to determining at the server that the trigger condition exceeds the alarm/event triggering condition, wherein the notification includes content directly related to the triggering condition exceeding the alarm/event triggering condition comprising trend log data for the piece of building equipment with the trigger condition exceeding the alarm/event triggering condition and data content related to the operation of the building automation system that is indirectly related to the trigger condition exceeding the alarm/event triggering condition comprising trend log data for equipment other than the piece of building equipment with the trigger condition exceeding the alarm/event triggering condition. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for configuring alarm/event triggering for notification in a building automation system including a piece of building equipment, comprising:
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configuring alarm/event triggering conditions and distributing the alarm/event triggering conditions to a piece of building equipment; configuring alarm/event notification contents, wherein the alarm/event notification is generated and issued in response to identifying at the piece of building equipment a triggering condition exceeding an alarm/event triggering condition; and configuring alarm/event notification options; and wherein; the configuring alarm/event triggering conditions references history data and the history data is configured automatically as a result of configuring alarm/event triggering conditions; and the configuring alarm/event notification contents incorporates history data configured automatically at a server as a result of detecting the triggering condition exceeds the alarm/event triggering condition and include trend log data for the piece of building equipment with the triggering condition exceeding the alarm/event triggering condition. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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