Building system commissioning automation

• US 10,359,745 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2016
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Meruva, Jayaprakash, Gupta, Manish, Halford, Andrew David, Leen, Cary, Kolasa, Roy Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): Menz, Douglas M
• Application Number:
  US15/185,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20170364044A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,131 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/38 Failure diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/49 ensuring correct operation, e.g. by trial operation or configuration checks
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/54 using one central controller connected to several sub-controllers
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/56 Remote control
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/58 using Internet communication
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/62 characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/63 Electronic processing
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 3/044 Systems in which all treatment is given in the central station, i.e. all-air systems
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house

Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods for building system commissioning automation are described herein. One device includes a controller of a plurality of building system devices having logic to receive a set of commands specified by a sequence of operations (SOO) script, execute the set of commands to run an SOO check on the plurality of building system devices, and generate a report including results of the SOO check.

Claims

1. A controller of a plurality of building system devices having logic to:

receive a set of commands specified by a sequence of operations (SOO) script;

execute the set of commands to run an SOO check on the plurality of building system devices, wherein executing the set of commands to run the SOO check on the plurality of building system devices includes;

performing a sequence of test procedures for each of the plurality of building system devices, wherein the sequence of test procedures for each of the plurality of building system devices includes activating, deactivating, and adjusting a state of each of the plurality of building system devices; and

determining results including a plurality of point values associated with each of the plurality of building system devices based on the test procedures; and

generate a report including results of the SOO check.

2. The controller of claim 1, wherein the set of commands is received from a remote computing device.

3. The controller of claim 1, wherein the set of commands is received from a mobile device.

4. The controller of claim 1, wherein the controller includes logic to execute the set of commands over a particular period of time.

5. The controller of claim 4, wherein the particular period of time is one day.

6. The controller of claim 4, wherein the controller is one of a plurality of controllers of a building, and wherein the set of commands are executed by all of the plurality of controllers in parallel.

7. The controller of claim 1, wherein the report includes an abnormality determined during the SOO check.

8. The controller of claim 1, wherein the script is created without user input based on an SOO specification.

9. The controller of claim 1, wherein the results include measured point values and time stamps associated with the each of the plurality of building system devices.

10. The controller of claim 1, wherein the plurality of building system devices includes an air handling unit and a variable air volume device.

11. A system for providing access control via a mobile device, comprising:

a plurality of building system devices of a building;

a computing device configured to;

issue a set of commands associated with a step of a sequence of operations check (SOO) specified by a script; and

a controller in communication with the computing device and the plurality of building system devices and configured to;

receive the set of commands;

execute the set of commands to run the step of the SOO check on the plurality of building system devices, wherein executing the set of commands to run the step of the SOO check on the plurality of building system devices includes;

performing a sequence of test procedures for each of the plurality of building system devices, wherein the sequence of test procedures for each of the plurality of building system devices includes activating, deactivating, and adjusting a state of each of the plurality of building system devices; and

determining results including a plurality of point values associated with each of the plurality of building system devices based on the test procedures; and

communicate results of the step of the SOO check to the computing device; and

wherein the computing device is configured to determine whether the step passed or failed based on the results.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to communicate the results of the step of the SOO check to the computing device during execution of the set of commands.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to communicate the results of the step of the SOO check to the computing device after the set of commands is executed.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein if the step failed, the computing device is configured to notify a user of the failure.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein subsequent to the user taking a remedial action to correct the failure, the controller is configured to re-execute the set of commands to re-run the step of the SOO check on the plurality of building system devices.

16. A method for building system commissioning, comprising:

creating, by a computing device, a plurality of logical functions for a particular controller of a building system based on a plurality of steps of a sequence of operations (SOO) check on a plurality of devices of the building system;

receiving, by the controller, the plurality of logical functions;

executing, by the controller, the plurality of logical functions to run the SOO check on the plurality of building system devices, wherein executing the plurality of logical functions to run the SOO check on the plurality of building system devices includes;

performing a sequence of test procedures for each of the plurality of building system devices, wherein the sequence of test procedures for each of the plurality of building system devices includes activating, deactivating, and adjusting a state of each of the plurality of building system devices; and

determining results including a plurality of point values associated with each of the plurality of building system devices based on the test procedures; and

communicating results of the SOO check to the computing device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the plurality of steps are standardized steps associated with a sequence of operations check on a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the plurality of steps of the SOO check is non-specific with respect to a particular building.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the plurality of steps of the SOO check is specific with respect to a particular building.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the method includes creating the plurality of logical functions using an entity-relationship model.