CONFIGURABLE BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM DISPLAY
First Claim
1. A display controller for a building control system, wherein the building control system includes one or more building control devices, and wherein at least selected building control devices have one or more corresponding objects, the display controller comprising:
- a display adapted to display information related to one or more of the building control devices; and
a display controller adapted to display information related to the one or more building control devices on the display, wherein the display controller includes a configuration mechanism for configuring the information that is to be displayed on the display.
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Abstract
A system and method for displaying information on a display of a building control system. In one illustrative embodiment, a display controller is provided that includes a configuration mechanism for configuring the information that is to be displayed on the display. The configuration mechanism may include one or more user definable object description reference strings that include tokens that identify which device and/or object information to display on the display.
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1. A display controller for a building control system, wherein the building control system includes one or more building control devices, and wherein at least selected building control devices have one or more corresponding objects, the display controller comprising:
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a display adapted to display information related to one or more of the building control devices; and a display controller adapted to display information related to the one or more building control devices on the display, wherein the display controller includes a configuration mechanism for configuring the information that is to be displayed on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of displaying information relative to device of a building control system, the method comprising:
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providing an object description reference string having one or more tokens, wherein at least some of the tokens corresponds to a specific subset of information related to the device; parsing the object description reference string to identify the one or more tokens in the object description reference string; assembling the specific subsets of information for the device that correspond to the identified ones of the one or more tokens; and displaying the specific subsets of information for the device that correspond to the identified one or more tokens. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of displaying information on a display of a building control system, comprising:
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providing a display controller including an object description reference string including at least one conditional expression indicating what information to display by the display controller; displaying the information indicated by a first conditional expression unless the information is not present; and if the first conditional expression information is not present, displaying the information indicated by a second conditional expression unless the second conditional expression information is not present. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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