MOBILE DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS OF BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM

• US 20140018940A1
• Filed: 07/13/2012
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Industry Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Industry Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Casilli, Chris
• Granted Patent: US 9,690,265 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/29
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 13/048 using a predictor
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric

Abstract

A building automation system includes a plurality of components, with each of the plurality of components associated with point data. A method of controlling the building automation system includes establishing communications between a mobile computing device and a building automation network of the building automation system. The method further includes receiving point data from the building automation system via the building automation network. In addition, the method includes identifying a plurality of components of the building automation system based on the point data received from the at least one building automation network and generating a model of the building automation system based on the point data.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a building automation system, the building automation system including a plurality of components and each of the plurality of components associated with point data, the method comprising:

establishing communications between a mobile computing device and a building automation network of the building automation system;

receiving point data from at least one component of the building automation system via the building automation network;

identifying the plurality of components of the building automation system based on the point data received from the at least one component; and

generating a model of the building automation system based on the point data.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising sending commands from the mobile computing device in order to conduct impulse response testing on the at least one component.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising generating a revised model of the at least one component based on the impulse response testing conducted on the at least one component.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the model of the at least one component is displayed on the mobile computing device.

5. The method of claim 3 further comprising determining at least one optimization strategy for the at least one component based on the generated performance model of the at least one component.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the at least one optimization strategy for the at least one component is displayed on the mobile computing device.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising implementing the at least one optimization strategy by sending commands from the mobile computing device to a field panel of the building automation system.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the building automation system comprises an HVAC system.

9. An arrangement comprising:

a building automation system including a plurality of components, each of the plurality of components associated with point data;

a mobile computing device in wireless communication with the building automation system, the mobile computing device configured to receive point data from the building automation system, identify the plurality of components of the building automation system based on the received point data, and generate a model of the building automation system based on the received point data.

10. The arrangement of claim 9 wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to conduct impulse response testing on the plurality of components of the building automation system.

11. The arrangement of claim 10 wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to generate a revised model of the building automation system based on the impulse response testing conducted on the plurality of components.

12. The arrangement of claim 9 wherein the mobile computing device is configured to display a graphical representation of the model of the building automation system.

13. The arrangement of claim 9 wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to determine at least one optimization strategy for the building automation system based on the generated model.

14. The arrangement of claim 13 wherein the mobile computing device is configured to display the least one optimization strategy for the at least one component.

15. The arrangement of claim 13 wherein the mobile computing device is configured to implement the at least one optimization strategy by sending commands from the mobile computing device to the building automation system.

16. The arrangement of claim 9 wherein the building automation system comprises an HVAC system.

17. A method of improving the performance of an HVAC system including a building automation system, the method comprising:

wirelessly connecting a mobile computing device to a network of the building automation system;

receiving point data associated with the building automation system at the mobile computing device;

generating a model of the building automation system in the mobile computing device based at least in part on the received point data;

performing impulse response testing on the building automation system using commands sent wirelessly from the mobile computing device to the building automation system; and

generating an optimization strategy for the building automation system on the mobile computing device, the optimization strategy based at least in part on the model of the building automation system.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising revising the model of the building automation system following impulse response testing on the building automation system.

19. The method of claim 17 further comprising simulating the optimization strategy for the building automation system with the mobile computing device.

20. The method of claim 17 further comprising displaying the model of the building automation system on the mobile computing device and displaying the optimization strategy for the building automation system on the mobile computing device.