MONITORING A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20170324808A1
• Filed: 07/26/2017
• Published: 11/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Sundar M, Deepak, Ghosh, Soumen, Kulandaivel Sankarapandian, Rajesh Kulandaivel, Manickam, Raveendran, Muthuraj, Paramesh, N, Ganesh
• Granted Patent: US 10,666,717 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

Devices, methods, and systems for monitoring a building management system are described herein. One method includes monitoring an attribute of a building, monitoring an activity related to the attribute performed by an operator, and publishing the activity performed by the operator and the attribute of the building.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring a building management system, comprising:

monitoring an attribute of a building;

monitoring an operator activity related to the attribute performed by an operator;

analyzing how the operator activity is related to the attribute; and

publishing the operator activity, the analysis, and the attribute of the building.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute of the building comprises an alarm indicating an event associated with the building.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute of the building comprises an occurrence of a fire in the building.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute of the building comprises an indication of an energy usage increase in the building.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein publishing the activity performed by the operator, the analysis, and the attribute of the building includes displaying the activity, the analysis, and the attribute on a timeline.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the published activity, analysis, and attribute correspond to at least one of a past time period, a current time period, and a future time period.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising providing an indication of how the operator activity changes the attribute.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the indication includes a recommendation to respond to the changed attribute.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the recommendation is based on a deviation of the attribute and the operator activity.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to:

monitor a building management system, a plurality of attributes of the building management system, and a plurality of operator activities associated with the building management system;

analyze information from monitoring the building management system, the plurality of attributes, and the plurality of operator activities;

indicate at least one of an action, a warning, and a recommendation corresponding to the analyzed information.

11. The medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to publish the analyzed information related to the building management system, the plurality of attributes, and the plurality of operator activities.

12. The medium of claim 10, wherein the published information and activities are published as at least one of a video clip and an image.

13. The medium of claim 10, wherein the published information and activities are published as at least one of an audio, a link to a configuration page, and a chart.

14. The medium of claim 10, wherein the analysis of the information, the plurality of attributes, and the plurality of operator activities is based on an indication of a system activity.

15. The medium of claim 14, wherein the system activity includes a change in at least one of a system behavior, a system trend, and a system response.

16. A device for monitoring a building management system, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to;

monitor a plurality of attributes of a building management system;

monitor a plurality of operator activities performed on the building management system related to at least one of the plurality of attributes;

analyze the plurality of attributes and the plurality of operator activities, wherein the analysis includes chronologically correlating the plurality of building attributes with the plurality of operator activities; and

provide an indication of how the plurality of operator activities changes the plurality of attributes of the building system.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the indication includes a recommendation to respond to at least one of the plurality of attributes.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the analysis is based on a process relationship in the building management system and a criticality of the at least one of the plurality of attributes.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein:

the process relationship includes a relationship of the at least one attribute to another attribute in the building management system; and

the criticality defines an importance of the attribute.

20. The system of claim 16, comprising instructions executable by the processor to publish the plurality of operator activities in a chronological order on a displayed timeline panel.