POINT-TO-POINT CHECKOUT AUTOMATION

• US 20170373875A1
• Filed: 06/22/2016
• Published: 12/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Kolasa, Roy Alan, Leen, Cary, Halford, Andrew David, Meruva, Jayaprakash
• Application Number:
  US15/189,958
• Publication Number:
  US 20170373875A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4221 being an input/output bus, e.g. ISA bus, EISA bus, PCI bus, SCSI bus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements

Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods for point-to-point checkout automation are described herein. One device includes a controller of a building system comprising logic to receive a command to perform a point-to-point (PTP) check, and perform the PTP check in response to receiving the command, wherein performing the PTP check includes identifying input/output (I/O) points associated with the controller, scanning each I/O point for a particular functionality based on an I/O type of that I/O point, and determining whether a result of each respective scan is within an expected range for its particular functionality.

Claims

1. A controller of a building system, comprising logic to:

receive a command to perform a point-to-point (PTP) check; and

perform the PTP check in response to receiving the command, wherein performing the PTP check includes;

identifying input/output (I/O) points associated with the controller;

scanning each I/O point for a particular functionality based on an I/O type of that I/O point; and

determining whether a result of each respective scan is within an expected range for its particular functionality.

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

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

4. The controller of claim 1, wherein the I/O points are onboard the controller.

5. The controller of claim 1, wherein the I/O points are on an I/O bus in communication with the controller

6. The controller of claim 1, wherein the controller is one of a plurality of controllers of a building, and wherein each controller is configured to perform the PTP check responsive to a respective command.

7. The controller of claim 1, wherein the I/O points associated with the controller are identified based on configuration details of the controller.

8. The controller of claim 7, wherein the configuration details are received from a computing device.

9. The controller of claim 7, wherein the configuration details include configuration information associated with a network in which the controller is participating, a channel of the network that includes the controller, and the I/O points of the controller.

10. The controller of claim 1, wherein the particular functionality for each respective I/O point is based on a set of I/O characteristics reflecting expected values for that I/O point.

11. A system for point-to-point (PTP) checkout automation, comprising:

a controller of a building system; and

a computing device configured to;

receive an input associated with a command to perform a PTP check on the controller;

communicate the command to the controller responsive to receiving the input;

monitor a status of the PTP check performed by the controller in response to receiving the command from the computing device;

display whether results of the PTP check are within an expected range or exceed an expected threshold.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to:

receive a signal from an input device; and

determine whether the input device is connected to the controller based on a value associated with the signal.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to:

compare input/output (I/O) characteristics of the controller to a signal received by an analog input point associated with the controller; and

determine whether a sensor connected to the controller is a correct sensor based on the comparison exceeding an expected threshold.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein, the controller is configured to determine a type of the sensor connected to the controller upon determining the sensor connected to the controller is not a correct sensor.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the computing device is configured to provide a notification upon the controller determining that the sensor connected to the controller is a correct sensor.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to:

associate an analog output point with an analog input point of the controller;

send a plurality of analog values to the analog output point based on I/O characteristics of the controller; and

determine whether a value of an output signal associated with the analog output point has changed to a particular value.

17. A method for point-to-point (PTP) checkout automation, comprising:

Receiving, by a controller of a building system, a command to perform an PTP check thereon; and

performing the PTP check in response to receiving the command, wherein performing the PTP check includes;

identifying I/O points of the controller;

performing, by the controller, a wiring check on each respective I/O point of the controller;

scanning each respective I/O point of the controller for a particular functionality based on an I/O type of that respective I/O point;

receiving calibration data for an input device associated with one of the I/O points; and

configuring an offset value for the one of the I/O points on the received calibration data.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the controller is one of a unitary controller and a plant controller.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the method includes:

determining whether the PTP check on the controller failed; and

determining, upon determining the PTP check failed, a possible reason for the failure.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the command is sent from a mobile device responsive to a user selection of the controller from a list of a plurality of controllers sorted by channel.