Mechanism for interfacing a display screen of another technology with a computing platform
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1. An interface mechanism comprising:
- a PC-based configuration tool for providing a display configuration for display devices operating using a first operating system;
a previewer coupled to the PC based configuration tool, the previewer for previewing the provided display configuration as the display configuration would appear on a display device operating using a second operating system different than the first operating system, wherein the previewer operates using at least a subset of instructions for the second operating system;
an application control engine platform using the first operating system, the application control engine platform including an encoder for translating configuration information received from the PC-based configuration tool into an extensible markup language (XML) document;
a communications link connected to the application control engine platform;
a heterogeneous display device connected to the communications link, the heterogeneous display device having the second operating system and a parser for translating an XML document into a relational database, wherein the relational database is used to generate at least one display screen; and
wherein the interface mechanism is for a building control system.
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Abstract
A system for constructing embedded display content and navigation where a computing platform is based on one technology and the embedded display content is based on another technology. For instance, the one technology may be NiagaraAX and the other technology may be non-Niagara. The system may, for instance, leverage NiagaraAX Workbench tooling to generate displays rendered in heterogeneous technologies, i.e., non-Niagara, to extend the range and application of user interfaces for Niagara-based technologies.
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1. An interface mechanism comprising:
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a PC-based configuration tool for providing a display configuration for display devices operating using a first operating system; a previewer coupled to the PC based configuration tool, the previewer for previewing the provided display configuration as the display configuration would appear on a display device operating using a second operating system different than the first operating system, wherein the previewer operates using at least a subset of instructions for the second operating system; an application control engine platform using the first operating system, the application control engine platform including an encoder for translating configuration information received from the PC-based configuration tool into an extensible markup language (XML) document; a communications link connected to the application control engine platform; a heterogeneous display device connected to the communications link, the heterogeneous display device having the second operating system and a parser for translating an XML document into a relational database, wherein the relational database is used to generate at least one display screen; and wherein the interface mechanism is for a building control system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for interfacing comprising:
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a configuration tool for providing a display configuration rendered in a first technology and for providing a preview of the display configuration as displayed using a second technology different than the first technology; an application control engine platform rendered in the first technology, the application control engine platform having an interpreter for interpreting a display configuration rendered in the first technology into an XML document; a link connected to the application control engine platform; and a display platform rendered in the second technology, the display platform connected to the link, wherein the display platform comprises an XML parser/normalizer for translating a received XML document into a relational database used for rendering at least one display screen; and wherein the system for interfacing is for a building control system. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for interfacing comprising:
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providing an application control engine platform rendered in a first technology; providing a display platform rendered in a second technology; and linking the application control engine platform and the display platform; at the application control engine platform, translating a display configuration for use with a display rendered in the first technology to an XML document; transferring the XML document to the display platform; and at the display platform, parsing the transferred XML document into a relational database used for generating at least one screen on the display platform; and wherein; the linking of the control engine platform and the display platform comprises a communications driver; and the interfacing is for a building control system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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