Building equipment control system

• US 8,736,437 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2011
• Issued: 05/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nixon Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nixon Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: Chan, Wing Kee
• Primary Examiner(s): Bugg, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): AKKI, MUNEAR T
• Application Number:
  US13/206,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20120044042A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,022 Days
• Field of Search: 340/506, 340/635, 340/657, 340/3.7
• US Class Current: 340/506
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house

Abstract

A building equipment control system comprises a remote transceiver module including a plurality of remote transceivers for remotely receiving multi-channel alarm signals, and each of the remote transceivers including a plurality of input points; a remote indication module including a plurality of remote indicators for performing alarm indication according to the multi-channel alarm signals, and each of the remote indicators including a plurality of output points; a remote main system controller for remotely setting characteristics and authorities of the input and output points; a remote compiler for remotely changing system settings of the remote main system controller and characteristics of the input points. The wiring of the system could save about 70-90% cables and 90-95% junction boxes, and reduce about 70% period of time for wiring and 90% period of time for testing and debugging needed for the conventional building equipment control system. The maintenance costs for the present building equipment control system are very low and thereby the efficiency thereof is higher. It is easier to fix failures of the system.

Claims

1. A building equipment control system comprising:

a remote transceiver module including a plurality of remote transceivers for remotely receiving multi-channel alarm signals, and each of the remote transceivers including a plurality of input and output points;

a remote indication module including a plurality of remote indicators for performing alarm indication according to the multi-channel alarm signals, and each of the remote indicators including a plurality of output points;

a remote main system controller for remotely setting characteristics and authorities of the input and output points;

a remote compiler for remotely changing system settings of the remote main system controller and characteristics of the input and output points of the remote transceivers; and

an alarm event printer for printing out the multi-channel alarm signals and status of the system; and

further comprising;

a first communication link A connecting the remote transceiver module directly to the remote main system controller,

a second communication link B connecting the remote indication module directly to the remote main system controller,

a third communication link C connecting the remote main system controller directly to the remote compiler,

a fourth communication link D connecting the remote main system controller directly to the alarm event printer,

wherein all communications between the remote transceiver module and the remote indication module passes only through each of the first communication link A, the remote main system controller, and the second communication link B,

all communications between the remote transceiver module and the remote compiler passes through only the first communication link A, the remote main system controller, and the third communication link C, and

the fourth communication link D directly connects the alarm event printer only to the remote main system controller, thereby enabling the alarm event printer to receive printing instructions only from the remote main system controller.

2. The building equipment control system according to claim 1, wherein the remote main system controller is connected to the remote transceiver module by virtue of a RS485 communication circuit.

3. The building equipment control system according to claim 2, wherein the RS485 communication circuit includes a lightning arrester.

4. The building equipment control system according to claim 2, wherein the remote transceiver module includes 32 of the remote transceivers, and each of the remote transceivers includes 32 of the input points, while the remote indication module includes 32 of the remote indicators, and each of the remote indicators includes 32 of the output points.

5. The building equipment control system according to claim 1, wherein the remote compiler is provided with a human-computer interface.

6. The building equipment control system according to claim 1, wherein the remote compiler sets operation timing of the alarm event printer.

7. The building equipment control system according to claim 1, wherein the alarm event printer is provided with a non-volatile memory and contents being printed out by the alarm event printer could be stored in the non-volatile memory at the same time.

8. The building equipment control system according to claim 1, wherein the remote compiler could be connected to the remote main system controller after settings of the remote compiler is set off-line.

9. The building equipment control system according to claim 1, further comprising a matrix printer connected to the alarm event printer.