Systems and methods for creating and using equipment definitions
First Claim
1. A method for creating an equipment definition for a type of building equipment in a building automation system, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a processing circuit, a user selection of an archetypal device of a type of building equipment of the building automation system;
identifying, by the processing circuit, one or more data points associated with the archetypal device, wherein each of the identified data points comprises a text string specific to the archetypal device;
automatically creating, by the processing circuit for each of the identified data points, an abstraction of the text string specific to the archetypal device, wherein the abstraction of the text string comprises a portion of the text string that is applicable to multiple different devices of the same type of building equipment;
generating, by the processing circuit, a point definition for each identified data point associated with the archetypal device, each point definition comprising the abstraction of the text string of the corresponding data point;
using the generated point definitions to create, by the processing circuit, an equipment definition for the type of building equipment, the equipment definition comprising one or more of the generated point definitions;
storing the equipment definition in a data storage device;
using the equipment definition to automatically create a plurality of equipment objects, each of the equipment objects corresponding to one of the multiple different devices of the same type of building equipment; and
using the equipment objects to monitor and control the multiple different devices to affect a variable state or condition within a building.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for creating and using equipment definitions are provided. An archetypal device is selected and used to identify one or more data points associated with the archetypal device. A point definition is generated for each identified data point associated with the archetypal device. Each point definition includes an abstraction of the corresponding data point that is applicable to multiple different devices of the same type of building equipment. The generated point definitions are used to create an equipment definition for a type of building equipment. The equipment definition can be used to identify data points associated with other devices of the same type of building equipment and to automatically create equipment objects representing such devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for creating an equipment definition for a type of building equipment in a building automation system, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a processing circuit, a user selection of an archetypal device of a type of building equipment of the building automation system; identifying, by the processing circuit, one or more data points associated with the archetypal device, wherein each of the identified data points comprises a text string specific to the archetypal device; automatically creating, by the processing circuit for each of the identified data points, an abstraction of the text string specific to the archetypal device, wherein the abstraction of the text string comprises a portion of the text string that is applicable to multiple different devices of the same type of building equipment; generating, by the processing circuit, a point definition for each identified data point associated with the archetypal device, each point definition comprising the abstraction of the text string of the corresponding data point; using the generated point definitions to create, by the processing circuit, an equipment definition for the type of building equipment, the equipment definition comprising one or more of the generated point definitions; storing the equipment definition in a data storage device; using the equipment definition to automatically create a plurality of equipment objects, each of the equipment objects corresponding to one of the multiple different devices of the same type of building equipment; and using the equipment objects to monitor and control the multiple different devices to affect a variable state or condition within a building. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for using an equipment definition to create an equipment object representing building equipment of a building automation system, the method comprising:
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identifying, by a processing circuit, one or more data points associated with an archetypal device of the building automation system, wherein each of the identified data points comprises a text string specific to the archetypal device; automatically creating, by the processing circuit for each of the identified data points, an abstraction of the text string specific to the archetypal device, wherein the abstraction of the text string comprises a portion of the text string that is applicable to multiple different devices of a same type of building equipment as the archetypal device; generating, by the processing circuit, an equipment definition comprising one or more point definitions, each point definition corresponding to one of the identified data points and comprising the abstraction of the text string of the corresponding data point; identifying, by the processing circuit, a second device of the building automation system of the same type as the archetypal device; using the equipment definition to automatically identify, by the processing circuit, one or more data points associated with the second device that satisfy one or more of the point definitions; automatically mapping, by the processing circuit, the identified data points of the second device to an equipment object representing the second device; and using the equipment object to monitor and control the second device to affect a variable state or condition within a building. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for providing a display of data points associated with building equipment of a building automation system, the method comprising:
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identifying, by a processing circuit, one or more data points associated with an archetypal device of the building automation system, wherein each of the identified data points comprises a text string specific to the archetypal device; automatically creating, by the processing circuit for each of the identified data points, an abstraction of the text string specific to the archetypal device, wherein the abstraction of the text string comprises a portion of the text string that is applicable to multiple different devices of a same type of building equipment as the archetypal device; generating, by the processing circuit, an equipment definition for the type of building equipment, the equipment definition comprising one or more point definitions and an indication of whether each point definition is identified as display data, each point definition corresponding to one of the identified data points and comprising the abstraction of the text string of the corresponding data point; using the equipment definition to automatically identify, by the processing circuit, one or more data points that satisfy one or more of the point definitions identified as display data and are associated with a second device of the same type of building equipment; automatically mapping, by the processing circuit, the identified data points to a display object; generating, by the processing circuit, a user interface for display on a client device, the user interface comprising a display of the one or more data points mapped to the display object; and using the display object to monitor and control the second device to affect a variable state or condition within a building. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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