Monitoring a building management system

• US 9,729,618 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2014
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Ghosh, Soumen, Sundar M, Deepak, Kulandaivel Sankarapandian, Rajesh, Manickam, Raveendran, Muthuraj, Paramesh, N, Ganesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Karim, Ziaul
• Application Number:
  US14/447,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20160033947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: 700275-296
• 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 a plurality of attributes of a building;

wherein the plurality of attributes of the building comprise;

an alarm indicating an event associated with the building;

an occurrence of a fire in the building; and

an indication of an energy usage increase in the building;

monitoring a plurality of operator activities performed by an operator;

analyzing how the plurality of operator activities are related to the plurality of attributes;

indicating how the plurality of operator activities changes the plurality of attributes, wherein the indication includes a recommendation to respond to at least one of the plurality of attributes based on at least one of the plurality of operator activities, and wherein the recommendation is based on a deviation of at least one of the plurality of attributes and at least one of the plurality of operator activities; and

publishing the plurality of operator activities, the plurality of attributes of the building, the analysis, and the indication.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein publishing the plurality of operator activities performed by the operator and the plurality of attributes of the building includes displaying the plurality of operator activities and the plurality of attributes on a timeline.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the published plurality of operator activities performed and the plurality of attributes of the building correspond to at least one of a past time period, a current time period, and a future time period.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the plurality of operator activities performed corresponds to the future time period; and

the plurality of operator activities include an activity expected to be performed by the operator.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the plurality of attributes of the building corresponds to the future time period; and

the building is expected to demonstrate the plurality of attributes during the future time period.

6. 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;

wherein the plurality of attributes of the building comprise;

an alarm indicating an event associated with the building;

an occurrence of a fire in the building; and

an indication of an energy usage increase in the building;

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

indicate how the plurality of operator activities changes the plurality of attributes, wherein the indication includes a recommendation to respond to at least one of the plurality of attributes based on at least one of the plurality of operator activities, and wherein the recommendation is based on a deviation of at least one of the plurality of attributes and at least one of the plurality of operator activities; and

publish the indication and the analyzed information from monitoring the building management system, the plurality of attributes, and the plurality of operator activities.

7. The medium of claim 6, wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to analyze the information from monitoring the building management system, the plurality of attributes, and the plurality of operator activities based on an indication of at least one of an alarm in the building, an operator status, a previous operator activity, and a system activity.

8. The medium of claim 7, wherein the system activity includes at least one of a system behavior, a system trend, and a system response.

9. The medium of claim 7, wherein the analysis of the information, the plurality of attributes, and the plurality of operator activities includes determining a change in at least one of the indications.

10. The medium of claim 6, wherein the analysis of the information, the plurality of attributes, and the plurality of operator activities includes determining which of the plurality of operator activities were in response to which information related to the building management system.

11. The medium of claim 6, wherein the analysis of the information, the plurality of attributes, and the plurality of operator activities includes determining whether further operator activity is requested.

12. The medium of claim 6, wherein the published information, attributes, and activities are published as at least one of a video clip, an image, audio, a link to a configuration page, and a chart.

13. 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, wherein the plurality of attributes of the building management system comprise;

an alarm indicating an event associated with the building;

an occurrence of a fire in the building; and

an indication of an energy usage increase in the building;

monitor a plurality of operator activities performed on the building 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;

provide an indication of how the plurality of operator activities changes the plurality of attributes of the building system, wherein the indication includes a recommendation to respond to at least one of the plurality of attributes based on at least one of the plurality of operator activities, and wherein the recommendation is based on a deviation of at least one of the plurality of attributes and at least one of the plurality of operator activities; and

publish the plurality of operator activities in a chronological order on a displayed timeline panel.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the analysis is based on a process relationship and a criticality, wherein the process relationship includes a relationship of at least one attribute to another attribute in the building management system and the criticality defines an importance of the attribute.