CN102759886A

CN102759886A - Building automation system convenient for user customization

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Publication number: CN102759886A
Application number: CN2012100929536A
Authority: CN
Inventors: S·M·麦瑞斯; S·M·麦考伊; D·M·理查兹; E·本迪克特; J·S·西沃德; J·布林克; D·A·迈克耐尔; D·德姆林; J·K·基斯特勒-罗宾森
Original assignee: Trane International Inc
Current assignee: Trane International Inc
Priority date: 2005-08-22
Filing date: 2006-08-17
Publication date: 2012-10-31
Also published as: CN106054626B; CN106054626A

Abstract

The invention provides a system and method for interacting with and customizing the BAS (building automation system) that can be dynamically expanded and automatically configured. In one embodiment, the GUI (graphical user interface) of the BAS comprises a building abstract page. The invention further relates to a space abstract page and a device abstract page.

Description

Be convenient to the building automation system of customization

Patented claim of the present invention is that international application no is PCT/US2006/032145; International filing date is on August 17th, 2006; The application number that gets into the China national stage is 200680039349.X, and name is called the dividing an application of application for a patent for invention of " building automation system of being convenient to customization ".

Technical field

The present invention relates to building automation system by and large.More specifically, the present invention relates to building automation system information, communication, and the customization and the interface of configuration.

Background technology

Building automation system (building automation system; BAS) be used for coordinating, management and the various environment of control, physics, and electric buildings subsystem, especially HAVC and weather control automatically, but also comprise security personnel, take shelter from the thunder, power supply etc.Common existing BAS system realizes through hardwire, perhaps utilizes proprietary communication standard or agreement to link each sub-systems and the user capture and the control of system scope are provided.

BAS is carried out hardwire and artificial programming can form the durable fixed system that customizes to specific facilities.Yet these systems usually need carry out extensive customization to each buildings or place.The manual work of necessity of BAS programming and other are installed key element and maybe and be suitable for other system, cause the fitting operation relevant with these systems with high costs and expend time in.

In addition, hardwired systems and those utilize the system of proprietary communication standard and agreement be difficult to, not even maybe with the system component in different vendor or different generations, panel, and other assembly mutually integrated.For example, in the campus that the many solitary buildings by the BAS that upgrading is installed constitute, possibly have existing former generation (leaving over) system and reach system available from a more than tame manufacturer.In this kind situation, BAS is installed and make it with existing system is compatible can be very consuming time, need carry out a large amount of manual maintenance and the programming integrated conventional device of ability and build up the BAS of customization.Manual maintenance is normally provided by the system integrator.Although owing to reasons such as expense and interruptions; The good system integrator of BAS owner and supvr, however the system integrator but be many BAS manufacturers and manufacturer sell and the initial BAS of installation after form income and carry out a critical aspects of the management mode of on-the-spot contact.Therefore, BAS manufacturer and manufacturer are reluctant to change its management mode always and cancel its system integrator.

Along with BACnet ^TM(a kind of U.S. heating, refrigeration and air-conditioning man SCTE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers; ASHRAE) and (the American National Standards Institute of American National Standards Institute (ANSI); Standard) and LonTalk ANSI) ^TMThe introducing of (a kind of agreement integrated approach by the Echelon exploitation), various standards in the industry and communication have realized certain unification.BACnet ^TMOriginally be to formulate the HVAC interoperability standard, be used as the solution of whole industry scope inner question now.Yet, in use, BACnet ^TMThere is multiple version, and comprises the various non-standard feature functionalitys that supply manufacturer to use.Many manufacturers regulation will realize the compatibility of system, must use specific BACnet ^TMVersion, thereby force BAS user to upgrade.Therefore, BACnet ^TMVarious version and characteristic between can not work in coordination with use fully.In addition, the current normally single protocol infrastructure of BAS.Therefore, although set BAS can a compatible consensus standard, however BAS only compatible with single kind agreement, for example BACnet inherently ^TM, another kind of standard agreement or specialized protocol.

Liken simply, can BAS be likened to the book of a bookbinding.Each equipment among the BAS all is different readers of this this book.This this book can comprise a plurality of chapters and sections or part, and must and carry out the specialty bookbinding to each reader's custom written.If compatible a plurality of protocol versions of BAS or manufacturer, then each chapters and sections can be write with different language respectively.For reading the various different languages in the book, the reader need look up the dictionary with hand each chapters and sections is translated into reader's the mother tongue or the language of institute's preference.Possibly need many dictionaries.The reader possibly can't translate each language fully, perhaps maybe some chapters and sections be translated into the language of non-preference-be that the reader just is familiar with but sinistrous language, so the reader maybe one or more chapters and sections of a basic comprehension.For example, the chapter in the book can be first kind of language, represents the BAS BACnet of particular vendor institute preference ^TMVersion or mother tongue version, and another rule and regulation in the book are represented the BACnet of second kind of language of another manufacturer ^TMVersion.If the reader can not understand second kind of language, then the reader can only translate minimally to grasp second kind of language through utilizing dictionary.Owing to not exclusively be proficient in, thereby this this book can not help the reader to carry out advanced tasks or communication effectively.Some language possibly can't be translated, and needs the reader to seek advice from the translator and comes human translation this or these chapters and sections.Human translation especially expend time in and cost very high, and if the whole chapter content of translation, then must professionally rebind this this book, for good and all to comprise the content of being translated.If do not carry out rebinding of specialty, need carry out human translation again when then the reader reads this this book next time.

In addition, BAS installs and safeguards and is still the customized task that generally needs the labor manpower, and these tasks have nothing in common with each other because of each system implementation scheme.Upgrading, expansion and renewal or removal system assembly and service especially also are very complicated tasks, this be because existing BAS both possibly support also possibly not support new device and must manual work reconfigure just can identify and comprise change.In common sight, manage the user that a buildings place and this buildings place have two control modules that in existing BAS, move and want to increase in the side building that newly builds up at buildings the 3rd control module.At this moment, the user must just can make system consistent with each other with having the redaction that control module upgrades to the 3rd control module now, because system can't adapt to a plurality of versions or integrated new control module.

Return the metaphor of book, at this moment, in the time need upgrading, perhaps when increasing the fresh content of whole chapter, must whole book foldback be returned that original author rewrites and carry out professional rebinding subsequently the chapters and sections in the book.Any dictionary also must corresponding renewal and is repeated human translation.Therefore, upgrade and increase very labor intensive and time.

Graphic user interface (the graphical user interface that the user interface of these BAS-is normally shown by computing machine; GUI)-normally static, and force the user to execute the task in a predefined manner and browsing information.If will change the working method of user interface, then need customize, and this will exceed the ability of domestic consumer, because these users were not trained by computer programming generally.

Existing BAS can not provide accessibility, customization, reach the desirable management tool of system user.Current BAS is difficult to carry out management on large one and is for example managed by regional or nationwide retailer or other tissue, and very loaded down with trivial details in communication aspects when management.In addition, although had now and using based on internet and addressable system, yet there are several kinds of defectives in these systems.Many existing internet BAS form as the annex of existing BAS, thereby have integrated, special-purpose design.These systems can not provide with non-machine system and subsystem and carry out required suitability of interface and extensibility, and this is in existing structure, to build existing particular problem when putting large scale system.Existing system can not provide higher level extensibility, configurability and customization tools.

Recently, ASHRAE has issued XML and BACnet ^TMThe network service interface standard.According to ASHRAE, this interface plans communication protocol is remained neutral, because the network service of defined can be used with any basic agreement.This kind method is minimum common ground (common denominator) method, and it is applicable to a plurality of BACnet ^TMVersion Spec, wherein the BAS service is to be supported by the built-in function of agreement.Yet this kind method still need utilize gateway or translation with special or special function standardization, and also need between variety of protocol, translate or standardize, rather than moves each agreement inherently more smoothly.In addition, although can translate and standardize, yet usually can not complete semanteme or context be provided for data to various functions.In other words, be red, blue or green although minimum common ground system can pick out data, yet the depth of these colors can not be distinguished by these systems, and when only being unified into mass-tone, data can be lost meaning to a certain degree.

Therefore, need a kind ofly particularly it seems to possess the intelligent BAS of communication, management and the control option of advanced level user's customization function and enhancing from user perspective.

Summary of the invention

The present invention is that essence has satisfied the demand, and in one embodiment, the present invention relates to the page in the graphic user interface (GUI) of building automation system (BAS).

In one embodiment, the summary page of the buildings of a formation BAS at least a portion comprises: the link that at least one can navigate, and it links to another part of said GUI; The static buildings message part; And dynamic building thing message part.Dynamic building thing message part comprises report to the police tabulation and space list; The tabulation of reporting to the police comprise with buildings in have or do not exist report to the police relevant static state and multidate information; Space list then comprises static state and the multidate information about a plurality of spaces relevant with this buildings; Wherein static information comprises at least one space set point; Multidate information then comprises at least one observed state relevant with set point; Wherein this space list be restricted to show in a plurality of spaces relevant with this buildings less than whole spaces, and the spaces intended that wherein is shown in selectively in this space list in these a plurality of spaces is included in the space that has maximum deviation between set point and the observed state.

In other embodiments, the present invention relates to the space summary page and the Device Summary page.

More than be not to be intended to describe each illustrated embodiment of the present invention or each embodiment to summary description of the present invention.Accompanying drawing and hereinafter explanation be these embodiment of illustration more specifically.

Description of drawings

In conjunction with of the detailed description of advantages hereinafter to various embodiments of the present invention, can more fully understand the present invention, in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is the graphic of building automation system (BAS) according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is the operation Organization Chart of BAS according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3 is the data model calcspar of BAS according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 is the navigation picture of user interface according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 A is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 B is another user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 6 is an attributed graph according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7 A is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7 B is the detail drawing of the user interface page shown in Fig. 7 A according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7 C is another detail drawing of the user interface page shown in Fig. 7 A according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 7 D is another user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8 is user interface navigation figure according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 9 A is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 9 B is the detail drawing of the user interface page shown in Fig. 9 A according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 10 is a data logging calcspar according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 11 A is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 11 B is the detail drawing of the user interface page shown in Figure 11 A according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 11 C is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 12 is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 13 A is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 13 B is the detail drawing of the user interface page shown in Figure 13 A according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 13 C is another detail drawing of the user interface page shown in Figure 13 A according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 14 is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 15 is user interface navigation figure according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 16 is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 17 is user interface navigation figure according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 18 is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 19 is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 20 is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 21 is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 22 is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention;

Figure 23 is user interface navigation figure according to an embodiment of the invention; And

Figure 24 is the user interface page according to an embodiment of the invention.

Although the present invention makes various modifications and alternative form easily, yet will show and specify detail of the present invention hereinafter with way of example in the accompanying drawings.However, it should be understood that not being is will the present invention be defined as specific embodiment as herein described.On the contrary, the present invention plans to contain and belongs to enclose spirit of the present invention that claims defined and all modifications, equivalence and the alternative form in the scope.

Embodiment

The present invention relates to be used for that but BAS with dynamic expansion and automatically configuration carries out reciprocation and to its system and method that customizes.In one embodiment, through graphical user interface displays and realize the customization option.Except that the port that can supply user capture, management and customization BAS was provided, user interface itself also can complementally customize according to the dynamic extensibility of system and with the dynamic extensibility of system.For example, in one embodiment, when the enterprise server engine of BAS is found new object, can automatically or user guided customize UI selectively down.User interface also allows the gradation directory of customization place or buildings.Said place or buildings can be searched for from user interface, and Search Results can be used for customizing subsequently said catalogue.In one embodiment, user interface also comprises instrument panel display, to show the information about building system roughly.Instrument panel display comprises the summary info about particular device in space in buildings, the buildings or the buildings.

But BAS and framework that these system and methods are particularly useful for dynamic expansion and can dispose automatically.With reference to Fig. 1-2 4 and hereinafter explanation, can be more readily understood the present invention.Although the present invention may not only limit to the concrete application that shows, yet be utilized in the explanation of in the concrete context exemplary embodiment being done, can understand the present invention better.

Referring to Fig. 1, in one embodiment, the user is through being presented in graphic user interface (the graphical user interface on one or more computer installation 22; GUI or " user interface (user interface) ") visit BAS 10 and interact with BAS 10.In one embodiment, BAS 10 is can be automatic and the object-oriented systems of intelligent convergent-divergent, and many site management ability is provided in the geographic area in being distributed in this locality or broad range.In one embodiment of this invention, the framework of BAS 10 is stayed and is stored in enterprise server engine (enterprise server engine; ESE) in 20.BAS 10 and ESE 20 comprise the general and durable control system based on processor; The front end that it has the communication protocol do not distinguished, be used for from be in any buildings or operationally support air-conditioning system (HVAC) and other subsystem to manage away from the middle position of buildings to one or more buildingss.BAS 10 preferable networkings are so that user capture for example conducts interviews with hardware, firmware or user interface of software device that communication mode is coupled to communication network through one or more computer installation 22 or any other.Hereinafter will illustrate in greater detail an embodiment of user interface.In one embodiment, as the application program of on the webserver, moving with network function, BAS can be conducted interviews through the computer system in Intranet 32 or the internet 30 one or both of by the user.Web application is that HVAC and other subsystem provide operate services.

In one embodiment, BAS 10 can support and integrated assembly that leave over, existing and of future generation and subsystem.BAS 10 can also be through discerning these systems and/or subsystem and easily but it be integrated in the framework of dynamic expansion of BAS10 intelligently, and support the system of common manufacturer or manufacturer and the system of rival factory.This kind dirigibility makes application program that the framework of BAS 10 can support to append and new control panel and subsystem types and version; Do not update and reissue problem and do not exist, and can be in specific embodiments according to real needs expand, customization and special BAS 10.In addition, dynamic extensibility makes complicated system that the versatility and the availability of enhancing can be provided.

Return the metaphor of above-mentioned book, BAS of the present invention is a library, and unlike the book that equally is single this inflexible permanent bookbinding in the prior art.Each end device of BAS of the present invention all is put into the book of himself in the stack room.Each book is not all bound, but the page or leaf that looses, and acceptantly augments or revises.Therefore; The reader need not rely on book Dan Benda, dumb bookbinding-this kind book must Palingraphia and rebind just and can upgrade or augment; And comprise multilingual chapters and sections, thereby need translate according to possible limited dictionary or by the translator.But these stack room comprise multi-lingual librarian (ESE) and visit as required each this book, and wherein these books are up-to-date all the time.When in stack room, adding new book, the librarian can upgrade existing book automatically, to include the information of from the material that upgrades, collecting in.In addition, these stack room comprise the card catalogue, and the card catalogue is not only described each this book, but also relate in the stack room mutual relationship and similarity between many books.When new book is added in stack room, the card catalogue is also upgraded automatically.BAS essence of the present invention forms a robotization librarian, and it can be consulted independent book, says any required language, also learn newspeak as required at a gallop.Therefore, can BAS of the present invention be regarded as a kind of unlimited or universal Turing machine into, and previous BAS can only be incorporated and is limited machine.

Again referring to Fig. 1, each device 22 all is coupled to BAS 10 with communication mode, but BAS 10 is preferably the BAS of dynamic expansion and customization.The dynamic extensibility of BAS 10 makes the user can utilize user interface to customize and control BAS 10, and need not to use reprogramming or update code.

The user interface of BAS 10 can be in fact by any have visual display unit and communicate the device 22 that is connected with BAS 10 provide.Some instance of these devices is personal desktop computer, laptop computer or portable computer (portable computer; PC); Portable or personal digital assistant (portable digital assistant; PDA); Mobile phone; And other similar device.Usually, between device 22 and the BAS 10 to be connected be to provide through internet 30, Intranet 32 and/or certain other local or wide-area communication network, make up although also can utilize other connection means and connect.For example, if utilize the mobile phone with internet network savvy, then this connection comprises wireless cellular communication network at least in part.

In BAS 10; Enterprise server engine (ESE) 20 operationally provides communication link between one or more field device, end device and/or control/

sensor device

40,41,42,44 and 46 in device 22 and the BAS 10, with execution installation, setting, integrated, control and support function and task.For example, ESE 20 provides the interface for device/

object

40,42,44 and 46 is provided with parameter, and these are provided with IP address, subnet mask (subnet mask), gateway and server name (working as where applicable) that parameter comprises each.ESE 20 more provides a kind of and is used to be provided with and the method and/or the function of 160 the webpage of customizing UI, and provides and announce figure and content to webpage, and wherein said webpage can comprise the template and the independent page simultaneously.

In one embodiment; ESE 20 comprises software, firmware, hardware and/or other programming member that is used to carry out following operations: build the dynamic expandability of putting BAS selectively, to communicate by letter through a plurality of end devices foundation of various communications protocols and this and to control this a plurality of end devices; Build the automatic allocative abilities of putting BAS selectively, to support in these a plurality of end devices, adding end device through at least a characteristic of confirming each end device; And at least in part according to this at least a characteristic, the relational directory of at least a portion of these a plurality of end devices that collect.In another embodiment; ESE 20 comprises and is used for collecting about these a plurality of end device at least a portion end devices and about the static state in the space, system, subsystem, buildings and the campus that are associated with these a plurality of end devices and hardware, firmware and/or the software programming member of multidate information, and the software, firmware and/or the hardware database member that are used to store this at least a characteristic of this static state and multidate information and each end device.This database member also can be stored relational directory.Hereinafter will illustrate in greater detail these and other characteristic of ESE 20.

Fig. 2 is the operation Organization Chart according to the BAS 10 of an embodiment.But in the BAS 10 of dynamic expansion and convergent-divergent, exist with classification or taxonomic structure form liking.For example; Each data object, site objects, and panel object interrelated and can define relatively; Wherein each object comprises or is associated with separately object definition 58; These object definitions 58 for example are type, version, manufacturer or the like, and it is stored in the database 60 and by BAS 10 and in the applications engine/framework with ESE 20 62, carries out decipher, and how BAS 10 handles special object with decision.Internal meta-object management 50, data object management 52, site management 54 and panel and telecommunication management 56 representations make applications engine/framework 62 and external source and entity carry out interface, with the object in the management BAS 10.Then, the webserver 64 is connected to outer interface with BAS 10 through applications engine/framework 62 Jie.The external user interface is to utilize web browser 66, show through internet 30, Intranet 32 or alternative communication network according to an embodiment of the invention.

In Fig. 3, illustrate the master data entity of BAS 10.On basic layer; Each place 110 all is set of one or more panels 112 (panel object); And each panel 112 all is set of one or more objects, and in the BAS of system 10, realizing operability, these one or more objects possibly need expansion 130.Place 110 can be single place (being buildings) or a series of place of being managed by ESE 20.Place 110 also comprises the information that is used for background task.Panel 112 is known single panel 112 or a series of panel and the required information of ESE 20 these particular panel of management in place 110.In one embodiment, this information can comprise panel type, version, manufacturer and ignore-tag symbol (ignore flag).Object 120 is a series of objects that are present in each panel 112, is used to navigate, shows and manages.Object extension 130 is the information that is exclusively used in each object 120 that is stored on the ESE 20, is described by the metadata that is associated with each object 120.Object extension 130 for example is used for driven user 160, and is definite for example with inferior item to be used for: when an object was in different family by the object configuration, which family this concrete object belonged to.

In one embodiment, place 110 and object 120 are integrated in the BAS 10 realize through a discovery procedure.For example, new panel object 112 (panel 40 among Fig. 1) is installed in a position, and new panel object 112 to be incorporated among the BAS 10 into.ESE 20 operationally carries out one or more algorithm; Said algorithm finds the new panel object 112 (panel 40) in the BAS 10 and then analyzes existing programming, with at first judge panel object 112 whether be really new, or whether before in BAS 10, found panel object 112.In case judging panel object 112 increases newly; ESE 20 just then obtains from any relevant or necessary information that reaches about panel object 112; For example manufacturer, version and the agreement supported so that panel 40 is integrated in the BAS 10, are carried out ongoing reconfiguring then.In other embodiments, place 110 and/or object 120 being integrated in the BAS 10 is manually to initiate and/or accomplish.

In discovery or manual integrating process, ESE 20 can obtain the senior or low-level information about an object.In a kind of situation, ESE 20 judge first newfound to as if the object be familiar with, for example from common manufacturer or be similar to or be same as one or more known object in the BAS 10.This kind judgement generally is to be made according to the information that is provided by the self-description sex object of being found at least in part by ESE 20.Therefore, ESE 20 can obtain or learn the more high-level information about the first new discovery object, and needs user intervention ground and this object to set up more complicated communicating by letter automatically and not.By contrast; The second newfound object for ESE 20, maybe and be unfamiliar with or not as first the object of finding be familiar with because second object is associated, moves new version, perhaps has certain further feature of not including in before this among the BAS 10 with different vendor.Generally speaking, ESE 20 can set up communication with the object as the second new discovery object, but the communication of setting up lower level.Yet, for setting up higher level even basic communication, possibly need the user that information is provided, with the information that is added into unfamiliar object among the BAS10 or replenishes in the discovery procedure to be obtained.

In addition, visualization of information that the user provided needs and offers BAS 10 selectively, and especially ESE 20, thinks that the user provides convenience and realizes administrative purposes.For example, in one embodiment, BAS 10 and ESE 20 also allow the attribute in the set place of user definition, to realize grouping purpose or other purpose.In one embodiment, at least, each place 110 all is associated with geography and type attribute, and provides function of search to allow user search place or place in groups.ESE 20 is preferable more can adapt to whole place 110 in the BAS 10 increase, remove and general management.

These and other customization and management role are to be implemented through user interface by the user.Generally speaking, user interface is under the communications assistance of ESE 20, to carry out Visual Display by device 22.User interface shows BAS 10 information of buildings, place or the space correlation managed with BAS 10 with the page format with network function that is linked, and the wherein said page comprises the interactive form with button and link.Also referring to Fig. 2, device 22 comprises web browser 66, and web browser 66 operationally is coupled to server 64 with communication mode, to load and display of user interfaces.

Generally include the type, temperature, set point of equipment in the said space, be just to provide to heat or freeze about the general information in space in the buildings among the BAS 10 with respect to the deviation of set point and equipment.Equipment special-purpose or customization can provide out of Memory.Some or all information in this general information can supply in user interface, to browse.Also can be through starting a button be current state with the information updating that is shown.Can visit other building space through the navigation link in the user interface.Can customize UI according to the particular terminal device of representative.For example; ESE 20 and user interface can collect from the information of the definition that offers ESE 20, from the information of self-description property end device, come since the information of the information that end device read and from the information of the end device of manual work programming, to form the user interface page.The said page can form according to template, wherein adds according to the information that is collected or removes each key element and information.

Other state of describing said space comprises temperature, flow rate, occupancy, pattern (heating still refrigeration), equipment state, reaches outdoor air temperature and humidity.Equipment state is meant the state of particular device in the space.Can treat individual device separately, also can it be regarded as the part of subsystem group.For example, can the information about a subsystem group directly be shown in the user interface, for example show with form with link of particular device in this group.Can visit more information through link about status of equipment.Also can be by the customization data acquisition.Can follow intuitively chain fetches and browses other spatiality and value.In one embodiment, the user can manually upgrade the information about BAS 10 through user interface.

Referring now to Fig. 4,5A and 5B,, an embodiment of user interface 160 comprises homepage 200, addressable a plurality of extra page from homepage 200.Be shown in and relate generally to some wider classification, for example relevant data point through the information on the page of user interface 160 visits with the state of space and equipment.Information also can in a preferential order be organized in the page, and these pages show by space of departing from preassigned and various warnings that equipment state triggered.Comprise for example with different levels buildings index in the said information and the page higher level in BAS 10 or relational directory 230 and is searched content and one group of navigation options card 202 such as building feature 228.Catalogue 230 is catalogues of navigating of each page in the user interface 160.Navigation options card 202 is not that homepage 200 is exclusive, and generally will be provided in the most of pages in the user interface 160, to realize navigation fast and efficiently.Form 202 comprises user interface master options card 204, enterprise's alert options card 206, user preference tab 208 and management options card 210.In other embodiments, according to the customization ability of user interface 160, homepage 200 can comprise that increase, that reduce according to user's wish and/or other tab.Also can have and the general customization of display and other relevant option of behavior of user interface 160.

Can be relevant with the overall navigation and the function of user interface 160 in the user interface 160 through the part of tab 222,224 and 226 visits.When the user navigates in user interface 160, master options card 204 provide one return homepage 200 link easily.Alert options card 206 is corresponding to warning part 222, and preference options card 208 is corresponding to preference part 224, and 210 on management options card is corresponding to administrative section 226, and these parts will more specify hereinafter.Through these parts, the page, tab and user interface 160 integral body; The user can navigate in interface 160, and can add, edit, classify, customize and control BAS 10 through fill order (usually fetching startup through order button in the page or chain).The user starts these buttons and just can in one or more page, navigate, so that can execute the task and realizes various customized parameters through the said page to the user.The user is the behavior and the operation of customizable user interface 160 self also.

Above-mentioned characteristic can describe with reference to following instance, and following instance has explained how user interface 160 is navigated and utilize user interface customization and control BAS 10.In one embodiment, after being connected with BAS 10 and accomplishing any required security routine (for example login, password input and identity code differentiate), the user just gets into homepage 200.

Homepage 200 has the many further features total with other page of user interface 160, and comprising the data on link, the function screen and provide can be in order to the interface of customization BAS 10.As other page that the user saw, homepage 200 had both comprised for example content such as buildings index 230, also comprised for example tab 202 navigational tools such as grade.In the particular instance of index 230, when the buildings in the index 230 being shown as the hyperlink that is used for the buildings summary page of the selected buildings of user guiding, content is integrated in navigational tool.The buildings summary page will more specify hereinafter.

Homepage 200 can comprise the customized graphics that can navigate, for example at the buildings map 231 shown in Fig. 5 B, to replace or to be additional to outside the hyperlink of index 230.In different embodiments of the invention, map 231 can with index 230 integrate, be depicted in can be from the different pages that homepage 200 arrives through hyperlink (shown in Fig. 5 A and 5B), or be depicted in homepage 200 but not on the text index 230.Map 231 is preferably and can navigates, and wherein the user can select specific buildings to be directed to the page of this buildings.

Homepage 200 comprises a search input field 228, is used for buildings catalogue 230 and sub-directory thereof are carried out search.Cooperation through the webserver 64 and browser 66 and database; The interactional visit of interface 160 cacheable users couple and the concrete page and catalogue; And the tabulation 238 of this cache information is provided, thereby make the page that the user can fast return to frequent access.The page link that customizes is introduced in the link 242 that interface 160 also allows the user to pass through on the homepage 200.Also can remove the customization link through linking 244.

But buildings index 230 is dynamic expansion and custom-made content and navigation characteristic in the homepage 200.Index 230 is preferable to be organized the user with the mode of mode by different level or with certain other more intuitively or by user-defined mode.For example, but user interface 160 acquiescently alphabet sequence list buildings.Yet under situation about having from user's very small amount information, user interface 160 can for example be divided into groups to buildings by the ZIP code by the geographic position.The user also can customize index 230 in order to the attribute (for example title, term or buildings numbering) of arranging buildings through regulation is another kind of.In school zone, can be by arranging each buildings by user-defined type (for example primary school and senior middle school).Then, the user can click the link of leading to this buildings through direct click or behind the buildings that the expansion index list is concerned about up to finding, and confirms the buildings position at an easy rate and select this buildings.

Perhaps, the user is capable of using searches that field (find field) 228 is searched for and the position of definite systematic building thing in the database that can search for.In one embodiment, if the user imports a search terms or character string and finds the item of coupling fully in field 228, then user interface 160 will show the buildings summary page of this occurrence.The buildings summary page will more specify hereinafter.

In one embodiment, when the buildings in selecting catalogue 230 or map 231 linked, the user was directed to the concrete buildings summary page 250 shown in Fig. 7 A.Be similar to homepage 200, buildings summary page 250 contents and navigational tool.Navigational tool comprises building information tab 252.Building information tab 252 comprises: Summary tab 254, and it links to summary page 250; Alert options card 256; Space tab 258; Device option card 260; Subsystem tab 262; Scheduling option card 264; Data logging tab 266; And Advanced Options card 268.The information that these tab and each tab were linked in the user interface 160 will more specify hereinafter; But be shown in as the one of which on a plurality of pages in the user interface 160; These pages comprise similar content, so that form consistent, that navigate easily to be provided.Building information tab 250 is preferably dynamically, based on found and/or be available for specific buildings or the particular space on user interface 160 other pages or the data and the information of equipment on the summary page 250.

Generally speaking, the content of buildings summary page 250 relates to building equipment and building space.Building equipment comprise with buildings in the relevant panel of operation, HVAC unit, and other electric and mechanical system.Building space is interior room, ground or other zone by said equipment control, control or influence of buildings.Space and equipment the two all the operation with BAS 10 is relevant, and be that the user institute of user interface 160 is interested.

Particularly, other page of the content of buildings summary page 250 and user interface 160 comprises the state key message.Therefore, in one embodiment, the content of summary page 250 comprises report to the police summary part 310 and space summary part 330, to make event summary apace and the status items that is write down is offered the user.User interface 160 is shown in some state key message near other relevant or important information intuitively.

Referring to Fig. 7 B, the summary part 310 of reporting to the police comprise with the page that is summarized in Fig. 7 A 250 on the warning that is associated of buildings.Summary part 310 provides the form organizational form about the more details of each warning; This can improve the ability that the user estimates warning and warning is reacted, and these information comprise the warning order of severity 312, time of origin 314, type 316, warning details 318 and alarm source 320.160. in the summary part 310 of reporting to the police, relevant device and information is other part of hyperlink to user interface 160 automatically.For example, but the Device Summary page of alarm source 320 hyperlinks to the equipment that the sends warning related description of Figure 11 A and 11B and hereinafter (for example, referring to).

Referring to Fig. 7 C, summary part 330 in space comprises the relevant information in space in the buildings with summary page 250 so that the user can browse current setting value,, browse current state and operation, and link to more detailed information rapidly about the space.Summary part 330 in space comprises space name 332, the device type identifier 334 of user customizable, space temperature 336, current space temperature set point 338, institute's calculation deviation 340 and the operational mode 342 of institute's sensing.Institute's calculation deviation 340 is the differences between front space set point 338 and institute's sensing space temperature 336.

In Fig. 7 C, space summary part is listed 25 spaces (in the screenshotss of Fig. 7 A and 7C, being not that all 25 spaces all can be seen) that have maximum deviation between set point and the institute's sensing temperature.The degree of deviation with respect to set point can guide the user to note the spatiality that most probable should be noted that.The user can comprise more or less space through selecting link 346 to be defined in the summary part 330 of space.In other embodiments of the invention, according to the customization characteristic of user interface 160, the user can be defined in which particular space of general introduction in the summary part 330 of space, but not comprises the space according to the set point deviation.

Referring to Fig. 7 A-Fig. 7 D, the content of the page 250 can comprise static state relevant with buildings and multidate information simultaneously.In one embodiment, static information comprises the position and the contact information 270 of buildings.Also can static state and multidate information be integrated on the building planimetric map that can be arrived through architectural plan (floorplan) link 272.In Fig. 7 D, the building planimetric map page 274 comprises static buildings layout 276, and in one embodiment, static buildings layout 276 comprises dynamic building object space status information.For example, it is first color that occupied room 278 can illustrate, be associated with warning or in BAS 10, be registered as uncomfortable room 280 and then can be shown as second color.State has obtained revising or uncomfortable property another room 282 of having obtained remedying then can be shown as another kind of color by height is bright, so that the user can confirm the position of correlation space rapidly and just determine current state at a glance.Then, can select a particular room, for example to arrive a space page, device page (DPAGE) or alarm log.

The multidate information that is contained on summary page 250, architectural plane diagram page 274 and user interface 160 interior other pages can upgrade in several ways.On the page 250, summary part 310 and the space summary part 330 of reporting to the police comprises multidate information, and this multidate information is regular update or refresh automatically.In one embodiment, BAS 10 and ESE 20 can per ten minutes upgrade multidate information once, although the frequency that refreshes in other embodiments also can be higher or lower or can be by User Defined in setup parameter.Higher renewal frequency can increase the burden of BAS10, and therefore in one embodiment, the user can select from the refreshing frequency of confirming in advance can not have a negative impact to the performance of BAS 10.

Multidate information can upgrade as required.The user can refresh the link 332 of reporting to the police and starts the refreshing as required of the summary part 310 of reporting to the police through activating one, and can refresh space link 344 through activation and start space the refreshing as required of part 330 of making a summary.Vital some right of priority characteristic of performance, security and integrality (such as reporting to the police) for BAS 10 operations in the user interface 160 is associated with an automatic dynamic reminding (for example new alarm 324).For the frequency range Effect on Performance to BAS 10 is minimized, ESE 20 can provide prompting 314, and reminding the user to carry out that manual work refreshes maybe be helpful, even rather than when not having lastest imformation, also upgrade the summary part 310 of reporting to the police continually.

From summary page 250, user-accessible is about the more detailed information in the space of selected buildings.Fig. 8 is schematically illustrated in one embodiment of the invention, and how the user can navigate from summary page 250.From summary page 250 and other page that user interface 160 is shown, each vertical tab reports to the police 256, space 258, equipment 260, subsystem 262, scheduling 264, data logging 266, and senior 268 navigation link fast is provided.As noted earlier, the user can navigate in part 310 and space summary part 230 are made a summary in the warning of buildings summary page 250.For example, from the summary part 230 of space, select a space (332) promptly can the user be brought to the space page that joins with selected space correlation.In Fig. 9 A, illustrate a space page instance 350.The space page 350 comprises a spatiality form 352 (detailed being shown among Fig. 9 B), and it lists the information about related space.

In BAS 10; Can divide into groups to each space and define according to the rule of the default rule of BAS 10 or customization, and this information can be shown near the state key message and other important information about equipment or buildings, space, system or subsystem very clearly.In the lump referring to preceding text about the page 380 and the page shown in Figure 12 394 shown in the explanation of homepage 200 and buildings index 230 and Figure 11 A.For example, a nationwide retailer can select its shop by geography or sales region, by shop type or form, divide into groups by the time zone or by certain further feature.BAS 10 can give tacit consent to by the geographic position and divided into groups in the space.In one embodiment, the current group under the correlation space of the page 350 is set to a group's link 353 near title " ... Member of ".Group's link 353 also can be used for confirming to be responsible for a specific buildings, space, equipment or system by assorted youngest or by whom.Link 353 also provides navigation to other group member and information.If be provided with or discovery procedure in provide, show or appear group information, female information and/or sub-information that then ESE 20 dynamically finds group information.Therefore, the user can confirm the related group under the space rapidly, and through selecting group's link 353 in the search user interface 160 one group's summary and group's edit capability be provided the page.For example; National retailer noted earlier can edit and its relevant set point in all positions in a specific time zone; Value with through the whole group of change on the single page adapts to the advance door opening time of selling festivals or holidays, rather than the information of editing each group member respectively.

The user also dynamically creates and editor group because group allocation be not fix and need not customize programming.Referring to Fig. 1 and 6, ESE 20 operating application programs 70 are found buildings 72 in the lump.Through this discovery procedure, ESE 20 learns the standard attribute 74 about this buildings and panel and equipment.Standard attribute 74 is stored in the database 60.ESE 20 and application program 70 can be worked out the buildings index 230 of acquiescence according to standard attribute subsequently.As indicated above, the user can provide custom attributes 75 to ESE 20 and application program 70 through user interface 160.Custom attributes also is stored in the database 60.Then, the user can stipulate the buildings index 230 of a customization according to custom attributes 75 or according to the standard attribute 74 and the combination of custom attributes 75 at any time.If editor or upgrade an

attribute

74,75 or find new buildings, ESE 20 can change and implement immediately index 230 and related group, for being shown in the user interface 160.Further, if find common standard attribute or custom attributes 74,75, ESE 20 dynamically upgrades group and index 230 automatically.

But user interface 160 also relaying about the information of space hold state.Taking property designator 354, scheduling indicator 355 and next event designator 356 are provided on the page 350.This information can help to realize safeguarding, dispatch and/or value is revised purpose.For example, the user possibly not want in a space to edit when occupied some set point, but editor when this space is no longer occupied by the time.Perhaps, the user possibly want to confirm or upgrade the schedule information relevant with taking property.

Scheduling indicator 355 also provides open-and-shut control information for the user, and for example equipment receives master scheduling control or receives special scheduling controlling.Master scheduling is one group of main operation characteristic of the entity (for example buildings, space, unit, system and subsystem) of operation in BAS 10.In one embodiment, master scheduling control basic operation and set point.Can carry out special scheduling and adapt to limited operation or short-term change, the for example change during festivals or holidays is to be adapted to maintenance or special event or certain other reason.Special scheduling is preferable to be used for short-term or temporary transient incident, and it covers master scheduling to prevent launching special scheduling unintentionally.Special scheduling also provides a kind of approach that master scheduling can be dispatched temporary transient incident or thing that need not to revise.Next event designator 356 provides the concise and to the point scheduling preview to the next event of being dispatched in the equipment.Each other near ground on the page 350, provide group member, taking property, control, and event information make the user can confirm status information current and that be about to appearance rapidly, and a plurality of pages of nonessential visit or navigate and just can find information needed.

Referring to Fig. 9 A and Fig. 9 B, space form 352 comprises a spatial depiction part 358 and system state part 359.Space form 352 thereby include maybe be as far as state very crucial and as far as the most important information of user of the space page 350 at calling party interface 160 at first.Space form 352 shows spatial depiction part 358 and system state part 359 each other near ground, thus make the user can be when needed evaluation system situation, visit out of Memory and editor's set point rapidly.

In one embodiment, spatial depiction part 358 comprises the situation 362 of free space situation 360, current institute sensing, new value field 364 and data logging selector switch 366.System status part 359 comprises similar information.The situation 362 of current institute sensing can comprise temperature, humidity and other real-time sensing value.In one embodiment, space form 352 comprises real-time sensed temperature value and shows the current set point of at present using.The user can import expectation value and indicate BAS 10 to use said new value through selector button 368 in the new value field 364 of correspondence, thereby in user interface 160, revises desired heating or the cryogenic temperature set point easily, easily.Need not interrupt system or update, BAS 10 can include said renewal immediately in.

About data logging selector switch 366, user's one " data logging is set " capable of using sequence customizes the data collection mode.Through inspection corresponding to the daily record data frame 316 of particular device and activate one data logging button 326 is set, but just setting data collection interval and adjust time cycle of data aggregation of user.The user selects the time cycle of a date range as data aggregation, but selects to collect a fixed qty sample.In Figure 10, illustrate the instance of a data logging sequence.

In Figure 11 A, illustrate a Device Summary page 380.Be similar to buildings summary page 250 mentioned above and space summary page 350, when the user selects device option card 260 or otherwise in user interface 160, navigates, get final product the page relevant in the calling party interface 160 with particular device.Be similar to preceding text to from the space summary part 330 of buildings summary page 250, selecting a space said to navigate to space summary page 350 these parts; When from the warning summary part 310 of Fig. 7 A and Fig. 7 B, selecting an alarm source (320), also can be with the user guiding one Device Summary page 380.Those skilled in the art will appreciate that in user interface 160, have several to navigate to the mode of arbitrary set page usually; Be overall tissue, layout and the flow process of the embodiment that defines user interface 160, this paper will describe some guidance path.

On the page 380; Various available devices classifications occur with the form of subtitle 382 below tab 260, for example " Chiller (refrigeratory) ", " Air Handler (air governor) ", and " Programmable Controller (Programmable Logic Controller) ".Select desired subtitle 382 just can therefrom can select a particular device unit to come the display device status page the concrete unit tabulation in each classification of user guiding.

Said like the front with reference to Fig. 9 A and Fig. 9 B, show current state value and set point and group data 353,354 on the page 380 in equipment state summary part 384 and lead to link 386 about the out of Memory of this equipment.For example, the equipment state page 340 relates to refrigeratory.Referring to Figure 11 A and Figure 11 B; Refrigeratory State Summary part 384 is divided into refrigeratory situation part 388 and state part 390; And list static state and the real-time dynamic information about this concrete refrigeratory, the for example currency 392 of the various aspects of this refrigeratory state and performance.In Figure 11 C, illustrating can be through the equipment graphical page 381 of equipment figure link 386 arrival.Equipment graphical page 381 also comprises about particular device and static state and motion graphics and the text relevant with this equipment system associated and space.

In addition, also, the equipment of other classification among the BAS 10 is similar to the page mentioned above and link for providing.In Figure 11 A, be to illustrate refrigeratory status page 380, but in user interface 160, also comprise for example other status page of miscellaneous equipment such as air governor.In Figure 12, illustrate the instance of an air governor status page 394 of user interface 160.Also can use in user interface 160 any miscellaneous equipment that 10 of BAS control or manage the status page of similar customization.For example, replaceable some the new value of user, comprise programmable device that BAS 10 is controlled like foregoing set point, heat/refrigeration mode and outlet air temperature.BAS 10 can accept new value at a gallop, and need not to update code, restarts system or interrupt or fix tentatively the normal activity of BAS 10 with certain alternate manner.

Briefly referring to Fig. 7 A, subsystem tab 262 provides the link of each several part and the page in the user interface 160, and the said each several part and the page show device systems and the relevant information of subsystem with BAS 10.For example, Figure 13 A-Figure 13 C illustrates subsystem summary page instance 400 relevant with cooler arrangement in the user interface 160.Although the page 400 is specifically related to cooler arrangement, yet the equipment in this instance is optional, and in user interface 160 and BAS 10, the general characteristics of the page 400 is relevant to actual any device systems or subsystem substantially.Different values and information will be relevant to different device systems; Therefore, some variation in the particular instance that illustrates and describe with reference to Figure 13 A-Figure 13 C also will exist on the miscellaneous equipment system page.Said with reference to other page of user interface 160 like the front, the page 400 comprises the state form relevant with equipment subsystem, comprises subsystem state part 402.Subsystem summary page 400 also comprises equipment state part 404.

For simplifying the information that is shown, the displaying format customization screen and the page in user interface 160 (for example the page 400) about complication system and subsystem.By editor and be customized to the raw data and the information that show through user's page 400 directly perceived the people is at a loss, therefore be not suitable for the general user.Yet the user can also visit more detailed data and the information about complication system and subsystem by the browse state key message as required from the page 400.

Subsystem state part 402 shown in Figure 13 A and the 13B comprises the information about cooler arrangement, and cooler arrangement is one or more chiller unit as group's operation.This information comprises current static state and the dynamic value 406 relevant with cooler arrangement situation and current operation information 408.Quiescent value 406 for example is current set point, and the dynamic value 406 in the form 362 then is backwater or supply water temperature.Operation information 408 provides scheduling and maintenance information and user's controlling features.For the cooler arrangement of the page 400, can dispatch refrigeratory rotating speed 410, increase by 412, minimizing 414, wherein current scheduling 416 is shown on the page 400.By and large, other object among each relation between objects among the BAS 10, time and/or the BAS 10 is defined in scheduling meeting.In one embodiment of this invention, the scheduling that the user can define or modification is relevant with object.The user also can be through the page 400 or other page through user interface 160, as required or expectation and manually carry out or force to carry out speed setting, increase or reduce refrigeratory.In addition, basic running state information also is provided.

The page 400 is gone back display device state part 404, and this comprises the device identifier link 418 of each refrigeratory, shown in Figure 13 A and Figure 13 C.Identifier link 418 can be the title of customization or the default system value that in discovery or integrating process, obtains.In the instance of the page 400, three refrigeratorys of BAS 10 are designated Chiller (refrigeratory) 1, Chiller 2 and Chiller 3.These device identifiers are by other part and the page of hyperlink (418) to user interface 160.For listed refrigeratory in the equipment state part 404 of the page 400, the device page (DPAGE) 380 (referring to Figure 13 A) of each independent refrigeratory is led back to the user in device identifier link 418.The user also can be through state the part 404 manually value and the setting values of the selected refrigeratory of control, for example through selector button or link 420, mark selector switch field 422, select or through out of Memory editor or import pathway from drop-down menu 424.For the cooler arrangement of the page 400, the user can use new value 426, start a fault resets 428 or specific refrigeratory in this cooler arrangement can be used or unavailable 430.

To the miscellaneous equipment subsystem of BAS 10, for example heat pump circuit and variable air subsystem also provide and similarly respectively organize the page.The page of these equipment subsystems also can be configured to show the Proprietary Information of particular subsystem.For example, shown in figure 14, but the changing air page 440 comprises the list information 442 of discerning and classifying according to the information 444 of customization.In this example, information is to classify by personnel's name.Personnel can be the maintenance or the managerial personnel that are responsible for a space in a certain respect, and perhaps, said personnel can join with this space correlation in the other type, for example by tangible office or work space distribution condition.Therefore, user's relevance of being familiar with capable of using, identifier and reference marker come customized web page 440 and other page, thereby BAS 10 is more readily understood and manages through user interface 160.

To the explanation of the above-mentioned concrete page and describe to have set forth the gross function and the operation of BAS 10, particularly user interface 160 with way of example; It provides a context; According to an embodiment, can in this context, understand the explanation that hereinafter carries out user interface 160.As noted earlier, user interface 160 provides various customization and controlling features.Through the link on the page of display space and facility information, the user can change set point, control data record and create customized web page.

Managing concatenated 210 administrative sections 226 with user guiding user interface 160, in one embodiment, administrative section 226 comprises a series of pages shown in Figure 15 that are organized into.The administrative section 226 of user interface 160 provides management customization and the control to BAS 10, and this relates generally to like increase noted earlier or remove each device page (DPAGE) and attendes institute's data presented, management system user's ability, new building, administrative alert route and browing system task are installed.

In one embodiment, BAS 10 provides the user capture of a more than level.High-level user can manage the access level of in administrative section 226, granting other user through leading subscriber part 226A.Also can there be other user management option.The visit that can login through the user, password and/or other User Recognition process is come control hierarchy time.The user generally is the personnel that its responsibility is usually directed to keep watch on or control BAS 10, and need not participate in programming or update software code.High-level user or leading subscriber then normally generally have the user of higher level access right to system control function and customization function.For example, can be leading subscriber provides and logins sign indicating number, with authorize its visit general user the page that can not visit.Although have the higher access right of this kind, yet, estimate that leading subscriber do not participate in carrying out reprogramming yet or update customizing UI 160 or BAS10 usually as the general user.According to user's management access level, the administrative section 226 of user interface 160 can be entirely or is partly supplied the user to use.The administrative section 226 of user interface 160 also comprises following function: buildings 226B, administrative alert route 226C are installed; Browing system task 226D; And carry out advanced tasks 226E, for example configuration-system parameter, establishment and management custom attributes, create dispatch list, and the page that can in user interface 160, browse of customization.

Figure 16 illustrates a buildings page instance 518 is installed.The dynamic extensibility of BAS 10 can realize to new building or panel regular discovery, increase or upload.The page 518 comprises the progress and the state part 519 of each buildings that carries out installation process, and it comprises about the information of communications status between ESE 20 and the new building (or panel) and the panel that loads and exceeds the total quantity of panel.

The user also can browse and management system task 226D.In Figure 17, show advanced tasks 226E in greater detail.Advanced tasks 226E comprises custom attributes 504, administrative alert setting value 506 and the management and dispatching application setting value 508 of the custom-built system page 502, management buildings.

The custom-built system page 502 is content and layout control option simultaneously.Referring to Figure 18, the system customization page 510 comprises the user selection option of the demonstration that is used for customizing the index of buildings on homepage 200.The user can implement customization through the index level 512 of selection requirement and the general and particular packet attribute 514,516 of assignment respective numbers.When using an index level, buildings is divided into groups according to a general property.And when using two index levels, then in general property, by specific properties buildings is divided into groups.Packet attributes the 514, the 516th with demonstration and the layout relevant (referring to Fig. 5 A) of each buildings in buildings index 230, and for example is the form that group links 353 (referring to Fig. 9 A).The quantity of index level determines how special and general property influences the layout and the outward appearance of index 230.And when no index level, in one embodiment, owned building is all according to the default setting of BAS 10 and user interface 160 and alphabetically together be shown in the index 230.

Other page customization relates to the link that can have on the homepage 200 and increases or remove device page (DPAGE) and the equipment subsystem page is attend institute's video data.Referring to Figure 19, it illustrates a customization system page face 520.The page 520 be specifically related to increase or remove will be on the equipment or the subsystem page data presented (for example referring to above-mentioned Figure 11 A, 12 and 13A), but its form is an illustration and being relevant to substantially increase remove on the homepage 200 or other page of user interface 160 on data.The user at first in 522, select the equipment or the subsystem data that will customize.Then, the user is directed to a form, and this form shows all the current institute video data points and the acquiescence display setting value of this equipment or subsystem, for example shows on the page in Figure 20 534.The user can be through selecting in selecting form 526 or cancellation data point and demonstration is customized as required.

The user also can be through introducing and remove the customization link increases or removes link to homepage 200 and to other page of user interface 160.The customization that increased link can be led to other page of user interface 160, perhaps also internal links.The link that is increased is external linkage also, for example leads to Webpage or internet web page.The user possibly hope to link to the news or the weather website that can openly obtain on the internet.The user also can link to the private page or information.For example, if BAS 10 relates to the campus, then the user can link to inner campus incident calendar or information page, for example employee and faculty's catalogue.Can in the page of user interface 160, increase customization link, think any information that helps to manage BAS 10 with in fact integrated user.

Therefore, user interface 160 provides and the user can be condensed into interface 160 only comprise the mode that link relevant with user task.In addition, in one embodiment, each user at BAS 10 permission interfaces 160 comes customized web page and link according to its preference and task.Therefore, be responsible for different task or have different responsibilities user creatable its oneself customize UI 160.BAS 10 be associated with user identifier through preserving these customizations and making it (for example through login routine) provide and load and correct customize UI 160.In another embodiment, have only leading subscriber to customize interface 160, thereby only unique user interface 160 is provided for the user of type formation through this kind mode.

One can relate to the custom attributes 504 of buildings through the associated custom function of advanced tasks 226E visit.Referring to Figure 20, certain producing building thing attribute management page 530 makes the user can create and manage the custom attributes of BAS 10 current buildingss that manage and that remain to be discovered.In one embodiment, attribute 532 capable of using four types.First type attribute 534 has two kinds of options; Define the value of the mutual exclusion that two needs select.Second type 536 is tabulations of fixing, wherein from this tabulation, selects perhaps to import option with hand.The 3rd type 538 is open-ended tabulations, its initial list for being replenished by the user.The 4th type 540 is free form values, and it is unique value of the buildings of user creatable.When creating customization buildings attribute, but user's assignment one new attribute and also can select this attribute to be used to customize the buildings index on the homepage 200 as the default value of all new discovery buildingss.

Referring to Figure 22, Figure 22 A and Figure 22 B, an importance of BAS management and control is to receive efficiently and disposal system warning 506.According to one embodiment of the invention, can be by customization among the BAS 10 to the management and the response of reporting to the police, this generally is to carry out through alert options card 206 (for example referring to Fig. 5 A).

Figure 23 shows the navigation to the reflection page of reporting to the police in user interface 160 according to an embodiment.Alert options card 256 has a reflection right of priority sub-tab 257; Be used for the user guiding one alarming and managing page 550; The page shown in Figure 22, Figure 22 A and Figure 22 B for example, the user can be on this page Selection Floater type 552, browse the tabulation 553 of dissimilar panels and according to the panel right of priority warning right of priority 554 of videoing.The page 550 also makes the user can increase new panel type 556, and is shown in figure 24.

The reflection of reporting to the police is meant that according to panel type be panel assigning priorities level.In one embodiment, the user can stipulate to want assignment to give system's panel and the system warning right of priority of undiscovered panel still.Through being undiscovered panel assignment warning right of priority still, how user interface 160 can be controlled under increasing the situation of panel or buildings to BAS future the user and is built the dynamic extensibility of putting BAS 10.

BAS 10 can produce in multiple situation and report to the police, for example when recording temperature deviation and other deviation occurring with respect to predetermined set-points.In one embodiment, the user can handle the warning of BAS 10 and customize.For example, alert notice can be sent to the Email or the text message account of one or more appointment automatically.BAS 10 also can send audible notification or other text and visual notice automatically, for example is sent to beeper, mobile phone, network broadcast message or the like.In user interface 160, except that email message, also can on the buildings summary page, show the warning of form or tabular form, perhaps reporting to the police with this kind replaces email message.

According to warning route 226C, the user also can be ESE 20 can detectable some panel type deliver email notification in the future.Can be through making corresponding route and the demonstration that customizes warning of the attribute of respectively reporting to the police with one or more concrete email recipient.The warning attribute can relate to type of alarm, time of fire alarming, warning trigger event, alert locations, takes place or repeat a plurality of warnings, alarm pattern or a certain further feature or characteristics combination.Therefore, in one example, can in BAS 10, specify place, a place in the BAS 10 to receive the alert notice of each warning relevant as the manager's of specific buildings user with this buildings.In another example, but each member among the electric employee of maintenance of appointed place manager and buildings receives the alert notice relevant with the electric fault of this buildings.In a further example, the user can be according to customizing different alert notice take over party and form over the time period of every day or each day weekly.Directly carry out interactive daytime with user interface 160 in that the user is general, can be defined in and carry out form in the buildings summary page and show through installing 22.Behind several hrs, Email capable of using and/or pager notification replace or compensate the alert notice in the user interface 160.

Also can be 20 panels of ESE and customize report to the police processing and right of priority in advance discovery.Can be following panel assignment warning right of priority state according to user preference.The user can be according to general warning right of priority or the response of known today in the specific buildings or any panel assignment that will find.Also can come assignment warning right of priority according to panels feature.If the panel that discovery after this has a certain characteristic, then BAS 10 can or handle and report to the police according to user-selected characteristic automatic assignment right of priority.

In another embodiment, BAS 10 can come assigning priorities and administrative alert acquiescently through newfound panel being associated to the same as or similar to the known system panel and the similar characteristics of management of assignment.For example, the user customizes the warning processing of particular panel through stipulating a responder.In the future; If have common characteristic if BAS 10 finds new panel and this newfound panel with the panel that is set response, then BAS 10 can handle the warning of new discovery panel similarly under the situation that does not have instruction relevant with the new discovery panel or customization.

Therefore, the present invention provide relevant with user interface 160 various can be by the management tool of customization, to improve efficient and the operability of BAS 10.The present invention can be embodied as other concrete form, and this does not deviate from the spirit of essential attributes of the present invention; Therefore, illustrated embodiment manner in office all should be regarded as exemplary but not be determinate, when expression scope of the present invention, should or not explain with reference to preceding text with reference to enclosing claims.

Claims

1. a building automation system (BAS), it comprises:

A plurality of end devices, its respectively with buildings or campus at least a portion in space, system or subsystem in be associated one of at least;

At least one communication network, its with communication mode be coupled said a plurality of end devices at least a portion and support various communications protocols;

With the server engine of protocol-independent, it is coupled to said at least one communication network with communication mode, and said server engine comprises:

Be used to the device that said BAS makes up dynamic expandability, it is through said various communications protocols, sets up with said a plurality of end devices and communicates by letter and control said a plurality of end device;

Be used to the device that said BAS makes up automatic allocative abilities, be used for supporting to increase end device to said a plurality of end devices through at least a characteristic of confirming each end device;

Be used at least in part according to the collect device of relational directory of said a plurality of end device at least a portion end devices of said at least a characteristic; And

Database, it is suitable for storing the said at least a characteristic and the said relational directory of each end device; And

User interface, it is coupled to said at least one communication network with communication mode, and is suitable for said relational directory is shown as the page directory that can navigate;

The device of the wherein said said relational directory that is used to collect is further adapted for according to said dynamic expandability and said automatic allocative abilities and upgrades said relational directory, and wherein said user interface is suitable for the relational directory of said renewal is shown as the navigated page directory of renewal.

2. one kind is used to present the method that concerns between each end device in the building automation system (BAS), and it comprises the following step:

Find unknown end device being coupled on the communication network of said BAS;

Confirm the characteristic of said unknown end device;

The said characteristic of said unknown end device is compared with the characteristic of at least one known terminal device, concern to judge between said unknown end device and at least one known terminal device, whether to exist in the BAS;

Compilation comprises the relational directory of a plurality of end devices, if wherein find relation in the BAS, then said relational directory comprises said unknown end device;

Said relational directory is shown as the page directory that can navigate.

3. method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that the step of the characteristic of said definite said unknown end device further comprises:

For said BAS makes up dynamic expandability, to communicate by letter with said unknown end device foundation and to control said unknown end device; And

For said BAS makes up automatic allocative abilities, to confirm the characteristic of said unknown end device.

4. like claim 2 or 3 described methods, it is characterized in that the step of the characteristic of said definite said unknown end device further comprises:

Confirm with space, system, subsystem, buildings or campus that said unknown end device is associated in one of at least.

5. method as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that the said step that the said characteristic of said unknown end device is compared with the characteristic of at least one known terminal device further comprises:

Confirm with apparatus associated at least one space, system, subsystem, buildings or the campus of at least one known terminal and said at least one space, system, subsystem, buildings or the campus that are associated with said unknown end device between BAS in concern.

6. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that the said step that said relational directory is shown as the page directory that can navigate further comprises: according to and apparatus associated space, system, subsystem, buildings or the campus of said the unknown and known terminal between BAS in relation come laminated tissue's page directory that can navigate.

7. like claim 2 or 3 described methods; The step that it is characterized in that the characteristic of said definite said unknown end device further comprises: confirm the geographic position of said unknown end device, and the wherein said step that the said characteristic of said unknown end device is compared with the characteristic of at least one known terminal device comprises further: compared with the geographic position of at least one known terminal device in the said geographic position of said unknown end device.

8. like claim 2 or 3 described methods, it further comprises the following step:

When finding new unknown end device, repeat said definite step and said comparison step; And

Concern if between said new unknown end device and at least one known terminal device, exist in the BAS, then automatically said relational directory is updated to and comprises said new unknown end device.

9. like claim 2 or 3 described methods, it further comprises the following step:

According at least a characteristic of said end device, accept user-defined end device group; According to said at least a characteristic, judge whether end device belongs to said user-defined group; And said relational directory is updated to comprises said user-defined group.

10. like claim 2 or 3 described methods, it is characterized in that the step of the characteristic of said definite said unknown end device further comprises:

Ask the dynamic data of said unknown end device;

According to said dynamic data, said relational directory collects;

Periodically ask the dynamic data of the renewal of said unknown end device; And

According to the dynamic data of said renewal, said relational directory automatically again collects.

11. a graphic user interface (GUI) that is used for building automation system (BAS), said GUI comprises:

The BAS summary page, but but its comprise and can navigate and the buildings relational directory of dynamic expansion and can navigating and one group of information option card of dynamic expansion, each buildings all with as the space of a said BAS part and end device wherein is associated one of at least;

At least one buildings summary page, it can be connected to said relational directory and buildings Summary tab with navigating, and said zig zag simple or compound vowel of a Chinese syllable comprises static state and the multidate information about the buildings of said BAS;

At least one building space page, it can be connected to the buildings page and spatial information tab wherein one of at least with navigating, and the said building space page comprises static state and the multidate information about the building space of said BAS; And

At least one end device page; It can link to said BAS summary page, buildings summary page, the building space page with navigating, and the terminal device information tab wherein one of at least, and the said end device page comprises static state and the multidate information about the end device of said BAS.

12. GUI as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that further comprising:

At least one subsystem page; It can link to said BAS summary page, buildings summary page, the building space page, the end device page and subsystem information tab wherein one of at least with navigating, and the said subsystem page comprises static state and the multidate information about the subsystem of said BAS.

13., it is characterized in that said at least one building space page can link to said relational directory with navigating like claim 11 or 12 described GUI.

14., it is characterized in that said dynamic building thing information comprises report to the police tabulation and building space tabulation like claim 11 or 12 described GUI.

15. GUI as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that said warning tabulation can link to with navigating and reports to the police relevant building space and end device wherein one of at least.

16. GUI as claimed in claim 14; It is characterized in that each building space all has static temperature set point and dynamic space temperature, and the tabulation of wherein said building space is included in the building space that has maximum deviation between temperature set-point and the space temperature.

17. like claim 11 or 12 described GUI, it is characterized in that said building space is the member of a group, and wherein said dynamic building object space information comprises the group's link that can navigate.

18. like claim 11 or 12 described GUI, it is characterized in that said end device is the member of a group, and wherein said dynamic terminal device comprises the group's link that can navigate.

19., it is characterized in that further comprising like claim 11 or 12 described GUI:

It is outside that the customized information page, the wherein said customized information page are in said BAS, and can link to BAS summary page, buildings summary page, the building space page, the end device page or the subsystem page wherein one of at least with navigating.

20., but it is characterized in that said BAS summary page further comprises the navigation link of the diagrammatic representation form that links to buildings relevant with said BAS and space like claim 11 or 12 described GUI.

21. GUI as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that said diagrammatic representation form can be connected to buildings summary page and the building space page wherein one of at least with navigating.

22. the method for the page of a graphic user interface (GUI) that is used to create building automation system (BAS), it comprises the following step:

Find end device being coupled on the communication network of said BAS;

Receive the Page Template of said end device;

Confirm the self-description property or the non-self-description sexual state of said end device;

If said end device is a self-description property, then customize said Page Template, to create the end device page through the static state and the multidate information of asking said end device;

If said end device is non-self-description property, then loads the said Page Template of said end device, and ask the artificial programming information that replenishes automatically, to create the end device page about said end device; And

Show the said end device page selectively.

23. method as claimed in claim 22, it further comprises the following step:

Confirm wherein relation in one of at least the BAS of another end device on said self-description property end device and system, subsystem, space, buildings, campus or the said communication network;

Automatically retrieve and customize the Page Template of said at least one system, subsystem, space, buildings, campus or another end device, to create at least one extra page; And

Show said at least one extra page selectively.

24., it is characterized in that further comprising the following step like claim 22 or 23 described methods:

Said static information is stored in the database of said BAS;

Said multidate information is stored in the Cache of said BAS; And

Periodically refresh said Cache through asking new multidate information.

25. method as claimed in claim 24 is characterized in that saidly showing that selectively the said end device page further comprises the following step:

Retrieval will show the request of the said end device page;

The said static information of retrieve stored in said database;

Retrieve said multidate information from said Cache; And

In the said end device page, load said static state and multidate information.

26. method as claimed in claim 25 is characterized in that the said step of retrieving said multidate information from said Cache further comprises the following step:

If said Cache is expired,

Said multidate information in the said Cache is out-of-date, perhaps

Said Cache is empty, then

Multidate information from said end device request renewal.

27. method as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that further comprising the following step:

Judge that the said multidate information in the said Cache is whether out-of-date because of the end device attribute.

28. method as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that further comprising the following step:

Judge that the said multidate information in the said Cache is whether out-of-date because of the preference that the user provided.

29., it is characterized in that further comprising the following step like claim 22 or 23 described methods:

The said end device page revised become to comprise the end device attribute that the user provides.