CN117348455A - Building control system, method, electronic device and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a building control system, a method, an electronic device and a storage medium, wherein the building control system comprises: at least one electromechanical device disposed at the building and at least one virtual controller disposed on the first server; each virtual controller corresponds to at least one of the electromechanical devices; the virtual controller is used for running a preset equipment control program, and performing data interaction with each electromechanical device corresponding to the virtual controller through the equipment control program so as to control each electromechanical device corresponding to the virtual controller. The scheme can reduce the maintenance cost of the building control system.

Description

Building control system, method, electronic device and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a building control system, a method, an electronic device, and a storage medium.

Background

Building control systems (Building Automation System, BA) are integrated systems that centrally manage and monitor various electromechanical devices within a building. The building control system includes a plurality of electromechanical devices and at least one controller, each controller controlling operation of at least one of the electromechanical devices.

Currently, building control systems include controllers disposed within a building, each controller being communicatively coupled to at least one electromechanical device via a wired or wireless network, the controllers having an application running thereon, the application controlling the operation of the coupled electromechanical device in accordance with a set control logic.

However, since the building control system includes a large number of electromechanical devices, each of which needs to be controlled by a corresponding controller, and each of which has a limited data processing capability, the building control system includes a large number of controllers, and each of which needs to be updated and maintained on site at a timing, resulting in a high maintenance cost of the building control system.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, embodiments of the present application provide a building control system, a method, an electronic device, and a storage medium, which can reduce the cost of maintaining the building control system.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided a building control system, comprising: at least one electromechanical device disposed at the building and at least one virtual controller disposed on the first server; each virtual controller corresponds to at least one of the electromechanical devices; the virtual controller is used for running a preset equipment control program, and performing data interaction with each electromechanical device corresponding to the virtual controller through the equipment control program so as to control each electromechanical device corresponding to the virtual controller.

According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided a building control method applied to a virtual controller provided on a first server, the virtual controller being communicatively connected to at least one electromechanical device provided on a building, the building control method including: running a preset equipment control program to generate a control instruction; and sending the control instruction to the corresponding electromechanical equipment so as to control the electromechanical equipment.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided an electronic device, including: the device comprises a processor, a communication interface, a memory and a communication bus, wherein the processor, the memory and the communication interface complete mutual communication through the communication bus; the memory is configured to store at least one executable instruction, where the executable instruction causes the processor to execute an operation corresponding to the building control method provided in the second aspect.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations corresponding to the building control method provided in the second aspect.

According to a fifth aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided a computer program product tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium and comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform the building control method as provided in the second aspect above.

According to the technical scheme, one or more virtual controllers are arranged on the first server, and each virtual controller corresponds to one or more electromechanical devices arranged in a building. Each virtual controller can run a preset device control program, and then data interaction is carried out between the device control program and the corresponding electromechanical device, the electromechanical device can send running state information to the virtual controller, and the virtual controller can send control instructions to the electromechanical device based on the running state information to control the electromechanical device. Because each virtual controller is arranged on the first server, the virtual controller can realize the control of the electromechanical equipment only by running a corresponding equipment control program, so that only the software program of the virtual controller is required to be concerned, the software program of the virtual controller is developed, realized, updated and maintained in the first server, the hardware and environmental problems of the virtual controller are not required to be concerned, and the maintenance and the update of each entity controller are not required to be carried out on site, thereby reducing the maintenance cost of the building control system.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a building control system provided in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a building control system provided in accordance with another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a building control system provided in accordance with yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a building control system provided in accordance with yet another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a building control system including a visualization terminal provided in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a building control method provided in one embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

List of reference numerals:

100: building control system 600: building control method 700: electronic equipment

10: electromechanical device 20: first server 30: wireless access device

40: the second server 50: the visualization terminal 21: virtual controller

22: virtual machine 23: building management platform 702: processor and method for controlling the same

704: communication interface 706: memory 708: communication bus

710: program

601: running a preset equipment control program to generate a control instruction

602: transmitting a control instruction to the electromechanical equipment to control the electromechanical equipment

Detailed Description

Currently, building control systems include controllers disposed within a building, each controller being communicatively coupled to at least one electromechanical device via a wired or wireless network, the controllers having an application running thereon, the application controlling the operation of the coupled electromechanical device in accordance with a set control logic. However, since the building control system includes a large number of electromechanical devices, each of which needs to be controlled by a corresponding controller, and each of which has a limited data processing capability, the building control system includes a large number of controllers, and each of which needs to be updated and maintained on site at a timing, resulting in a high maintenance cost of the building control system.

In the embodiment of the application, a plurality of virtual controllers are arranged on a server, each virtual controller can be communicated with one or more electromechanical devices arranged in a building, and the virtual controllers perform data interaction with the corresponding electromechanical devices through a preset device control program so as to acquire the running state information of the electromechanical devices and send control instructions to the electromechanical devices, so that the control of the electromechanical devices is realized. By virtualizing the controller for controlling the electromechanical device, only the software program of the virtual controller is required to be concerned, and the development, realization, updating and maintenance of the virtual controller are all carried out in the server without paying attention to hardware and environmental problems, so that the maintenance cost of the building control system can be reduced.

Building control systems, methods, electronic devices and storage media provided in embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Building control system

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a building control system according to one embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, the building control system 100 includes at least one electromechanical device 10 provided to a building and at least one virtual controller 21 provided on a first server 20, each virtual controller 21 corresponding to at least one electromechanical device 10. Each virtual controller 21 may run a preset device control program, and perform data interaction with each electromechanical device 10 corresponding to the virtual controller 21 through the device control program, so as to control each electromechanical device 10 corresponding to the virtual controller 21.

The electromechanical device 10 is an object of building control and may be, for example, at least one of a ventilator, an actuator, and a sensor, wherein the actuator includes a valve, a damper, a water gate, a motor gate, a switch, and the like.

The first server 20 is a hardware running carrier of the virtual controller 21, and may be a local server, a cloud server, or the like, for example.

In the embodiment of the present application, one or more virtual controllers 21 are disposed on the first server 20, and each virtual controller 21 corresponds to one or more electromechanical devices 10 disposed in a building. Each virtual controller 21 may run a preset device control program, and further perform data interaction with the corresponding electromechanical device 10 through the device control program, the electromechanical device 10 may send operation state information to the virtual controller 21, and the virtual controller 21 may send a control instruction to the electromechanical device 10 based on the operation state information, so as to implement control over each electromechanical device 10. Since each virtual controller 21 is disposed on the first server 20, the virtual controller 21 can realize the control of the electromechanical device 10 only by running a corresponding device control program, so that only the software program of the virtual controller 21 is required to be focused on and developed, implemented, updated and maintained in the first server 20, the hardware and environmental problems of the virtual controller 21 are not required to be focused on, and maintenance and update of each entity controller are not required to be performed on site, thereby reducing the maintenance cost of the building control system.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a building control system according to another embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 2, the building control system 100 further includes at least one wireless access device 30 disposed at the building, each wireless access device 30 being communicatively coupled to at least one of the electromechanical devices 10. The wireless access device 30 may receive the first data from the connected mechatronic device 10 and send the first data to the corresponding virtual controller 21 on the first server 20 via the wireless network. The virtual controller 21 may transmit the second data to the corresponding wireless access device 30 through the wireless network, and the wireless access device 30 transmits the received second data to the corresponding mechatronic device 10.

The wireless access device 30 may communicate with the outside through a wireless network to transmit first data from the mechatronic device 10 to the first server 20 and to transmit second data from the first server 20 to the connected mechatronic device 10. The first data may include operational status information of the electromechanical device 10, such as ambient temperature, ambient humidity, set temperature, set wind speed, illumination intensity, on-off status, etc. The second data may include control commands for controlling the electromechanical device 10, such as switch control commands, wind speed regulation control commands, temperature regulation control commands, etc.

The wireless access device 30 communicates with the mechatronic device 10 via a wired or wireless network, and the wireless access device 30 may transmit second data to the mechatronic device 10, and may also transmit first data to the mechatronic device 10. It should be appreciated that for an mechatronic device 10 that may communicate remotely over a wireless network, the mechatronic device 10 may effect data interaction with the first server 20 without requiring data forwarding through the wireless access device 30.

When the wireless access device 30 communicates with the mechatronic device 10 through a wireless network, the wireless access device 30 may communicate with the mechatronic device 10 through a network suitable for short-range wireless communication, such as WiFi, bluetooth, zigBee, or the like.

In the embodiment of the present application, since some electromechanical devices 10 do not have a wireless communication function or only have a short-range wireless communication function, they cannot directly interact with the first server 20 through a wireless network, and the wireless access device 30 forwards the interaction data between the electromechanical devices and the first server 20, so that all types of electromechanical devices 10 can communicate with the first server 20, and thus all types of electromechanical devices can be controlled, and the applicability of the building control system is improved.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a building control system according to yet another embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 3, the building control system 100 further includes a second server 40, the second server 40 being communicatively coupled to the first server 20. The wireless access device 30 may transmit the first data to the second server 40 through the wireless network, and the second server 40 transmits the first data to the corresponding virtual controller 21 on the first server 20. The virtual controller 21 may transmit the second data to the second server 40, and the second server 40 transmits the second data to the corresponding wireless access device 30.

The first server 20 and the second server 40 may communicate via a wired network or a wireless network, the virtual controller 21 on the first server 20 may transmit the second data to the second server 40, and the second server 40 may transmit the first data to the corresponding virtual controller 21 on the first server 20. The first server 20 and the second server 40 may communicate over a fiber optic network.

The wireless access device 30 and the second server 40 may communicate through a wireless network, when the first server 20 cannot directly perform wireless communication with the wireless access device 30, the virtual controller 21 may send the second data to the second server 40 first, then the second server 40 sends the second data to the corresponding wireless access device 30 through the wireless network, and the wireless access device 30 may send the first data to the second server 40 through the wireless network first, then the second server 40 forwards the first data to the corresponding virtual controller 21 on the first server 20.

In this embodiment of the present application, when the first server 20 cannot directly perform wireless communication with the wireless access device 30, the second server 40 that can perform wireless communication with the wireless access device 30 forwards the interactive data between the virtual controller 21 and the electromechanical device 10, so that the electromechanical device 10 can directly perform wireless communication with the second server 40, or perform wireless communication with the second server 40 through the wireless access device 30, so that an IO line, a Modbus or a BACnet (building automation control network protocol) line or the like does not need to be set in a building, thereby making deployment of the electromechanical device 10 more convenient and saving wiring cost.

In one possible implementation, the wireless access device 30 interacts with the second server 40 via a wireless wide area network.

The wireless access device 30 receives the first data from the mechatronic device 10 via the wireless network and transmits the first data to the second server 40 via the wireless wide area network, and the second server 40 may send the first data to the corresponding virtual controller 21 on the first server 20. The virtual controller 21 may transmit the second data to the second server 40, and the second server 40 transmits the second data to the corresponding wireless access device 30 through the wireless wide area network, and the wireless access device 30 transmits the second data to the corresponding electromechanical device 10.

The second server 40 may be an operator internet of things platform, and further, the second server 40 and the wireless access device 30 may communicate with each other through a wireless wide area network of various wireless communication protocols such as 3G, 4G, 5G, NB-IoT, etc.

The wide area wireless network used for communication between the second server 40 and the wireless access device 30 may be a satellite communication system based wireless wide area network in addition to a wireless network provided by the mobile operator.

In this embodiment of the present application, since the second server 40 performs data interaction with the wireless access device 30 through the wireless wide area network, so that the communication distance between the wireless access device 30 and the first server 20 is not limited, and thus the first server 20 may be a cloud server, that is, the virtual controller 21 is deployed on the cloud server, and the virtual controller 21 may control the electromechanical device 10 through more complex control logic by using the high-performance computing resources of the cloud server, so as to meet the personalized requirements of different users, thereby improving the use experience of the users and the applicability of the building control system 100.

In one possible implementation, the wireless access device 30 interacts with the first server 20 via a wireless wide area network.

When the first server 20 has a function of directly performing wireless communication with the wireless access device 30, the wireless access device 30 may transmit the first data to the virtual controller 21 on the first server 20 through the wireless wide area network, the virtual controller 21 may transmit the second data to the corresponding wireless access device 30 through the wireless wide area network, and the wireless access device 30 transmits the received second data to the corresponding electromechanical device 10.

The first server 20 may be an operator internet of things platform, the virtual controller 21 is deployed on the operator internet of things platform, the virtual controller 21 may communicate with the wireless access device 30 through wireless wide area networks of various wireless communication protocols such as 3G, 4G, 5G, NB-IoT, etc., the wireless access device 30 sends the operation state information of the electromechanical device to the virtual controller 21 through the wireless wide area network, the virtual controller 21 may send the control instruction to the wireless access device 30 through the wireless wide area network, and the wireless access device 30 forwards the control instruction to the corresponding electromechanical device 10.

When the first server 20 is an operator internet of things platform, the virtual controller 21 may be deployed on an edge server of the operator, where the edge server of the operator is deployed together with the base station, and the building is located at a relatively short distance from the edge server, that is, the communication delay between the virtual controller 21 and the electromechanical device 10 may be shortened by deploying the virtual controller 21 through the edge cloud.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first server 20 may be implemented through an operator internet of things platform, so that the first server 20 may communicate with the wireless access device 30 through a wireless wide area network such as 5G, without forwarding communication data between the virtual controller 21 and the wireless access device 30 through the second server 40, so as to shorten communication delay between the virtual controller 21 and the electromechanical device 10, and further simplify a network structure of the building control system 100, thereby improving deployment convenience of the building control system 100.

In one possible implementation, the virtual controller 21 may interact with the electromechanical device 10 via the wired internet.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first server 20 communicates with the electromechanical device 10 through the wired internet, the electromechanical device 10 may send the running state information to the virtual controller 21 through the wired internet, and the virtual controller 21 may send a control instruction to the electromechanical device 10 through the wired internet, so as to implement control over each electromechanical device 10. The data interaction between the virtual controller 21 and the electromechanical device 10 is realized through the wired internet, so that the problem that the data interaction between the first server 20 and the electromechanical device 10 cannot be realized due to the distance is solved, and the virtual controller 21 can control the electromechanical device 10 more conveniently.

In one possible implementation, the virtual controller 21 includes an application container and a device control program located in the application container.

An application container is deployed on the first server 20, an equipment control program is run in the application container, and the application container provides an operating environment of the equipment control program to implement functions of the virtual controller 21. By implementing the virtual controllers 21 by using the container, a plurality of virtual controllers 21 can be deployed on the first server 20, and the running environments of the virtual controllers 21 are isolated from each other, so that the virtual controllers 21 can be ensured to run independently without interfering with each other, and further, the reliability of controlling the electromechanical device 10 is ensured.

The application container may be a Docker container or a Kubernets container. When the application container is a Docker container, the Docker container is an image instance with a corresponding application program and IP address, and the application program is a preset device control program.

The device control program in the application container is generated by the corresponding tool with which the device control program can be generated in a modular organization.

In this embodiment of the present application, an application container is deployed on the first server 20, after the device control program generated by the corresponding tool is imported into the application container, the device control program may run in the application container, and the running device control program may generate a control instruction and send the control instruction to the corresponding electromechanical device 10, so as to control the electromechanical device 10. The application container includes only the libraries and tools required to cause the containerized device to control the operation of the application, and thus the speed of activation is faster, making the control of each electromechanical device 10 more efficient and more normative.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a building control system according to yet another embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 4, at least one virtual machine 22 is deployed on the first server 20, and at least one virtual controller 21 is installed on each virtual machine 22.

When the first server 20 is a cloud server, in order to enable the virtual controller 21 implemented based on the application container to run on the first server 20, a plurality of virtual machines 22 are deployed on the first server 20, and one or more virtual controllers 21 implemented based on the application container are deployed on each virtual machine, so that the virtual controller 21 can run normally on the cloud server.

The virtual machine 22 may be a Java virtual machine, a Linux virtual machine, a windows virtual machine, or the like.

Preferably, taking a Linux virtual machine as an example, hardware resources are provided for the installation of the virtual machine 22 through the server cluster, the Linux virtual machine is installed in the first server 20, and at least one virtual controller 21 is installed in the Linux virtual machine. The server cluster may be an Edge server (Power Edge) or a mobile Edge computing server (Mobile Edge Computing, MEC).

In the embodiment of the present application, a plurality of virtual machines 22 are deployed on the first server 20, and a plurality of virtual controllers 21 are deployed on each virtual machine 22, where each virtual controller 21 can control a plurality of electromechanical devices 10, so that resources of one server can meet hundreds of virtual controllers 21 and more than hundred thousand BACnet data points, without more conventional control devices, so that the cost of the building control system is reduced.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a building control system according to one embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 5, the building control system 100 further includes at least one visualization terminal 50. Each of the visualization terminals 50 is communicatively connected to the first server 20. The first server 20 is disposed with a building management platform 23, where the building management platform 23 is configured to obtain operation state data of the electromechanical device 10 sent by each virtual controller 21, send the operation state data to each visual terminal 50, receive a configuration instruction sent by the visual terminal 50, and configure operation parameters of a device control program in the corresponding virtual controller 21 according to the configuration instruction.

When the building control system 100 includes the second server 40 shown in fig. 3, the visualization terminal 50 may be connected to the second server 40, and the operation status data and the configuration instructions between the visualization terminal 50 and the first server 20 may be forwarded by the second server 40. The visual terminal 50 may be a software service platform (Software as a Service, saaS) application program, and the user may set parameters through a visual interface of the visual terminal 50 to generate a configuration instruction for configuring an operation parameter of the device control program, so that the visual terminal 50 sends the configuration instruction to the corresponding virtual controller 21 to configure the parameter of the device control program operated by the virtual controller 21.

The building management platform 23 provides a Web service interface through which the visualization terminal 50 interacts with the virtual controller 21 to enable configuration of parameters of the device control program and presentation of operational status data of the electromechanical device 10.

In this embodiment of the present application, by disposing the building management platform 23 on the first server 20, the building management platform 23 obtains the operation state data of the electromechanical devices 10 received by each virtual controller 21, and sends the operation state data to the visualization terminal 50, and the visualization terminal 50 displays the operation state data of each electromechanical device 10, so that a user can conveniently view the operation state of each electromechanical device 10. By the visual terminal 50 sending a configuration instruction to the virtual controller 21, the operation parameters of the device control program operated in the virtual controller 21 can be configured, so as to meet the personalized requirements of the user. Through the setting of the visual terminal 50 and the building management platform 23, parameters are only required to be set on a visual interface, and each time the program is not required to be manually modified, so that the interactivity between a person and a building control system is stronger, and the operation is simpler and more convenient.

It should be noted that the building management platform 23 may discover the virtual controller 21 because the building management platform 23 and the virtual controller 21 are in the same IP segment.

Building control method

Based on the building control system 100 in the above embodiment, the embodiment of the application provides a building control method. Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a building control method according to an embodiment of the present application, which may be performed by the virtual controller 21 in the building control system 100 according to the above embodiment. The first server in the method embodiment described below may be the first server 20 in the foregoing embodiment, and the virtual controller in the method embodiment described below may be the virtual controller 21 in the foregoing embodiment, unless otherwise specified. As shown in fig. 6, the building control method 600 includes the steps of:

step 601, running a preset equipment control program to generate a control instruction;

step 602, a control instruction is sent to the electromechanical device to control the electromechanical device.

In the embodiment of the application, each virtual controller can run a preset device control program, and further data interaction is performed between the device control program and corresponding electromechanical devices, the electromechanical devices can send running state information to the virtual controllers, and the virtual controllers can send control instructions to the electromechanical devices based on the running state information to control the electromechanical devices. The virtual controllers are all arranged on the first server, and the control of the electromechanical equipment can be realized by only running corresponding equipment control programs, so that only the software programs of the virtual controllers are required to be focused, developed, realized, updated and maintained in the first server, the hardware and environmental problems of the virtual controllers are not required to be focused, and the maintenance and the update of each entity controller are not required to be performed on site, thereby reducing the maintenance cost of the building control system.

Electronic equipment

Referring to fig. 7, a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application, which is not limited to a specific implementation of the electronic device. As shown in fig. 7, the electronic device may include: a processor 702, a communication interface (Communications Interface), a memory 706, and a communication bus 708. Wherein:

processor 702, communication interface 704, and memory 706 perform communication with each other via a communication bus 708.

Communication interface 704 for communicating with other electronic devices or servers.

The processor 702 is configured to execute the program 710, and may specifically perform the relevant steps in the foregoing Ren Yilou space control method embodiment.

In particular, program 710 may include program code including computer-operating instructions.

The processor 702 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), or a specific integrated circuit ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement embodiments of the present application. The one or more processors comprised by the smart device may be the same type of processor, such as one or more CPUs; but may also be different types of processors such as one or more CPUs and one or more ASICs.

Memory 706 for storing programs 710. The memory 706 may comprise high-speed RAM memory or may further comprise non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as at least one disk memory.

The program 710 may be specifically configured to cause the processor 702 to perform the building control method of any of the foregoing embodiments.

The specific implementation of each step in the program 710 may refer to the corresponding steps and corresponding descriptions in the units in the foregoing Ren Yilou space control method embodiment, which are not described herein. It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, specific working procedures of the apparatus and modules described above may refer to corresponding procedure descriptions in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not repeated herein.

In an embodiment of the present application, one or more virtual controllers are disposed on the first server, where each virtual controller corresponds to one or more electromechanical devices disposed in a building. Each virtual controller can run a preset device control program, and then data interaction is carried out between the device control program and the corresponding electromechanical device, the electromechanical device can send running state information to the virtual controller, and the virtual controller can send control instructions to the electromechanical device based on the running state information to control the electromechanical device. Because each virtual controller is arranged on the first server, the virtual controller can realize the control of the electromechanical equipment only by running corresponding equipment control programs, so that only the software program of the virtual controller is required to be paid attention to, and the software program of the virtual controller is developed, realized, updated and maintained in the first server, the hardware and environmental problems of the virtual controller are not required to be paid attention to, and the maintenance and the update of each entity controller are not required to be carried out on site, thereby reducing the maintenance cost of the building control system

Computer storage medium

Embodiments also provide a computer readable storage medium storing instructions for causing a machine to perform a building control method as described herein. Specifically, a system or apparatus provided with a storage medium on which a software program code realizing the functions of any of the above embodiments is stored, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus may be caused to read out and execute the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium may realize the functions of any of the above-described embodiments, and thus the program code and the storage medium storing the program code form part of the present application.

Examples of the storage medium for providing the program code include a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk (e.g., CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW), a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, and a ROM. Alternatively, the program code may be downloaded from a server computer by a communication network.

Further, it should be apparent that the functions of any of the above-described embodiments may be implemented not only by executing the program code read out by the computer, but also by causing an operating system or the like operating on the computer to perform part or all of the actual operations based on the instructions of the program code.

Further, it is understood that the program code read out by the storage medium is written into a memory provided in an expansion board inserted into a computer or into a memory provided in an expansion module connected to the computer, and then a CPU or the like mounted on the expansion board or the expansion module is caused to perform part and all of actual operations based on instructions of the program code, thereby realizing the functions of any of the above embodiments.

Computer program product

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium and comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform the building control method provided by the above embodiments. It should be understood that each solution in this embodiment has the corresponding technical effects in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not repeated herein.

It should be noted that not all the steps and modules in the above flowcharts and the system configuration diagrams are necessary, and some steps or modules may be omitted according to actual needs. The execution sequence of the steps is not fixed and can be adjusted as required. The system structure described in the above embodiments may be a physical structure or a logical structure, that is, some modules may be implemented by the same physical entity, or some modules may be implemented by multiple physical entities, or may be implemented jointly by some components in multiple independent devices.

In the above embodiments, the hardware module may be mechanically or electrically implemented. For example, a hardware module may include permanently dedicated circuitry or logic (e.g., a dedicated processor, FPGA, or ASIC) to perform the corresponding operations. The hardware modules may also include programmable logic or circuitry (e.g., a general-purpose processor or other programmable processor) that may be temporarily configured by software to perform the corresponding operations. The particular implementation (mechanical, or dedicated permanent, or temporarily set) may be determined based on cost and time considerations.

While the present application has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and in the preferred embodiments, the present application is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, and it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the code audits of the various embodiments described above may be combined to obtain further embodiments of the present application, which are also within the scope of the present application.

Claims (13)

1. A building control system (100), comprising: at least one electromechanical device (10) arranged on a building and at least one virtual controller (21) arranged on a first server (20);

-each of said virtual controllers (21) corresponds to at least one of said electromechanical devices (10);

the virtual controller (21) is configured to run a preset device control program, and perform data interaction with each electromechanical device (10) corresponding to the virtual controller (21) through the device control program, so as to control each electromechanical device (10) corresponding to the virtual controller (21).

2. The building control system of claim 1, wherein the building control system further comprises: at least one wireless access device (30) disposed at the building;

-each of said wireless access devices (30) is communicatively connected to at least one of said mechatronic devices (10);

-said wireless access device (30) for receiving first data from said connected electromechanical device (10), said first data being transmitted to a corresponding said virtual controller (21) on said first server (20) via a wireless network;

-said virtual controller (21) for transmitting second data to the corresponding said wireless access device (30) over a wireless network, said received second data being transmitted by said wireless access device (30) to the corresponding said mechatronic device (10).

3. The building control system of claim 2, wherein the building control system further comprises: a second server (40);

the second server (40) is in communication with the first server (20);

-said wireless access device (30) for transmitting said first data to said second server (40) over a wireless network, said first data being transmitted by said second server (40) to said corresponding virtual controller (21) on said first server (20);

the virtual controller (21) is configured to send the second data to the second server (40), and the second server (40) sends the second data to the corresponding wireless access device (30).

4. A building control system according to claim 3, wherein the wireless access device (30) is in data interaction with the second server (40) via a wireless wide area network.

5. The building control system of claim 2, wherein the wireless access device (30) is in data interaction with the first server (20) via a wireless wide area network.

6. Building control system according to claim 1, wherein the virtual controller (21) is in data interaction with the electromechanical device (10) via the wired internet.

7. Building control system according to claim 1, wherein the virtual controller (21) comprises an application container and the device control program located in the application container.

8. The building control system of claim 7, wherein the first server (20) has at least one virtual machine (22) disposed thereon, each virtual machine (22) having at least one virtual controller (21) mounted thereon.

9. The building control system of any of claims 1-8, wherein the building control system further comprises: at least one visualization terminal (50);

the at least one visualization terminal (50) is respectively in communication connection with the first server (20);

the first server (20) is provided with a building management platform (23), and the building management platform (23) is used for acquiring the running state data of the electromechanical device (10) sent by each virtual controller (21), sending the running state data to each visual terminal (50), receiving configuration instructions sent by each visual terminal (50), and configuring running parameters of the device control program in the corresponding virtual controller (21) according to the configuration instructions.

10. A building control method (600) applied to a virtual controller (21) provided on a first server (20), the virtual controller (21) being communicatively connected to at least one electromechanical device (10) provided in a building, the building control method (200) comprising:

running a preset equipment control program to generate a control instruction;

and sending the control instruction to the corresponding electromechanical device (10) to control the electromechanical device (10).

11. An electronic device (700), comprising: -a processor (702), a communication interface (704), a memory (706) and a communication bus (708), said processor (702), said memory (706) and said communication interface (704) completing communication with each other via said communication bus (708);

the memory (706) is configured to store at least one executable instruction that causes the processor (702) to perform operations corresponding to the building control method (600) as set forth in claim 10.

12. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 10.

13. A computer program product tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium and comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform the method of claim 10.