Building management system with automatic equipment discovery and equipment model distribution
US10402360B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 10, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/2809
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A building management system including a system manager, a zone coordinator, and one or more zone controllers configured to monitor and control building zones. The system manager includes a system bus datalink having an active node table stored therein. The zone coordinator includes a second system bus datalink and a zone bus datalink. A system bus connects the first system bus datalink to the second system bus datalink. A zone bus connects the zone bus datalink to the one or more zone controllers. The active node table includes a plurality of nodes, each node representing a system bus device communicating on the system bus. The system manager is configured to monitor the active node table for new nodes and to identify a new system bus device communicating on the system bus in response to a determination that the active node table includes a new node.
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