Building control system
US6405103B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/2642
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed is a system for controlling appliances of at least one building, each appliance being associated with a local controller and having a control input and at least one control point. The system includes a central processor computer having an operator interface and an equipment interface, a network connected to the equipment interface and having a plurality of nodes for communicating with each of the appliances, a log file being stored with respective area, description, and address fields containing corresponding data of the control points. A control program in the computer feeds the equipment interface to drive the control inputs of the appliances in response to a database, the database being populated from a tagname dictionary. A conversion program produces the tagname dictionary as a transfer file, the program including instructions for accessing the area, description, and address fields of the log file, generating for each point a tagname as a concatenation of the area and description fields, and an item including contents of the address field, and storing the tagnames and associated items with the header in the transfer file, whereby the system drives the control inputs …
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