Automated testing and diagnostics of building automation and controlled systems

A computer-implemented method for physically controlling, operating, testing, and diagnosing an operational functionality and/or performance of one or more building controlled systems, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving and storing within one or more memory storage areas at least one or more user-defined parameters, one or more analysis parameters, and one or more control system point properties, said one or more control system point properties being associated with one or more properties or characteristics of one or more devices connected to the control system for purposes of physically controlling and monitoring thereof, the one or more properties or characteristics including at least a physical limit or a set-point that influences physical operation of the control system;
• prior to correlating said one or more control system points with one or more test variables, executing, via at least one computer processor, an application configured for automatically discovering, said one or more control system points, said discovery being via and to confirm at least one communication link between said system and said control system;
• correlating, via said at least one computer processor, said one or more control system points with said one or more test variables, said one or more test variables being associated with one or more test sequences accessible via said system, said correlation involving at least one of organizing or categorizing said one or more control system points by an equipment type, a physical location, and at least one of a controller identity or a network path;
• executing, via said at least one computer processor, at least one of said one or more test sequences based at least in part upon said correlation and at least in part upon one or more of said user-defined parameters, said execution generating test data indicative of one or more results of said at least one executed test sequence;
• upon completion of said at least one executed test sequence, at least partially analyzing, via said at least one computer processor, said test data to identify one or more discrepancies therein, said one or more discrepancies being identified based at least in part upon a comparison of said test data with said one or more control system point properties;
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• in response to identifying one or more discrepancies, automatically generating, via said at least one computer processor, one or more executable instructions configured to automatically adjust one or more of said one or more properties or characteristics of the one or more devices connected to the control system, said adjustment being configured to improve the operational functionality and/or performance of one or more building control systems.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions embodied therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising at least one executable portion configured for:

• receiving and storing within one or more memory storage areas one or more user-defined parameters, one or more analysis parameters, and one or more control system point properties, said one or more control system point properties being associated with one or more properties or characteristics of one or more devices connected to the control system for purposes of physically controlling, operating, testing, and monitoring thereof, the one or more properties or characteristics including at least a physical limit or a set-point that influences physical operation of the control system;
• prior to correlating said one or more control system points with one or more test variables, executing an application configured for automatically discovering said one or more control system points, said discovery being via and to confirm at least one communication link between said system and said control system;
• correlating said one or more control system points with said one or more test variables, said one or more test variables being associated with one or more test sequences accessible via said system, said correlation involving at least one of organizing or categorizing said one or more control system points by an equipment type, a physical location, and at least one of a controller identity or a network path;
• executing at least one of said one or more test sequences based at least in part upon said correlation and at least in part upon one or more of said user-defined parameters, said execution generating test data indicative of one or more results of said at least one executed test sequence;
• upon completion of said at least one executed test sequence, at least in part analyzing said test data to identify one or more discrepancies therein, said one or more discrepancies being identified based at least in part upon a comparison of said test data with said one or more control system point properties;
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• in response to identifying one or more discrepancies, automatically generating one or more executable instructions configured to automatically adjust one or more of said one or more properties or characteristics of the one or more devices connected to the control system, said adjustment being configured to improve the operational functionality and/or performance of one or more building control systems.