US 10,382,284 B1Granted

System and method for commissioning mesh network-capable devices within a building automation and control system

AssigneeSilvair Sp. z o.o.

InventorsSzymon Slupik, Adam Gembala, Maciej Witalinski, Piotr Hawranek, Pawel Smietanka, Michal Hobot

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Abstract

A commissioning system and method that applies a design configuration, representative of a building automation and control system, to a mesh network of network-capable devices. A cloud-based server system works in concert with an installing device, such as a smartphone or tablet, to apply the relevant configuration of scenarios and spaces, as defined in the design configuration during a design phase, to each mesh node in the mesh network. The commissioning system first transforms the defined scenarios and spaces, which essentially represent a logical configuration of the building automation and control system, into a network-centric configuration. Then, the system decomposes the network-centric configuration into a physical configuration of each mesh node, resulting in a set of parameters for each mesh node. The commissioning system then transmits the set of parameters, including one or more group addresses, to the applicable mesh node, for each affected mesh node in the network.

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A method for commissioning a plurality of nodes in a data network, the method comprising:

retrieving, by a data-processing system, configuration data from a database, wherein the configuration data represents (i) the placement of each of a plurality of devices in relation to a first space within a building, wherein the first space is user defined in the database, and (ii) a first scenario assigned to the first space;
providing, by the data-processing system through an intermediary device, a non-empty set of unicast network addresses to a respective first set of nodes in the plurality of nodes, such that each node in the first set of nodes is configured to regard each respective unicast address as an address that uniquely identifies the node in the data network;
receiving, by the data-processing system from the intermediary device, information that maps each node in a subset of the first set of nodes to each respective node in a second set of nodes, wherein the second set of nodes corresponds to at least some of the plurality of devices whose placements are represented in the database;
generating, by the data-processing system, a first group address that is based on (i) the first space and (ii) functions performed by the second set of nodes in performing the first scenario assigned to the first space;
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providing, by the data-processing system through the intermediary device, the first group address to the second set of nodes as identified by their respective unicast addresses, wherein the first group address is transmitted such that each subscribing node in the second set of nodes is configured to be responsive to one or more received messages containing the first group address in the destination address field of the one or more received messages.

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A method for commissioning a plurality of nodes in a data network, the method comprising:

receiving, by a first device, configuration data in a database from a first server computer, wherein the configuration data represents (i) the placement of each of a plurality of devices in relation to a first space within a building, wherein the first space is user defined in the database, and (ii) a first scenario assigned to the first space;
transmitting, by the first device, a non-empty set of unicast network addresses to a respective non-empty first set of nodes in the plurality of nodes, such that each node in the first set of nodes is configured to regard each respective unicast address as an address that uniquely identifies the node in the data network;
mapping, by the first device, each node in a subset of the first set of nodes to each respective node in a second set of nodes, wherein the second set of nodes corresponds to at least some of the plurality of devices whose placements are represented in the database;
generating, by the first device, a first group address that is based on (i) the first space and (ii) functions performed by the second set of nodes in performing the first scenario assigned to the first space;
and
transmitting, by the first device, the first group address to the second set of nodes as identified by their respective unicast addresses, wherein the first group address is transmitted such that each subscribing node in the second set of nodes is configured to be responsive to one or more received messages containing the first group address in the destination address field of the one or more received messages.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.