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US 10,841,130 B2Granted
IoT communication module for a building technology device, bus device, a building technology device for IoT-networks, building technology communication system and building technology management system
AssigneeTridonic GmbH & Co KG
InventorsMarkus Becker, Giulio Borsoi, Abhinav Somaraju
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Abstract
A communication module for a building technology device, especially a luminaire, is provided, wherein the communication module is configured to be connectable to an IoT-network and a communication bus, and being configured for a bi-directional communication on the IoT-network and the communication bus, wherein the communication module is configured to convert communication data between the communication bus and the IoT-network.
Claims17
A communication module (CM) for a building technology device (BTD), comprising:
- a processing circuit, an IoT network interface (1) that sends and receives data from the communication module to an IoT network using an Internet Protocol data packet format, and a communication bus interface (3) that sends and receives data from the communication module over a communications bus to one or more building devices in a building technology system using a second data packet format that is not an Internet Protocol;
- wherein the communication module is a transparent gateway between the IoT network and the communication bus and is configured for bi-directional communication on the IoT-network (N) and over the communication bus (2), and the communication module (CM) is configured to convert communication data between the Internet Protocol data packet format for communicating on the IoT-network (N) and the second data packet format for communicating over the communication bus;
- and further wherein:
- the communication module (CM) is configured to receive IoT-request data from the IoT-network (N), to store IoT-request data information, and to send an IoT-request on the communication bus (2) according to the IoT-request data;
- the communication module (CM) is configured to store the IoT-request data information;
- the communication module (CM) is configured to receive an IoT-answer on the communication bus (2) and to send IoT-answer data on the IoT-network (N) using the stored IoT-request data information;
- the communication module (CM) is configured to receive functionality information including information about at least one functionality of the at least one bus device (BD) on the communication bus and is configured to forward the functionality information on the IoT-network (N), to a predetermined IoT-network address.
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A building technology device (BTD) comprising:
- a communication module (CM) configured to connect to an IoT-network (N) and to connect to a communication bus (2), and configured for bi-directional communication on the IoT-network (N) and on the communication bus (2), wherein the communication module (CM) is further configured to convert communication data between the communication bus (2) and the IoT-network (N), and the communication bus (2) is configured to detachably connect the communication module (CM) to at least one bus device (BD1);
- wherein
- the communication module (CM) is configured for a bi-directional communication with the at least one bus device (BD1) and the IoT-network (N);
- the communication module (CM) is connected to at least one IoT-network device (I) connected to the IoT-network (N), and the communication module (CM) is configured to receive IoT-request data from the at least one IoT-network device (I) on the IoT-network (N), to store IoT-request data information, and to send an IoT-request to the at least one bus device (BD1);
- the at least one bus device (BD1) is configured to receive the IoT-request and to send an IoT-answer to the communication module (CM);
- and
- the communication module (CM) is configured to receive the IoT-answer from the at least one bus device (BD1) and to send IoT-answer data on the at least one IoT-network device (I) on the IoT-network (N) using the stored IoT-request data information;
- and further wherein
- the IoT-request data information is an address of the at least one IoT-network device;
- the building technology communication system comprises a building technology management system (BTMS) connected to the IoT-network (N);
- the building technology management system (BTMS) is configured to store functionality information representing functionalities provided by the at least one building technology device (BTD);
- the at least one bus device (BD1) is configured to send the functionality information about at least one functionality of the at least one bus device (BD1) to the communication module (CM);
- the communication module (CM) is configured to send the functionality information about at least one functionality of the at least one bus device (BD1) to the building technology management system (BTMS);
- the building technology management system (BTMS) is configured to receive a functionality request from the at least one IoT-network device (I) and/or is configured to send the stored functionality information to the IoT-network device (I);
- the building technology management system (BTMS) is configured to forward the functionality request to the at least one building technology device (BTD) providing the functionality according to the stored functionality information;
- the building technology management system (BTMS) is configured to forward communication between the at least one IoT-network (N) device and the at least one building technology device (BTD) providing the functionality;
- the building technology management system (BTMS) is configured to send stored functionality information to the at least one IoT-network device (I) indicating at least the at least one building technology device (BTD) providing the functionality;
- and
- the IoT-network device (I) is configured to engage in communication with the at least one building technology device (BTD) based on the functionality information received by the at least one IoT-network device (I).
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A building technology device (BTD) comprising:
- a communication module (CM) configured to connect to an IoT-network (N) and to connect to a communication bus (2), and configured for bi-directional communication on the IoT-network (N) and on the communication bus (2), wherein the communication module is further configured to convert communication data between the communication bus (2) and the IoT-network (N);
- wherein
- the communication bus (2) is connected to the communication module (CM), and configured to detachably connect the communication module (CM) to at least one bus device (BD1), the communication module (CM) is configured for bi-directional communication with the at least one bus device (BD1) and the IoT-network (N);
- and
- the building technology management system is configured to store functionality information representing functionalities provided by the at least one bus device (BD1) of the building technology device (BTD);
- and further
- A building the building technology management system (BTMS) is configured to receive functionality information of at least one building technology device (BTD) including information about at least one functionality of the at least one bus device (BD1) of the building technology device, wherein the building technology management system (BTMS) is configured to send stored functionality information at least one IoT-network device (I), and wherein
- the building technology management system (BTMS) is configured to receive a functionality request from the at least one IoT-network device (I);
- the building technology management system (BTMS) is configured to forward the functionality request to the at least one building technology device (BTD) providing the functionality according to the stored functionality information, wherein the building technology management system (BTMS) is configured to forward communication between the at least one IoT-network device (I) and the at least one building technology device (BTD) providing the functionality;
- the building technology management system (BTMS) is configured to send stored functionality information to the at least one IoT-network device (I) indicating at least the at least one building technology device (BTD) providing the functionality;
- the IoT-network device (I) is configured to engage in communication with the at least one building technology device (BTD) based on the functionality information received by the at least one IoT-network device (I), and wherein
- the building technology management system (BTMS) is configured to store a list of IoT-network devices allowed to communicate with the at least one building technology device (BTD), during a commissioning phase of the building technology communication system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.