Systems and methods for reconfiguring rooms in an area in a building

A method of reconfiguring a room within an area in building automation comprising:

• receiving from a user interface a user request to reconfigure the room within the area in a building, the user request comprising selection of at least two segments from a plurality of segments that comprise the area, wherein the selected segments each comprise at least one environmental control equipment, wherein the selected segments comprise one segment that is a master segment and at least one segment that is a slave segment;
• determining, based on a set of rules, that the room is reconfigurable according to the user request, including determining whether two or more of the selected segments as grouped together are compatible based at least in part upon determining that at least one of the at least two segments is a master segment;
• and
• responsive to the user request, reconfiguring the room by:
• combining physical inputs associated with the master and slave segments into a single input;
• distributing output from a control program in the master segment to the slave segment;
• and
• combining settings between the master segment and the slave segment,
• wherein the reconfiguring implements a distributed control of the environmental control equipment in the master and slave segments.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program code that, when executed by operation of one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising:

• receiving from a user interface a user request to reconfigure a room within an area in a building, the user request comprising selection of at least two segments from a plurality of segments in the area wherein the at least two segments are configured to be evaluated according to a set of rules to determine whether the at least two segments as grouped together are compatible based at least in part upon determining that at least one of the at least two segments is a master segment, and further wherein the selected segments each comprise at least one environmental control equipment, and wherein the selected segments comprise one segment that is a master segment and at least one segment that is a slave segment;
• and
• responsive to the user request, reconfiguring the room to synchronize operation of environment control equipment in the master and slave segments by:
• combining physical inputs associated with the master and slave segments into a single input;
• distributing output from a control program in the master segment to the slave segment;
• and
• combining settings between the master segment and the slave segment.

A method for zoning segments in building automation, comprising:

• receiving a user request to group together at least a first segment and a second segment in a first zone, wherein the first and second segments each include both (i) at least one environmental control equipment and (ii) a set of objects, and further wherein the first segment is a master segment including a control program for controlling an environmental control equipment;
• verifying the user request using one or more rules including determining whether the first segment and the second segment as grouped together are compatible based at least in part upon determining that at least one of the first segment and the second segment is a master segment;
• and
• automatically linking each object in the master segment to a corresponding object in the second segment to create the first zone within which the control program of the master segment provides a synchronized control of the environmental control equipment associated with the master segment and the second segment.

A system for zoning segments in building automation, comprising:

• a server configured to:
• receive a user request to group together at least a first segment and a second segment in a first zone;
• a plurality of environmental control equipment, wherein each of the first and second segments includes at least one environmental control equipment from the plurality of environmental control equipment;
• and
• at least one controller communicatively coupled to the server, and configured to host at least one of the first and second segments;
• wherein the first segment is a master segment which includes a control program for controlling an environmental control equipment,
• wherein each of the first and second segments includes a set of objects;
• and
• wherein the server is further configured to:
• verify the user request using one or more rules including determining whether the first and second segments as grouped together are compatible based at least in part upon determining that at least one of the first and second segments is a master segment;
• and
• automatically link each object in the master segment to a corresponding object in the second segment to create the first zone within which the control program of the master segment provides a synchronized control of the environmental control equipment associated with the master segment and the second segment.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program code that, when executed by operation of one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising:

• receiving a user request to group together at least a first segment and a second segment in a first zone, wherein the first and second segments each include both (i) at least one environmental control equipment and (ii) a set of objects, and further wherein the first segment is a master segment including a control program for controlling an environmental control equipment;
• verifying the user request using one or more rules including determining whether the first and second segments as grouped together are compatible based at least in part upon determining that at least one of the first and second segments is a master segment;
• and
• automatically linking each object in the master segment to a corresponding object in the second segment to create the first zone within which the control program of the master segment provides a synchronized control of the environmental control equipment associated with the master segment and the second segment.