Method and system for commissioning environmental sensors

A method of commissioning building environmental sensors, the method comprising:

• by an electronic device comprising a processor and a receiver, as the electronic device moves about an environment:
• detecting, via the receiver, each of a plurality of building environmental sensor devices that are installed in the environment;
• for each of the sensor devices, in response to detecting the sensor device:
• retrieve an identifier for the sensor device,
• determine whether the sensor device is registered with a control system,
• if the sensor device is registered with the control system, determine whether the sensor device requires re-commissioning,
• in response to the sensor device requiring recommissioning, implement a commissioning process with the sensor device, and
• if the sensor device is not registered with the control system, automatically implementing the commissioning process with the sensor device.

A system for commissioning building environmental sensors, the system comprising:

• a portable electronic device comprising a processor, a camera, a wearable augmented-reality device comprising a see-through display and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to, as the portable electronic device moves about an environment:
• cause the camera to capture images corresponding to a field of view of the see-through display in real time as the wearable augmented-reality device is moved through the environment;
• detect each of a plurality of building environmental sensor devices that are installed in the environment by determining whether any of the sensor devices appear in the field of view of the see-through display in real time;
• for each detected sensor device:
• determine an identifier for the sensor device,
• determine whether the sensor device is registered with a control system,
• if the sensor device is registered with the control system, do not automatically implement a commissioning process with the sensor device, and
• if the sensor device is not registered with the control system, automatically implement the commissioning process with the sensor device.

A system for commissioning building environmental sensors, the system comprising:

• a portable electronic device comprising a processor, a receiver, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to, as the portable electronic device moves about an environment:
• detect, via the receiver, each of a plurality of building environmental sensor devices that are installed in the environment;
• for each of the sensor devices, in response to detecting the sensor device:
• determine an identifier for the sensor device,
• determine whether the sensor device is registered with a control system,
• if the sensor device is registered with the control system, do not automatically implement a commissioning process with the sensor device and
• if the sensor device is not registered with the control system, automatically implement the commissioning process with the sensor device by:
• determining a location of the sensor device by performing one or more of the following:
• receiving images from a camera of the system, processing the images to recognize a known landmark in the images, accessing a map of the environment, and determining the location to correspond to a place of the known landmark in the map;
• receiving images from the camera, outputting the images on a display of the portable electronic device or of a remote control system, and receiving the location via a user interface of the portable electronic device or of the remote control system;
• or
• receiving signals from a plurality of beacons in the environment in which the system is moving, and use a triangulation process to process the signals and yield the location;
• and
• send the location and the identifier to the control system.

A method of commissioning building environmental sensors, the method comprising:

• by an electronic device comprising a processor and a receiver, as the electronic device moves about an environment:
• detecting, via the receiver, each of a plurality of building environmental sensor devices that are installed in the environment;
• determining a location of the sensor device by performing one or more of the following:
• receiving images from a camera of the electronic device, processing the images to recognize a known landmark in the images, accessing a map of the environment, and determining the location to correspond to a place of the known landmark in the map;
• receiving images from the camera, outputting the images on a display of the electronic device or of a remote control system, and receiving the location via a user interface of the electronic device or of the remote control system;
• or
• receiving signals from a plurality of beacons in the environment in which the electronic device is moving, and using a triangulation process to process the signals and yield the location;
• and
• for each of the sensor devices, in response to detecting the sensor device:
• retrieve an identifier for the sensor device,
• determine whether the sensor device is registered with a control system,
• if the sensor device is registered with the control system, do not automatically implement a commissioning process with the sensor device, and
• if the sensor device is not registered with the control system, automatically implement the commissioning process with the sensor device.