# US 12,001,179 B2 · Control subsystem having an integration framework > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,001,179 B2 - Document ID: US12001179B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/504,776 - Filed: 2021-10-19 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-10 - Assignees: Honeywell International Inc. - Applicants: Honeywell International Inc. - Inventors: Paul Wacker; Michael A. Pouchak; Ravi Bharathi Krishnan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12001179B2 ## CPC - G05B 15/02: electric - G06F 21/602: {Providing cryptographic facilities or services} - G06F 21/606: {by securing the transmission between two devices or processes} - H04L 67/025: for remote control or remote monitoring of applications - H04L 67/1097: for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] - H04L 67/125: involving control of end-device applications over a network - F24F 11/63: Electronic processing - G06F 8/65: Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) - G06F 9/4411: {Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers} - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A pseudo determinism control subsystem for event-driven integration framework of a controller system with application relative to various parameters such as, for instance, energy consumption. Pseudo determinism, near real time and/or direct digital control combined with event driven control along with strong security and high speed throughout the controller system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system controller comprising: an event-driven software framework stored in memory; a direct digital control module integrated on the event-driven software framework; a web-server connected to the direct digital control module and including a hardware processor; a remote communication connector connected to the web-server and the software framework; a multi-port switch having a port connected to the remote communication connector; a first secure serial communication module connected to the software framework; a first encryption file system connected to the secure serial communication module; and a physical input/output (JO) subsystem connected to the secure serial communication module. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the multi-port switch has a speed of at least one Gbps. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the JO subsystem comprises: a second secure serial communication module connected to the first secure serial communication module; and a second encrypted file system connected to the second secure serial communication module. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the JO subsystem further comprises: a Sylk™ driver connected to the second encrypted file system; and wherein Sylk is a two wire polarity insensitive communication connection for one or more Sylk devices. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the IO subsystem further comprises a microset driver or an RS485 driver connected to the first encryption file system and a BACnet controller process module. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the BACnet controller process module is connected to a JACE. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a gateway for firmware updates. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a gateway for a cloud connection. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: an HOA board; and an HOA driver connected to the HOA board; and wherein the HOA driver is connected to a second encrypted file system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the secure serial communication module is a high speed device that conveys at a rate of at least 1 Gbps. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the event-driven software framework is a Niagara device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a rapid spanning tree protocol (RSTP) module connected to a port of the multi-port switch. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the RSTP module permits a ring architecture of up to at least forty controllers. ### Claim 14 A controller system comprising: an event-driven software framework stored in a memory; a live view wire sheet connected to the software framework; a function block engine situated in the software framework, and wherein when a function block is dragged on a screen in the software framework and once the function block is dropped on the screen, the function block is alive; a web server in the software framework and including a hardware processor connected to a first serial communication component; a communication channel that connects to the first serial communication component to a second serial communication component; one or more hand-off-auto (HOA) switches connected to one or more of the second serial communication component, the communication channel, the first serial communication component, and the web server; and a physical IO subsystem connected to the second serial communication component. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the function block is alive within a range of zero to ten milliseconds from when the function block is dropped on the screen. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein: an H selection enables an output to the web server, an 0 selection disables an output to the web server, and an A selection provides an automatic signal to the web server; and with an A selection, the function block engine is activated to output a signal or calculation command as directed by the automatic signal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, further comprising: a multi-port switch having a speed of at least one Gbps; and a remote communication connector connected to the software framework and one or more components in the software framework, and connected to the multi-port switch; and wherein the multi-port switch is connected to one or more of a JACE, a BACnet internet protocol controller, and a cloud. ### Claim 18 A method for controlling signals, comprising: implementing a web server on a hardware processor, and a direct digital control component or function block engine with a software structure stored in a memory; and installing a secure communications network between the software structure and an JO system; and wherein the JO system comprises one or more items selected from a group containing a microset driver, a physical JO subsystem, an RS485 driver, a two-wire polarity insensitive driver, a status indicator, and an HOA switch panel. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the secure communication network has a speed of at least one Gbps. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising connecting a multi-port switch to one or more items selected from a group comprising the web server, the direct digital control component or function block engine, a remote communications connector, a JACE, an RSTP, and a BACnet IP controller.