Building management system with containerized engines
AssigneeTyco Fire & Security GmbH
InventorsSiva Naga Babu Kammela, Donald A Gottschalk, Jr., Daniel R Gottschalk, Anand Bongale, Pranay Joshi, Deepak Uppal, Vivek V. Gupta, Peter J. Hazelberg
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a building management system (BMS) comprising one or more field equipment controllers, and at least one containerized engine configured within a server to control the one or more field equipment controllers.
Claims20
A building management system (BMS), comprising:
- one or more field equipment controllers configured to communicate with one or more field equipment;
- an engine creator configured to create at least one containerized engine configured within a server to control the one or more field equipment controllers;
- and
- an intermediator configured to allow the at least one containerized engine to discover and associate with the one or more field equipment, wherein the at least one containerized engine is stored as a node in a device tree stored in a building model, wherein the building model is a digital representation and the device tree comprises additional nodes representing the one or more field equipment and the one or more field equipment controllers.
A method comprising:
- creating, by a server, at least one containerized engine;
- associating, by the server, the at least one containerized engine with one or more field equipment controllers in response to an audit;
- and
- controlling, by the server, the one or more field equipment controllers via the at least one containerized engine, wherein the at least one containerized engine is stored as a node in a device tree stored in a building model, wherein the building model is a digital representation and the device tree comprises additional nodes representing the one or more field equipment and the one or more field equipment controllers.
A processing circuit for a building management system (BMS) comprising one or more field equipment controllers in communication with one or more field equipment, the processing circuit comprising:
- non-transitory memory;
- and
- at least one processing component;
- wherein the processing circuit is programed to provide:
- an engine creator configured to create at least one containerized engine within a server, the engine creator being configured to control the one or more field equipment controllers;
- and
- an intermediator configured to store the at least one containerized engine as a node in a device tree stored in a building model and to allow the at least one containerized engine to discover and associate with the one or more field equipment, wherein the building model is a digital representation and the device tree comprises additional nodes representing the one or more field equipment and the one or more field equipment controllers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.