System and method for automatically naming objects in a building automation system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGerhard Brun, Herbert Meier
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Abstract
A system, process, and method for modeling a building automation system is provided that permits a control program to easily and efficiently add building automation devices and automatically name them to improve efficiency and reduce errors.
Claims20
A method for naming a plurality of building automation objects of a building automation model, the method comprising:
- providing a building automation device;
- providing a building automation model comprising a parent view node object representing the building automation device and a child view node object logically linked to a field device, wherein the child view node object is logically linked to the parent view node object forming a hierarchical structure;
- assigning an object-name to the parent view node object representing a name of the building automation device;
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- assigning an object-name to the child view node object comprising the object-name of the parent view node object and a name representing the field device.
A system for representing a hierarchal structure representing one or more building automation devices and one or more field devices, the system comprising:
- a parent view node object representing a building automation device and logically linked to a plurality of child view node objects, wherein each of the plurality of child view node objects is logically linked to a field device;
- wherein the parent view node object comprises an object-name, and
- wherein each of the plurality of child view node objects comprises an object-name representing the field device to which each of the plurality of child view node objects is logically linked.
In a computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for iterating through a hierarchal structure representing one or more building automation devices and one or more field devices, the storage medium comprising instructions for:
- accessing a parent view node object;
- accessing a child view node object;
- logically linking the child view node object to the parent view node object;
- assigning an object-name to the parent view node object;
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- assigning an object-name to the child view node object representing a field device logically linked to the child view node object.
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