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US 2019/0104399 A1Published application
System, Method and Apparatus for Building Operations Management
AssigneeSenseware, Inc.
InventorsJulien G. Stamatakis, Thomas Hoffmann, Nathan A. Sacks
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for integrated building operations management. Nodes in the sensor network can be configured to interface with a building control system to exchange sensor-related information.
Claims20
A sensor network, comprising:
- a gateway device in a building, the gateway device having a network connection to a host system that is remote from the building, the gateway device receiving an action packet from the host system via the network connection, the action packet including information regarding execution of a control command;
- and
- a wireless node in the building that communicates with the gateway device via a wireless communication protocol, the wireless node connected to a BACnet device using a wired BACnet interface, the wireless node receiving action information based on the action packet from the gateway device via the wireless communication protocol, the action information enabling a configuration of the wireless node to signal a control command to the BACnet device using a BACnet data communication protocol, wherein the signaling of the control command to the BACnet device using the BACnet data communication protocol causes the BACnet device to execute a control action in the building.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a gateway device in a building via a network connection with a host system that is remote from the building, an action packet that includes information regarding execution of a control command;
- receiving, by a wireless node in the building, action information based on the action packet from the gateway device via a wireless communication protocol, the wireless node connected to a BACnet device using a wired BACnet interface;
- configuring the wireless node to generate a control command using the action information;
- and
- transmitting, by the wireless node, the control command to the BACnet device using the BACnet data communication protocol, wherein the control command causes the BACnet device to execute a control action in the building.
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A wireless device, comprising
- a wireless transceiver that receives action information from a gateway device at the monitored location via wireless communication, the action information based on an action packet that is delivered to the gateway device by a host system that is remote from the monitored location;
- a wired BACnet interface that is configured to connect the wireless device to a BACnet device that supports a BACnet data communication protocol;
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- a controller that initiates a transmission of a control command by the wireless device to the BACnet device via the wired BACnet interface using the BACnet data communication protocol, wherein the control command causes the BACnet device to execute a control action at the monitored location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.