Systems and methods for upgrading controllers of a building management system

A migration tool for migrating a source controller to a target controller of a Building Management System (BMS), wherein the source controller runs a control application that includes a plurality of control application components, the migration tool comprising:

• an input/output for communicating with the source controller and the target controller;
• a user interface;
• a controller operatively coupled to the input/output and the user interface, the controller of the migration tool is configured to:
• receive a selection via the user interface of the source controller;
• receive via the input/output an identification of the plurality of control application components running on the source controller;
• receive via the user interface a selection of the target controller;
• receive via the user interface a selection of one or more of the control application components running on the source controller to migrate to the selected target controller;
• assemble an application component migration strategy for each of the selected control application components running on the selected source controller, wherein the respective application component migration strategy identifies a migration plugin from a plurality of predefined migration plugins of a migration plugin library for migrating the respective control application component from the selected source controller to the selected target controller;
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• migrate each of the selected control application components running on the selected source controller from the selected source controller to the selected target controller using the respective migration plugin identified in the respective application component migration strategy.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:

• receive a selection via a user interface of a source controller of a Building Management System (BMS);
• receive an identification of one or more control application components running on the source controller;
• receive a selection of a target controller;
• receive a selection of one or more of the control application components running on the source controller to migrate to the selected target controller;
• assemble an application component migration strategy for each of the selected control application components running on the selected source controller, wherein the respective application component migration strategy identifies a migration process for migrating the respective control application component from the selected source controller to the selected target controller;
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• migrate each of the selected control application components running on the selected source controller from the selected source controller to the selected target controller in compliance with the respective application component migration strategy.