Remotely accessible building information system

A building information system for communicating building-related data associated with a building with a client application, the system comprising:

• a database storing the building-related data including building management system (BMS) data and configuration data associated with the building;
• a building management system service managing a building subsystem and providing the BMS data stored in the database;
• a data interface communicating the building-related data to the database;
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• a client interface communicating the building-related data between the client application and the data interface;
• wherein the building-related data includes a first array of point identifiers received from the building management system service in a first point discovery operation, and the service application compares the first array to a second array of point identifiers received from the building management system service in a second point discovery operation, issuing an alarm if the first and second arrays fail to match.

A building information system for communicating building-related data associated with a building with a client application, the system comprising:

• a database storing the building-related data including building management system (BMS) data and configuration data associated with the building;
• a building management system service managing a building subsystem and providing the BMS data stored in the database;
• a data interface communicating the building-related data to the database;
• a client interface communicating the building-related data between the client application and the data interface;
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• a client application coupled through a communications network to the client interface to access the building-related data in the database, wherein the client application is a browser receiving data and instructions through the client interface for displaying a representation of the building-related data.

A building information system for communicating building-related data associated with a building with a client application, the system comprising:

• a database storing the building-related data including building management system (BMS) data and configuration data associated with the building;
• a building management system service managing a building subsystem and providing the BMS data stored in the database;
• a data interface communicating the building-related data to the database;
• a client interface communicating the building-related data between the client application and the data interface;
• and
• a client application coupled through a communications network to the client interface to access the building-related data in the database, wherein the configuration data is received from the client application through the client interface.

A method for communicating building-related data associated with a building on a building management system network, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a server process, a request through a client interface from a client application;
• accessing, in accordance with the request, a database storing the building-related data including building management system data and configuration data associated with the building;
• issuing, by the server process, an acknowledgment of the accessing operation to the client application, the acknowledgment including at least one element of the building-related data;
• scheduling a first periodic retrieval of dynamic data from a first device on the building management system network;
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• scheduling a second periodic retrieval of dynamic data from a second device on the building management system network to minimize a frequency of readings on the building management system network.