Alarm Notification Clarity via Event Enrollment Object Descriptions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Building management systems face challenges in clearly identifying which device is in alarm due to the lack of additional information provided by conventional event enrollment objects, leading to confusion for users monitoring vast numbers of similar devices.

Innovation Solution

The system allows users to include descriptions for system objects when requesting event enrollment objects, which are then stored and included in alarm notifications, enabling users to identify the specific object causing the alarm.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional event enrollment objects are used to monitor system objects, then alarm monitoring capability is provided, but alarm notification clarity deteriorates due to lack of object description information

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvealarm monitoring capabilityVSAvoidobject description information

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by storing the description of the system object in association with the event enrollment object before the alarm occurs. This allows the alarm notification to include the object description without requiring additional real-time data retrieval, thus preventing information loss while maintaining reliable alarm monitoring.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Quantity of substance

If event enrollment objects monitor vast numbers of similar devices, then comprehensive coverage is achieved, but device identification clarity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of monitored devicesVSAvoiddevice identification clarity

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary mechanism by including the system object description in the alarm notification. This description acts as a mediator between the event enrollment object and the user, enabling clear identification of which specific device is in alarm even when monitoring vast numbers of similar devices.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Device complexity

If alarm notifications include only event enrollment object information, then notification simplicity is maintained, but user understanding deteriorates due to insufficient context

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenotification structureVSAvoidcontext information

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges the event enrollment object information with the system object description information in the alarm notification. This combination maintains the simplicity of the notification structure while providing sufficient context for user understanding by including both the alarm event details and the monitored object description.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS8854202B2Unified display of alarm configurations based on event enrollment objects

Publication Date: 2014.10.07 SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG

AI summary

Management systems, methods, and mediums. A method includes identifying a description of a system object from a request to generate an event enrollment object to monitor the system object in response to receiving the request. The method includes storing the description of the system object in association with the event enrollment object. The method includes identifying the stored description of the system object associated with the event enrollment object in response to identifying an alarm generated for the event enrollment object. Additionally, the method includes including the description of the system object in a notification of the alarm generated for event enrollment object.