Building Controller Touchscreen Interface for Local Point Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Building control systems lack improved usability, with existing interfaces often being cumbersome and requiring complex setups, making it difficult for users to efficiently manage and monitor building control components.
Innovation Solution
A building control system comprising a wall-mountable building controller with programmable point control values and a user interface device that provides a touch screen display for local access, allowing users to view and control points, acknowledge alarms, and manage schedules, with features like fast access lists and filter options, enhancing user interaction and communication with the building controller.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a separate user interface module is provided for interfacing with the building controller, then usability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into two separate modules: a building controller and a user interface module. The user interface module can be independently configured and connected to the building controller, allowing the interface functionality to be separated from the control logic. This segmentation enables improved usability through a dedicated interface device while maintaining manageable system complexity by allowing independent configuration of each module.
2Ease of operation
If a user interface device with touch screen display is provided for local access, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface module is designed as a multi-functional device that can display information, accept user input via touch screen, communicate with the building controller, and provide various user interface options. By consolidating these multiple functions into a single universal interface module, the system improves ease of operation while managing device complexity through functional integration rather than separate components.
3Productivity
If fast access lists and filter options are implemented, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface module implements fast access lists that pre-organize and store commonly accessed information and control functions. Filter options are pre-configured to allow users to quickly retrieve specific data without manual searching. These preliminary organizational structures enable users to access frequently used functions rapidly, improving productivity while the complexity is managed by automating the organization logic within the interface module.
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AI summary
A building control system includes a building controller and a user interface device operatively coupled to the building controller. The building controller is wall mountable and includes a plurality of ports for controlling one or more points that are associated with one or more plants of a building. The building controller controls the one or more points in accordance with one or more programmable point control values that are associated with one or more points. The user interface device provides a user interface for operating the building controller and is configured to display a plurality of menu screens on a display that allow a user to view one or more of the points, change the programmable control value for one or more of the points, and view one or more alarms generated by the building controller for one or more of the points.