Cloud-Based Building Configuration for Multi-Site Equipment Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current intelligent building management systems require cumbersome and time-consuming configuration processes, especially as the number of buildings and equipment types increases, leading to higher implementation and management costs due to the need for individual configuration of each building's sub-systems and equipment.
Innovation Solution
An integrated intelligent building management system that elevates configuration to the cloud layer, utilizing a cloud management system to pre-configure multiple platforms and equipment, allowing managers to perform configurations efficiently through cloud configuration files and intelligent building kits, reducing the need for repeated editing of control codes and lowering the configuration threshold.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the manager configures each building and equipment individually using related-art management systems, then the system can manage multiple buildings and equipment types, but the configuration time and operational complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring building templates, equipment parameters, and control codes in the cloud before actual deployment. When a new building is added, the system automatically retrieves and applies these pre-configured templates, eliminating the need for manual configuration of each building and equipment item. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining versatility while dramatically reducing configuration time through advance preparation of configuration data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating reusable building templates and equipment configuration profiles that can be replicated across multiple buildings. Instead of configuring each building individually, the system copies proven configuration templates and adapts them to specific building requirements. This allows the system to maintain adaptability to different building types while reducing configuration time through template reuse rather than manual setup.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system provides comprehensive configuration options for all equipment and sub-systems, then the system can accommodate diverse building requirements, but the configuration threshold and difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the configuration system into standardized modules: building templates, equipment profiles, control codes, and parameter sets. Each module is independently configured and can be selectively combined to meet diverse building requirements. This modular approach maintains versatility while lowering the configuration threshold, as users only need to select and configure relevant modules rather than managing a monolithic complex configuration system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements universality through cloud-based configuration templates and standardized equipment profiles that can be applied across multiple building types and equipment categories. A single equipment profile template can serve multiple similar devices across different buildings, and building templates can be adapted to various building types. This universal approach maintains adaptability to diverse requirements while simplifying the configuration process through reusable standardized components.
3Manufacturing precision
If the manager manually edits control codes for each equipment item, then the system can achieve precise control, but the operational workload and error risk increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by enabling automatic generation and assignment of control codes through the system. When equipment is added to a building, the system automatically retrieves the appropriate control codes from equipment profiles and generates configuration data without requiring manual editing by the manager. This maintains precise control through standardized, pre-tested control codes while dramatically reducing operational workload and minimizing human error. The system configures itself using automated code generation and assignment.
4Manufacturing precision
If the system stores and manages configuration data for all buildings and equipment, then the system can maintain accuracy and consistency, but the data management complexity and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based configuration management system as an intermediary between the building management software and the actual equipment. This cloud intermediary stores, manages, and validates all configuration data, building templates, and equipment profiles centrally. It automatically retrieves, validates, and applies configuration data to ensure accuracy and consistency across all buildings. This intermediary approach maintains high configuration accuracy while reducing local data management complexity, as the cloud system handles the complex tasks of data storage, validation, and distribution automatically.
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AI summary
An integrated intelligent building management system is disclosed and includes a cloud management system having a cloud configuration platform, an intelligent building system corresponding to a building and having a ground configuration platform, and an intelligent building kit connected with multiple equipment in the building. The cloud configuration platform establishes multiple cloud configuration files. The intelligent building system obtains one cloud configuration file according to the MAC address and performs a ground configuration procedure confined by the cloud configuration file. When the intelligent building kit communicates with the intelligent building system, the ground configuration platform activates a configuration module corresponding to the kit category of the intelligent building kit to perform configuration to the intelligent building kit and establishes a ground configuration file, and the ground configuration platform exports the ground configuration file to the intelligent building kit to finish the ground configuration procedure.