Lightweight Web Supervisor for Automatic Equipment Scheduling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing building management systems require manual and time-consuming supervisor onboarding processes, which are prone to errors and costly due to the need for large supervisors and on-site computers or gateways, and lack efficient mechanisms for visualizing and managing schedules across multiple sites.
Innovation Solution
A lightweight web-based supervisor is automatically provisioned in a wireless network using configuration information from commissioned devices, allowing for automatic schedule determination, association, and operation alteration without manual inputs, and enabling schedule visualization and management across multiple sites.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional supervisor is used for building management, then control functionality is provided, but onboarding requires multiple manual steps and on-site computers
Solution Approach 1:
The supervisor performs self-provisioning by automatically discovering devices in the network, retrieving their information, and configuring itself without manual intervention. The system autonomously completes onboarding tasks including device discovery, information retrieval, and configuration generation, eliminating the need for on-site computers and manual setup steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The supervisor executes preliminary actions during installation by automatically generating configuration files and establishing network connections before actual operation begins. This preliminary automatic configuration ensures the system is ready for immediate use without requiring subsequent manual setup.
2Productivity
If manual supervisor provisioning is used, then configuration is possible, but time-consuming and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The supervisor automatically retrieves device information directly from the networked devices themselves, ensuring accurate and up-to-date configuration data without manual transcription. This self-provisioning approach eliminates human errors while accelerating the provisioning process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automatic verification and feedback mechanisms during provisioning, where the supervisor continuously monitors configuration status and adjusts settings based on real-time device responses, ensuring both speed and accuracy of the provisioning process.
3Extent of automation
If a lightweight web-based supervisor is used, then automatic provisioning is enabled, but schedule management capability must be simplified
Solution Approach 1:
The supervisor automatically generates default schedules and configurations during the self-provisioning process, based on device types and network context. This preliminary automatic scheduling provides immediate functionality while maintaining the ability to customize schedules later through the web interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The schedule management system is designed to be dynamically adjustable, allowing users to modify, add, or remove schedules through the web interface as needs change. The system adapts to different operational requirements while maintaining the initial automatic provisioning benefits.
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AI summary
A method for automatically managing equipment schedules via an instance of a lightweight web-based supervisor that is provisioned to a network including one or more commissioned devices thereon. The method includes automatically determining, via an instance of a lightweight web-based supervisor, an equipment schedule associated with the one or more commissioned devices in the network. The method includes automatically associating the equipment schedule, via the instance of the lightweight web-based supervisor, with the one or more commissioned devices in the network. The method includes automatically altering, via the instance of the lightweight web-based supervisor, operation of the one or more commissioned device in network in accordance with the equipment schedule associated therewith. The method includes displaying information associated with the one or more commissioned devices via a dashboard of the instance of the lightweight web-based supervisor.