Remote Load Control Integration via Message Broker Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing load control systems lack effective methods for communicating and controlling multiple systems within a user environment, such as lighting, HVAC, and motorized window treatments, which can lead to inefficiencies and limited integration capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A system is configured to maintain a database that associates identifiers with load control systems, allowing network devices to request and receive messages from specific systems, using message brokers and HTTP interfaces to facilitate communication and control across different load control systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a database is implemented to associate identifiers with load control systems, then communication and control of multiple systems is enabled, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal database structure that can store and manage multiple load control systems with different identifiers (UUIDs, MAC addresses, IP addresses) using a single standardized schema. This allows the same database infrastructure to handle diverse control systems without requiring system-specific implementations, thereby enabling multi-system integration while maintaining manageable complexity through standardization.
2Ease of operation
If message brokers and HTTP interfaces are used to facilitate communication, then remote access and third-party integration are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces message brokers as intermediary components that sit between the load control systems and external clients or third-party applications. These brokers handle message routing, protocol translation, and connection management, thereby enabling remote access and external integration without requiring direct complex connections between all system components. The HTTP interfaces serve as standardized intermediary access points that simplify external communication while abstracting the underlying system complexity.
3Productivity
If multiple load control systems are integrated into a single network, then operational efficiency is improved, but difficulty of detecting and measuring increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements comprehensive feedback mechanisms where each load control system continuously reports its status, events, and operational data back to the central database through standardized message protocols. The database maintains real-time records of system states using unique identifiers, enabling centralized monitoring and detection across multiple systems. This feedback loop structure allows efficient operational coordination while maintaining clear visibility and measurability of each system's state through standardized data collection and reporting.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating with and controlling load control systems of respective user environments from locations that are remote from the user environments.