Multi-Category Site Controller Management in Building Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current building management systems lack the ability to efficiently categorize and manage multiple site controllers within a single enterprise, leading to difficulties in applying common configurations and operational settings across sites, especially in large-scale deployments.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a system that allows users to create and manage site controllers within multiple categorical groupings, using OpusSiteCategory identifiers and additional database tables to enable querying and configuration of sites across categories, facilitating consistent management and reporting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple categorical groupings are implemented for site controllers, then the ability to query and manage sites across categories is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional database tables and identifiers
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments site controller management into multiple categorical groupings using separate database tables (e.g., OpusSiteCategory table) and identifiers. Each category represents a distinct dimension for organizing and querying sites, allowing the system to handle complex multi-dimensional queries without consolidating all data into a single monolithic structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The OpusSiteCategory identifier acts as an intermediary between the site controllers and the categorical groupings. This intermediary enables efficient querying and management by providing a standardized reference point that connects sites to their respective categories across multiple dimensions.
2Ease of manufacture
If manual integration methods are used for deploying site controllers, then the implementation complexity is reduced, but the time and effort required for deployment increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring categorical groupings and establishing the OpusSiteCategory framework before actual site controller deployment. This preliminary setup enables automated querying and management operations, eliminating the need for manual integration efforts during subsequent deployments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual integration mechanisms with automated database-driven query systems. Instead of manually integrating and configuring each site controller, the system uses structured database tables and identifiers to automatically manage and query sites across categories, significantly reducing deployment time and effort.
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AI summary
An approach relating to providing a user an ability to place sites into multiple categories and providing applications an ability to query a configuration for members of the categories. The approach not only may provide a user an ability to easily create, deploy, modify and monitor a multi-site enterprise hundreds and thousands of remote building management system site controllers and allow the user to establish each site within the context of a single enterprise group, but it may also incorporate where the site controllers can be identified, sorted or managed within multiple categorical groupings. For example, categorical groupings may facilitate managing the configurations at the sites, applying an operational setting by selecting a logical category, applying common operating parameters to multiple sites, and so forth.