Patent ID: 11874011
Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC BUILDINGS AMERICAS, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F

Claim 6:
7. A method for configuring a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system, comprising:
receiving a request for approval of an HVAC persona from a user via a voice-enabled commissioning tool installed on a computing device of the user, the HVAC persona being selected by the user;
receiving a request from the user via the voice-enabled commissioning tool to activate the selected HVAC persona at the voice-enabled commissioning tool, the selected HVAC persona being one of several HVAC personas, each HVAC persona associated with a separate commissioning activity for the HVAC system;
issuing an activation code to the voice-enabled commissioning tool for activating the selected HVAC persona, wherein the activation code is a group activation code for a predefined group of users that can activate multiple roles/personas;
establishing a connection between the voice-enabled commissioning tool installed on the computing device of the user and a control system of the HVAC system, the voice-enabled commissioning tool operable to configure at least one component of the HVAC system via user voice instructions, wherein the control system of the HVAC system is a building management system (BMS);
retrieving, via a user interface at the voice-enabled commissioning tool, objects configured at the BMS, each object defining one or more configuration parameters for a component of the HVAC system;
configuring the at least one component of the HVAC system with the one or more configuration parameters using at least one of the retrieved objects, wherein the configuring comprises:
detecting the at least one component of the HVAC system to configure using the voice-enabled commissioning tool;
providing voice instructions from the commissioning tool to the user via the computing device for configuring the at least one component on the voice-enabled commissioning tool, wherein the voice instructions are based on the type of the at least one component;
measuring one or more parameters associated with the at least one component using at least one sensor device based on the provided instructions;
determining, on the voice-enabled commissioning tool, if the one or more measured parameters are acceptable; and
in response to determining that at least one of the one or more measured parameters is not acceptable, adjusting one or more portions of the HVAC system using the voice-enabled commissioning tool.