Patent ID: 11929981
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
before a building control network is physically installed on-site:
receive from a user interface an input that defines the building control network including identifying each of a plurality of devices that are to be part of the building control network;
receive from the user interface a selection of selected devices of the plurality of devices;
receive from the user interface an input that sets a predetermined order for the selected devices;
after setting the predetermined order:
display the selected devices in the predetermined order on a display;
receive from the user interface a first static IP address for a first device in the predetermined order of the selected devices;
assign the first static IP address to the first device;
automatically assign consecutive static IP addresses to the selected devices following the first device in accordance with the predetermined order, wherein the consecutive static IP addresses follow one after another in order without interruption;
display, on the display, the selected devices in the predetermined order along with the assigned static IP address for each of the selected devices;
validate each of the assigned static IP addresses against a plurality of predefined IP configuration validation rules and determining that the respective assigned static IP address fails validation when one or more of the plurality of predefined IP configuration rules is violated; and

after the building control network is physically installed on-site:
download the assigned static IP address for each of the selected devices to the corresponding one of the selected devices.