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

Claim 0:
1. A method of assigning IP addresses to devices of a building control network, the method comprising:
before the building control network is physically installed on-site:
defining the building control network including identifying each of a plurality of devices that are to be part of the building control network;
receiving from a user interface a selection of selected devices of the plurality of devices;
receiving from the user interface an input that sets a predetermined order for the selected devices;
after setting the predetermined order:
displaying the selected devices in the predetermined order on a display;
receiving from the user interface a first static IP address for a first device in the predetermined order of the selected devices;
assigning the first static IP address to the first device;
automatically assigning 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;
displaying, on the display, the selected devices in the predetermined order along with the assigned static IP address for each of the selected devices;
validating each of the assigned static IP addresses, wherein the validating includes:
checking each of the assigned static IP addresses for duplication on the building control network and determining that the respective static IP address fails validation when a duplicate IP address is found; and
checking 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;

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