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

Claim 10:
11. A system for assigning static IP addresses to a plurality of devices of a building control network, the system comprising:
a computing device including a controller, wherein:
before the building control network is physically installed on-site, the controller is configured to:
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 an input that sets a predetermined order for the plurality of devices;
wherein after setting the predetermined order, the computing device is configured to:
display the plurality of 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 plurality of devices;
assign the first static IP address to the first device;
automatically assign consecutive static IP addresses to the plurality of 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 plurality of devices in the predetermined order along with the assigned static IP address for each of the plurality of devices;
validate each of the assigned static IP addresses by:
 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; and

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