Patent ID: 9170574
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a building management system (BMS), the method including; storing a repository of equipment model templates in a memory, wherein each template defines a data organizational framework that is configured to describe a category of equipment in a building system, one or more data points associated with a piece of equipment belonging to that category, the roles of those data points, and relationships with one or more further pieces of equipment for which equipment model templates are defined; a user defining a plurality of equipment model items using the repository of equipment model templates via a user interface that is in operative communication with the memory, such that each equipment model item describes a specific physically installed piece of mechanical equipment in terms of data as required by the template, wherein for a given physical installed piece of mechanical equipment, the defining includes: constructing an equipment model including the defined equipment model items, wherein the equipment model provides for automated visualization of the equipment model items defined to represent physical installed pieces of mechanical equipment in terms of location and relationships; and using the equipment model to automatically visualize the equipment model items defined to represent physical installed pieces of mechanical equipment in terms of location and relationships on a display.