Patent ID: 8024054
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G05B,G09B

Abstract:
1. A graphical user interface (GUI) apparatus for a building automation system (BAS) machine comprising: a processor communicatively coupled to the BAS machine; the processor being configured to process a database configured to store a relational directory of BAS information; a GUI display device communicatively coupled to the processor; means for presenting a user customizable home page configured to provide data and navigation tools and selectively displayed as a GUI via the GUI display device, including a summary page representing a building comprising at least a portion of the BAS machine, the summary page including: at least one navigable link connecting the summary page to another portion of the GUI; a static building information portion of the GUI, displayed via the GUI display device, configured to provide building specific information in the relational directory to a user; and an automatically updated dynamic building information portion of the GUI, displayed via the GUI display device, separate from the static building information portion, including: means for presenting an alarm list comprising static information stored in the database and dynamic information related to the presence or absence of an individual alarm or multiple alarms in the building, wherein the alarm list can be configured by the user to present the multiple alarms by order of severity or arrival time; and means for presenting a space list comprising static information stored in the database and dynamic information about a plurality of spaces related to the building, wherein the space list static information comprises at least a space setpoint stored in the database and the space list dynamic information comprises at least an observed condition related to the setpoint, wherein the plurality of spaces related to the building selectively displayed in the space list comprise a subset of all of the spaces, the subset comprising no more than a fixed quantity of the spaces and including the spaces having a variance between the setpoint and the observed condition that is greater than a variance between the setpoint and the observed condition for the spaces excluded from the subset.