Patent ID: 8918492

Claim:
A building automation system comprising: a client portal in communication with a network; a first field panel in communication with the network and the client portal, the first field panel comprising: a first webserver; and a first node table, wherein the first node table contains address information related to a configuration of the first field panel; a second field panel in communication with the first field panel, the second field panel including a second node table in communication with the first node table, wherein the second node table contains address information related to a configuration of the second field panel; wherein the first and second node tables are synchronized to generate an updated node table based on received address information from the second node table and address information from the first node table and wherein, in response to a communication request originating at the client portal, the updated node table is provided to the client portal by the first webserver, and wherein the first field panel automatically updates address information of the first node table related to the configuration of the second field panel as the network detects the second field panel.