Patent ID: 7068164

Claim:
A system for facilities management control, comprising: a server; a client; and a personality module, the personality module including at least one port for communicating with at least one field device, the personality module adapted to communicate with the server; wherein the personality module is coupled to the client and the server, and wherein the personality module operates autonomously from the server, the personality module includes resources comprising: a processor; a local memory; facilities management information stored on the local memory; and an application stored on the local memory and executed by the processor, the application operable to receiving communications from the at least one field device, accessing the facilities management information, and issuing commands to the at least one field device independent of the server; wherein at least some event and alarm information is gathered at the personality module; wherein when the server is available, the personality module communicates the event and alarm information to the server; and wherein when the server is unavailable, the personality module communicates the event and alarms information to the client.