Siemens Industry, Inc.

Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.

Joseph F Vitaterna

Steven Tattleman

Herbert Meier

Robert L Kalafut

Bruno P Landou

Robert L Old, Jr

Robert Gaffaney

Christian J Betrisey

There is described an auditor system and method for a building management system environment comprising a blockchain component and an alarm remediation and auditing device. The blockchain component provides communication between the auditor system and a network of peer-to-peer nodes. The alarm remediation and auditing device provides interaction between the auditor system and one or more user, wherein the alarm remediation and auditing device is further configured to process building information associated with a selected remediation type received from the blockchain component as well as requirement for regulatory compliance. The auditor system performs an audit of transaction records of the decentralized ledger relating to the remediation type without providing any new transaction records to the decentralized ledger that relate to the remediation types of the building automation system and do not relate to the audit.

Auditor system and method for a building management system environment

Alarm issue management for a building automation system comprising a decentralized ledger as well as first, second, and third systems. The decentralized ledger has immutable transaction records validated and secured by a network of peer-to-peer nodes, and the ledger utilizes proof of work to synchronize the nodes. The first, second, and third systems access the transaction records of the ledger relating to a remediation type of a building automation system. The first system provides a first transaction record to the ledger relating to the remediation type. The second system reads the first transaction record of the ledger and provides a second transaction record to the ledger relating to the remediation type based on the first transaction record. The third system reads the first and second transaction records of the ledger and performs an audit of the first and second transaction records of the ledger relating to the remediation type.

Alarm issue management for a building management environment

An arrangement in a building control system includes a plurality of field panel devices. Each field panel device is configured to receive control inputs and further configured to provide control outputs to at least one building control device. Each field panel device includes a data store, a communication circuit, and a processing circuit. The data store maintains a set of global data that is shared by all field panel devices. The communication circuit is operably connected to others of the plurality of field panel devices via a logical network. The processing circuit is operable to communicate changes of any of the set of global data to at least one other field panel device via the communication circuit.

Building control system using network global data

A method for facilitating navigation among software applications and improved screen viewing in a Windows-based environment wherein a security based configurable primary menu is generated in a foreground of a display screen and an application is automatically spawned upon dropping of an object into a graphic element in the primary menu without resorting to additional initializations or spawning steps. Also, the security based configurable primary menu is automatically minimized and the corresponding running application windows are simultaneously removed from the viewing area in addition to the minimization of the primary menu.

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Northbrook, IL, United States of America

Joseph F Vitaterna