Siemens Schweiz Ag

Patrick Stirnemann

Andreas Hersche

James K Han

Ganesh Ramanathan

Management systems, methods and mediums are provided for displaying graphics using a programmable symbol animation pre-processor. One method includes identifying a symbol associated with a building graphic, identifying a symbol property to be animated, and determining whether the symbol property is associated with a script. When it is, identifying a plurality of different data points referenced in the script where each data point corresponds to the same device or a respective device in the building. The method identifies a respective value for each identified data point as received from a management system operably connected to each of the plurality of devices, identifies an operation in the script that corresponds to an evaluation of the values of the identified data points, generates a first evaluation result based on the operation, and displays a graphical representation of the symbol based on the first evaluation result and in association with the building graphic.

Programmable symbol animation pre-processor for building automation graphics

Management systems, methods and mediums are provided. A method includes displaying a building layout graphic, receiving a request to generate a coverage area graphic associated with a monitoring device, generating the coverage area graphic, and displaying the coverage area graphic relative to the building layout graphic. The method also identifies a device having a data point to be monitored by the data processing system, and determines whether the identified device is in the coverage area represented by the coverage area graphic. In response to determining that the identified device is in the coverage area, the method further includes storing a related item identifier associated with the one or more monitoring devices in association with an object corresponding to the identified device. The method receives a selection for the identified device and, in response, displays one or more related item identifiers associated with the one or more monitoring devices.

Identifying related items associated with devices in a building automation system based on a coverage area

Automation systems, methods, and mediums. A method includes identifying a value for a data point associated with a device in a building. The value is received from a management system operably connected to the device. The method includes mapping the value for the data point to a graphical representation of the value for the data point. The method includes generating a display comprising a graphic for the building and a symbol representing the device. The method includes displaying the graphical representation of the value for the data point in association with the symbol representing the device. Additionally, the method includes modifying the graphical representation of the value based on a change in the value in response to identifying the change in the value from the management system.

Graphical symbol animation with evaluations for building automation graphics

Management systems, methods, and mediums. A method includes identifying a set of layers and a zoom factor based on a depth of a graphic to be displayed. The set of layers comprise symbols for objects corresponding to devices in a building managed by the management system. The method includes identifying a number of visible objects from the objects of the symbols in the identified set of layers based on the zoom factor. The method includes identifying a state of a device represented by a visual object in the number of visible objects from the management system communicably coupled with the devices. Additionally, the method includes generating a display for the depth. The display includes the identified set of layers, a symbol for each of the number of visible objects in the identified set of layers, and a graphical indication of the state of the device.

Growing community of inventors

Besenburen, Switzerland

Patrick Stirnemann