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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1998
Jeffrey J Gloudeman, Franklin, WI (US);
Donald A Gottschalk, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
David E Rasmussen, Dousman, WI (US);
Barrett G Wainscott, Jr, Waukesha, WI (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented building automation system provides a computer software architecture that supports object-oriented system development. An application engineer designs an application to perform a building automation function that solves a problem or customer need in the context of a building automation system. In the object-oriented paradigm, standard objects are the fundamental building block used to construct an application. Based on predetermined physical relationships defined by physical laws associated with building automation functions, the present invention defines a fundamental set of control-based standard objects for constructing an application. An additional set of information-type standard objects have also been defined for use in conjunction with this set of control-based standard objects. Standard objects are interconnected by 'pulling' or 'pushing' information from one standard object to another standard object using common communication methods. Assembly objects and application objects are two additional types of user-defined standard objects for interconnecting standard objects, thereby constructing a building automation application.