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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Thomas Rule, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Mark Maslov, Chicago, IL (US);
Thomas Rule, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Mark Maslov, Chicago, IL (US);
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
An arrangement includes a control station for use in a building control system, the building control system having a plurality of field panels operable to communicate with the control station. The control station has a memory and processing circuit that is configured to execute programming instructions in the memory. The memory is configured to store instructions operable to cause the processing circuit to: execute a first operating system; execute software compiled from a set of instructions that are substantially similar to instructions used to compile firmware for at least one of the field panels, the at least one field panel employing a second operating system; and execute software performing at least one supervisory control operation for the plurality of field panels.