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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 03, 2008
Norman R. Mcfarland, Palatine, IL (US);
Geoffrey D. Nass, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Pornsak Songkakul, Mequon, WI (US);
Norman R. McFarland, Palatine, IL (US);
Geoffrey D. Nass, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Pornsak Songkakul, Mequon, WI (US);
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method of performing diagnostics on a first hierarchical device operable within a building automation system is disclosed. The method includes compiling application code configured to control the first hierarchical device such that the application code includes a plurality of internal variables, providing a diagnostic module configured to monitor the plurality of internal variables, collecting internal variable diagnostic data related to the monitored plurality of internal variables, uploading the collected internal variable diagnostic data to a second hierarchical device, performing, at the second first hierarchical device, a layered diagnostic analysis on the internal variable diagnostic data, and identifying a first hierarchical device problem based on the analyzed internal variable diagnostic data.