Computer implemented method and system for integrating multiple building systems and business applications

摘要

A computer-implemented system and method by which an end user can monitor and manage multiple building systems with a single interface as well as customize and revise the settings and automated responses for multiple building systems based on input and transactions from multiple different building systems and enterprise applications. A drop-in command and interface software module allows a user to integrate control, command and response functions between previously installed and un-integrated building systems and to configure the activation or deactivation of one system function based on the data, alarm, event, or transaction from one or more other systems. The invention takes the data and control functions from any and every control system and allows a user to build his or her own intelligent building, and to edit the control processes on their own at any time. The responses of building systems are process driven, rather than rules based, and the response process is fully editable by the end user. The system allows for multiple processes for a given input, depending, for example, on the location of the sensor providing the input. A completely different process may be programmed for launch for every individual sensor. The invention accommodates input from both value-oriented systems (also referred to as point-oriented systems) and transaction-oriented systems (also referred to as event-oriented systems). The invention provides a system and method for integrating both point-based building systems and transaction-based building systems and enterprise applications and the end-user building, configuration, and customization of response processes using input from both value- and transaction-oriented systems.