Facility environmental control system
December 2, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesExpandable home automation system Automatic discovery of network elements Permanent adapter having modulation and demodulation means for connecting networks Network management system using interconnected hierarchies to represent different network dimensions in multiple display views Network for portable patient monitoring devices Management of FDDI physical link errors Network management agent with user created objects providing additional functionality Portable exploitation and control system Facility and gas management system Interface for use with a process instrumentation system InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 759017 filed on 12/02/1996US Classes:700/276, HVAC control700/278, Specific thermally responsive controller702/60, Power parameter704/8, Multilingual or national language support714/2Fault recoveryExaminersPrimary: Trammell, James P.Assistant: Kaminis, Shah Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 013/02AbstractA facility environmental control ("FEC") system is disclosed that communicates using an open network management protocol such as the simple network management protocol ("SNMP"). The FEC system includes a first plurality of FEC devices operable to obtain data concerning the environment of a facility and a second plurality of FEC devices operable to receive command signals and perform operations that affect the environment of the facility in accordance with the received command signals. The system further includes a control system operably connected to the first and second plurality of FEC devices, and a control system agent operably connected to the control system. In general, the control system receives data from the first plurality of FEC devices and provides command signals to the second plurality of FEC devices. The control system agent is preferably operable to receive and send SNMP messages to a management node, wherein said SNMP messages include information concerning the operation of the control system.Other References
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