Various systems and method related to home automation systems are presented. A service robot system may be present that includes a service robot that autonomously moves within a structure to perform a household task. The service robot system may include a wireless communication interface, wherein the service robot system is configured to transmit, via the wireless communication interface, an indication of robot activity indicative of the service robot moving within the structure. Such a home automation system may also include a home security system that includes one or more motion sensors that detect motion within a structure. The home security system may be configured to distinguish intrusion activity (e.g., a burglar) from robot activity based at least in part on the indication of robot activity.

Devices, methods, and associated information processing for security in a smart-sensored home

A controller equipped with a user interface having multiple-day programming capabilities, including methods of programming such devices, are disclosed The user interface may include one or more menus or screens that can be used to program a schedule for one or more selected days during the week An illustrative method of programming the controller may include the steps of entering a scheduling routine, selecting multiple days for schedule modification, changing the schedule parameters for one or more periods during the selected days, and then exiting the scheduling routine

Controller interface with multiple day programming

Operational status information associated with a process entity in a process plant(10) is received. The operational status information is mapped into one of a plurality of status conditions. Then, an alert message associated with the process entity is generated, where the alert message is indicative of the one status condition of the plurality of status conditions.

Integrated alert generation in a process plant

A monitoring system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a building includes a monitoring device installed at the building, a monitoring server located remotely from the building, and a review server. The monitoring device measures an aggregate current supplied to components of the HVAC system and transmits current data based on the measured aggregate current. The monitoring server receives the transmitted current data and, based on the received current data, assesses whether failures have occurred in first and second components of the HVAC components. The monitoring server generates a first advisory in response to determining that the failure has occurred in the first component. The review server provides the first advisory to a technician for review and, in response to the technician verifying that the failure has occurred, transmits a first alert.

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Hvac system remote monitoring and diagnosis

Systems and methods are described for predicting and/or detecting occupancy of an enclosure, such as a dwelling or other building, which can be used for a number of applications. An a priori stochastic model of occupancy patterns based on information of the enclosure and/or the expected occupants of the enclosure is used to pre-seed an occupancy prediction engine. Along with data from an occupancy sensor, the occupancy prediction engine predicts future occupancy of the enclosure. Various systems and methods for detecting occupancy of an enclosure, such as a dwelling, are also described.

Occupancy pattern detection, estimation and prediction

A distributed environmental/load control system comprising a thermostat operable to supply signals indicative of sensed and desired values of a parameter in an environmentally controlled space to a first controller operable to control condition changing equipment for regulating the parameter, the signals being transmitted over a communications link between the thermostat and first controller. A second controller which is operable to control a plurality of loads in accordance with predetermined criteria to limit energy consumed by the loads is connected to the communications link through an interface device operable to process the signals produced by the thermostat in response to instructions furnished by the second controller and to supply the processed signals to the first controller.

Distributed environmental/load control system

A system for interfacing information between subsystems of an embedded software system with subsystem independence It is a public variable system that defines a simple, extensible framework for interfacing between product subsystems such as control engines, input/output subsystems, and communications protocols Server subsystems within the embedded software system are given the ability to make public information available for use by client subsystems within the system, with isolation between client and server subsystems

Public variable interface system

Systems, apparatuses and methods for timing access to a shared communications bus by a plurality of devices. Each of a plurality of nodes is successively provided an opportunity to gain access to a shared bus according to a time slot allocation referenced from a time reference. The successive time slot allocation occurs until one of the nodes has a message to send via the shared bus. The node that has the message to send transmits a frame onto the bus. A new time reference is established at each of the nodes based on an indication provided by the transmitted frame, whereby each of the nodes can then be afforded a new opportunity to gain access to the shared bus according to the time slot allocation referenced from the new time reference.

System, apparatus and method for granting access to a shared communications bus

An asynchronous one way digital data communica-tion system is disclosed in which a first microcomputer produces a series of groups of pulses at a first port repre-sentative of digits in an information packet to be transmitted, the groups being separated by strobe pulses at a second port. The pulses drive switched in two current paths to control current therethrough supplied by a receiver module including a second microcomputer having a serial input port connected to an internal counter and an interrupt port. Current detectors supply pulses corre-sponding to currents in the paths to the serial input and interrupt ports, from which the second microcomputer repro-duces the information packet.

Digital data communication apparatus

A configuration tool for a programmable HVAC controller is provided. The configuration tool may accept user input, and may generate a corresponding configuration profile based on the user input. The configuration profile may be downloaded to a programmable HVAC controller, which may, among other things, reconfigure the I/O terminals of the programmable HVAC controller. The configuration tool may generate a terminal diagram that labels at least some of the I/O terminals of the programmable HVAC controller based on the particular configuration profile. In some cases, the configuration tool may output the terminal diagram in a format that can be printed on a label, with the label being suitable for adhering to the programmable HVAC controller.

Ralph C. Brindle

Papers

Distributed environmental/load control system

Public variable interface system

System, apparatus and method for granting access to a shared communications bus

Digital data communication apparatus

Configurable hvac controller terminal labeling