Systems and methods for installing and wiring building equipment
Systems and methods for guided installation of building equipment are provided. A request for a wiring diagram for wiring a first piece of building equipment to a second piece of building equipment is received from a user device. One or more first wiring configurations associated with the first piece of building equipment and one or more second wiring configurations associated with the second piece of building equipment are identified. Based on the one or more first wiring configurations and the one or more second wiring configurations, an equipment-specific wiring configuration for wiring the first piece of building equipment to the second piece of building equipment is automatically selected. A graphical user interface including a wiring diagram illustrating the equipment-specific wiring configuration is provided to the user device.
1 . A method for guided installation of building equipment, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors from a user device, an indication of a first piece of building equipment and a second piece of building equipment;
identifying, by the one or more processors, one or more first wiring configurations associated with the first piece of building equipment, each tagged with an identification of a different type of the one or more first wiring configurations, and one or more second wiring configurations associated with the second piece of building equipment, each tagged with an identification of a different type of the one or more second wiring configurations;
comparing, by the one or more processors, identifications of the types of the one or more first wiring configurations of the first piece of building equipment with the identifications of the types of the one or more second wiring configurations of the second piece of building equipment;
automatically selecting, by the one or more processors based on the comparison of the identifications of the types of the one or more first wiring configurations with the identifications of the types of the one or more second wiring configurations indicating a match between an identification of a type of a first wiring configuration of the first piece of building equipment and an identification of a type of a second wiring configuration of the second piece of building equipment, an equipment-specific wiring configuration for wiring the first piece of building equipment to the second piece of building equipment; and
providing a graphical user interface to the user device, the graphical user interface comprising a wiring diagram illustrating the equipment-specific wiring configuration, wherein the equipment-specific wiring configuration indicates voltage at a terminal.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first piece of building equipment is a controller and the second piece of building equipment is a field device.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining a first equipment identifier from the first piece of building equipment and obtaining a second equipment identifier from the second piece of building equipment, the first and second equipment identifiers comprising at least one of an RFID code, a UPC code, a CPC binary bar code, a POSTNET, or a QR code.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a request from the user device for a new wiring configuration associated with the first and second pieces of building equipment based on an input from a user and configuring a new graphical user interface based on the new wiring configuration.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface shows wire colors for the equipment-specific wiring configuration.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising tagging each of the one or more first wiring configurations with an identifier of the first piece of building equipment and tagging each of the one or more second wiring configurations with an identifier of the second piece of building equipment.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the equipment-specific wiring configuration is identified from a database comprising controller diagrams and a database comprising field device data, one or more wiring configurations that have been tagged with an identifier representing the first piece of building equipment and one or more wiring configurations that have been tagged with an identifier representing the second piece of building equipment.
8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying via the user device, a user interface that prompts a user to select a first wiring connection on the first piece of building equipment to wire to a second wiring connection on the second piece of building equipment;
wherein automatically selecting the equipment-specific wiring configuration comprises selecting a wiring configuration in which the first wiring connection on the first piece of building equipment is wired to the second wiring connection on the second piece of building equipment.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the one or more first wiring configurations associated with the first piece of building equipment and the one or more second wiring configurations associated with the second piece of building equipment comprises:
identifying, by the one or more processors, a plurality of first wiring configurations associated with the first piece of building equipment and a plurality of second wiring configurations associated with the second piece of building equipment; and
wherein comparing the identifications of the types of the one or more first wiring configurations of the first piece of building equipment with the identifications of the types of the one or more second wiring configurations of the second piece of building equipment comprises:
comparing, by the one or more processors, identifications of types of the plurality of first wiring configurations of the first piece of building equipment with identifications of types of the plurality of second wiring configurations of the second piece of building equipment.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the one or more first wiring configurations associated with the first piece of building equipment and the one or more second wiring configurations associated with the second piece of building equipment comprises:
retrieving, by the one or more processors, the one or more first wiring configurations associated with the first piece of building equipment and the one or more second wiring configurations associated with the second piece of building equipment from memory.
11 . An installation management system for building equipment, said installation management system comprising one or more processors communicatively coupled to one or more memory devices, said installation management system configured to:
select, from a user device, a first piece of building equipment and a second piece of building equipment;
identify one or more first wiring configurations associated with the first piece of building equipment, each tagged with an identification of a different type of the one or more first wiring configurations, and one or more second wiring configurations associated with the second piece of building equipment, each tagged with an identification of a different type of the one or more second wiring configurations;
compare the identifications of the types of the one or more first wiring configurations of the first piece of building equipment with the identifications of the types of the one or more second wiring configurations of the second piece of building equipment;
automatically select, based on the comparison of the identifications of the types of the one or more first wiring configurations with the identifications of the types of the one or more second wiring configurations indicating a match between an identification of a type of a first wiring configuration of the first piece of building equipment and an identification of a type of a second wiring configuration of the second piece of building equipment, an equipment-specific wiring configuration for wiring the first piece of building equipment to the second piece of building equipment; and
provide a graphical user interface to the user device, the graphical user interface comprising a wiring diagram illustrating the equipment-specific wiring configuration, wherein the wiring diagram identifies colors of wires.
12 . The installation management system of claim 11 , wherein the first piece of building equipment is a controller and the second piece of building equipment is a field device.
13 . The installation management system of claim 11 , wherein the wiring diagram includes terminals for a controller.
14 . The installation management system of claim 11 , wherein the wiring diagram comprises voltage terminals for a controller.
15 . The installation management system of claim 11 , wherein the wiring diagram is for a 24 VAC device.
16 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to:
receive, from a user device, a selection of a first piece of building equipment and a second piece of building equipment;
identify one or more first wiring configurations associated with the first piece of building equipment, each tagged with an identification of a different type of the one or more first wiring configurations, and one or more second wiring configurations associated with the second piece of building equipment, each tagged with an identification of a different type of the one or more second wiring configurations;
compare, responsive to the selection, the identifications of the types of the one or more first wiring configurations of the first piece of building equipment with the identifications of the types of the one or more second wiring configurations of the second piece of building equipment;
automatically select, based on the comparison of identifications of the types of the one or more first wiring configurations with the identifications of the types of the one or more second wiring configurations indicating a match between an identification of a type of a first wiring configuration of the first piece of building equipment and an identification of a type of a second wiring configuration of the second piece of building equipment, an equipment-specific wiring configuration for wiring the first piece of building equipment to the second piece of building equipment; and
provide a graphical user interface to the user device, the graphical user interface comprising a wiring diagram illustrating the equipment-specific wiring configuration, wherein the wiring diagram identifies colors of wires.
17 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the first piece of building equipment is a controller and the second piece of building equipment is a field device.
18 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the first piece of building equipment is an actuator.
19 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the actuator includes a clockwise or counter-clockwise terminal shown on the graphical user interface.