Systems and methods for agent interaction with building management system
A building management system (BMS) including a controller having an adaptive interaction manager and an agent manager. The system further includes one or more input-output (I/O) devices, the I/O devices in communication with the adaptive interaction manager. The controller further including a number of BMS field devices. The I/O devices are configured to receive an input from a user, and further configured to communicate the input to the adaptive interaction manager. The agent manager is configured to determine if one or more existing software agents are capable of performing the desired action, and to automatically transmit the existing software agents to one or more of the BMS field devices based on the agent manager determining the existing software agents are capable of performing the desired action. The software agents are configured to automatically be installed in a processing circuit of the BMS field device to perform the required action.
1. A method for configuring a space associated with a building management system (BMS), the method performed by one or more software agents, the method comprising:
receiving a natural language command from a user via a user interface in communication with the BMS, the natural language command requesting a configuration of a space associated with the BMS, the configuration of the space comprising equipment contained within the space and preexisting relationships between the equipment contained in the space;
generating one or more information requests regarding the configuration of the space based on (i) the natural language command and (ii) the preexisting relationships between the equipment and providing the information requests to the user via the user interface;
receiving one or more natural language responses regarding the information requests from the user via the user interface;
accessing one or more configuration files associated with the space, the configuration files comprising data for the configuration of the space;
generating one or more building objects based on the natural language responses and the configuration files; and
adding the building objects to the space and binding the building objects to the space based on one or more determined relationships.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a location of the space based on one or more parameters associated with the user interface transmitting the natural language command comprises geo-locating the user interface transmitting the natural language command.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more parameters associated with the user interface transmitting the natural language command comprise at least one of a GPS location and a Wi-Fi location.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
accessing one or more architectural drawing files associated with the space; and
generating a floorplan of the space based on the architectural drawings.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that architectural drawings associated with the space are not accessible;
accessing a satellite view of the location of the space; and
tracing an outline of the space based on the satellite view.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the information requests comprises generating a request related to equipment contained in the space, and wherein receiving the natural language responses comprises receiving, from the user, information about the equipment contained in the space.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the equipment comprises an air handling unit, and wherein the information about the equipment comprises a type associated with the air handling unit.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determined preexisting relationships comprise serving relationships associated with equipment contained in the space.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the information requests comprises generating a request related to a location of the space, and wherein receiving the natural language responses comprises receiving, from the user, information about the location of the space.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the building objects based on the natural language responses and the configuration files comprises generating a graphic of equipment contained in the space.
11. A building management system (BMS), the BMS for use with a user interface configured to receive a natural language command from a user, the BMS comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement operations comprising:
receiving, by a software agent in communication with the user interface, the natural language command from the user interface, the natural language command requesting configuration of a space associated with the BMS, the configuration of the space comprising equipment contained within the space and preexisting relationships between the equipment contained in the space;
determining, by the software agent, a location of the space using one or more parameters associated with the user interface;
generating, by the software agent, one or more information requests regarding the configuration of the space based on (i) the natural language command and (ii) the preexisting relationships between the equipment and providing, by the software agent, the information requests to the user via the user interface;
receiving, by the software agent, one or more natural language responses regarding the information requests from the user via the user interface;
accessing, by the software agent, one or more configuration files associated with the space, the configuration files comprising data for the configuration of the space;
generating, by the software agent, one or more building objects based on the natural language responses and the configuration files; and
adding, by the software agent, the building objects to the space and binding the building objects to the space based on one or more determined relationships.
12. The system of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:
accessing, by the software agent, one or more architectural drawings associated with the space; and
generating, by the software agent, a floorplan of the space based on the architectural drawings.
13. The system of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:
determining, by the software agent, that architectural drawings associated with the space are not accessible;
accessing, by the software agent, a satellite view of the location of the space; and
tracing, by the software agent, an outline of the space based on the satellite view.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein determining, by the software agent, the location of the space based on one or more parameters associated with the user interface transmitting the natural language command comprises geo-locating the user interface transmitting the natural language command.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the one or more parameters associated with the user interface transmitting the natural language command comprise at least one of a GPS location and a Wi-Fi location.
16. The system of claim 11 , wherein generating, by the software agent, the information requests comprises generating a request related to equipment contained in the space, and wherein receiving, by the software agent, the natural language responses comprises receiving, from the user, information about the equipment contained in the space.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the equipment comprises a variable air volume unit, and wherein the information about the equipment comprises a type associated with the variable air volume unit.
18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the determined preexisting relationships comprise serving relationships associated with equipment contained in the space.
19. The system of claim 11 , wherein generating, by the software agent, the information requests comprises generating a request related to the location of the space, and wherein receiving, by the software agent, the natural language responses comprises receiving, from the user, information about the location of the space.
20. The system of claim 11 , wherein generating, by the software agent, the building objects based on the natural language responses and the configuration files comprises generating a graphic of equipment contained in the space.