Systems and methods for resolving double address faults during the commissioning of a connected system
Systems and methods for resolving double address faults during the commissioning of a connected system are provided. Some methods can include identifying a subset of a plurality of devices in a region with a double address fault, displaying a first list of the subset, receiving user input selecting one of the subset, identifying a current location of a user, generating a map of the region, wherein the map identifies a respective location of each of the subset and includes visual signs to guide the user from the current location of the user to the respective location of the one of the subset, displaying the map, generating a second list of valid addresses assignable to the one of the subset to address the double address fault, and displaying the second list.
1. A method comprising:
identifying a subset of a plurality of devices in a region with a double address fault;
displaying a first list of the subset of the plurality of devices on a user interface of a mobile device;
receiving first user input via the user interface of the mobile device selecting one of the subset of the plurality of devices;
identifying a current location of a user;
generating a map of the region, wherein the map identifies a respective location of each of the subset of the plurality of devices and includes visual signs to guide the user from the current location of the user to the respective location of the one of the subset of the plurality of devices;
displaying the map on the user interface of the mobile device;
generating a second list of valid addresses assignable to the one of the subset of the plurality of devices to address the double address fault; and
displaying the second list of the valid addresses on the user interface of the mobile device.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the map is an interactive three-dimensional floor map of the region.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the second list of the valid addresses includes all available device addresses.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying the valid addresses based on a position of the one of the subset of the plurality of devices in a loop network of which the plurality of devices are a part.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying the respective location of each of the plurality of devices based on geo-magnetic positioning each of the plurality of devices.
6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:
mapping respective geo-magnetic position data for each of the plurality of devices to a BIM file or a floor plan of the region; and
generating the map of the region based on the respective geo-magnetic position data for each of the plurality of devices mapped to the BIM file or the floor plan of the region.
7. The method of claim 5 further comprising retrieving the respective location of each of the plurality of devices from a memory device.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
identifying a respective device address of each of the plurality of devices;
identifying duplicate ones of the respective device address of each of the plurality of devices; and
identifying the subset of the plurality of devices in the region with the double address fault based on the duplicate ones of the respective device address of each of the plurality of devices.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising retrieving the respective device address of each of the plurality of devices from a memory device.
10. The method of claim 8 further comprising receiving second user input identifying the respective device address of each of the plurality of devices.
11. A system comprising:
a user interface device;
a programmable processor; and
executable control software stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium,
wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software identify a subset of a plurality of devices in a region with a double address fault,
wherein the user interface device displays a first list of the subset of the plurality of devices,
wherein the user interface device receives first user input selecting one of the subset of the plurality of devices,
wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software identify a current location of a user,
wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software generate a map of the region, wherein the map identifies a respective location of each of the subset of the plurality of devices and includes visual signs to guide the user from the current location of the user to the respective location of the one of the subset of the plurality of devices,
wherein the user interface device displays the map,
wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software generate a second list of valid addresses assignable to the one of the subset of the plurality of devices to address the double address fault, and
wherein the user interface device displays the second list of the valid addresses.
12. The system of claim 11 wherein the map is an interactive three-dimensional floor map of the region.
13. The system of claim 11 wherein the second list of the valid addresses includes all available device addresses.
14. The system of claim 11 wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software identify the valid addresses based on a position of the one of the subset of the plurality of devices in a loop network of which the plurality of devices are a part.
15. The system of claim 11 wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software identify the respective location of each of the plurality of devices based on geo-magnetic positioning each of the plurality of devices.
16. The system of claim 15 wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software map respective geo-magnetic position data for each of the plurality of devices to a BIM file or a floor plan of the region and generate the map of the region based on the respective geo-magnetic position data for each of the plurality of devices mapped to the BIM file or the floor plan of the region.
17. The system of claim 15 further comprising:
a memory device,
wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software retrieve the respective location of each of the plurality of devices from the memory device.
18. The system of claim 11 wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software identify a respective device address of each of the plurality of devices, identify duplicate ones of the respective device address of each of the plurality of devices, and identify the subset of the plurality of devices in the region with the double address fault based on the duplicate ones of the respective device address of each of the plurality of devices.
19. The system of claim 18 further comprising:
a memory device,
wherein the programmable processor and the executable control software retrieve the respective device address of each of the plurality of devices from the memory device.
20. The system of claim 18 wherein the user interface device receives second user input identifying the respective device address of each of the plurality of devices.