Abstract: After installation, a device may be not yet powered. It may be awakened by receiving a flash of light of sufficient frequency and amplitude. After waking, the device decodes the message to determine its next action, and, upon request sends an authentication message. This enables a single user action to wake the device up and set it up with networking credentials. The same process may be used to wake the device outside of a normal sleep-wake cycle.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods of physical-model based building automation using in-situ regression to optimize control systems are presented. A simulation engine is configured to simulate a behavior or a controlled system using a physical model for the controlled system. A data stream comprises data from a controlled system. A training loop is configured to compare an output of a simulation engine to a data stream using a heuristic so that a physical model is regressed in a manner that the output of the simulation engine approaches the data stream.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for surface animation during dynamic floor plan generation. An apparatus includes a display configured to receive touch input, a processor coupled to the display, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive a user input associated with a surface of a structure presented on the display, generate, in response to the user input, a two-dimensional representation of the floor plan comprising a line segment representing the surface of the structure, determine at least one three-dimensional element associated with the line segment representing the surface on the two-dimensional representation of floor plan, and gradually highlight the surface shown on the display where the geometric plane that the line segment defines intersects with the at least one three-dimensional element associated with the line segment.

Abstract: Tools and techniques are described to automate creation of point mapping diagrams between controllers and controlled resources. After receiving a defined space diagram (which may be input using a graphical interface of the controller, or by other means), resource locations and resource wiring requirements (which may be done automatically), a wiring diagram including point mapping between the resources and any necessary controllers is generated. If resources need to be moved, a new wiring diagram and/or point mapping can be regenerated.

Abstract: After installation, a device may be not yet powered. It may be awakened by receiving a flash of light of sufficient frequency and amplitude. After waking, the device decodes the message to determine its next action, and, upon request sends an authentication message. This enables a single user action to wake the device up and set it up with networking credentials. The same process may be used to wake the device outside of a normal sleep-wake cycle.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method, apparatus, and machine-readable storage medium including one or more of the following: using a resource intensive algorithm to answer a first question of a question type; generating at least one training example from the normal operation of the resource intensive algorithm; training a lightweight machine learning model based on the at least one training example to produce answers to questions of the question type; and using the lightweight machine learning model to produce an answer to a second question of the question type.

Abstract: A building controller with wiring terminals that has a moveable interactive screen is disclosed. The moveable interactive screen, when closed, covers the housing that holds the wiring terminals. The specific devices attached to specific terminals and the state of the devices can be displayed on the closed moveable interactive screen. Using the moveable interactive screen, a user can set up the expected devices and their protocols that will be attached to specific wiring terminals within the building controller. The controller wiring terminals can be viewed along with an interactive diagram of the devices and the terminals that have been set up for the building controller can be viewed simultaneously when the moveable interactive screen is in the open position.

Abstract: A module is described which is slidably attachable to a controller. Resource wires are connected to the module through resource connectors. The module has a circuit board that can perform actions. The module can modify the function of its resource connectors. These modifications may be to meet the requirements of resources that are to be connected to the module. The module may be able to register, by means of a signal, when a correct resource wire is attached to the module. The results of such monitoring may be displayed on a screen associated with the controller.

Abstract: Tools and techniques are described to create an interface that can translate a device language into an internal language, and describe the device to the controller in terms of actors and quanta such that when a device is attached to a controller, the controller can understand what the device does and why it does it. This internal language can then be translated back to a natural language, such as English. This allows the controller to track errors, determine what upstream or downstream device and action of the device caused the error, and to track many different facts of the system that allow for detailed reports.

Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein relating to a method, system, and non-transitory machine readable storage medium for training a learning model using a digital twin model, the method includes: a learning model interfacing with the digital twin model within an iterated digital twin system. For each iteration of the iterated digital twin system, one or more of the following steps may occur: generating digital twin input using an optimization process; running the digital twin model using the digital twin input, producing digital twin output; running the learning model using the digital twin input, producing learning model output; using the digital twin output as learning model ground truth and learning model output in a learning model cost function; and using a cost derived from the learning model cost function to backpropagate through the learning model as a part of improving values of parameters of the learning model.

Abstract: Tools and techniques are described to attach a device to a controller, whereby the controller analyzes the device inputs, looks up information about the device in a database, and then determines which inputs on the device match the defined device inputs. It then may translate information received from the device into an intermediate language. It may also use the information received from the device, the location of the device, and information about the device to create a digital twin of the device.

Abstract: Tools and techniques are described to automate line testing when wiring devices (such as equipment and sensors) to controllers. Controllers have access to databases of the devices that are controlled by them, including wiring diagrams and protocols, such that the controller can automatically check that each wire responds correctly to stimulus from the controller. After testing, a reporting device rapidly shows the results of the line testing.