US 12,366,838 B2
Seamless wireless connection during commissioning of networked building controllers
Nishant Omar, Bangalore (IN); Pawan Kumar Singh, Bangalore (IN); Fongyeen Chan, Petaling Jaya (MY); and Priya Shukla, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on May 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/680,737.
Application 18/680,737 is a continuation of application No. 17/740,722, filed on May 10, 2022, granted, now 12,025,962.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/297,456, filed on Jan. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0319693 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/041 (2013.01) [G05B 2219/25011 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of using a portable handheld device to commission and/or maintain one or more of a plurality of building control devices that are operably connected together via a building control network, the method comprising:
the portable handheld device establishing a first wireless connection with a first gateway device, wherein the first gateway device provides a first gateway to the building control network;
the portable handheld device receiving information about one or more of the plurality of building control devices via the first wireless connection;
the portable handheld device sending one or more messages to the first gateway device causing the first gateway device to send one or more network commands on the building control network causing one or more of the plurality of building control devices to initiate a commissioning and/or maintenance process;
the portable handheld device:
terminating the first wireless connection with the first gateway device;
establishing a second wireless connection with a second gateway device, wherein the second gateway device provides a second gateway to the building control network; and
monitoring and/or controlling via the second wireless connection the commissioning and/or maintenance process of one or more of the plurality of building control that was previously initiated by the portable handheld device using the first wireless connection without having to restart the commissioning and/or maintenance process.