WO2014167172A1 - Building automation system control apparatus, method and computer program for providing control signalling - Google Patents

Building automation system control apparatus, method and computer program for providing control signalling Download PDF

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WO2014167172A1
WO2014167172A1 PCT/FI2013/050404 FI2013050404W WO2014167172A1 WO 2014167172 A1 WO2014167172 A1 WO 2014167172A1 FI 2013050404 W FI2013050404 W FI 2013050404W WO 2014167172 A1 WO2014167172 A1 WO 2014167172A1
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Hannu Kuoppala
Ari HÄNNINEN
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  • the invention relates to building automation systems.
  • a building automation system is a network of devices used in one or more building systems. Building automation systems may operate cooperatively to share building information and control system devices automatically according to programmed logic. While managing various building systems, the automa ⁇ tion system usually also ensures the operational per- formance of the building as well as the comfort and safety. For example, a building automation system may keep the building air conditioning within a specified range, provide lighting, and monitor system performance and device failures.
  • the building automation system may also be interconnected with a control system or systems of el ⁇ evators in a building so that the building automation system can provide signaling to the elevator control system, for example, in an emergency situation.
  • the interworking between the building automation system and the elevator control logic is usually arranged such that the building automation system provides the elevator control with information signals (for example indicating an emergency situation in a certain floor) and the elevator control located within the elevator system determines actions to be performed based on its control logic.
  • a building automation system control apparatus comprising building automation system control logic configured to receive signaling from entities connected to a building automation system and to cause transmission of control signaling to the entities connected to the building automation system, wherein the building automation system control logic comprises el ⁇ evator control logic as an integral part to directly control an elevator system comprising one or more ele- vators .
  • the building automation system control logic is configured to take into account signaling received from the entities connected to the building automation system when determining control signaling for the elevator system. Further, the building automation system control logic being configured to take into account signaling received from the elevator system when determining control signaling for the entities connected to the building automation system.
  • the elevator control logic comprises elevator control and elevator group control.
  • the building automation system control device is configured to control a dis ⁇ play device connected to the building automation sys ⁇ tem to provide information about elevators.
  • a building automation system comprising a building automation system control apparatus according to the first aspect.
  • a method comprising receiving, by an apparatus, signaling from entities connected to a building auto- mation system; causing transmission, by the apparatus, of control signaling to the entities connected to the building automation system; controlling, by the apparatus, an elevator system comprising one or more ele- vators taking into account, by the apparatus, signal ⁇ ing received from the entities connected to the build ⁇ ing automation system when determining control signaling for the elevator system; and taking into account, by the apparatus, signaling received from the elevator system when determining control signaling for the entities connected to the building automation system.
  • the elevator control logic comprises elevator control and elevator group control.
  • the method further com- prises controlling a display device connected to the building automation system to give information about elevators .
  • a fourth aspect there is provid ⁇ ed a method computer program comprising program code, which when executed by a processor, performs the meth ⁇ od of the third aspect.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a method according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a system according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 3 discloses an example that illus ⁇ trates using information contained in a building automation system in controlling an elevator system.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a method according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • signal ⁇ ing is received by an apparatus from entities connect ⁇ ed to a building automation system.
  • the signaling indicates, for example, that something has happened and it has been detected (for example, a door has been opened, a light switch has been operated, movement has been detected by a detector etc.) .
  • control signaling is caused to be transmitted by the ap ⁇ paratus to the entities connected to the building au- tomation system.
  • the control signaling refers to sig ⁇ naling based on which a receiving entity performs a certain action (for example, in response to detecting authorized access to an office, signaling to a door lock to open) .
  • step 104 an elevator system comprising one or more elevators is controlled by the apparatus. This means that controlling functions usually provided by the elevator system itself are now performed by the apparatus in the building automation system.
  • step 106 signaling received from the entities connected to the building automation system is taken into account by the apparatus, when determining control signaling for the elevator system.
  • step 108 signaling received from the elevator system is taken into account by the apparatus, when determining control signaling for the entities connected to the building automation system.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a building automation system according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • the building automation system comprises a building automation system control device 200 which provides intelligence needed in controlling various devices and other entities connected to the building automation system.
  • the building automation system control device 200 may be implemented, for example, as one or more pieces of software running in one or more server com ⁇ puters .
  • the building automation system control device 200 is configured to receive incoming signaling 204 from a plurality of devices or software entities.
  • Such devices or software entities comprise, for example, at least one of doors, locks, burglar alarms, motion de ⁇ tectors, cameras, light switches, elevator signaling devices, elevator operation panels (for example, ele ⁇ vator car operation panels and destination operator panels) , or virtually any device which may provide in ⁇ formation to the building automation system.
  • the building automation system con- trol device 200 is configured to cause transmission of outgoing signaling 206 to devices and other entities which need to be controlled, for example, door locks, a burglar alarm system to switch on/off etc.
  • the building automation system control device 200 comprises also elevator control 202.
  • Figure 2 illustrates an embodiment of the invention which in- troduces elevator control 202 as an integral part of the building automation system control.
  • the elevator control 202 is configured to control, for example, at least one of an elevator drive and door control unit 210 of an elevator system 214, an elevator safety system 212 and elevator signaling devices 208.
  • the building automation system control device 200 is configured to take into account signaling re ⁇ ceived from the entities connected to the building au- tomation system when determining control signaling for the elevator system 214. Similarly, the building automation system control device is configured to take in ⁇ to account signaling received from the elevator system 214 when determining control signaling for the enti- ties connected to the building automation system.
  • the elevator control 202 pro ⁇ vides the elevator drive and door control unit 212 in ⁇ structions to drive an elevator car to a certain floor, instructs to use a special speed profile etc.
  • the elevator control 202 may provide the elevator drive and door control unit 210 instructions to open or close an elevator door.
  • the building automation system control device 200 may comprise elevator group control and elevator control functions.
  • the elevator system 214 may com ⁇ prise several elevators arranged in one or more eleva ⁇ tor groups and the building automation system control device 200 may change the sizes of elevator groups when necessary based on the information contained in building automation system control device 200.
  • a benefit of using the building automation system to provide elevator control is that any data possessed by the building automation system can be used in controlling elevators and/or elevator groups without requiring that the elevator system itself understands what is happening. Similarly, any signal from the elevator system or elevator control can be used in controlling other functions of the building automation system or entities connected to the build ⁇ ing autiomation system.
  • controlling functions of the building automation system may also be distributed to several control devices instead of just one.
  • the building automation system device of Figure 2 may control various units or devices of a build ⁇ ing automation system based on information relating to one or more elevators, for example, at least one of the following:
  • HVAC Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
  • the HVAC units can be turned to higher power.
  • HVAC can be switched on.
  • HVAC can be switched to ' low mode' .
  • burglar alarms can be turned off, selected locks and selected doors can be opened.
  • Control of automatic windows or sunscreens can be controlled based on the elevator information.
  • the building automation system control device 200 is configured to control a display device or display devices connected to building automation system to provide information about elevators.
  • any display which is connected to the building automation system, either directly or indirectly:
  • CCTV system screens which is connected ei ⁇ ther physically or through a wireless sys ⁇ tem, such as the Bluetooth or WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) , to the building automa ⁇ tion system.
  • a wireless sys ⁇ tem such as the Bluetooth or WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network)
  • the building automation system control device 200 is configured to receive incoming signaling from various units connect ⁇ ed to the building automation system, and the building automation system control device 200 may use this sig- naling in controlling elevators. Signaling may be received, for example, from any of the following sources :
  • Figure 3 discloses an example which illus ⁇ trates the integration of elevator control into build ⁇ ing automation system control logic.
  • a car arrives at an entrance of a parking floor of an office building.
  • the driver shows his access card to a building access system, and the parking floor door opens.
  • Information about the arriving driver is delivered to the building automation system.
  • the building automation system makes an initial estimate that it takes two minutes before an elevator is needed in the parking floor for the driver.
  • the driver se ⁇ lects a parking place as indicated by a reference num- ber 300.
  • a detector relating to a secu ⁇ rity system connected to the building automation system has been installed on a parking floor supporting structure 302 (e.g. a concrete pile).
  • the building automation system receives infor- mation from the security system detector and the building automation system may update the time estimate by which the driver reaches the elevators 304, 306.
  • the updated time estimate is then used in allo ⁇ cating an elevator 304 or 306 for the driver.
  • the estimated time may increase during the day, when the parking places are getting full and people have longer distance to walk to the elevators 304, 306 from their cars .
  • each park ⁇ ing place has a vacant/occupied detector which indi- cates the exact parking place position of a driver needing an elevator to the building automation system.
  • the building automation system is then able to estimate the time to walk to reach the elevators. If the driver decides to take an alternative route, the building automation system may get additional information from various doors and detectors and can then stop updating the time estimate.
  • Figure 4 discloses a block diagram illustrat ⁇ ing an apparatus 400 according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • the apparatus comprise a processor 402 connected to a memory 404 and a communication interface 406.
  • the apparatus may also comprise several pro ⁇ cessors or memories.
  • the memory 404 or memories com ⁇ prises a computer program which, when executed by the processor 402 or processors, perform the various steps already disclosed in more detail above.
  • the communica ⁇ tion interface 406 is configured to receive/transmit information from/to external entities, for example, to devices and/or systems connected to a building automa- tion system.
  • the apparatus is, for example, a server computer.
  • the memory 404 may include a computer program or program which, when executed by the processor 402, causes the apparatus to perform the programmed functionality .
  • the exemplary embodiments of the invention can be implemented with any suitable device, for exam ⁇ ple, including any suitable servers, workstations, PCs, laptop computers, PDAs, Internet appliances, handheld devices, cellular telephones, wireless devic ⁇ es, other devices, and the like, capable of performing the processes of the exemplary embodiments, and which can communicate via one or more interface mechanisms, including, for example, Internet access, telecommuni- cations in any suitable form (for instance, voice, mo ⁇ dem, and the like) , wireless communications media, one or more wireless communications networks, cellular communications networks, 3G communications networks, 4G communications networks Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTNs) , Packet Data Networks (PDNs) , the In ⁇ ternet, intranets, a combination thereof, and the like .
  • PSTNs Public Switched Telephone Network
  • PDNs Packet Data
  • the exemplary em ⁇ bodiments are for exemplary purposes, as many varia- tions of the specific hardware used to implement the exemplary embodiments are possible, as will be appre ⁇ ciated by those skilled in the hardware art(s) .
  • the functionality of one or more of the com ⁇ ponents of the exemplary embodiments can be implement- ed via one or more hardware devices, or one or more software entities such as modules.
  • the exemplary embodiments can store infor ⁇ mation relating to various processes described herein.
  • This information can be stored in one or more memo- ries, such as a hard disk, optical disk, magneto- optical disk, RAM, and the like.
  • the components of the exem ⁇ plary embodiments can include computer readable medium or memories according to the teachings of the present inventions and for holding data structures, tables, records, and/or other data described herein.
  • Computer readable medium can include any suitable medium that participates in providing instructions to a processor for execution. Such a medium can take many forms, including but not limited to, non-volatile media, vola ⁇ tile media, transmission media, and the like.

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Abstract

According to an embodiment there is provided a building automation system control apparatus comprising building automation system control logic configured to receive signaling from entities connected to a building automation system and to cause transmission of control signaling to the entities connected to the building automation system, wherein the building automation system control logic comprises elevator control logic as an integral part to directly control an elevator system com- prising one or more elevators, the building automation system control logic being configured to take into account signaling received from the entities connected to the building automation system when determining control signaling for the elevator system; and the building automation system control logic being configured to take into account signaling received from the elevator system when determining control signaling for the entities connected to the building automation system.

Description

BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING CONTROL SIGNALLING
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to building automation systems.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A building automation system (BAS) is a network of devices used in one or more building systems. Building automation systems may operate cooperatively to share building information and control system devices automatically according to programmed logic. While managing various building systems, the automa¬ tion system usually also ensures the operational per- formance of the building as well as the comfort and safety. For example, a building automation system may keep the building air conditioning within a specified range, provide lighting, and monitor system performance and device failures.
The building automation system may also be interconnected with a control system or systems of el¬ evators in a building so that the building automation system can provide signaling to the elevator control system, for example, in an emergency situation. The interworking between the building automation system and the elevator control logic is usually arranged such that the building automation system provides the elevator control with information signals (for example indicating an emergency situation in a certain floor) and the elevator control located within the elevator system determines actions to be performed based on its control logic. Based on the above, there is a need for a so¬ lution enabling more versatile usage of information in a building automation system.
SUMMMARY
According to a first aspect there is provided a building automation system control apparatus. The apparatus comprises building automation system control logic configured to receive signaling from entities connected to a building automation system and to cause transmission of control signaling to the entities connected to the building automation system, wherein the building automation system control logic comprises el¬ evator control logic as an integral part to directly control an elevator system comprising one or more ele- vators . The building automation system control logic is configured to take into account signaling received from the entities connected to the building automation system when determining control signaling for the elevator system. Further, the building automation system control logic being configured to take into account signaling received from the elevator system when determining control signaling for the entities connected to the building automation system.
In one embodiment, the elevator control logic comprises elevator control and elevator group control.
In one embodiment, the building automation system control device is configured to control a dis¬ play device connected to the building automation sys¬ tem to provide information about elevators.
According to a second aspect there is provid¬ ed a building automation system comprising a building automation system control apparatus according to the first aspect.
According to a third aspect , there is pro- vided a method comprising receiving, by an apparatus, signaling from entities connected to a building auto- mation system; causing transmission, by the apparatus, of control signaling to the entities connected to the building automation system; controlling, by the apparatus, an elevator system comprising one or more ele- vators taking into account, by the apparatus, signal¬ ing received from the entities connected to the build¬ ing automation system when determining control signaling for the elevator system; and taking into account, by the apparatus, signaling received from the elevator system when determining control signaling for the entities connected to the building automation system.
In one embodiment, the elevator control logic comprises elevator control and elevator group control.
In one embodiment, the method further com- prises controlling a display device connected to the building automation system to give information about elevators .
According to a fourth aspect there is provid¬ ed a method computer program comprising program code, which when executed by a processor, performs the meth¬ od of the third aspect.
The embodiments described herein may be used in any combination with each other. Several of the embodiments may be combined together to form a further embodiment of the invention.
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 illustrates a method according to one embodiment of the invention.
Figure 2 illustrates a system according to one embodiment of the invention.
Figure 3 discloses an example that illus¬ trates using information contained in a building automation system in controlling an elevator system.
Figure 4 illustrates an apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 illustrates a method according to one embodiment of the invention. In step 100, signal¬ ing is received by an apparatus from entities connect¬ ed to a building automation system. The signaling indicates, for example, that something has happened and it has been detected (for example, a door has been opened, a light switch has been operated, movement has been detected by a detector etc.) . In step 102, control signaling is caused to be transmitted by the ap¬ paratus to the entities connected to the building au- tomation system. The control signaling refers to sig¬ naling based on which a receiving entity performs a certain action (for example, in response to detecting authorized access to an office, signaling to a door lock to open) .
In step 104, an elevator system comprising one or more elevators is controlled by the apparatus. This means that controlling functions usually provided by the elevator system itself are now performed by the apparatus in the building automation system. In step 106, signaling received from the entities connected to the building automation system is taken into account by the apparatus, when determining control signaling for the elevator system. Similarly in step 108, signaling received from the elevator system is taken into account by the apparatus, when determining control signaling for the entities connected to the building automation system.
Figure 2 illustrates a building automation system according to one embodiment of the invention. The building automation system comprises a building automation system control device 200 which provides intelligence needed in controlling various devices and other entities connected to the building automation system. The building automation system control device 200 may be implemented, for example, as one or more pieces of software running in one or more server com¬ puters .
The building automation system control device 200 is configured to receive incoming signaling 204 from a plurality of devices or software entities. Such devices or software entities comprise, for example, at least one of doors, locks, burglar alarms, motion de¬ tectors, cameras, light switches, elevator signaling devices, elevator operation panels (for example, ele¬ vator car operation panels and destination operator panels) , or virtually any device which may provide in¬ formation to the building automation system.
Similarly the building automation system con- trol device 200 is configured to cause transmission of outgoing signaling 206 to devices and other entities which need to be controlled, for example, door locks, a burglar alarm system to switch on/off etc.
The building automation system control device 200 comprises also elevator control 202. Traditional¬ ly, building automation systems and elevator control have been separated into separate functional entities. There has, however, been a connection between the two systems. For example, previously the building automa- tion system may have sent a signal and the elevator control made the determination whether any actions are needed based on the signal and then controlled one or more elevators based on the determination. Figure 2 illustrates an embodiment of the invention which in- troduces elevator control 202 as an integral part of the building automation system control. The elevator control 202 is configured to control, for example, at least one of an elevator drive and door control unit 210 of an elevator system 214, an elevator safety system 212 and elevator signaling devices 208.
The building automation system control device 200 is configured to take into account signaling re¬ ceived from the entities connected to the building au- tomation system when determining control signaling for the elevator system 214. Similarly, the building automation system control device is configured to take in¬ to account signaling received from the elevator system 214 when determining control signaling for the enti- ties connected to the building automation system.
For example, the elevator control 202 pro¬ vides the elevator drive and door control unit 212 in¬ structions to drive an elevator car to a certain floor, instructs to use a special speed profile etc. Similarly, the elevator control 202 may provide the elevator drive and door control unit 210 instructions to open or close an elevator door.
The building automation system control device 200 may comprise elevator group control and elevator control functions. The elevator system 214 may com¬ prise several elevators arranged in one or more eleva¬ tor groups and the building automation system control device 200 may change the sizes of elevator groups when necessary based on the information contained in building automation system control device 200.
A benefit of using the building automation system to provide elevator control is that any data possessed by the building automation system can be used in controlling elevators and/or elevator groups without requiring that the elevator system itself understands what is happening. Similarly, any signal from the elevator system or elevator control can be used in controlling other functions of the building automation system or entities connected to the build¬ ing autiomation system.
In one embodiment, the controlling functions of the building automation system may also be distributed to several control devices instead of just one.
The building automation system device of Figure 2 may control various units or devices of a build¬ ing automation system based on information relating to one or more elevators, for example, at least one of the following:
■ Lights
— When the last person from certain floor has departured, lights can be switched off.
— When the elevator is arriving to an empty floor, lights can be switched on. —Elevator lobby lights when elevator arrives, rest can be controlled by movement detectors etc. when applicable.
■ HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) —When the number of people in one floor is de- creasing, the HVAC units can be turned to lower power.
—When the number of people in one floor is increasing, the HVAC units can be turned to higher power.
—When there is a first person the building au¬ tomation system knows that is going to an empty floor, and HVAC can be switched on. — When the last person from certain floor has departured, HVAC can be switched to ' low mode' .
■ Doors, locks and burglar alarms
— When the last person from certain floor has departured, all automatic and fire protec¬ tion doors can be closed and locked, burglar alarms can be turned on.
— When an elevator is arriving to an empty floor, and the person arriving is known, burglar alarms can be turned off, selected locks and selected doors can be opened.
■ Control of automatic windows or sunscreens can be controlled based on the elevator information.
In one embodiment of Figure 2, the building automation system control device 200 is configured to control a display device or display devices connected to building automation system to provide information about elevators. The following lists some possible ex- amp1es :
■ In principle, any display, which is connected to the building automation system, either directly or indirectly:
— Any personal computer in a building, if a computer network is connected via the build¬ ing automation system.
—Any television in the building if the antenna network is connected via the building auto¬ mation system.
—Any display, mobile phone, monitor (including
CCTV system screens) which is connected ei¬ ther physically or through a wireless sys¬ tem, such as the Bluetooth or WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) , to the building automa¬ tion system.
—All traditional elevator signaling devices, no matter where they are located physically. In one embodiment of Figure 2, the building automation system control device 200 is configured to receive incoming signaling from various units connect¬ ed to the building automation system, and the building automation system control device 200 may use this sig- naling in controlling elevators. Signaling may be received, for example, from any of the following sources :
■ All detectors which can detect, for example, hu¬ man presence:
— kinect cameras
— heat detectors
— normal cameras
— movement detectors
— any analog or digital I/O unit
— all traditional elevator signaling devices, no matter where they are located physically
— key switches
— light on/off switches
— opening of any door/lock
— any touch screen or any remote controller
— any mobile phone, which is connected to the building automation system
—a charger when connected/disconnected to/from building power supply
— any electrical appliance via smart building power supply or via building digital network
■ External traffic data
— metro arrivals and departures — bus arrivals and departures
— train arrivals and departures
— data from arriving taxis and limousines
— power grid data
■ Weather forecasts
Figure 3 discloses an example which illus¬ trates the integration of elevator control into build¬ ing automation system control logic.
In the example of Figure 3, a car arrives at an entrance of a parking floor of an office building. The driver shows his access card to a building access system, and the parking floor door opens. Information about the arriving driver is delivered to the building automation system. The building automation system makes an initial estimate that it takes two minutes before an elevator is needed in the parking floor for the driver.
In the example of Figure 3, the driver se¬ lects a parking place as indicated by a reference num- ber 300. On a parking floor supporting structure 302 (e.g. a concrete pile), a detector relating to a secu¬ rity system connected to the building automation system has been installed. When the driver passes the de¬ tector, the building automation system receives infor- mation from the security system detector and the building automation system may update the time estimate by which the driver reaches the elevators 304, 306. The updated time estimate is then used in allo¬ cating an elevator 304 or 306 for the driver.
If the parking places are not numbered, most probably the first arrivals drive to a place which is the closest to the elevators 304, 306. Therefore the estimated time may increase during the day, when the parking places are getting full and people have longer distance to walk to the elevators 304, 306 from their cars .
In another embodiment of Figure 3, each park¬ ing place has a vacant/occupied detector which indi- cates the exact parking place position of a driver needing an elevator to the building automation system. The building automation system is then able to estimate the time to walk to reach the elevators. If the driver decides to take an alternative route, the building automation system may get additional information from various doors and detectors and can then stop updating the time estimate.
If the driver drives an electric car, even plugging the electric car to the grid may cause an up- date to the time estimation to reach the elevators since the building automation system is aware of the plugging of the car to the grid.
Figure 4 discloses a block diagram illustrat¬ ing an apparatus 400 according to one embodiment of the invention. The apparatus comprise a processor 402 connected to a memory 404 and a communication interface 406. The apparatus may also comprise several pro¬ cessors or memories. The memory 404 or memories com¬ prises a computer program which, when executed by the processor 402 or processors, perform the various steps already disclosed in more detail above. The communica¬ tion interface 406 is configured to receive/transmit information from/to external entities, for example, to devices and/or systems connected to a building automa- tion system. The apparatus is, for example, a server computer. The memory 404 may include a computer program or program which, when executed by the processor 402, causes the apparatus to perform the programmed functionality . The exemplary embodiments of the invention can be implemented with any suitable device, for exam¬ ple, including any suitable servers, workstations, PCs, laptop computers, PDAs, Internet appliances, handheld devices, cellular telephones, wireless devic¬ es, other devices, and the like, capable of performing the processes of the exemplary embodiments, and which can communicate via one or more interface mechanisms, including, for example, Internet access, telecommuni- cations in any suitable form (for instance, voice, mo¬ dem, and the like) , wireless communications media, one or more wireless communications networks, cellular communications networks, 3G communications networks, 4G communications networks Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTNs) , Packet Data Networks (PDNs) , the In¬ ternet, intranets, a combination thereof, and the like .
It is to be understood that the exemplary em¬ bodiments are for exemplary purposes, as many varia- tions of the specific hardware used to implement the exemplary embodiments are possible, as will be appre¬ ciated by those skilled in the hardware art(s) . For example, the functionality of one or more of the com¬ ponents of the exemplary embodiments can be implement- ed via one or more hardware devices, or one or more software entities such as modules.
The exemplary embodiments can store infor¬ mation relating to various processes described herein. This information can be stored in one or more memo- ries, such as a hard disk, optical disk, magneto- optical disk, RAM, and the like.
As stated above, the components of the exem¬ plary embodiments can include computer readable medium or memories according to the teachings of the present inventions and for holding data structures, tables, records, and/or other data described herein. Computer readable medium can include any suitable medium that participates in providing instructions to a processor for execution. Such a medium can take many forms, including but not limited to, non-volatile media, vola¬ tile media, transmission media, and the like.
While the present inventions have been de¬ scribed in connection with a number of exemplary embodiments, and implementations, the present inventions are not so limited, but rather cover various modifica¬ tions, and equivalent arrangements, which fall within the purview of prospective claims.
Furthermore, the embodiments of the invention described herein may be used in any combination with each other. Several of the embodiments may be combined together to form a further embodiment of the invention.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that with the advancement of technology, the basic idea of the invention may be implemented in various ways. The invention and its embodiments are thus not limited to the examples described above; instead they may vary within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A building automation system control apparatus comprising:
building automation system control logic con- figured to receive signaling from entities connected to a building automation system and to cause transmission of control signaling to the entities connected to the building automation system, wherein the building automation system control logic comprises elevator control logic as an integral part to directly control an elevator system comprising one or more elevators;
the building automation system control logic being configured to take into account signaling re¬ ceived from the entities connected to the building au- tomation system when determining control signaling for the elevator system; and
the building automation system control logic being configured to take into account signaling re¬ ceived from the elevator system when determining con- trol signaling for the entities connected to the building automation system.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the elevator control logic comprises elevator control and elevator group control.
3. The method according to any of claims 1 -
2, wherein the building automation system control device is configured to control a display device con¬ nected to the building automation system to provide information about elevators.
4. A building automation system comprising a building automation system control apparatus according to any of claims 1 - 3.
5. A method comprising:
receiving, by an apparatus, signaling from entities connected to a building automation system; causing transmission, by the apparatus, of control signaling to the entities connected to the building automation system;
controlling, by the apparatus, an elevator system comprising one or more elevators;
taking into account, by the apparatus, sig¬ naling received from the entities connected to the building automation system when determining control signaling for the elevator system; and
taking into account, by the apparatus, sig¬ naling received from the elevator system when determining control signaling for the entities connected to the building automation system.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the elevator control logic comprises elevator control and elevator group control.
7. The method according to any of claims 5 - 6, further comprising:
controlling a display device connected to the building automation system to give information about elevators .
8. A computer program comprising program code, which when executed by a processor, performs the method of any of claims 5-7.
9. The computer program according to claim 8, wherein the computer program is embodied in a computer-readable medium.
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