I have recently been working on software that can convert old-school point names into haystack tag sets. This work would be greatly helped by samples of point names to ensure robustness. If anyone can contribute point name samples it would be greatly appreciated. This data will be treated as strictly confidential of course. No identifying information need be included, although if it came already labelled with the desired tag set that would definitely be fantastic.
Kindly contact me at [email protected] if you have samples or if you are otherwise interested in this work. Many thanks in advance.
Matthew LohbihlerThu 10 Sep 2015
Thanks to those kind folks that provided point name samples. Very helpful!
I am now considering the most effective ways to convert these names to tag sets. I am primarily a software developer and so have limited (if any) field experience, so please excuse me if this seems ignorant. Is it reasonable to assume that in HVAC there is, to some degree, a finite number of physical points (as opposed to virtual or calculated points)? There are certainly lots of variations of configurations, but considering that there are a finite number of pieces of equipment (even if that number is large), it would follow that there are a finite (albeit perhaps large) number of point configurations (and many would likely be the same among different models of equipment).
I ask because, if this is the case, conversion of points names might be a relatively simple matter of categorization, i.e. recognizing the likely category of the point from its name and looking up the tags to apply. (There is other work to do in identifying variables like site, floor, zone, etc, but that's another matter.)
Would others agree that this might be a good way to do things? If so, it may be useful for the industry overall to have such a list of configuration publicly available.
Matthew Lohbihler Fri 21 Aug 2015
I have recently been working on software that can convert old-school point names into haystack tag sets. This work would be greatly helped by samples of point names to ensure robustness. If anyone can contribute point name samples it would be greatly appreciated. This data will be treated as strictly confidential of course. No identifying information need be included, although if it came already labelled with the desired tag set that would definitely be fantastic.
Kindly contact me at [email protected] if you have samples or if you are otherwise interested in this work. Many thanks in advance.
Matthew Lohbihler Thu 10 Sep 2015
Thanks to those kind folks that provided point name samples. Very helpful!
I am now considering the most effective ways to convert these names to tag sets. I am primarily a software developer and so have limited (if any) field experience, so please excuse me if this seems ignorant. Is it reasonable to assume that in HVAC there is, to some degree, a finite number of physical points (as opposed to virtual or calculated points)? There are certainly lots of variations of configurations, but considering that there are a finite number of pieces of equipment (even if that number is large), it would follow that there are a finite (albeit perhaps large) number of point configurations (and many would likely be the same among different models of equipment).
I ask because, if this is the case, conversion of points names might be a relatively simple matter of categorization, i.e. recognizing the likely category of the point from its name and looking up the tags to apply. (There is other work to do in identifying variables like site, floor, zone, etc, but that's another matter.)
Would others agree that this might be a good way to do things? If so, it may be useful for the industry overall to have such a list of configuration publicly available.