Systems and methods for selecting equipment for use in buildings are disclosed. The system may include at least one processor configured to perform operations that include accessing a floor plan demarcating a plurality of rooms. The operations may include receiving a first functional requirement for the first room and a second functional requirement for a second room of the plurality of rooms. The operations may include generatively analyzing the first and second room in conjunction with the first and second functional requirements to identify technical specifications and equipment placement locations in order to conform to the first and second functional requirements. The operations may further include outputting the technical specifications and equipment placement locations in an associative manner with the first and second rooms.

In certain embodiments, a selection of a first point and a second point within an infrastructure may be obtained via a user interface. A plurality of pathways, including a plurality of cable trays, between the first point and the second point may be determined. A first set of cable trays, having weights that do not exceed weight thresholds, may be identified. Images of the first set of cable trays may be obtained from a plurality of image sensors within the infrastructure. Fullness levels of the first set of cable trays may be determined based on the images. A second set of cable trays, having fullness levels that do not exceed fullness thresholds, may be identified from the first set of cable trays. One or more recommended pathways between the first point and the second point may be determined based on the identified second set of cable trays.

In certain embodiments, cable installation may be facilitated. For example, device templates for racks and associated objects within an infrastructure may be retrieved. Rack data and object data may be received from sensors within the infrastructure. Using the device templates and based on the rack data and the object data, rack data structures and object data structures may be generated. Links between the rack data structures and the object data structures may be generated based on connections between the racks and the associated objects. The connections may be monitored over time and the links may be updated based on changes to the connections. Utilization metrics may be generated for the rack data structures and the object data structures based on the updated links. In some embodiments, cable installation instructions based on the rack data structures, the object data structures, and the utilization metrics may be transmitted to a cable installation system.

In certain embodiments, a selection of a first point and a second point within an infrastructure may be obtained via a user interface. A plurality of pathways, including a plurality of cable trays, between the first point and the second point may be determined. A first set of cable trays, having weights that do not exceed weight thresholds, may be identified. Images of the first set of cable trays may be obtained from a plurality of image sensors within the infrastructure. Fullness levels of the first set of cable trays may be determined based on the images. A second set of cable trays, having fullness levels that do not exceed fullness thresholds, may be identified from the first set of cable trays. One or more recommended pathways between the first point and the second point may be determined based on the identified second set of cable trays.

Image forming apparatus have a plurality of models including a common control board and different in number of electrical components used. The image forming apparatus includes a wire harness including: a third connector removably connected to a first connector provided to the control board; fourth connectors removably connected to second connectors provided to the electrical components; and a plurality of cables connecting the third connector and the fourth connectors. In all of the plurality of models, cables are connected to pins located at both ends of the third connector. In a model in which the number of the plurality of cables is smaller than the number of pins of the third connector, pins of the third connector to which the plurality of cables are not connected are arranged at a central portion in a longitudinal direction of the third connector or near the central portion.

System and method for deploying physical connectors within walls, ceilings and floors, comprising a. Displaying a representation of a 3D structure wherein a polyhedron with faces corresponding to at least one wall defines polyhedral nets; b. Accepting human selection of locations, on the faces, for nodes e.g. water outlets, electrical outlets, or intersections between physical connectors, each node belonging to a resource network e.g. a water pipe, electrical or sewage network; and •c. for each network to be deployed in the structure: •for each of the nets, generating a graph including nodes which represent physical resource nodes respectively; and edges, which represent connectors between nodes, and weights defined for edges; scoring each net's graph and, accordingly, selecting best net/s; and deploying resource node/s, and pipes and/or cables in the structure according to a routing plan which interconnects nodes and is derived from the graph generated for the best net.

A cable tension calculation method simultaneously considering the sag, inclination angle and bending stiffness includes: querying basic parameters of a stay cable according to design data and construction data; considering influences of the sag, the inclination angle θ and the bending stiffness EI, to calculate dimensionless parameters γ, ε and λ.sup.2; testing an acceleration response of the stay cable by an acceleration sensor, to identify a frequency ω of the acceleration response of the stay cable, further calculating a dimensionless frequency {circumflex over (ω)} of the stay cable and the dimensionless parameters γ, ε and λ.sup.2, and substituting the dimensionless frequency {circumflex over (ω)} of the stay cable into a vibration characteristic equation, to establish a function relation between the dimensionless frequency {circumflex over (ω)} and a cable tension H* of the stay cable; and solving a root of the vibration characteristic equation, and identifying the cable tension H* of the stay cable according to the root.

Tools and techniques are described to modify a defined space state depending on number of users in the space and/or preferences of users in the space. In some embodiments, users entering or leaving a space are noticed by network systems. A controller then modifies resources in the space to account for the greater or lesser load. In other cases, the network system notices that a specific user has entered a building. This user may have preferences stored in the system which the building control system then responds to by changing state of a device that controls physical state within the space.

Structural design systems, methods, and computer readable media for automatically positioning primary and auxiliary equipment in a floor plan are disclosed. The system may include at least one processor configured to: access the floor plan demarcating a plurality of rooms; assign functional requirements to each of the plurality of rooms; access at least one data structure containing technical specifications, compatibility rules, and locations for primary and auxiliary equipment; generatively analyze the floor plan using the functional requirements and the technical specifications to select and position in the floor plan primary equipment conforming to the functional requirements; and based on the selection and positioning of the primary equipment, use the compatibility rules and technical specifications to determine whether auxiliary equipment is required for each of the plurality of rooms and to select the auxiliary equipment conforming to the functional requirements of each of the plurality of rooms requiring auxiliary equipment.

Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to a building automation controller and related method and storage medium including a processor configured, through at least execution of a distributed computer program, to: receive sensor data generated by a sensor, wherein the sensor data is indicative of a state of a defined space, identify an action to be performed by a device to affect the state in accordance with an operating characteristic for the defined space, determine that the device is attached to a second controller of a plurality of additional controllers, and transmit to the second controller, an indication that the action is to be performed by the device, wherein: the distributed computer program is configured to be distributed among the processor and the plurality of additional controllers and, the processor is further configured to apportion work to be performed by the computer program between at least the additional controllers.