Creating a General Sensor Filter

A general sensor is typically used when your rule can span equipment or system types. For instance, you may have a rule that can target fan coil units as well as VAVs. In this case, you'll want to be able to source sensors independently of the equipment that is targeted.

To create a general sensor:

1. From the Mega Navigation, select Rules.

2. To the right of a rule, select the ellipsis icon and then select Manage.

3. Select SENSOR FILTERS.

4. Select New Sensor Filter.

5. In the Add Sensor Filter window, select the Sensor Source Type drop-down and select General Sensor. The window expands to show additional fields.

6. Select the Sensor Type. When creating a general sensor, all sensor types display in this list.

7. Select the Multi-Sensor Option. If the same sensor type exists multiple times within a system or equipment, you must select how to handle all of these sensor types with the rule you've created. 

   • First Sensor Found

   • Max Value of All Sensors

   • Min Value of All Sensors

   • Average Value of All Sensors

8. Mark the Sensor Sourcing option(s).  This allows a rule to take advantage of sensors external to the target of the rule. This is important when a specific rule target may not have a given sensor. When this occurs, Building Optimization Broker can look through the target's relationships and use one of their sensors (of the same type) instead of failing the rule because the target itself does not have the sensor.

   • Check Equipment Target

   • Check Associated Symptoms

   • Check Sibling Equipment

9. Select Add Filter.

10. In the Edit Custom Rule section, select Save.