HVAC system controller configuration

• US 10,344,995 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2014
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trane International Inc. (Trane Technologies plc)
• Original Assignee: Trane International Inc. (Trane Technologies plc)
• Inventors: Chinnaiyan, Senthil
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Qing Yuan
• Application Number:
  US14/533,567
• Publication Number:
  US 20150127173A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,707 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/0001 for ventilation F24F11/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/64 using pre-stored data
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2614 HVAC, heating, ventillation, climate control
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2642 Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/19 characterised by the use of electric means G05D23/1393 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range

Abstract

A method for configuring a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system controller and an HVAC system controller are disclosed. The method includes displaying an installation profile icon on a user interface of the HVAC system controller, the installation profile icon representing an installation profile that includes one or more settings for one or more parameters. The HVAC system controller receives an input on the user interface of the HVAC system controller based on a selection of the installation profile icon. The method further includes setting the one or more parameters in a memory of the HVAC system controller based on the one or more settings for the one or more parameters in the installation profile in response to receiving the input.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system controller, the method comprising:

displaying an installation profile icon on a user interface of the HVAC system controller, the installation profile icon representing an installation profile, wherein the installation profile includes a plurality of parameters defining equipment the HVAC system controller is configured to control, each of the plurality of parameters having a preselected equipment configuration setting in the installation profile, the plurality of parameters including two or more of an outdoor unit type, a number of cooling stages, a compressor type, an indoor unit type, a number of heating stages, and an indoor blower type;

receiving a first input on the user interface of the HVAC system controller based on a selection of the installation profile icon; and

setting all of the plurality of parameters in the memory of the HVAC system controller using the preselected equipment configuration settings in the installation profile in response to receiving the first input.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a confirmation screen when the configuration is complete.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

resetting at least one of the plurality of equipment configuration settings.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending the installation profile from the HVAC system controller to a storage medium in communication with the HVAC system controller over a network.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

displaying a confirmation screen when the installation profile has been sent to the storage medium.

6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving the installation profile from the storage medium in response to a second input on a second user interface of a second HVAC system controller, the second input indicating a request to configure the second HVAC system controller based on the installation profile of the HVAC system controller.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein sending the installation profile includes authenticating the HVAC system controller based on a device identifier.

8. A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system controller, comprising:

a processor in communication with a memory and a user interface, wherein the processor;

displays an installation profile icon on the user interface of the HVAC system controller, the installation profile icon representing an installation profile,

wherein the installation profile includes a plurality of parameters defining equipment the HVAC system controller is configured to control, each of the plurality of parameters having a preselected equipment configuration setting in the installation profile, the plurality of parameters including two or more of an outdoor unit type, a number of cooling stages, a compressor type, an indoor unit type, a number of heating stages, and an indoor blower type;

receives a first input on the user interface of the HVAC system controller based on a selection of the installation profile icon; and

sets all of the plurality of parameters in the memory of the HVAC system controller using the preselected equipment configuration settings in the installation profile in response to receiving the first input.

9. The HVAC system controller according to claim 8, wherein the processor is in communication with a network interface.

10. The HVAC system controller according to claim 9, wherein the processor:

receives a second input on the user interface of the HVAC system controller, the second input including a name for an installed profile, the installed profile including a plurality of equipment configuration settings for a plurality of parameters; and

sends the installed profile from the HVAC system controller to a storage medium in communication with the HVAC system controller over a network.

11. The HVAC system controller according to claim 9, wherein the processor:

receives a second input on the user interface of the HVAC system controller, the second input indicating a keyword of a previously installed profile stored on a storage medium, wherein the HVAC system controller is in communication with the storage medium over a network;

displays a search result list based on searching the storage medium by the keyword;

displays the search result list;

receives a third input on the user interface of the HVAC system controller, the third input indicating a selection of the previously installed profile from the search result list; and

sets one or more parameters in the memory of the HVAC system controller based on one or more equipment configuration settings for the one or more parameters in the previously installed profile in response to receiving the third input.

12. The HVAC system controller according to claim 8, wherein the user interface is a touchscreen.

13. The HVAC system controller according to claim 8, wherein the preselected equipment configuration settings are set to make the HVAC system controller operate an HVAC system.

14. The HVAC system controller according to claim 8, wherein by receiving the first input on the user interface of the HVAC system controller based on the selection of the installation profile icon, a configuration of the HVAC system controller is completed and skips a process by which each equipment configuration setting is selected in a screen-by-screen configuration process.