Thermostat having modulated and non-modulated provisions
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Abstract
A thermostat providing modulated or analog control of valves or dampers of an air management system. This permits operating a single cooling or heating stage with partially open valves or dampers as needed, since one full stage that is either fully on or off may not be easy to manage for effective air management of a particular type of building, zone or facility. The thermostat may also provide non-modulated control of multi-stage cooling and heating systems. The thermostat may even be used to control a modulated system having more than one stage of cooling or heating.
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63 Claims
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1-32. -32. (canceled)
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33. A thermostat system comprising:
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a processor having a user interface; and
a program, in the processor, having an at least one configuration for an air management system, the at least one configuration comprising;
an air management system identification;
a listing of zones for the air management system;
parameter settings for each zone;
schedules of the parameter settings;
a modulated control for a plurality of heating stages for at least one zone; and
a modulated control for a plurality of cooling stages for at least one zone. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A thermostat system comprising:
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a configuring device; and
a plurality of thermostats for air management systems, respectively; and
wherein;
the configuring device may upload, store, modify and download one or more configurations of the plurality of thermostats;
each configuration may be modified by changing;
parameter settings;
schedules of parameter settings; and
modulated controls for heating stages and cooling stages. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A thermostat system comprising:
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a plurality of thermostats; and
wherein each thermostat of the plurality of thermostats comprises at least one configuration for an air management system, the at least one configuration comprising;
an air management system identification;
a listing of zones for the air management system;
parameter settings for each zone;
schedules of the parameter settings;
modulated controls for a plurality of heating stages for at least one zone; and
modulated controls for a plurality of cooling stages for at least one zone. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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