HVAC ZONE CONTROL PANEL
First Claim
1. A zone control panel having two or more menu modes, the zone control panel comprising:
- a mode selector for selecting a menu mode from the two or more menu modes;
a display for displaying a selected menu on the display, wherein the selected menu corresponds to the selected menu mode and has two or more menu screens; and
one or more buttons for interacting with the selected menu.
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Abstract
A zone control panel that is easy and intuitive to use and to program. In some embodiments, a zone control panel may be configured to have an easy to use, single level menu structure with, for example, a configuration mode and/or a checkout mode. The configuration mode may, if present, include a number of menu screens sometimes without any sub-menu levels. Likewise, the checkout mode may, if present, include a number of menu screens sometimes without any sub-menu levels. A mode selector may be provided to select a particular mode, after which, the menu screens that correspond to the selected mode may be sequentially displayed to the user. Other features and aspects are also disclosed.
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22 Claims
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1. A zone control panel having two or more menu modes, the zone control panel comprising:
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a mode selector for selecting a menu mode from the two or more menu modes; a display for displaying a selected menu on the display, wherein the selected menu corresponds to the selected menu mode and has two or more menu screens; and one or more buttons for interacting with the selected menu. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A zone control panel configured to have one or more menu modes, the zone control panel comprising:
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a MODE selector that permits selection of a mode from the one or more menu modes; one or more buttons for making one or more changes to one or more programmable parameters of the zone control panel while in a selected menu mode; wherein the zone control panel is configured to track if any programmable parameters have been changed while the zone control panel is in a selected menu mode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of navigating a menu running on a zone control panel, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying menu settings; inputting changes to menu settings; and confirming whether any changes should be saved. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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