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SPECIAL PURPOSE CONTROLLER INTERFACE WITH INSTRUCTION AREA

  • US 20080290183A1
  • Filed: 05/22/2007
  • Published: 11/27/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A temperature controller, comprising:

  • a controller coupled to one or more pieces of HVAC equipment remote from the temperature controller that can affect the temperature of an inside space, the controller having a control algorithm for controlling the one or more pieces of HIVAC equipment to control the temperature of the inside space, the control algorithm having a number of programmable control parameters; and

    a user interface coupled to the controller, the user interface adapted to non-contemporaneously display two or more programming menus on a display that each solicit from a user changes to one or more of the programmable control parameters, each of the two or more programming menus providing one or more user instructions for aiding the user in using the corresponding programming menu, the one or more user instructions for each of the two or more programming menus being displayed in a common region of the display.

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