APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELF-TEST OF THERMOSTAT
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Abstract
An environmental control system includes at least one of a security monitoring system, or a building automation control system. A thermostat coupled to the at least one system, where the thermostat provides feedback as to output signals therefrom to evaluate functioning of the thermostat. The output signals would be coupled to a heating, ventilating and air conditioning system.
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32 Claims
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1-14. -14. (canceled)
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15. A method comprising:
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providing a thermostat to control temperature in a region being monitored; providing a self-test feature for the thermostat that monitors output signals from the thermostat; determining that a test should be conducted by the thermostat; altering a temperature setting of the thermostat; monitoring an output signal from the thermostat; and determining if the output signal corresponds to an expected output signal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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providing at least one of a security monitoring system, or a building automation control system; and providing a thermostat which provides output signals, the thermostat is coupled to at least one system, and including providing feedback from the thermostat to at least one system as to the output signals, and coupling the output signals to a heating, ventilating and air conditioning system. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of operating a regional monitoring system comprising:
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providing one of a residential security system, or a home automation system; and providing a thermostat to monitor temperature in a selected region, the thermostat includes a heating control output signal and a cooling control output signal and providing feedback circuits coupled to each of the output signals and generating feedback signals indicative of the real-time state of the heating control output signal, and the cooling control output signal and coupling the feedback signals to one of the systems. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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