Configuration wiring harness for HVAC controller
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1. A method of configuring a controller of an HVAC system comprising the steps of:
- fixing the possible system configurations of an HVAC system into a permanent medium in each of a plurality of distinct configuration wiring harnesses;
selecting a wiring harness representative of the configuration of a desired specific refrigeration system from the plurality of distinct configuration wiring harnesses;
attaching the selected wiring harness to the controller of the specific refrigeration system; and
accepting, in the controller, an input from the permanent medium in the selected wiring harness;
configuring the controller of the HVAC system based upon components which are indicated by the input from the selected wiring harness to be physically connected to the HVAC system.
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Abstract
A method of configuring a controller of an HVAC system comprising the step of configuring the HVAC system based upon components which are indicated by a wiring harness to be physically connected to the HVAC system.
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1. A method of configuring a controller of an HVAC system comprising the steps of:
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fixing the possible system configurations of an HVAC system into a permanent medium in each of a plurality of distinct configuration wiring harnesses; selecting a wiring harness representative of the configuration of a desired specific refrigeration system from the plurality of distinct configuration wiring harnesses; attaching the selected wiring harness to the controller of the specific refrigeration system; and accepting, in the controller, an input from the permanent medium in the selected wiring harness; configuring the controller of the HVAC system based upon components which are indicated by the input from the selected wiring harness to be physically connected to the HVAC system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A self configuring controller and wiring harness for an HVAC system having various components including at least one compressor and at least one heat exchanger, said various components each including a first plurality of input/output terminals, the self configuring controller and wiring harness comprising:
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the controller including a second plurality of input terminals and a third plurality of input/output terminals; and the wiring harness adapted for connection to said controller and to the various components of the HVAC system, the wiring harness interconnecting the first and third plurality of input/output terminals, and the wiring harness also permanently including, operatively connected to the second plurality of input terminals, means for providing predetermined electrical connections between the second plurality of input terminals where the predetermined electrical connections represent an initial HVAC system configuration to the controller. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A controller and predetermined wiring harness for an HVAC system comprising:
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the controller including a plurality of input terminals and means to control a plurality of possible components of an HVAC system; and the predetermined wiring harness linking the plurality of possible HVAC system components to each other and to the controller, said wiring harness permanently including means for fixing a selected system configuration chosen from one of a plurality of allowable system configurations into a permanent medium embedded in the wiring harness, and means for interconnecting the permanent medium representative of the selected system configuration to the controller'"'"'s plurality of input terminals. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A method for configurating the controller of an HVAC system comprising the steps of:
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incorporating a plurality of potential HVAC system configurations into a permanent medium within a plurality of respective wiring harnesses; selecting a predetermined wiring harness from said plurality of wiring harness which includes, in the permanent medium, a number of binary inputs indicative of a desired system configuration; installing the wiring harness in an HVAC system in operative association with the controller; and configuring the controller to control the HVAC system in accordance with the binary inputs indicative of the desired system configuration.
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9. An HVAC system comprising:
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a compressor; an outdoor heat exchanger connected to the outlet of the compressor; an indoor heat exchanger connected to the inlet of the compressor; an expansion device connected between the indoor and the outdoor heat exchangers; a controller including a plurality of input terminals and means to control the operation of the HVAC system; and a wiring harness providing operable connections between said controller, the compressor, the indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger, said wiring harness also permanently including predetermined means for engaging said plurality of input terminals and means for providing a selective electrical connection between said input terminals which represents the possible system configuration, whereby the distinct pre-programmed wiring harness representative of the desired system is selected and engaged to said plurality of input terminals to configure the heating, ventilating and air conditioning system based upon the system configuration represented by the selective electrical connection. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A system for programming the controller of a heating, ventilating and air conditioning system so that the controller recognizes which elements of a multiplicity of possible elements are present in the system, comprising:
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a controller for controlling a heating, ventilating and air conditioning system as well as the individual elements of the system, the controller including a plurality of input terminals; and
,a plurality of distinct pre-programmed wiring harnesses, each distinct pre-programmed wiring harness permanently incorporating a possible system configuration, each of said plurality of wiring harnesses having means for engaging said plurality of input terminals and means for providing a selective electrical connection between said input terminals which represents the possible system configuration, whereby the distinct pre-programmed wiring harness representative of the desired system is selected and engaged to said plurality of pairs of input terminals to configure the heating, ventilating and air conditioning system.
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12. A method of configuring the controller of a heating, ventilating and air conditioning system comprising the steps of:
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determining the various allowable system configurations; forming a plurality of distinct wiring harnesses representative of each of the various allowable system configurations; fixing the possible system configurations into a permanent medium in each distinct configuration wiring harness; determining the configuration of a specific refrigeration system; selecting a wiring harness from the plurality of distinct wiring harnesses which is representative of the configuration of the specific refrigeration system; and
,attaching the selected wiring harness to the controller of the specific refrigeration system. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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- 15. A method of configuring the condenser fan continuous and cycling modes of operation and the condenser fan cycling temperature in an HVAC system, comprising the step of permanently including the condenser fan continuous and cycling mode configuration inputs with the condenser fan cycling temperature input within a wiring harness of an HVAC system.
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