Energy management system and method
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1. A method of managing at least one network device at a site, comprising:
- providing a controller having a detection module configured to control the at least one network device based on a determined presence of a user at the site;
providing a mobile-based control selector of a mobile device, the mobile-based control selector configured to remotely manage the detection module of the controller;
detecting by the mobile device a manually enabled setting or a manually disabled setting of the mobile based control selector;
communicating by the mobile device the manually enabled or disabled setting to the detection module;
enabling the detection module in response to the manually enabled setting communicated from the mobile device;
communicating, by the detection module, with a mobile-based boundary selector of the mobile device, the mobile-based boundary selector configured to manually establish a geofence about the site for use by the detection module in determining the presence of the user at the site;
initiating a change in an operating condition of the at least one network device using the enabled detection module, wherein the enabled detection module determines a presence or absence of the user at the site based on the geofence and implements a first mode of the at least one network device based on the determined presence of the user at the site and implements a second mode of the at least one network device based on the determined absence of the user at the site; and
disabling the detection module in response to the manually disabled setting communicated from the mobile device based control selector.
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Abstract
A method of managing at least one network device at a site includes providing a web-based control selector to manage a detection module to control the at least one network device at the site. The method includes enabling the detection module in response to an enabled setting of the web-based control selector, and initiating a change in an operating condition of the at least one network device at the site in response to the enabled detection module and based on a detected presence of a user at the site. The method proceeds by disabling the detection module in response to the disabled web-based control selector.
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1. A method of managing at least one network device at a site, comprising:
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providing a controller having a detection module configured to control the at least one network device based on a determined presence of a user at the site; providing a mobile-based control selector of a mobile device, the mobile-based control selector configured to remotely manage the detection module of the controller; detecting by the mobile device a manually enabled setting or a manually disabled setting of the mobile based control selector; communicating by the mobile device the manually enabled or disabled setting to the detection module; enabling the detection module in response to the manually enabled setting communicated from the mobile device; communicating, by the detection module, with a mobile-based boundary selector of the mobile device, the mobile-based boundary selector configured to manually establish a geofence about the site for use by the detection module in determining the presence of the user at the site; initiating a change in an operating condition of the at least one network device using the enabled detection module, wherein the enabled detection module determines a presence or absence of the user at the site based on the geofence and implements a first mode of the at least one network device based on the determined presence of the user at the site and implements a second mode of the at least one network device based on the determined absence of the user at the site; and disabling the detection module in response to the manually disabled setting communicated from the mobile device based control selector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for managing at least one network device at a site, comprising:
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a mobile-based control selector of a mobile device having an enabled setting and a disabled setting on a graphical user interface (GUI); a detection module disposed remote from the mobile-based control selector and configured to receive a manual selection communicated from the mobile device; the detection module configured to; enable in response to the manually enabled setting communicated from the mobile-based control selector, wherein the enabled detection module determines a presence of the user at the site based on a geofence and initiates a first mode of the at least one network device at the site based on a determined presence of the user at the site and initiates a second mode of the at least network device at the site based on a detected absence of the user at the site; and disable in response to the manually disabled setting communicated from the mobile device to disable the ability of the detection module to initiate a mode of the at least one network device based on the determined presence of the user at the site; and a mobile-based boundary selector of the mobile device to manually establish the geofence about the site for use by the detection module in determining the presence of the user at the site. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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