INTERVIEW PROGRAMMING FOR AN HVAC CONTROLLER
First Claim
1. A method of programming an HVAC schedule of an HVAC controller, the HVAC schedule having a number of schedule parameters including time parameters related to two or more time periods for each of at least some days of a week, and a number of temperature parameters related to one or more temperature set points for each of the two or more time periods, the method comprising:
- activating a guided programming routine;
once activated, the guided programming routine providing two or more solicitations to a user via a user interface, each solicitation soliciting specific information from a user related to a schedule of the user;
accepting a user response to each of the two or more solicitations via the user interface;
using the user responses to determine at least some of the schedule parameters of the HVAC schedule including at least one time parameter of the HVAC schedule;
updating the HVAC schedule parameters of the HVAC controller with the determined schedule parameters.
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Abstract
Controllers and methods are disclosed for aiding a user in programming a schedule of a programmable controller. In an illustrative embodiment, a guided programming routine can be activated by a user, which then guides a user through two or more screens that are designed to collect sufficient information from the user to generate and/or update at least some of the schedule parameters of the controller.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of programming an HVAC schedule of an HVAC controller, the HVAC schedule having a number of schedule parameters including time parameters related to two or more time periods for each of at least some days of a week, and a number of temperature parameters related to one or more temperature set points for each of the two or more time periods, the method comprising:
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activating a guided programming routine; once activated, the guided programming routine providing two or more solicitations to a user via a user interface, each solicitation soliciting specific information from a user related to a schedule of the user; accepting a user response to each of the two or more solicitations via the user interface; using the user responses to determine at least some of the schedule parameters of the HVAC schedule including at least one time parameter of the HVAC schedule; updating the HVAC schedule parameters of the HVAC controller with the determined schedule parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of programming an HVAC schedule of an HVAC controller, the HVAC schedule having a number of schedule parameters including time parameters related to two or more time periods for each of at least some days of a week, and a number of temperature parameters related to one or more temperature set points for each of the two or more time periods, the method comprising:
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activating a guided programming routine; once activated, the guided programming routine providing two or more solicitations to a user via a user interface, each solicitation soliciting specific information from a user related to a schedule of the user; at least one of the solicitations soliciting a time that is related to a user'"'"'s schedule; at least one of the solicitations soliciting a temperature that is related to a user'"'"'s comfort; accepting a user response to each of the two or more solicitations via the user interface; using the user responses to determine at least some of the schedule parameters of the HVAC schedule of the HVAC controller including at least one time parameter of the schedule; and updating at least some of the schedule parameters of the HVAC controller including both time and temperature parameters. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a memory for storing an HVAC schedule, wherein the HVAC schedule includes a number of schedule parameters including time parameters related to two or more time periods for each of at least some days of a week, and a number of temperature parameters related to one or more temperature set points for each of the two or more time periods; a controller coupled to the memory, the controller configured to control one or more HVAC components of an HVAC system in accordance with the HVAC schedule; a user interface, the user interface configured to; display two or more solicitations to a user, wherein each solicitation solicits specific information related to a user'"'"'s schedule; at least one of the solicitations soliciting a time that is related to the user'"'"'s schedule; at least one of the solicitations soliciting a temperature that is related to a user'"'"'s comfort; accept a user response to each of the two or more solicitations; and the controller configured to update the schedule parameters in the memory with one or more schedule parameters determined from the user responses. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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