Wireless sensor with near field communication circuit

A building device comprising:

• a mechanical actuator;
• a processing circuit comprising a memory, wherein the processing circuit is capable of operating as a plurality of different building device models, wherein the memory is configured to store one or more operational parameters associated with each of the plurality of different building device models, wherein the processing circuit is configured to operate the mechanical actuator according to a control program stored in the memory;
• and
• a near field communication (NFC) circuit configured to:
• generate power using a wireless signal generated by a mobile device and received via the NFC circuit;
• power the NFC communication circuit and the processing circuit of the sensor using the generated power;
• and
• facilitate bidirectional NFC data communications between the building device and the mobile device using the generated power;
• wherein the processing circuit is configured to wirelessly transmit data stored in the memory of the building device to the mobile device via the NFC circuit using the generated power, wirelessly receive data from the mobile device via the NFC circuit using the generated power, wherein the received data comprises a model identification parameter identifying a particular building device model of the plurality of different building device models, store the data received from the mobile device in the memory of the building device using the generated power, and operate based on the one or more operational parameters associated with the particular building device model identified by the model identification parameter.

A method for configuring and communicating with a building device, the method comprising:

• storing one or more operational parameters associated with each of a plurality of different building device models that a processing circuit of the building device is capable of operating as in a memory device of the building device;
• generating power using a wireless signal generated by a mobile device and received via a near field communications (NFC) circuit;
• power the building device using the generated power;
• establishing a NFC link between the building device and the mobile device via the NFC circuit of the building device using the generated power;
• wirelessly transmitting data stored in the memory of the building device to the mobile device via the NFC circuit using the generated power;
• wirelessly receiving data from the mobile device via the NFC circuit using the generated power, wherein the received data comprises a model identification parameter identifying a particular building device model of the plurality of different building device models;
• storing the data received from the mobile device in the memory of the building device using the generated power;
• and
• operating based on the one or more operational parameters associated with the particular building device model identified by the model identification parameter.