Applications for controlling optically switchable devices

A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium storing non-transitory instructions wherein:

• the instructions are configured to cause a controller to manage, by way of at least one interface, an optical state of some or all of a plurality of optically switchable devices disposed in one or more buildings, the controller being communicatively coupled with the plurality of optically switchable devices and with a plurality of sensors that provide information to the controller about one or both of an environmental parameter and power consumption in the one or more buildings;
• the controller includes a remote device interface configured to receive communications from at least one remote wireless device by way of a user interface of an application operating on the remote wireless device, the communications including user instructions for changing an optical state of at least one of the plurality of optically switchable devices;
• the instructions are configured to cause the controller to receive, from the at least one remote wireless device, user instructions for commissioning at least some of the plurality of optically switchable devices, and execute network operations to commission said devices;
• and
• managing the optical state includes:
• (a) monitoring the user instructions from the plurality of remote users;
• (b) monitoring the information provided by the plurality of sensors;
• (c) inferring a new rule for controlling optical states of the plurality of optically switchable devices based on a monitored history of:
• the user instructions;
• and the information provided by the plurality of sensors;
• and
• (d) providing an alert through the user interface to at least one of the plurality of remote users, which alert suggests that the new rule be adopted.