Methods systems and tools for determining a wiring configuration for an HVAC controller
AssigneeAdemco Inc.
InventorsHari Thiruvengada, Patrick Tessier, Heidi Finch
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Abstract
A wiring configuration tool may be configured to determine a new wiring configuration for a replacement HVAC controller based, at least in part, on the existing wiring configuration for a current HVAC controller and, for example, the make and model of the replacement HVAC controller. The wiring configuration tool may be hosted by a server that provides a user interface for interacting with the user. The user may access the wiring configuration tool via a web services interface, a smart phone application or in any other suitable manner.
Claims21
A method of identifying a new wiring configuration for a replacement heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) controller based on a current wiring configuration of a current HVAC controller, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, image data showing a current wiring configuration of the current HVAC controller;
- receiving, by the processor, an input identifying the replacement HVAC controller that is to replace the current HVAC controller;
- processing, by the processor, the image data to identify the current wiring configuration of the current HVAC controller by identifying a connection between each wire of a set of wires and a respective wire terminal of a set of wire terminals;
- determining, by the processor, a new wiring configuration for the replacement HVAC controller based on the identified current wiring configuration of the current HVAC controller and the identified replacement HVAC controller that is to replace the current HVAC controller;
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- outputting, by the processor, the new wiring configuration for display by a user interface.
A computer readable medium having stored thereon in a non-transitory state a set of instructions executable by a controller, the set of instruction causing the controller to execute a method comprising:
- receiving image data showing a current wiring configuration of a current heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) controller;
- receiving an input identifying a replacement HVAC controller that is to replace the current HVAC controller;
- processing the image data to identify the current wiring configuration of the current HVAC controller by identifying a connection between each wire of a set of wires and a respective wire terminal of a set of wire terminals;
- determining a new wiring configuration for the replacement HVAC controller based on the identified current wiring configuration of the current HVAC controller and the identified replacement HVAC controller that is to replace the current HVAC controller;
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- outputting the new wiring configuration for display by a user interface.
A server comprising:
- a communications port for communicating with a user interface;
- a memory storing wiring configurations for each of a plurality of current heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) controllers, along with one or more corresponding new wiring configurations for each of a plurality of replacement HVAC controllers;
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- a controller operatively coupled to the communications port and the memory, the controller programmed to:
- receive image data via the communications port showing a current wiring configuration of a current HVAC controller;
- receiving an input via the communications port identifying a replacement HVAC controller from the plurality of replacement HVAC controllers that is to replace the current HVAC controller;
- process the image data to identify the current wiring configuration of the current HVAC controller by identifying a connection between each wire of a set of wires and a respective wire terminal of a set of wire terminals;
- determine a new wiring configuration for the replacement HVAC controller based on the identified current wiring configuration of the current HVAC controller and the identified replacement HVAC controller that is to replace the current HVAC controller;
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- output, via the communications port, the new wiring configuration for display by the user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.