Remote spa control system
AssigneeSundance Spas, Inc.
InventorLarry R. Ovalle
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Abstract
A spa is provided including a frame, a shell mounted to the frame defining a basin for holding water, at least one sensor for monitoring a spa component or water condition, a communications interface including a cellular transceiver, and a battery for providing power to the at least one sensor and to the communications interface when the spa is not connected to a power source. The spa also includes a controller in electrical communication with the at least one sensor and the communications interface. The controller is configured to, while the spa is not connected to the power source, receive information from the at least one sensor, process the received information, and cause the communications interface to wirelessly transmit the processed information to a remote source or central server.
Claims21
A monitoring system comprising:
- a basin for holding water;
- a water circulation system for circulating water contained by the basin;
- a sensor for monitoring a water condition or one or more components of the water circulation system;
- a communications interface comprising a cellular transceiver configured to communicate only with a central server;
- a controller in electrical communication with the sensor and the communications interface, the controller configured to:
- control the one or more components of the water circulation system,
- receive information from the sensor, and
- cause the communications interface to wirelessly transmit the received information over a cellular network and to be received by the central server.
A system for performing remote diagnostics for a water basin and water circulation system, the system comprising:
- a sensor for monitoring a water condition or one or more components associated with the water circulation system;
- a communications interface comprising a cellular transceiver configured to communicate only with a central server, the cellular transceiver configured to transmit information received from the sensor to the central server;
- the central server comprising a computer readable memory storing a baseline measurement, the central server configured to:
- receive sensor information from the communications interface;
- process the received sensor information to determine a measurement;
- compare the measurement to the baseline measurement stored on the computer readable memory;
- identify a fault based at least in part on the comparison;
- generate an alert based on the fault;
- and
- transmit the alert to a user computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.