Systems and methods of configuring a heating system

A heating system comprising a plurality of combustion-type heating devices coupled to a vent system, wherein:

• each combustion-type heating device of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices comprises a heating device controller configured to:
• receive operating pressure data from one or more pressure sensors in a flue of one of the combustion-type heating devices of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices and the vent system which is fluidly connected to each of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices, the operating pressure data from each of the one or more pressure sensors being indicative of a pressure at a corresponding location in the vent system;
• receive operating temperature data from one or more temperature sensors in the flue of one of the combustion-type heating devices of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices and the vent system of the heating system, the operating temperature data from each of the one or more temperature sensors being indicative of a pressure at a corresponding location in the vent system;
• compare the operating pressure data to stored operational pressure data indicative of operational pressure ranges indicative of permissible operating parameters associated with preventing backflow of flue gases into the one of the combustion-type heating devices of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices;
• compare the operating temperature data to stored operational temperature data indicative of operational temperature ranges indicative of permissible operating parameters associated with preventing backflow of flue gases into one of the combustion-type heating devices of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices;
• and
• output instructions for a damper to at least partially open or at least partially close based at least in part on the operating pressure data, the stored operational pressure data, the operating temperature data, and the stored operational temperature data.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a set of computer-executable instructions stored thereon, execution of which, by one or more processing devices, causes the one or more processing devices to perform operations of automatically configuring a heating system comprising a plurality of combustion-type heating devices, the operations comprising the steps of:

• receiving operating pressure data from one or more pressure sensors in a flue of one of the combustion-type heating devices of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices and a vent system of the heating system, the vent system being fluidly connected to each of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices, the operating pressure data f rom each of the one or more pressure sensors being indicative of a pressure at a corresponding location in the vent system;
• receiving operating temperature data from one or more temperature sensors in the flue of one of the combustion-type heating devices of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices and the vent system of the heating system, the operating temperature data from each of the one or more temperature sensors being indicative of a pressure at a corresponding location in the vent system;
• comparing the operating pressure data to stored operational pressure data indicative of operational pressure ranges indicative of permissible operating parameters associated with preventing backflow of flue gases into the one of the combustion-type heating devices of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices;
• comparing the operating temperature data to stored operational temperature data indicative of operational temperature ranges indicative of permissible operating parameters associated with preventing backflow of flue gases into one of the combustion-type heating devices of the plurality of combustion-type heating devices;
• and
• outputting instructions for a damper to at least partially open or at least partially close based at least in part on the operating pressure data, the stored operational pressure data, the operating temperature data, and the stored operational temperature data.