Method and system for monitoring an environmental control system using a mobile device

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, causes the one or more processors of the mobile device to:

• establish a wireless connection between the mobile device and a programmable zone controller;
• communicate with the programmable zone controller via the wireless connection;
• display a zone dashboard on a display of the mobile device, wherein the zone dashboard includes a plurality of critical operating parameters associated with the programmable zone controller that are retrieved from the programmable zone controller via the wireless connection;
• display a listing of air flow control devices that are operatively coupled to the programmable zone controller;
• reference a tile for each of the air flow control devices that are operatively coupled to the programmable zone controller, wherein each of the tiles are locally stored on the mobile device and define the plurality of critical operating parameters that are to be displayed in response to a user of the mobile device selecting the corresponding one of the air flow control devices from the listing of air flow control devices;
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• display the plurality of critical operating parameters defined by the tile that is associated with the selected air flow control device in response to the user of the mobile device to selecting one of the air flow control devices from the listing of air flow control devices.

A system comprising:

• a programmable zone controller;
• a plurality of air flow control devices operatively coupled to the programmable zone controller via a wired connection;
• a mobile device operatively coupled to the programmable zone controller via a wireless connection, the mobile device executing an application program that is configured to:
• communicate with the programmable zone controller via the wireless connection;
• display a zone dashboard on a display of the mobile device, wherein the zone dashboard includes a plurality of critical operating parameters associated with the programmable zone controller that are retrieved from the programmable zone controller via the wireless connection;
• display a listing of the plurality of air flow control devices that are operatively coupled to the programmable zone controller;
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• display a plurality of critical operating parameters associated with the selected air flow control device in response to the user of the mobile device selecting one of the air flow control devices from the listing of air flow control devices, wherein the plurality of critical operating parameters are defined in a programmable tile associated with the selected air flow control device downloaded from the programmable zone controller via a wireless connection and stored on the mobile device.