Controller interface with dynamic schedule display
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorStephen Metz
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Abstract
A controller includes a programmable schedule and a user interface, adapted and configured to illustratively display at least a portion of the programmable schedule along a time axis and a current time indicator positioned to indicate the current time along the time axis. A method is also described including the steps of: operating a programmable controller having a scheduled current set point and a scheduled future set point; and providing a message indicating a time of the scheduled future set point change.
Claims22
A controller comprising:
- a programmable schedule;
- and
- a user interface, adapted and configured to illustratively display at least a portion of the programmable schedule along a time axis and a current time indicator positioned to indicate the current time along the time axis.
A method comprising the steps of:
- operating a programmable controller having a scheduled current set point and a scheduled future set point;
- and
- providing a message indicating a time of the scheduled future set point change.
A controller comprising:
- a programmable controller having a user interface, scheduled current set point and a scheduled future set point;
- and
- a message provided via the user interface, the message indicating a time of the scheduled future set point change.
A method comprising the steps of:
- operating a programmable controller to cause an HVAC system to change an environmental condition of an inside space from a first initial set point to a second desired set point, the HVAC system achieving the change in the environmental condition to the second desired set point in an amount of time;
- and
- providing a message during the amount of time indicating when the desired second set point is anticipated to be achieved in the inside space.
A controller comprising:
- a programmable controller arranged and configured to cause an HVAC system to change an environmental condition of an inside space from a first initial set point to a second desired set point, the HVAC system achieving the change in the environmental condition to the second desired set point in an amount of time;
- and
- a message displayed during the amount of time indicating when the desired second set point is anticipated to be achieved in the inside space.
A method comprising the steps of:
- operating a programmable controller to cause an HVAC system to change an environmental condition of an inside space from a first initial set point to a second desired set point, the HVAC system achieving the change in the environmental condition to the second desired set point in an amount of time;
- allowing a user to change the set point to a third over-controlling set point;
- and
- informing the user that changing the set point to the third over-controlling set point will not decrease the amount of time needed to achieve the second desired set point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.