Hvac controller including user interaction log
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsCary Leen, Stan Zywicki, III, Eric Barton, David Schultz, Mohammad Aljabari
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Abstract
An HVAC controller is configured to log one more user interactions into a user interaction log stored in its memory such that at least some of the user interactions may be recalled from the user interaction log and displayed on the user interface of the HVAC controller in response to a request by a user. The user may use the information contained in the user interaction log as an aid in troubleshooting an HVAC system.
Claims20
An HVAC controller configured to control one or more HVAC components of an HVAC system, the HVAC controller comprising:
- a user interface including a display, the user interface configured to receive one or more user interactions of a user of the HVAC controller;
- a memory module;
- a controller coupled to the memory and the user interface, the controller programmed to log each of at least some of the user interactions that are received by the user interface as a user interaction log entry in a user interaction log stored in the memory module, wherein at least some of the user interaction log entries includes a time and/or date stamp that is indicative of when the corresponding user interaction was received by the user interface;
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- the controller further programmed to recall at least some of the user interaction log entries from the user interaction log, and to display the recalled user interaction log entries on the display of the user interface upon request.
A method of operating an HVAC system, the method comprising;
- receiving one or more user interactions of a user of the HVAC system via a user interface;
- recording each of at least some of the user interactions received by the user interface as a user interaction log entry in a user interaction log stored in a memory, wherein the user interaction log includes a time and/or date stamp that is indicative of when the corresponding user interaction was received via the user interface, and wherein at least some of the user interaction log entries include a description of the corresponding user interaction;
- recalling at least some of the user interaction log entries from the user interaction log;
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- displaying the recalled user interaction log entries on a display.
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- a controller operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the controller is programmed to:
- store a user interaction log in the memory, wherein the user interaction log comprises a plurality of user interaction log entries each corresponding to one or more user interactions of a user of an HVAC system, and wherein at least some of the user interaction log entries includes a time and/or date stamp that is indicative of when the one or more user interactions that correspond to the corresponding user interaction log entry occurred;
- recall at least some of the user interaction log entries from the user interaction log;
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- forward the recalled user interaction log entries for display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.