Migration of settings from a non-connected building controller to another building controller

A computer readable medium having stored thereon in a non-transitory state a program code for use by a computing device connectable to a network, the program code causing the computing device to execute a method for obtaining settings from a non-network connected building control device, comprising:

• receiving from a user a request for obtaining settings from a building control device;
• in response to receiving the request, initiating a camera operation of a camera in communication with the computing device to capture an image of an output displayed by the building control device, wherein the output displayed by the building control device provides two or more of the settings encoded in a machine readable form;
• capturing an image of the output displayed by the building control device with the camera;
• and
• transmitting the image and/or the two or more of the settings from the computing device to a remote device via the network.

A method of exporting settings of a non-network connected Heating, Ventilation, and/or Air Conditioning (HVAC) controller, the method comprising:

• assembling and displaying via a user interface of the HVAC controller an output that provides two or more of the settings of the HVAC controller encoded in a machine readable form;
• capturing an image of the output displayed by the HVAC controller;
• and
• processing the captured image to decode the two or more of the settings of the HVAC controller to produce the two or more settings encoded in the output.