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US 2024/0125503 A1Published application
System and method for controlling hvac systems
AssigneeDaikin Manufacturing Company, L.P.
InventorsDennis Thoren, Tao Jia, Jacky Chen, Hugh Dubberly
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Abstract
A control device for an HVAC system is provided. Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to control devices that facilitate adjustment of heating and cooling setpoints. In one embodiment, the control device allows for concurrent adjustment of the heating and cooling setpoints while maintaining a desired deadband value therebetween.
Claims20
An HVAC control device, comprising:
- a display configured to display a heating setpoint, a cooling setpoint, and a defined deadband value defined as a value between the heating and cooling setpoints that is greater than a preset deadband value;
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- one or more user interfaces configured to allow a user to adjust the defined deadband value and wherein the defined deadband value is prevented by the HVAC control device from being less than the preset deadband value.
A method of controlling an HVAC device, comprising:
- receiving, by a user using one or more user interfaces, a heating setpoint and a cooling setpoint, a difference between the cooling setpoint and the heating setpoint defining a defined deadband value that is greater than a preset deadband value;
- displaying the heating setpoint, the cooling setpoint, and the defined deadband value therebetween on a display;
- adjusting, by the user using the one or more user interfaces, the defined deadband value therebetween while being prevented from defining the defined deadband value as being less than the preset deadband value;
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- selecting, by the user using the one or more user interfaces, the displayed defined deadband value and then adjusting the heating setpoint and the cooling setpoint concurrently, while the display is displaying the heating setpoint and the cooling setpoint, by adjusting the heating setpoint or the cooling setpoint while maintaining the defined deadband value substantially the same.
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