Control system apparatus and method using a controlled device for manual data entry
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsRobert D. Juntunen, James I. Bartels, Scott P. O'Leary
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Abstract
A system for commissioning a controller accepts a different manual input during each of several different phases of the installation and provides the installer with a different detectable cue during each phase. The installer provides the manual input and then operates a switch indicating the input is present. The system stores the manual input present and advances the system to the next phase, and in a preferred embodiment provides a visible cue identifying each phase. The preferred embodiment uses devices controlled by the controller during normal operation and which also have manual position adjustment or set point selection to provide the manual inputs.
Claims16
A data entry system for accepting manually generated data values, said system comprising:
- a) first and second data entry elements respectively providing first and second data entry signals responsive to a manual input applied to the respective data entry element, said second data entry signal encoding a plurality of data values dependent on the manual input;
- b) a phase index memory element recording an alterable phase index value;
- c) an indicator element receiving the value recorded in the phase index memory element and providing a unique, humanly discernable signal pattern for each phase index value;
- d) a phase index control element in operating relation to the phase index memory element and altering the phase index value responsive to each first data entry signal;
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- e) a data memory receiving the second data entry signals, said data memory having at least first and second memory locations each for storing a data value, and each memory location associated with one of the phase index values, said data memory recording the data value encoded in the second data entry signal in the memory location associated with the current value of the phase index recorded in the phase index memory element.
A method for operating a data entry system for accepting manually generated data values, said method including the steps of:
- a) providing first and second data entry signals responsive to a manual input applied to respective data entry elements, said second data entry signal encoding a plurality of data values dependent on the manual input;
- b) recording an alterable phase index value;
- c) receiving the recorded phase index value and providing to an indicator element a unique, humanly discernable signal pattern for each phase index value;
- d) altering the phase index value responsive to a first data entry signal;
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- e) recording in a data memory location associated with the current value of the phase index, the data value encoded in the second data entry signal.
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