Patent ID: 9411703
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: F24F,G01M,G05B,G05D,G06F,G16Z

Claim Text:
1. An HVAC controller for controlling an HVAC system that services a space of a building, comprising: an input/output port for sending and/or receiving information to and from outside the building; a memory; a controller operatively coupled to the input/output port and the memory, the controller configured to send and/or receive information via the input/output port to/from one or more HVAC components of an HVAC system to perform a test using the HVAC system that produces a test result, the controller configured to transmit the test result to a remote computer outside the building for analysis, the controller configured to receive the analysis of the test result from the remote computer via the input/output port, the controller is further configured to identify an expected time when the space serviced by the HVAC system is expected to be unoccupied, and to perform the test during the identified expected unoccupied time; and wherein the HVAC system includes a heating component and a cooling component, the heating component being active during a heating season and the cooling component being active during a cooling season, wherein the test activates a dormant component of the HVAC system, the dormant HVAC component being the heating component during the cooling season and the cooling component during the heating season.