Patent ID: 9605859
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: F24F,G05B,G05D

Claim:
1. A computerized method of determining which of a plurality of variable air-volume boxes are physically associated with a space in a structure, the method comprising: communicatively coupling each of the plurality of variable air-volume boxes to a building automation system controller, wherein the building automation system controller is configured to independently actuate a damper operably coupled to each of the plurality of variable air-volume boxes; communicatively coupling a sensor proximate to each of the plurality of variable-air-volume boxes with the building automation system controller, wherein building automation system controller is configured to receive a data sample from the sensor; causing the building automation system controller to record a pre-baseline data sample from each sensor before the damper operably coupled to the one of the plurality of variable air-volume boxes corresponding to the sensor has been actuated; causing the building automation system controller to actuate the damper operably coupled to at least one of the plurality of variable air-volume boxes; causing the building automation system controller to record a baseline data sample from each sensor after the damper operably coupled to the one of the plurality of variable air-volume boxes corresponding to the sensor has been actuated; and causing the building automation system controller to correlate the baseline data sample with the pre-baseline data sample to determine which of the plurality of variable air-volume boxes are physically associated with the space in the structure, and, in response, causing the building automation system controller to record the association of the space with the individual one of the plurality of variable air-volume boxes.