Patent ID: 7913180
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
1. A zone control panel for controlling a multi-zone HVAC system having two or more menu modes, the zone control panel comprising: a mode selector for selecting a menu mode from the two or more menu modes, wherein the two or more menu modes include at least a configuration menu mode for use in configuring the zone control panel and an operational menu mode for use in operating the zone control panel; a display for displaying to a user a selected menu, wherein the selected menu corresponds to the selected menu mode and has two or more menu screens; wherein the selected menu for the configuration menu mode has a single level menu structure with no submenu levels; one or more buttons for interacting with the selected menu; wherein the one or more buttons are used to move about the selected menu and, if desired, make one or more changes to one or more programmable parameters identified by the selected menu; wherein if one or more changes were made to one or more programmable parameters, the zone control panel causes a query to be displayed on the display querying the user to specify whether the one or more changes made to the programmable parameters should be saved prior to exiting the selected menu mode; and wherein the zone control panel saves the changes made to the programmable parameters if an indication is received from the user via the one or more buttons in response to the query that the changes should be saved, and discards the changes made to the programmable parameters if an indication is not received from the user that the changes should be saved in response to the query.