Patent ID: 7904830
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: F24F,G06F

Abstract:
1. A zone control panel having two or more menu modes, the zone control panel comprising: a dedicated electro-mechanical mode selector for selecting a menu mode from the two or more menu modes, wherein each of two or more menu modes, once selected by the dedicated electro-mechanical mode selector, sequentially traverse through a corresponding single level menu structure without submenu levels, wherein each corresponding single level menu structure allows a user to sequentially traverse through two or more corresponding menu screens between a first menu screen and a last menu screen; a display for sequentially displaying the two or more menu screens that correspond to the selected menu mode; one or more electro-mechanical buttons for interacting with the two or more menu screens of the selected menu mode; wherein the dedicated electro-mechanical mode selector includes a mode select pushbutton, wherein sequentially pushing the mode select pushbutton causes the zone control panel to advance to a next menu mode and to display a corresponding first one of the two or more menu screens on the display; wherein at least some of the two or more menu screens allow a user to change one or more parameter values of the zone control panel by pressing one or more of the electro-mechanical buttons; and wherein at least one of the menu screens is selectively skipped when sequentially traversing from one menu screen to a next menu screen in at least one of the menu modes, wherein at least one of the one or more parameter values are used to determine if/when the at least one of the menu screens is selectively skipped.