Patent ID: 7765826
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
1. An autodiscovery system for an HVAC system comprising: a controller; and at least two communicating HVAC apparatus; a first link of communication between the controller and each of the at least two communicating HVAC apparatus for communicating configuration information from each of the at least two communicating HVAC apparatus to the controller; and a second link of communication between the controller and each of the at least two communicating HVAC apparatus for communicating control information from the controller to each of the at least two communicating HVAC apparatus; and wherein: the controller may autodiscover the at least two communicating HVAC apparatus; at least one apparatus of the at least two communicating HVAC apparatus may be manually set while the remaining communicating apparatus may remain autodiscovered; and the controller is a thermostat.