Patent ID: 6667690
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
A process for assigning network addresses to HVAC network devices within a network having at least one network controller, said process comprising:providing radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to one or more of the HVAC network devices; storing tag identifications transmitted by the RFID tags within the one or more HVAC network devices; reading a tag identification transmitted by an RFID tag associated with one of the HVAC network devices; transmitting the read tag identification and a network address to be assigned to the HVAC network device to the network controller; sending a message from the network controller to the HVAC network devices having RFID tags, the message including the tag identification and the assigned network address transmitted to the network controller; and accepting the assigned network address at the HVAC network device having a stored tag identification corresponding to the tag identification in the message from the network controller.