Patent ID: 7963454

Claim:
A web enabled building control appliance, comprising: a controller; a first port coupled to the controller, the first port adapted to communicate over a first network; a web server implemented by the controller and coupled to the first port for serving up one or more web-pages on the first network via the first port and for receiving a number of responses; a second port coupled to the controller, the second port adapted to be coupled to one or more thermostats via a second network, wherein each of the one or more thermostats are adapted to communicate with the controller over the second network; and the web server programmed to provide one or more web-pages via the first port that solicit information pertaining to one or more remote sensors that are to be connected to one of the one or more thermostats, and for receiving the information via at least one of the number of responses, the web server also programmed to display one or more web-pages that include a wiring diagram for the one or more remote sensors, wherein the wiring diagram is dependent on the received information pertaining to one or more remote sensors; wherein the wiring diagram provides information for creating a remote sensing network by wiring the remote sensors to one of the one or more thermostats in accordance with the wiring diagram to provide a desired resistance to the thermostat.