Patent ID: 7513438

Claim:
A control adapted to be mounted in a heating and cooling system having a combustion air blower, a gas valve, an igniter, a compressor relay and a circulating air blower, comprising: one or more remote temperature sensors incapable of turning on the heating or cooling system, being disposed within a space to be conditioned by a heating and cooling system independent of a thermostat, which one or more remote temperature sensors transmit a value indicative of a sensed temperature; a control mounted on a heating and cooling unit that is operated by the control to maintain a desired temperature in the space independent of a request signal for heating or cooling operation from a thermostat in the space; a receiver means for receiving transmitted sensed temperature and temperature set point information from one or more remote temperature sensors within the space; a plurality of switching means for switching power to the combustion air blower, igniter, gas valve and circulating air blower to establish heating operation; a plurality of switching means for switching power to the compressor relay and circulation air blower to establish cooling operation; and a microcomputer for receiving transmitted temperature information from the one or more remote temperature sensors and for controlling the plurality of switching means, wherein the microcontroller includes a program that is programmed by a user to establish a heating set point temperature and a cooling set point temperature of the control, where the microcontroller controls the plurality of switching means to establish heating operation, independent of a request signal for heating operation from a thermostat in the space, when at least one remote temperature sensor transmits a sensed temperature that is more than a predetermined amount below a desired heating set point temperature associated with the control, and responsively controls the plurality of switching means to establish cooling operation, independent of a request signal for cooling operation from a thermostat in the space, when at least one remote temperature sensor transmits a sensed temperature that is more than a predetermined amount above a desired cooling set point temperature associated with the control.