Patent ID: 8643315

Claim:
A system for controlling the operation of a heating and/or cooling system, comprising: a system controller of a heating and/or cooling system; and a component controller for controlling a blower motor, the component controller being configured to transmit, to the system controller after the component controller has been installed but before the component controller has been configured for operation in the heating and/or cooling system, information specifying at least a motor type of the blower motor that is installed and is to be controlled by the component controller in the heating and/or cooling system; the system controller having a local memory in which system parameter information relating to the heating and/or cooling system is stored, said system parameter information including motor related parameters for various types of blower motors, the system controller being configured to send, to the component controller before the component controller has been configured for operation in the heating and/or cooling system, and based on the motor type transmitted by the component controller, at least some of the motor related parameters for the blower motor to thereby provide at least some motor related parameters for use in controlling operation of the blower motor in the heating and/or cooling system.