Siemens Schweiz Ag

Sylvain Magnavacca

Roger Swales

Yun Yun Zhu

Xuan Xu

Kai Yang

Comfort control unit with thermostat

A room device comprising two or more connectors () for providing building power to the room device (); a device controller () configured to operate a heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning system (); a device memory () in operative communication with the device controller (); wherein the device memory () and the device controller () require building power for standard operation; a transponder controller () and an antenna (); a transponder memory () being powerable by the transponder controller (); a device firmware stored in the device memory (), the device firmware including instructions causing the device controller () upon providing building power to the room device () to: connect to the transponder controller () such that the device controller () is in operative communication with the transponder controller (); transfer the initial configuration data stored in the transponder memory () to the device memory ().

Room device configuration using near field communication

Various embodiments include a device comprising: two connectors for powering the device; a controller to operate an HVAC system; a memory; a transponder controller and an antenna for near field communication; and a transponder memory storing a configuration version and an address list. Firmware in the transponder memory includes instructions for the controller to: connect to a handheld device; determine an address thereof; determine whether the address is on the list; if so: receive initial configuration data from the handheld device, and store it in the transponder memory. There is firmware in the device memory telling it to: connect to the transponder controller; read a device version; read the configuration version in the transponder memory; determine whether the configuration version is compatible with the device version; and if so, transfer the initial configuration data to the memory, and thereafter use the initial configuration data in operation of the system.

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Hong Kong, China

Sylvain Magnavacca