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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
May. 14, 2015
Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Daniel A. Castillo, Dallas, TX (US);
Jayprakash Charavda, Irving, TX (US);
Nguyen T. Ho, Highland Village, TX (US);
Sunil K. Khiani, Plano, TX (US);
Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments a system for troubleshooting an HVAC system includes, a control unit communicatively coupled to a first plurality of HVAC units and a first interactive display. The control unit may connect to a Wi-Fi network generated by a wireless access point connected to the Internet. The control unit detects and connects to a control server over the Internet using the wireless access point. The control unit may detect a local user device over the Wi-Fi network, wherein the local user device may control the plurality HVAC units by communicating with the control unit over the Wi-Fi network. The system may include a mobile troubleshooting device that communicates with the control unit using a Wi-Fi direct protocol without accessing the Wi-Fi network. The system may include a remote troubleshooting device that communicates with the control unit over a control connection established between the control server and the control unit.