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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2018
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Theresa N. Gillette, Wichita, KS (US);
Tyler P. McCune, El Dorado, KS (US);
Jonathan A. Burns, Wichita, KS (US);
Brian D. Rigg, Douglass, KS (US);
Shawn A. Hern, Park City, KS (US);
Tom R. Tasker, Andover, KS (US);
Andrew M. Boyd, Wichita, KS (US);
Cody J. Kaiser, Wichita, KS (US);
Noel A. Grajeda-Trevizo, Newton, KS (US);
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure includes a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system having a control system suitable to control operation of a device in the HVAC system. The control system may include a zone control panel that may control operation of the device using power-line communication. Accordingly, the zone control panel and the device may be both communicatively and electrically coupled via one or more power lines. To that end, the zone control panel may determine a primary address identifying the device and/or a secondary address indicating the one or more power lines electrically coupled to the device. Further, the zone control panel may communicate with and/or coordinate operation of the device by transmitting data messages to the device via the one or more power lines based on the primary address and/or the secondary address.