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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Reid Alan Baldwin, Linden, MI (US);
Reid Alan Baldwin, Linden, MI (US);
Abstract
A zoned heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system is controlled via a home automation hub. The home automation hub communicates commands to an air handler via either a zoning interface module or a specially adapted thermostat. The zoning interface module or specially adapted thermostat are programmed to send commands to the air handler based on a default strategy whenever communication with the hub is lost, thereby mitigating the impact of a hub failure of communications failure. The zoning interface module additionally forwards commands from the hub to zone dampers. A user may conveniently indicate the type of equipment by inserting a removable terminal label from a set of provided removable terminal labels.