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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
Steve C. Nichols, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Cary Leen, Hammond, WI (US);
Jeffrey Boll, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Stan Zywicki, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Steve C. Nichols, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Cary Leen, Hammond, WI (US);
Jeffrey Boll, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Stan Zywicki, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
A building control network may have a first central device, a second central device and one or more peripheral devices. An illustrative method may include placing the second central device into an associate mode, and sending an associate command from a perimeter device to associate the perimeter device with the second central device. The associate command may be received by the first central device. The first central device may send one or more commands to the second central device, where the one or more commands may cause the second central device to be taken out of its associate mode and to reconfigure the second central device to a perimeter device. The first central device may then be put in an associate mode, and both the second central device and the perimeter device may be associated as perimeter devices with the first central device.