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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Andrew Frank, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Frank, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Digi International Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/00 (2006.01); F24F 11/053 (2006.01); G05D 23/00 (2006.01); F25B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/0012 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a thermostat having a plurality of demand circuits and a thermostat controller, a method of controlling devices connected to the demand circuits. One or more demand circuits in a thermostat are connected to devices in an HVAC system. The thermostat is configured to associate each connected demand circuit with the device to which it is connected and control signals are routed from the thermostat controller to the one or more demand circuits to control devices associated with the demand circuits.