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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Inventors:
Richard A. Mauk, Lewisville, TX (US);
John P. Stachler, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/14 (2006.01); F24F 11/00 (2018.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G05B 13/00 (2006.01); G01R 21/133 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); G01D 4/00 (2006.01); G01R 21/127 (2006.01); G01R 21/00 (2006.01); H02P 25/04 (2006.01); H01R 13/645 (2006.01); H01R 12/50 (2011.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G05D 23/13 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/0009 (2013.01); F24F 11/006 (2013.01); G01D 4/00 (2013.01); G01R 21/00 (2013.01); G01R 21/127 (2013.01); G01R 21/133 (2013.01); G01R 21/1335 (2013.01); G05B 13/00 (2013.01); G05B 13/02 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G05D 23/1393 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H01R 13/6456 (2013.01); H01R 23/7073 (2013.01); H02P 25/04 (2013.01); H04L 41/082 (2013.01); F24F 2011/0071 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01); H02J 2003/143 (2013.01); H02J 2003/146 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3216 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3225 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3233 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3241 (2013.01); Y02B 70/3275 (2013.01); Y02P 80/114 (2015.11); Y04S 20/221 (2013.01); Y04S 20/222 (2013.01); Y04S 20/224 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49 (2015.01); Y10T 29/4935 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49117 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49147 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49359 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 307/713 (2015.04);
Abstract
An HVAC controller, a method for operating a HVAC unit and a HVAC unit are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the HVAC controller includes: (1) a memory configured to store a unique default network address for the controller and (2) a processor configured to automatically generate the unique default network address based on a seed value that is uniquely associated with the HVAC unit.