Method of starting a HVAC system having an auxiliary controller

摘要

The disclosure provides, in one aspect, a method of starting a HVAC system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) receiving an initiation signal at a main system controller of the HVAC system, (2) determining if main controller application information associated with the main system controller is stored thereon, (3) querying an auxiliary controller of the HVAC system when determining the main controller application information is not stored on the main system controller, (4) sending the main controller application information to the main system controller from the auxiliary controller when the auxiliary controller includes the main controller application information, and (5) initiating the HVAC system based on the initiation signal and employing the main controller application information sent to the main system controller from the auxiliary controller.

主权项

1. A method of starting a heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a particular model, the method comprising:
receiving an initiation signal at a main system controller of said HVAC system; determining if the main system controller has main controller application information stored thereon, the main controller application information comprising model specific information that indicates feature sets that are applicable to the particular model of the HVAC system; querying an auxiliary controller that had previously received the main controller application information from the main system controller or a previous main system controller, the querying performed when determining said main controller application information is not stored on said main system controller; receiving said main controller application information from said auxiliary controller; and initiating said HVAC system based on said initiation signal and employing said main controller application information received by said main system controller from said auxiliary controller.