US7167079B2
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Method of setting the output power of a pager to aid in the installation of a wireless system
Assignee: Carrier Corp
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Filing: 2004-03-24
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Granted: 2007-01-23
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Expires: 2024-03-24
Abstract
Abstract A method of setting up a remotely controlled wireless thermostat system for regulating heating and cooling a building. A radio equipped pager is connected to the programmable controller of the thermostat and a self test is conducted to determine if the system can successfully communicate with the service providers network at a first low power pager output. If not, the power output of the pager is incrementally increased within an acceptable output power range until such time that successful communication is established with the network. This power setting is placed in memory for use thereafter in communicating with the network.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael S. Smyth
- 👤 Raymond J. Archacki, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 17:06
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08C; G08C17/00; G08C17/02; G08C2201/00; G08C2201/40; G08C2201/42; H; H04; H04W; H04W84/00; H04W84/18; Y; Y02; Y02D; Y02D30/00; Y02D30/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
144 words
A method of setting up a remotely controlled wireless thermostat system that includes the steps of: providing a radio equipped pager for transmitting and receiving messages; connecting the pager to a programmable controller of a remotely controllable thermostat system, said controller containing an algorithm for adjusting the power output of the pager; transmitting a message from the pager to a local service provider network at an initial low power setting; determining if the message has been successfully transmitted and if not, increasing the power setting of the pager to a next high increment; retransmitting said message wherein the power setting is incrementally increased from the lowest power increment until such time as said message is successfully transmitted to the network; and locking the power setting at which a message is successfully transmitted into memory and thereafter operating the pager at the stored power setting.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
144 words
A method of setting up a remotely controlled wireless thermostat system that includes the steps of: providing a radio equipped pager for transmitting and receiving messages; connecting the pager to a programmable controller of a remotely controllable thermostat system, said controller containing an algorithm for adjusting the power output of the pager; transmitting a message from the pager to a local service provider network at an initial low power setting; determining if the message has been successfully transmitted and if not, increasing the power setting of the pager to a next high increment; retransmitting said message wherein the power setting is incrementally increased from the lowest power increment until such time as said message is successfully transmitted to the network; and locking the power setting at which a message is successfully transmitted into memory and thereafter operating the pager at the stored power setting.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said algorithm is arranged to incrementally adjust the power setting of the pager within a given power range.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 2 wherein each increment is some percentage of the power range.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 3 wherein said power range is between 1 and 2 watts.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 that includes the further step of preventing the power output of the pager from being further incremented once it is determined that a message has been successfully transmitted.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
160 words
A method of setting up a remotely controlled wireless thermostat having a programmable controller for connecting the thermostat to a radio pager for transmitting and receiving messages from a local service provider network, the method including: providing a coverage verification unit for transmitting and receiving messages from the wireless network within the power output range of the pager; transmitting a message from the thermostat site to a local wireless network at the lowest power output of said range; determining if the message has been successfully transmitted and if not, increasing the power output of the unit by an increment within said range; and retransmitting the message; programming the system controller to transmit messages to the network at the incremental power output setting at which a message was first successfully transmitted to the network; and manually programming said incremental power output setting into the system controller and locking said setting in memory whereby further increases in the power output are prevented.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
160 words
A method of setting up a remotely controlled wireless thermostat having a programmable controller for connecting the thermostat to a radio pager for transmitting and receiving messages from a local service provider network, the method including: providing a coverage verification unit for transmitting and receiving messages from the wireless network within the power output range of the pager; transmitting a message from the thermostat site to a local wireless network at the lowest power output of said range; determining if the message has been successfully transmitted and if not, increasing the power output of the unit by an increment within said range; and retransmitting the message; programming the system controller to transmit messages to the network at the incremental power output setting at which a message was first successfully transmitted to the network; and manually programming said incremental power output setting into the system controller and locking said setting in memory whereby further increases in the power output are prevented.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 6 of incrementally increasing the output power of the unit within said range until such time as a message is successfully transmitted to the network.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the message transmitted to the network by the unit demands a response back from the network.
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