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As new travelers find us and are immersed into this world of points and programs it can become very overwhelming. In an effort to keep the newbies calm and engaged in becoming real Frugal Travel Experts I want to take some time to go over the basics.
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Join AwardWallet. This site is the Best way to store your award programs in one place. It really is amazing. I posted in depth on the site January 21, 2011. Notice the left hand column of the blog right now gives you a link to the site and a promotion code from The Frugal Travel Guy for a free upgrade to Award Wallet Plus!
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The IHG Rewards Club Visa is often cited as one of the most underrated hotel credit cards, with good reason. The official offer is for 70,000 points after $1,000 spent within three months, with the first year's fee waived. The card comes with an annual free night certificate that can be used at any IHG property, including Intercontinental hotels - making this certificate worth upwards of 50,000 points. This is far more generous than some other hotel cards, which limit the categories in which free night certificates can be redeemed.
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DR sludge is a bit more heavy than normal tubes. But it worth it, specially for training in rainy conditions.
Very difficult to inflate for the first time. So far not had a puncture to see how good they are but other reviews are promising.
Been using these for a few weeks and not one puncture yet, hard to say if it's due to these or good luck.
They're fitted to my wife's commuter roadie bike, and she covers 18 miles a day on country roads, which are often covered in farm muck/hedge clippings etc.
Difficult to get air in to at first as the sludge stuff seems to bung up at the valve core, so if you' re fitting some, do yourself a favor and pop the valve core out and clear the build up of sludge in the tube with a non sharp implement. I gently worked a philips screw driver through the build up.
A lot cheaper than a tubeless tyre kit, and definitely worth a try if you're sick of punctures.
If you get a puncture then the tire may deflate, but pump it back up again and it's as good as new - magic!
On the down side the sludge can also seal the valve and it may be difficult to pump the tyre up, even with a track pump.
The tubes were initially difficult to inflate, even with a track pump. The pressure needs to be built up in the pump before air will start to inflate the tube.
I need to use them for longer to know whether the sludge does it's job.

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Raja Bell names Miami as his fairest free agent destination of them all
May 11, 2010, 11:47 AM EDT
Due to a troublesome left wrist injury, Raja Bell has largely stayed off of NBA radar this year.
Then again, it's tough to say how how prevalent a blip on the radar screen Bell would have been even if he had played. Though once regarded as a lockdown defender, Bell's lateral movement had already begun to decline during his season with the Charlotte Bobcats in 2008-2009. He still has worth as a stand-still three-point shooter, but the defensive skills and tenacity Bell used to earn a spot in the league are a bit diminished.
That isn't to say Bell is no longer a good defender, just that he doesn't quite have the mobility to keep up with elite perimeter scorers. Bell can still be a horse in the defensive stable, but should probably be the second or third horse in line. Only this particular horse has the opportunity to choose his own stable this summer, and this metaphor has quickly gone from pretty bad to incomprehensible.
Anyway, Bell, who despite losing lockdown defender status is still a serviceable NBA player, is an unrestricted free agent at this very moment (he does not have to wait for free agency to begin because he was not on an NBA roster at the end of the 2009-2010 regular season), and will make his comeback next year. According to Bell, the Miami Heat are his first choice, should Pat Riley require Raja's services.
It's tough to say whether this move is motivated by basketball or personal affairs, mostly due to the potential for turnover with the Heat's roster. The only players guaranteed a contract for next season are Michael Beasley, Mario Chalmers, Daequan Cook, and probably Joel Anthony. It seems more and more likely that Dwyane Wade will come back to the Heat in 2010, but right now the situation is anything but certain. There's definitely potential for Miami to be a quality playoff team next season in the East, but we won't really know until we know, will we?
Miami is also Bell's hometown, where he played both high school and college ball (Florida International).
It's unclear exactly what kind of salary Bell could command at this point, but assuming the Heat are looking to surround a core of Wade and another star with veterans, Raja could get the call. He won't be a high salary player, and could definitely be a target to fill in the role on the wing that James Jones was supposed to occupy, but hasn't been able to.
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Pre-1950 Oscars, like this one, are exempt from the rule.
Orson Welles' award for Citizen Kane went for $861,542 in 2011. Screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz's best screenplay Oscar (also for Citizen Kane) fetched $588,545 in 2012.Helen Hayes' 1947 Tony award--the inaugural year--for best dramatic actress for her performance in the Rodgers and Hammerstein play Happy Birthday sold at the same auction for $37,230. The original Tonys were designed as mementos for the winners and Hayes' was an inscribed silver makeup compact from Tiffany.
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A thermostat system includes a temperature sensor, an LCD for selectively displaying alphanumeric and graphic devices on a touchscreen with virtual buttons, a processor having a memory for storing program and data information, and means for establishing communication with a remote correspondent. In one embodiment, the communication from the remote correspondent includes functional programming adding functions or virtual buttons to the thermostat not previously available to it. A communications interface connects the processor and a remote correspondent which is a source of functional programming.
1. A thermostat system for controlling space conditioning equipment comprising:
A) a temperature sensor for providing an electrical signal indicative of the temperature of a conditioned space in which the temperature sensor is situated;
B) a transparent touch pad juxtaposed over a liquid crystal display to constitute a touch screen for interactive interface with a user and for selectively displaying alphanumeric and graphic devices;
C) a processor, said processor including:
1) a central processing unit;
2) a real time clock;
3) a memory coupled to said central processing unit for storing program and data information; and
4) an input/output unit including:
a) a sensor input coupled to said temperature sensor for receiving said electrical signal therefrom;
b) a control output coupled to the space conditioning equipment for issuing control signals thereto; and
c) a communications interface adapted to establish communications between said processor and a first remote correspondent which is a source of functional programming; and
D) a control program stored in said memory for causing said central processing unit to selectively:
1) establish on said liquid crystal display one or more representations of buttons at a separated and predetermined positions;
2) read the position on the touch pad juxtaposed with said predetermined position to determine if said representation of a button has been touched; and
3) if said a representation of a button has been touched, processing this information to establish a condition incorporated into the operation of said thermostat system;
4) establish communications between said processor and a first remote correspondent from which is transferred to said memory one or more modules of functional programming; and
5) operate said transferred functional programming to change or add to representations on the touch screen, where said changes or additions of representation on the touch screen were not available to the control program before their transfer to the memory;
E) means coupling said communications interface and said first remote correspondent.
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This application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/440,474, filed May 15, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,050,026.
This invention relates to the art of thermostats and, more particularly, to a thermostat system incorporating a communication interface for receiving functional programming from a remote correspondent. In an extended version, this invention relates to a thermostat system for receiving functional programming which causes a change in a display of a thermostat with a touch sensitive screen as part of a user interface.
Thermostats have been used for many years as a temperature sensitive switch which controls heating and/or cooling equipment for conditioning a space in which the thermostat, or a temperature sensor connected to the thermostat, is placed. In the well known manner, a simple thermostat can be adjusted to establish a temperature set point such that, when the temperature in the conditioned space reaches the set point, the thermostat interacts with the heating and/or/cooling equipment to take suitable action to heat or cool the conditioned space as may be appropriate for the season.
Modern thermostat systems, which take advantage of the ongoing rapid advances in electronic technology and circuit integration, have many features which provide more precise supervision of the heating and/or cooling equipment to achieve more economical and more comfortable management of the temperature of a conditioned space. Many modern thermostat systems include a real time clock, a memory and a data processor to run a process control program stored in the memory to accurately measure the temperature of a temperature sensor disposed in the conditioned space and to send control signals to the heating and/or cooling equipment to closely control the temperature of the conditioned space. Modern thermostat systems permit anticipating and minimizing hysteresis or overshoot of the temperature in the conditioned space. In addition, the program can specify different set points at different times of the day and week and may also include a �vacation� mode which employs different set points when the conditioned space is not occupied for an extended period.
Many modern thermostat systems are programmable by a user. Typically, prior art programmable thermostat system employ a tactile touch pad with various fixed position buttons to be touched in a precise sequence to program set points (which may vary with the day of the week) for programmable time periods which may include a vacation mode. The programming sequence may be followed on a separate display, typically a liquid crystal display.
Outside of the art of programmable thermostat systems and programmable thermostats, dot matrix LCDs, which have pixel display elements arranged in rows and columns, are widely used. Dot matrix LCDs are not common as user-visible displays on programmable thermostats for viewing alphanumeric and iconic graphic information although such a thermostat is disclosed in, and particular features claimed in, co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/440,474, filed May 15, 2003, and entitled: �Reverse Images in a Dot Matrix LCD for an Environmental Control Device� by Howard B. Rosen, incorporated by reference herein.
This limited use of dot matrix LCDs in programmable thermostats is because of basic engineering and practical considerations. Displayed information for a programmable thermostat generally includes such things as environmental conditions, heating and/or cooling equipment operation or non-operation, operational modes of the thermostat and the like. The most important information in thermostat displays is capable of being formed from segmented alphanumeric characters on less expensive LCDs without dot matrix capability and with reduced requirements for memory and programming.
Thus, dot matrix LCDs have not been widely used in prior art user programmable thermostats through a failure to understand an extended functionality capability of those devices when dot matrix LCDs are employed with a touch pad to effect an interactive display. This extended functionality is exploited to advantage in the present invention both to greatly simplify user programming and to relieve the manufacturer of the necessity to fabricate variants of the thermostat to suit the control and display aspects of various heating and/or cooling environments.
It is well known that information or operational interfaces of programmable thermostats can be incomprehensible or overly challenging to many users with advanced age, learning skills, poor vision and others in similar circumstances. Devices such as programmable thermostats, desktop computers, programmable VCR's, and even programmable clock radios often lie un-used in an owner's home because of fear of the complexity of such devices. More specifically, programmable thermostats generally comprise a user interface that use a mixture of raised push buttons with representations of environmental sensor information and control data on a segmented liquid crystal display.
In a modern programmable thermostat, a user is most often challenged with a first set of push buttons that lie outside of hinged cover and a second set of buttons that lie behind that hinged cover. External push buttons are usually those that a user will most often use to make simple program changes while the covered push buttons are lesser used buttons representing lesser used and usually more complex programming options. A user cannot by intuition selectively pick which push buttons represent thermostat program functions that are critical to a user and which buttons are of little consequence.
Some modern thermostat systems incorporate a touch sensitive screen which incorporate representations of buttons which a user may press as part of an interface with the thermostat system. While changing pressure sensitive buttons of a user interface from their more typical spring biased, mechanical form to a more convenient display-located representation, our knowledge of improvements in user interfaces and thermostat system equipment changes and control options are continuously evolving. At a particular moment in time, a form of a user interface may best suit a user's needs and incorporate modern equipment options. However, the day always arrives when an improved user interface is conceived or space conditioning equipment is improved, where either or both require a change in the thermostat system and/or user interface. Thermostats have in the past had very limited ability to be upgraded due to downward price pressure in the marketplace and the practical limitations of a user's lack of inclination to learn a sophisticated interface. A personal computer can accommodate many new programs and functions with its standardized user interface but is inconvenient, too large, and too costly for wall mounting typical of a modern thermostat.
There is a need for a programmable thermostat whose user interface can be easily changed after installation to accommodate equipment or control options not anticipated at installation or to change the user interface to a form not possible with a control program originally installed with the thermostat.
The invention comprises a programmable thermostat capable of receiving functional programming from a remote correspondent or removable media so that representations of information or touch sensitive buttons on a liquid crystal display are changed from those available to the thermostat before said receipt of functional programming. A user may quite easily download such functional programming from a remote correspondent to implement through a control program of the programmable thermostat one or more new, improved or desired user interfaces. The interfaces can be changed partly or entirely, and may be changed to coordinate its colors or designs to those of its surroundings.
A dot matrix liquid crystal display operable with the programmable thermostat and enabled with a touch pad in at least a portion of the display is substantially a �blank slate� upon which new user interfaces may be added by a user after an original installation of the thermostat. In the prior art, programmable thermostats have been installed with pre-programmed user interfaces comprising displays of text and graphic devices with input buttons that could not be upgraded or changed after purchase. Upgrades or changes in space conditioning equipment made after installation of such prior art thermostats required that the user have purchased a thermostat that would allow the upgrade or change. It is typical that a user now purchase a new thermostat if they desire a different user interface, desire a new control function, or install new space conditioning equipment. The present invention allows a user to obtain and select from multiple user interfaces and/or control functions associated with them which were not part of a control program at an original installation of their programmable thermostat.
A programmable thermostat system for controlling space conditioning equipment according to the invention includes: a transparent touch pad juxtaposed over a liquid crystal display to constitute a touch screen for interactive interface with a user; a temperature sensor for providing an electrical signal indicative of the temperature of a conditioned space; and a processor including: a central processing unit; a real time clock; a memory coupled to the central processing unit for storing program and data information; and an input/output unit coupled between the processor and said touch screen for carrying out information transfer therebetween. A control program stored in the memory directs the central processing unit to communicate through the input/output unit to selectively: establish on the liquid crystal display a representation of at least one button at a predetermined XY position; read the same XY position on the touch pad to determine if the �button� has been touched; and if the button has been touched, perform a predetermined action such as moving to a different menu or changing operating criteria. Preferably, an alphanumeric message explaining the function of the button is also displayed, and icon indicators may be employed to unmistakably associate a message with a button. Different menus can place the buttons and messages in various positions on the touch screen to facilitate intuitive programming.
In addition, a thermostat system according to the invention includes: a communications interface is adapted to establish bi-directional communications (via the Internet or some other suitable facility) between the processor and a remote correspondent. The remote correspondent is a source of functional programming which in part changes or adds to one or more previous functions of the control program or representations of virtual buttons on the display.
One type of change or addition within the objects of this invention relate to representations or locations of touch pad buttons of the user interface displayed on the liquid crystal display or of displays of text or graphic devices which form a part of a display. A user may desire that a touch pad button associated with the text �COOL� be changed to the text �AC� for air conditioning. A user may desire that a touch pad button associated with the word �FAN� be replaced with a graphic representation of fan blades connected to a central hub indicating fan function. A user may desire to obtain from a remote correspondent weather information about their locality and have it displayed in some manner on their liquid crystal display. A user may desire that certain touch pad buttons currently aligned vertically be aligned horizontally, diagonally or placed in any manner across the liquid crystal display. A user may desire some change or addition to the location, size or other such aspect of text or graphic devices viewable on the liquid crystal display. A user may desire a more aesthetically pleasing look or additional functions. Even though such functions were not part of the control program at an original installation of the thermostat, the user may initiate bi-directional communication with a remote correspondent and download functional programming to implement these new functions. Such communications may be established with removable media, infrared link, etc.
Another type of change or addition within the objects of this invention relate to functions of the control program associated with input indicating that a user has pressed a representation of a button on the touch pad and any legend on the LCD associated with that button. A user may desire a new control function for their thermostat which imposes a requirement of input of a password before changes to operating setpoints may be made. A user may desire a new control function for their thermostat where an existing heat pump be activated at a sensed temperature closer to the setpoint than a sensed temperature that would activate an existing electric furnace. A user may add a variable speed compressor to their existing heat pump system after original installation of the thermostat, where the thermostat originally comprised means for control connections for that variable speed compressor. Even though the preceding were not functions of the control program at an original installation of the thermostat, the user may initiate communication with a remote correspondent and download functional programming to accomplish these changes. The remote correspondent may originate transfer functional programming to the invention thermostat.
Periodically, or on demand if provided for, the control program stored in the memory causes the CPU to selectively: establish communications with the remote correspondent, copy functional programming, store the functional programming and adapt the control program to incorporate the functional programming.
In a variant embodiment, the remote correspondent provides a service sending, periodically or on demand, predetermined functional programming incorporated into the control program. The user of the thermostat may also selectively choose and even purchase aftermarket functions to the thermostat from a menu or perhaps a webpage.
Referring first to
The processor 1 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 9 in communication with a memory 8 which stores data and program information and also, via an input/output unit (I/O unit) 10, a touch pad 11 and a liquid crystal display (LCD) 12. The liquid crystal display may optionally be backlit by any suitable means (not shown). The memory 8 may include a read-only part which is factory-programmed and a random-access part which stores data subject to change during operation. A settable real time clock 13 is used to keep time in the thermostat system to facilitate operations. The thermostat system may be suitably powered by a battery (not shown) and/or from equipment to which is connected. The I/O unit includes a communications interface 14 for coordinating communications between the CPU 9 and a remote correspondent 15. The communications interface 14 may be, for example, a conventional serial port.
Thus, in the usual manner during normal operation, the temperature sensor 5 sends an electrical signal (e.g., if the sensor 5 is a simple thermistor, a resistance value; several types of temperature sensors are widely used) representative of the temperature within the conditioned space 4 which the processor can compare against a previously entered set point to determine if control signals need to be sent to the space conditioning equipment 3. For example, if the temperature in the conditioned space 4 is found to be too low when operation is in the heating mode, the processor 1 signals the space conditioning equipment 3 circulate, through ducts 6, 7, air from/to the conditioned space 4 which is heated by the space conditioning equipment before return to the conditioned space. This heating phase continues until the sensor 5 indicates that the space is now too hot (or approaching too hot) with reference to the set point such that the processor 1 sends signal(s) to the space conditioning equipment 3 to cease the heating function, all as very well known in the art. In a cooling mode, a counterpart procedure is followed. Those skilled in the art will understand that the control process typically includes such refinements as anticipation, hysteresis accommodation, fan control, etc. which are acknowledged, but are not directly relevant to the invention.
It may be noted that integrated circuit chips including all the processor components with all the necessary interface conditioning circuits are available off-the-shelf and are under constant refinement for increased power. The subject invention only requires the capabilities of such a processor, and off-the-shelf integrated circuit processor chips may be used to advantage in the subject thermostat system.
Consider now a first embodiment of the invention. Referring to
At one or more predetermined times of day (and/or on-demand if provided for in the operating program) which have been previously stored in the memory 8 and established by the clock 13, the CPU 9 starts the process shown in
When the current local weather information is transmitted from the remote correspondent 15 via link 16 to the communications interface 14 and thence to the CPU 9, the CPU parses the information against the key terms stored in memory 8 to determine if there is a match. This is easily achieved because the source code of the information will typically also be in ASCII format. If the CPU 9 senses a match, the just-received information is searched for the presence of at least one �value� associated with the matched key term. If such a value is found and under control of the CPU 9, a first alphanumeric message component representative of the connotation of the matched key term and a second alphanumeric message component representative of the value associated with the key term are displayed on the LCD 12.
If no value for the present matched term is found, but more key terms in the present set are yet to be compared to information just received from the remote correspondent 15, the same process is repeated until all the key terms in the present set have been parsed and alphanumeric messages, if generated, have been sent to the LCD 12. The immediate session then ends.
As an example, assume that Montreal weather is of interest to an occupant of a conditioned space in the Montreal area which uses the subject thermostat system and that �temperature�, �high� and �low� are the key terms for the subject of local weather stored in the memory 8. Periodically, as determined by times stored in the memory 8, the CPU 9 issues signals to access the remote correspondent 15 (a site providing local Montreal weather in the example) and download the current weather information as a data stream. If the CPU finds, by examining and processing the data stream, that the term �temperature� has been received, it looks for the next characters in the data stream which can be a value associated with �temperature�; e.g., it may quickly find �+18� C.�. With this coupling established, the CPU may access the memory 8 to read the prestored alphanumeric message component �Current Montreal Temperature:� and then concatenate, as a second alphanumeric message component, �18 C� and then send the complete message to the LCD 12 which displays: �CURRENT MONTREAL TEMPERATURE: 18� C.�.
In a similar manner, if the key term �high� and an associated value are sensed, the exemplary message �MONTREAL HIGH TODAY: 26 C.� may be displayed; and if the key term �low� and an associated value are sensed, the exemplary message �MONTREAL LOW TODAY: 9 C.� may be displayed.
While an application for using the invention is acquiring and displaying current weather information, other types of current information may be obtained and displayed in a like manner. For example, current stock quotations for stock indexes and individual stocks, mutual funds and the like can be automatically acquired, displayed and periodically updated by suitably programming the processor 1 with the address of a site which maintains such information current along with the desired key terms which may, in this example, be NYSE, etc. stock symbols. Thus, the �value� term would be the current stock quote. As an example, if the key term �FMAGX� is matched and an associated value of 102.75 is also found, the alphanumeric message �CURRENT QUOTE FOR MAGELLAN: 102.75� is generated and displayed. To closely track one or more stocks or funds, the remote correspondent can be accessed as often as desired to �refresh� the alphanumeric message showing the current quote. A wide variety of types of information may be programmed, accessed and displayed in a like manner.
It will be understood that the processor 1 can communicate successively or at different times with different remote correspondents. Thus, referring to
If the thermostat system is programmable, the operating program installed during manufacture may provide for user entry following conventional instructions similar to those used in user-programming the climate control operation of the thermostat system. For example, assuming that the remote correspondent has an Internet address, the address may be entered using the touchpad 11 in any suitable manner as previously set up by a system programmer during software design. Then, various key terms the user wishes to employ with various remote correspondents having various addresses may be entered by a user.
As previously mentioned, the invention is not limited to use in programmable thermostat systems or even to thermostat systems in which correspondent addresses and key terms have previously been entered into memory 8. Still referring to
When the service is set up, the user and the business which provides the service via the remote correspondent 15 agree as to what current information (typically more than in the example) will be supplied on an agreed schedule. Depending upon the server-client relationship, either the processor 1 or the remote correspondent 15 may institute the current information transfer at the predetermined times or on demand.
While the Internet is not the only facility which the subject thermostat system may use to communicate with a remote correspondent, it is, at the state-of-the-art the most readily widely available and easily accessible. Thus,
At the state-of-the-art and as shown in
Attention is now directed to
Consider now a functional programming embodiment of the invention. Referring to
At the election of a user locally at touch pad 11 as provided for by the control program or via other communication with a remote correspondent such as with removable media, infrared link, by personal computer to an Internet website permitting such action, etc., the CPU 9 at step 101 shown in
At step 105, the selected functional programming is transferred and becomes part of the control program. At step 106, the selected functional programming cause a change in the touch pad 11 and/or LCD 12 as appropriate for the current screen display requirements.
Referring again to
Without specifically limiting such a definition, functional programming transferred to the memory of the programmable thermostat and previously unavailable to the control program includes:
Functional programming transferred to the thermostat according to the invention does not include data-only transfers.
Referring to
A) at step 137, from �automatic� mode to �off� mode (none of the environmental control equipment connected with the thermostat will operate, and virtual button 110 shows �OFF�);
B) at step 133, from �off� mode to �heat� mode (a heater or a heat pump in heat mode operates to heat the conditioned space, and virtual button 110 shows �HEAT�);
C) at step 134, from �heat� mode to �cool� mode (an air conditioner or heat pump operating in the cooling mode operates to cool the conditioned space, and virtual button 116 shows �COOL�);
D) at step 135, from �cool� mode to �emergency heat� mode (a backup electric heater operates to keep the conditioned space temperature above a lowest set point, and virtual button 110 shows �EMER HEAT�); and
E) at step 136, from �emergency heat� mode to �automatic� mode (the air conditioner and heater (or heat pump) operates in both the �heat� and �cool� mode, and virtual button 110 shows �AUTO�).
It will be appreciated that the virtual buttons of virtual buttons column 132 may alternatively be reduced in size and distributed on the surface of pictorial 121 instead of being a set of virtual buttons activated and serially viewable by invoking steps 133-137. If the virtual buttons of virtual buttons column 132 are distributed as separately and simultaneously viewable virtual buttons, it is desirable that the virtual button for the function currently activated for the thermostat will �flash� in contrast as described above so that the user will know which of the operating states or conditions are currently controlled by the thermostat.
However, it is an important feature of the thermostat that, although a user may touch virtual button 110, fewer or more than all the virtual buttons of column 132, in the example, and their associated changes in the normal operation control effected by the thermostat may be available to a user. The user has the ability to �edit� and/or simplify the virtual buttons column 132 to reflect the user's environmental control equipment actually connected for control by the thermostat.
If fewer than or more than the virtual buttons of virtual buttons column 132 are available to the user, appropriate fewer or more touching steps will be required to cycle through the functions of the thermostat and the corresponding legends which may appear with virtual button 110. The particular sequence of thermostat functions available at steps 133 to 137 is only exemplary of how normal user changes between operating states or conditions are made for the thermostat; the virtual buttons of column 132 may, of course, have a different sequence and also reflect various space conditioning equipment components which may be installed in diverse applications.
Thus, as more fully described below, a user is able, typically during a system setup, to eliminate or add to the virtual buttons shown in column 132 (and their associated functions) by using the touch screen in a manner that allows the user to specify what environmental control equipment components are actually controlled by the thermostat and, accordingly, included in column 132.
In practice, the thermostat manufacturer provides, in the control program, control sequences for as many different types of space conditioning components as might be used in widely diverse applications, alone or in combination. During setup, the user of a given installation eliminates those components, and graphics displays related thereto, which are irrelevant to the given installation, thus simplifying later ongoing programming and use of the thermostat. This system setup procedure is instituted by touching the �MENU� button 118 shown in
A) for �home� icon button 141, a return to the first level, normal operation, pictorial 113 shown in
B) for �DATE/TIME SETTINGS� button 142, for entering current date and time information;
C) for �SET SCREEN� button 145, for changing screen settings for the touch screen;
D) for �CLEAN SCREEN� button 146 to wipe the screen, e.g., with a lightly dampened cloth, without accidentally changing any of the settings; this function times out after a few seconds;
E) for button �FILTER MONITOR� button 147, entering, for display at pictorial 113 or similar touch screen, a reminder to change or clean filters on a specified schedule;
F) for �VACATION SETTINGS� button 148, for entering appropriate vacation system settings;
G) for �PROGRAM SETTINGS� button 143, for entering automatic temperature set point adjustments, typically for each of four selectable times for each day of the week;
H) for �ENERGY WATCH� button 144, for display of ongoing energy consumption and costs as discussed further below; and
I) for �ADVANCED SETTINGS� button 149, for entering the environmental control equipment connected with the thermostat, entering energy consumption data and costs and other functions as described.
Touching virtual button 149 results in display of pictorial 150 of
More particularly, the virtual buttons in column 163 are those that become successively visible when a user successively touches button 154, also indicating a change in the designation of which cooling equipment is present in a given system. Similarly, in the example, buttons in column 164 are those that become successively visible when a user successively touches button 158, also indicating a change in the designation of which heating equipment is present in the given system.
In the example, invoking steps 160, 161 and 162 respectively cause a change in the function and legend appearing at button 154 from �heat pump� mode to �air conditioner� mode, from �air conditioner� mode to �no compressor� mode (no air conditioning equipment), and from �no compressor� mode to �heat pump� mode. The memory program contains programming adapted to cause effective operation of a heat pump or compressor type air conditioner depending on the one selected at button 154. If the �no compressor� mode is selected at button 154, the buttons column 132 of
Cycling through steps 165, 166, 167, 168 and 169 respectively cause a change in the function and legend at button 158 from �electric furnace� mode (presence in the given system of an electric powered furnace) to �emer. elect. furnace� mode (additional presence of an emergency electric furnace), from �emer. elect. furnace� mode to �gas furnace� mode (presence of a gas furnace), from �gas furnace� mode to �oil furnace� mode (presence of an oil furnace), from �oil furnace� mode to �furnace off� mode (lack of heating equipment) and from �furnace off� mode to �electric furnace� mode. If the �furnace off� mode is selected at button 158, the buttons column 132 of
Pictorial 155 of
The functional programming modules operating in the control program to effect the functions shown and described in
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that, in a large facility incorporating subdivisions in the conditioned space, each conditioned space having its own thermostat system, each of the thermostat systems may independently employ the invention as previously described.
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Pulled down my trusty old carryon Samsonite yesterday, made sure it was fit to travel...it still has a ton of stickers and straps from previous trips still wound around the handle, which is awesome. I would take it as a carryon, but I booked budget tickets with Singapore Airlines, which appears to let people take a small business bag as a carryon, and not much ...
Home for Thanksgiving
... arrived, and my Aunt Leedelle and Uncle Kap came over to join. My sister and her husband were supposed to show up also, but due to ridiculous circumstances and lies that I will not go into, they did not attend the family dinner. This is also typical fasion for them to not show up to any family affairs. Regardless, the late Thanksgiving was spectacular and delicious as usual, as my mom out did herself. She was so happy to have me ...
We should turn back, now!
... am that insane. In my defense, the road wasn't so bad for a few minutes after that, I managed to get up to like 6 mph. Pretty good! So, we continue on with Andrew jumping out & walking while I'm trying to see where the heck the road is, it wasn't exactly what we set out to do today.
Well, we went for over an hour on this 'road' progressing at about 3 mph when we came to an area that looked way too crazy even for us & we ...
Christmas 2010
... saw mom pull up in the driveway. She didn't see my truck; she wasn't expecting it to be there, and it was somewhat hidden between Larry's work van and the neighbor's car, and luckily it was raining so hard mom just missed it. She walked into the back door, yelling greetings to Larry and Gunny, and I walked out of the den with my hands on my hips and said, "About time you got home!" She stood ...
The Budget & The Button
... stop for a longer period of time to volunteer or work somewhere, readers can donate to the charity or NPO (non-profit organization) if they so choose.
2. For those generous persons who want to pitch in on those special (or not-so-special) occasions so that we can upgrade our accommodations, feast on a fancier meal, or be otherwise pampered.
3. In an emergency - no explanation needed.


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|The Tantric Buddhism of the Himalayas; its best-known teacher is the Dalai Lama
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How to practice right speechIt's not enough to simply resolve to speak only what is "truthful, helpful, kind and timely." After all, we scarcely know which of the hundreds of voices in our head is going to "grab the mic" next. Vajrayana teacher Ken McLeod suggests we begin with a pretty straightforward method in his discussion of verse 34 of the 37 Practices of the Bodhisattva. Here's how it works: When you speak, listen to the sound of your own voice as if you are listening to another person talk. When you do this you hear immediately when what you are saying or how you are saying it is out of sync with the situation. If you are angry but aren't unaware of it, you hear the edge in your voice...you also hear when there's fear...or when you are trying to sell someone an idea, or when you are trying to seduce someone against their will.... There will be a little insistence or insincere charm in your voice. You may be surprised to hear your mother or father speaking..." More »
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Swimming in the InfiniteRobert A. F. Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University. A former Tibetan Buddhist monk—the first Westerner ever to be so ordained—he is the cofounder and current director of Tibet House in New York City. For decades he has been a close friend of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and a prominent champion of Tibetan Buddhism and the Tibetan cause. He has translated classic texts from Tibetan to English and is the author of numerous books, most recently Circling the Sacred Mountain (Bantam, 1999) and Inner Revolution (Penguin, 1999). This interview was conducted at his office at Columbia University. More »
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Aren't We Right to be Angry?In May 2011, at the Newark Peace Education Summit in New Jersey, the Dalai Lama and Jody Williams—both Nobel Peace Prize winners—debated the role of anger in social action work. The Dalai Lama held that people must have inner peace in order to promote peace in the world. "Too much emotion, attachment, anger, or fear, that kind of mental state, you can't investigate objectively," he said. Williams respectfully disagreed. "It's anger at injustice which fires many of us," she argued. As Buddhists, we may tend to agree with the Dalai Lama. But after listening to Williams, a powerful activist for social change, a compelling question emerged: Is anger ever a good thing? More »
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Feathers are HarmlessAs we go through life, we accumulate layers of ideas about who we are and what we're capable of achieving. As these layers accumulate, we tend to become increasingly rigid in our identification with certain views about ourselves and the world around us. Gradually, we lose our connection to the basic openness, clarity, and love that is the essence of our being. Our awareness is overwhelmed by hundreds of different thoughts, feelings, and sensations. Some we latch onto because they're attractive fantasies or scary preoccupations; some we try to shove away because they're too upsetting or because they distract us from whatever we're trying to accomplish at the moment. More »
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The Pursuit of HappinessYou're bright, curious, and driven. Maybe competitive, certainly inspired by a good challenge, and possibly interested in contributing something to make the world a better place. Maybe you've even thought about what it will take for you to reach 80 or 100 and be able to say: This is what I set out to do, and I've done it. There have been ups and downs, but I've pretty much stayed on track. More »
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37 Practices of the Bodhisattva, Verse 1Right now, you have a good boat, fully equipped and available—hard to find. To free others and you from the sea of samsara, Day and night, fully alert and present, Study, reflect, and meditate—this is the practice of a bodhisattva. Commentary By Ken McLeod More »


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