Controllers and methods are disclosed for aiding a user in programming a schedule of a programmable controller. In an illustrative embodiment, a guided programming routine can be activated by a user, which then guides a user through two or more screens that are designed to collect sufficient informa
Controllers and methods are disclosed for aiding a user in programming a schedule of a programmable controller. In an illustrative embodiment, a guided programming routine can be activated by a user, which then guides a user through two or more screens that are designed to collect sufficient information from the user to generate and/or update at least some of the schedule parameters of the controller.
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1. A method of programming an HVAC schedule of an HVAC controller, the HVAC schedule having a number of schedule parameters including time parameters related to two or more time periods for each of at least two days of a week, and a number of temperature parameters related to one or more temperature
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A method of programming an HVAC schedule of an HVAC controller, the HVAC schedule having a number of schedule parameters including time parameters related to two or more time periods for each of at least two days of a week, and a number of temperature parameters related to one or more temperature set points for each of the two or more time periods, the method comprising: activating a guided programming routine, wherein once activated, the guided programming routine does not request user entry of the number of set points in a day and the routine sequentially providing two or more solicitations to a user via a user interface from a first solicitation to a last solicitation, the two or more solicitations directed to user activities and collectively soliciting schedule and comfort information from a user without specifically identifying the two or more time periods of the HVAC schedule within the solicitations;accepting a user response to each of the two or more solicitations via the user interface;translating the accepted user responses into at least some of the schedule parameters for two or more days the HVAC schedule, including at least one time parameter and at least one temperature parameter of the HVAC schedule;updating the HVAC schedule parameters of the HVAC controller with the translated schedule parameters. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the two or more solicitations are provided in a sequence of screens that are sequentially displayed on the user interface of the HVAC controller. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the time periods of the HVAC schedule include a wake time period, a leave time period, a return time period and a sleep time period, and wherein the two or more solicitations do not specifically reference the wake time period, the leave time period, the return time period or the sleep time period of the HVAC schedule. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the guided programming routine sequentially provides two or more screens to a user. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the guided programming routine sequentially provides a first one of two or more solicitations to a user via the user interface, accepts a first user response to the first one of two or more solicitations, and then provides a second one of two or more solicitations to the user via the user interface, and then accepts a second user response to the second one of two or more solicitations. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the two or more solicitations collect sufficient information via the corresponding user responses to determine the schedule parameters of the HVAC schedule for two or more days of the week, including both time and temperature parameters. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the solicitations solicits a selection of the two or more days of the week. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the solicitations solicit information related to a temperature value and/or a time value. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the solicitations solicit a discrete numerical value. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the two or more solicitations are expressed as natural language solicitations. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the solicitations solicits which weekdays have a same HVAC schedule. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein: at least one of the two or more solicitations solicit a time that is related to a user's schedule, and in response, the user enters the requested time via the user interface; andat least one of the two or more solicitations solicit a temperature that is related to a user's comfort, and in response, the user enters the requested temperature via the user interface. 13. A method of programming an HVAC schedule of an HVAC controller, the HVAC schedule having a number of schedule parameters including time parameters related to two or more time periods for each of at least some days of a week, and a number of temperature parameters related to one or more temperature set points for each of the two or more time periods, the method comprising: activating a guided programming routine, wherein once activated, the guided programming routine does not request user entry of the number of set points in a day and the routine providing two or more solicitations to a user via a user interface, the two or more solicitations directed to user activities and collectively soliciting schedule and comfort information from a user without specifically identifying the two or more time periods of the HVAC schedule within the solicitations themselves;at least one of the solicitations soliciting a time that is related to a user's schedule;at least one of the solicitations soliciting a temperature that is related to a user's comfort;accepting a user response to each of the two or more solicitations via the user interface;using the user responses to determine at least some of the schedule parameters of the HVAC schedule of the HVAC controller including at least one time parameter and at least one temperature parameter of the schedule; andupdating at least some of the schedule parameters of the HVAC controller including both time and temperature parameters. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of the solicitations soliciting a selection of days of the week. 15. The method of claim 13, wherein the time periods of the HVAC schedule include a wake time period, a leave time period, a return time period and a sleep time period, and wherein the two or more solicitations do not specifically reference the wake time period, the leave time period, the return time period or the sleep time period of the schedule. 16. The method of claim 13 wherein the guided programming routine sequentially provides the two or more solicitations to a user. 17. The method of claim 16 wherein the guided programming routine provides a first one of two or more solicitations to a user via the user interface, accepts a first user response to the first one of two or more solicitations via the user interface, and then provides a second one of two or more solicitations to the user via the user interface, and then accepts a second user response to the second one of two or more solicitations via the user interface. 18. The method of claim 13 wherein the two or more solicitations collect sufficient information via the corresponding user responses to determine at least a majority of the schedule parameters of the HVAC schedule. 19. A system comprising: a memory for storing an HVAC schedule, wherein the HVAC schedule includes a number of schedule parameters including time parameters related to two or more time periods for each of at least some days of a week, and a number of temperature parameters related to one or more temperature set points for each of the two or more time periods;a controller coupled to the memory, the controller configured to control one or more HVAC components of an HVAC system in accordance with the HVAC schedule;a user interface, the user interface configured to: display two or more solicitations to a user, wherein each solicitation solicits specific information directed to a user's schedule and comfort but does not request user entry of the number of set points in a day;at least one of the solicitations soliciting a time that is directed to the user's schedule without specifically identifying any of the two or more time periods of the HVAC schedule;at least one of the solicitations soliciting a temperature that is directed to a user's comfort;accept a user response to each of the two or more solicitations; andthe controller configured to translate the accepted user response into one or more schedule parameters and to update the schedule parameters in the memory with the one or more schedule parameters translated from the user responses. 20. The system of claim 19, wherein the user interface includes a device for sending one or more signals to the controller. 21. The system of claim 19, wherein the memory and controller are part of an HVAC controller, and the user interface includes a computer.
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