公开(公告)号：US20200248923A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-06

申请号：US16293849

申请日：2019-03-06

Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company

Inventor： Ryan L. Snider ,  Nicholas P. Mislak ,  Olivier Donfack

IPC: F24F11/77 ,  H02P5/74 ,  G05B15/02 ,  F04D25/06 ,  F04D27/00 ,  F24F11/52

Abstract: A control unit is communicatively coupled to multiple variable frequency drives. The control unit includes a controller, and each variable frequency drive may have a respective controller. The controller of the control unit may be communicatively coupled to each variable frequency drive controller and manage and/or configure the multiple variable frequency drives by sending instructions and/or receiving information from the variable frequency drive controllers. In some embodiments, the control unit may be implemented as a part of a mobile computing device, such that the controller may wirelessly and communicatively couple to each variable frequency drive controller. In this manner, managing or changing settings and/or control parameters of multiple variable frequency drives may be performed via a single control unit, avoiding the tedious, repetitive, and inefficient process of using multiple control units.