System and method of use for a user interface dashboard of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning network

1. An HVAC graphical interface dashboard, comprising:

a weather tab, wherein invoking the weather tab advances to a weather screen;

an indoor humidity tab, wherein invoking the indoor humidity tab advances to a humidity screen which displays at least a current indoor humidity;

an alerts tab, wherein invoking the alerts tab advances to an alerts screen;

a help tab, wherein invoking the help tab advances to a help screen that provides context sensitive help that presents at least one dialog box related to a function of a current screen;

an indoor settings tab, wherein invoking the indoor settings tab advances to an indoor settings screen which includes a current indoor temperature;

a programs tab, wherein invoking the programs tab advances to a programs screen which can program at least one of:

a) a time;

b) temperature setpoints;

c) heating/cooling setpoints;

wherein a program schedule of the program tab is divided into a plurality of time zones wherein, upon a time a time zone being invoked for a set period of time:

a) a temperature setpoint for that time period is deactivated,

b) a display of the deactivated setpoints of the deactivated time period appears dim relative to a display of the time period's setpoints before deactivation; and

c) the deactivated time period's setpoints appear dimmer relative to an active time period's setpoints; and

a home tab, wherein invoking the home tab advances to a home screen which provides a summary of indoor conditions wherein at least one attribute of a presentation of the home screen is selectable by a user,

wherein at least one attribute of a presentation of the home screen is selectable by a user.

2. The dashboard of claim 1 , wherein, in order to access an installer screen from the home screen, an installer is to press and hold an icon that is a logo with a finger for a given time period and then drag the finger across the HVAC graphical interface dashboard.

3. The dashboard of claim 1 , wherein the attribute of the presentation includes at least one of:

a) a choice of a black screen background;

b) a choice of a white screen background;

c) a choice of an enlargement of at least one font; and

d) a choice of an enlargement of icon.

4. The dashboard of claim 1 , wherein the dashboard has a screensaver that activates after a selected amount of inactivity from a user.

5. The dashboard of claim 1 , further comprising a zone tab.

6. The dashboard of claim 1 , wherein at least one tab is remotely invocable by a user.

7. The dashboard of claim 1 , wherein the help screen displays settings depending upon a screen displayed before the help tab is activated.

8. An HVAC system including a graphical interface dashboard and at least one coupled device, comprising:

a graphical interface dashboard, including:

a weather tab, wherein invoking the weather tab advances to a weather screen;

an indoor humidity tab, wherein invoking the indoor humidity tab advances to a humidity screen which displays at least a current indoor humidity;

an alerts tab, wherein invoking the alerts tab advances to an alerts screen;

a help tab, wherein invoking the help tab advances to a help screen that provides context sensitive help that presents at least one dialog box related to a function of a current screen;

an indoor settings tab, wherein invoking the indoor settings tab advances a user to an indoor settings screen which includes a current indoor temperature;

a programs tab, wherein pressing the programs tab invokes a programs screen which can program at least one of:

i) a time;

ii) temperature setpoints;

iii) heating/cooling setpoints;

wherein a program schedule of the program tab is divided into a plurality of time zones wherein, upon a time a time zone being invoked for a set period of time:

a) a temperature setpoint for that time period is deactivated,

b) a display of the deactivated setpoints of the deactivated time period appears dim relative to a display of the time period's setpoints before deactivation; and

c) the deactivated time period's setpoints appear dimmer relative to an active time period's setpoints; and

a home tab, wherein invoking the home tab advances a user to a home screen which provides a summary of indoor conditions; and

the at least one coupled device selected from the group including:

a) an air handler;

b) a furnace;

c) an evaporator coil;

d) a condenser coil; and

e) a compressor;

wherein the at least one coupled device is viewable from at least one of the tabs, and

wherein at least one attribute of a presentation of the home screen is selectable by a user.

9. The HVAC system of claim 8 , wherein the attribute of the presentation includes at least one of:

a) a choice of a black screen background;

b) a choice of a white screen background;

c) a choice of an enlargement of at least one font; and

d) a choice of an enlargement of icon.

10. The HVAC system of claim 8 , wherein the dashboard has a screensaver that activates after a selected amount of inactivity from a user.

11. The HVAC system of claim 8 , further comprising a zone tab.

12. The HVAC system of claim 8 , wherein at least one tab is remotely invocable by a user.

13. The HVAC system of claim 8 , wherein, in order to access an installer screen from the home screen, an installer is to press and hold an icon that is a logo with a finger for a given time period and then drag the finger across the graphical interface dashboard.

14. The HVAC system of claim 8 , wherein the help screen displays settings depending upon a screen displayed before the help tab is activated.