Interactive user guidance interface for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system

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; and

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

an installer test tab, wherein invoking the installer test tab advances to an installer screen, wherein said dashboard notifies a subnet controller of a pressing of a button and said subnet controller interprets said button press as one of a a) skip test, b) test passed and c) test failed indication from a user;

wherein said subnet controller informs said dashboard to display a specific screen and instructs said dashboard, by employing instructions, how to fill said specific screen in with data.

2. The dashboard of claim 1 , wherein said instructions include a selection of two or more data fields.

3. The dashboard of claim 1 , wherein said instructions are directed toward dashboard buttons per screen including at least one of:

a) how many there are; and

b) what a caption is per each button.

4. The dashboard of claim 1 , further comprising said subnet controller is coupled to a device and instructs said device to operate.

5. The dashboard of claim 1 , wherein said dashboard displays information generated by said device according to said instructions of said subnet controller.

6. A method for operating an HVAC interface dashboard having a plurality of tabs, comprising:

providing a weather tab, wherein invoking the weather tab advances to a weather Screen;

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

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

providing 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;

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

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

a) time;

b) temperature setpoints;

c) heating/cooling setpoints;

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

informing said dashboard by a subnet controller to display a specific screen and instructs said dashboard, by employing instructions, how to fill said specific screen in with data; and

providing an installer test tab, wherein invoking the installer test tab advances to an installer screen, wherein said dashboard notifies said subnet controller of a pressing of a button and said subnet controller interprets said button press as one of a a) skip test, b) test passed and c) test failed indication from a user.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein said dashboard displays information generated by said device according to said instructions of said subnet controller.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein said instructions include a selection of two or more data fields.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein said instructions are directed toward dashboard buttons per screen including at least one of:

a) how many there are; and

b) what a caption is per each button.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising said subnet controller is coupled to a device and instructs said device to operate.

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

the 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; 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,

wherein a subnet controller informs said dashboard to display a specific screen and instructs said dashboard, by employing instructions, how to fill said specific screen in with data; and

wherein said dashboard further includes an installer test tab, wherein invoking the installer test tab advances to an installer screen and said dashboard notifies said subnet controller of a pressing of a button, wherein said subnet controller interprets said button press as one of a a) skip test, b) test passed, and c) test failed indication from a user.

12. The HVAC system of claim 11 , wherein the indoor humidity tab can further be used to set current indoor humidity setpoints.

13. The HVAC system of claim 11 , wherein said dashboard displays information generated by said device according to said instructions of said subnet controller.

14. The HVAC system of claim 11 , wherein said subnet controller is coupled to a device and instructs said device to operate.

15. The HVAC system dashboard of claim 11 , wherein said instructions are directed toward dashboard buttons per screen including at least one of:

a) how many there are; and

b) what a caption is per each button.

16. The HVAC system of claim 11 , wherein said instructions include a selection of two or more data fields.