Abstract: A method of establishing airflow settings for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment is provided. The method includes identifying a parameter for the HVAC equipment, defining a recipe for the HVAC equipment in accordance with the parameter, generating a recipe file associated with the recipe and comprising lists of selectable options for each mode of operation of the HVAC equipment, permitting selections from each of the lists for each mode of operation of the HVAC equipment via a user interface (UI) during an installation of the HVAC equipment in a system and setting operations of the HVAC equipment according to each of the selections.

Abstract: A method and system for configuring a controller of a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment. The method can include receiving, with a near-field communication (NFC) module of the controller, configuration information for the HVAC equipment from a user device (e.g., equipped with near-field communications (NFC)), wherein the configuration information is used to configure the controller to control the HVAC equipment. The method can also include controlling the HVAC equipment based at least in part on the configuration information.

Abstract: When a single-stage thermostat is appropriately connected to a two-stage cooling system, a microprocessor control activates low and high stages of cooling based on preset parameters. The cooling load requirement is determined and compared to the maximum load requirement that can be satisfied in low-stage cooling mode and the minimum load requirement which can be satisfied in high-stage cooling mode. The desired low-stage cooling time limit is then determined for the next cycle. After the first cycle, the desired low-stage cooling time limit may be equal to zero in which case the next cycle is spent in high-stage cooling mode, or, if greater than zero, the next cycle runs in low-stage cooling mode up to the desired low-stage cooling time limit, with an additional high-stage cooling mode run if the thermostat is not satisfied within the desired time.