Abstract: Provided is a method in a control system that is configured to provide command information to environmental adjustment equipment. The control system includes a plurality of user interface devices wherein each user interface device is configured to select an operating mode for a plurality of monitored areas in a building and wherein each user interface device is located in a different one of the monitored areas. The method comprises detecting a mode change request at a first user interface device for a first monitored area and executing the mode change request for the first monitored area while retaining a prior selected mode for another monitored area that was selected using a different user interface device when for each monitored area the environmental adjustment equipment includes a throttling device for controlling the flow of conditioned medium provided to the monitored area.

Abstract: A method in an interface control device for a control system that provides control instruction to environmental adjustment equipment is provided. The method comprises receiving user input via an input section in the interface control device and simultaneously displaying via an output indication section in the interface control device an operating mode selection for use during a timed period, an operating mode selection for use during an untimed period, and a predetermined timed period length in the form of a duration or an ending clock time. The method further comprises providing instructions to a controller that instructs the environmental adjustment equipment to operate in a manner consistent with the operating mode selections for the timed period and the untimed period and the predetermined timed period.