Relay device and air conditioning system

    公开(公告)号:US09973998B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-15

    申请号:US15118946

    申请日:2014-06-11

    摘要: A relay device communicably connects an upper-level air conditioning system and a lower-level air conditioning system that use different protocols. An upper-side communicator is connected to a first bus, and transmits and receives communication packets to and from the upper-level air conditioning system. A lower-side communicator is connected to an outdoor device that is a master device, and transmits and receives communication commands to and from the lower-level air conditioning system. An association information memory stores association information obtained by associating an address in the upper-level air conditioning system allocated to each device in the lower-level air conditioning system with identification information on each device in the lower-level air conditioning system. A processor performs a mutual conversion on the communication packets and the communication commands based on the association information stored in the association information memory.

    Communication device, communication method and program

    公开(公告)号:US10727904B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-28

    申请号:US16497516

    申请日:2017-06-16

    IPC分类号: H04B3/56 H04B3/54

    摘要: A communication apparatus is connected to another communication apparatus via a power source line, a signal line, and a shared line. The communication apparatus includes a detector and a communicator. The detector detects the phase of an alternating-current voltage applied between a first terminal for connecting to the power source line and a second terminal for connecting to the shared line. The communicator communicates with the other communication apparatus by executing at least one of transmission or reception of an electric current signal generated by opening and closing a circuit including the signal line and the shared line except when the phase detected by the detector is within a specific range. The specific range is defined as a range in which an induced electric current flowing through the signal line due to the alternating-current voltage is greater than a reference value.

    Outdoor unit, air-conditioning system, and recording medium

    公开(公告)号:US12117187B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US17639212

    申请日:2019-11-12

    IPC分类号: F24F1/20 H04L61/50

    CPC分类号: F24F1/20 H04L61/50

    摘要: An outdoor unit includes a group information manager that manages group information relating to a group corresponding to the outdoor unit, the group information being set by a user, a group information transmitter that transmits the group information to a management device, a transfer destination address manager that manages, as a transfer destination address, an address of another outdoor unit that corresponds to a same group as the group corresponding the outdoor unit, the address being received from the management device, a command transferer that transfers, when a destination of a received first operation command is not any of indoor units connected to the outdoor unit, the first operation command to another outdoor unit indicated by a transfer destination address, and transfers, when a destination of a received second operation command is any of the indoor units connected to the outdoor unit, the second operation command to the indoor unit.

    Communication system and transmission apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10256866B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-09

    申请号:US15508948

    申请日:2014-10-28

    摘要: A transmission circuit includes a photocoupler, a conductive/non-conductive state of which is controlled in accordance with data to be transmitted to a communication device. A reception circuit includes a photocoupler, a conductive/non-conductive state of which is controlled in accordance with the conductive/non-conductive state of the transmission path. A transmission circuit includes a photocoupler, a conductive/non-conductive state of which is controlled in accordance with data to be transmitted to a communication device. A reception circuit includes a photocoupler, a conductive/non-conductive state of which is controlled in accordance with the conductive/non-conductive state of the transmission path. The photocoupler is included in the transmission path. The photocoupler and the photocoupler are in opposite conductive/non-conductive states.

    Reception device and communication system

    公开(公告)号:US10680667B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US16477980

    申请日:2017-03-22

    IPC分类号: H04B1/10 H04B1/16

    摘要: A voltage application circuit including a photocoupler and a resistor applies, to a reception terminal, a voltage corresponding to an intensity of a communication current flowing through a transmission path. A reception control unit determines whether the communication current is flowing, by comparing the voltage applied to the reception terminal with a predetermined voltage threshold. A voltage adjustment circuit including a resistor and a transistor adjusts the voltage that is applied to the reception terminal by the voltage application circuit. A switch control unit switches a current threshold used for determining whether the communication current is flowing by controlling the voltage adjustment circuit in accordance with an intensity of the communication current during an on-control period.

    Air conditioning system and communication method

    公开(公告)号:US11320166B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16975239

    申请日:2018-03-20

    IPC分类号: F24F11/54 F24F11/49 F24F11/58

    摘要: An air conditioning system includes: outdoor units; indoor units each communicating with any one of the outdoor units by a first communication method; and a central control device communicating with each of the outdoor units by a second communication method and controlling the outdoor units and the indoor units. One of the outdoor units generates, by using a first address used for communication performed using the first communication method, a second address used for communication performed using a second communication method, generates a second address for one or more of the indoor units by using a first address, and obtains second addresses from another outdoor unit and the central control device. The central control device obtains, from each of the outdoor units, second addresses of the outdoor unit and each indoor unit, and controls operations of the outdoor units and the indoor units by using the second addresses obtained.

    Relay device and air conditioning system

    公开(公告)号:US10117155B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-30

    申请号:US15708237

    申请日:2017-09-19

    摘要: A relay device communicably connects an upper-level air conditioning system and a lower-level air conditioning system that use different protocols. An upper-side communicator is connected to a first bus, and transmits and receives communication packets to and from the upper-level air conditioning system. A lower-side communicator is connected to an outdoor device that is a master device, and transmits and receives communication commands to and from the lower-level air conditioning system. An association information memory stores association information obtained by associating an address in the upper-level air conditioning system allocated to each device in the lower-level air conditioning system with identification information on each device in the lower-level air conditioning system. A processor performs a mutual conversion on the communication packets and the communication commands based on the association information stored in the association information memory.

    Current measurement device and current calculation method

    公开(公告)号:US09995772B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-12

    申请号:US14781326

    申请日:2014-05-13

    IPC分类号: G01R15/18 G01R19/00 H01F38/28

    摘要: This current measurement device includes a conductor, a first terminal block, a pair of detection coils and a current calculator. A magnetic field, proportional to the magnitude of a conducted to-be-measured current, is generated around the conductor. The first terminal block has a placement surface on which the conductor is disposed. The pair of detection coils has the configuration, connected in series and in opposite polarities, and disposed on the placement surface of the first terminal block such that the conductor is between the pair of detection coils, and each coil is spaced from the conductor by an insulating distance. The detection coils output an inductive voltage signal produced by the magnetic field generated by the conductor and an external magnetic field which is magnetic noise. A current calculator calculates the value of the to-be-measured current on the basis of the inductive voltage signals from the pair of detection coils.