Process for assembling a group of elements in a home automation network

• US 20040230838A1
• Filed: 04/02/2004
• Published: 11/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SIMU
• Original Assignee: SIMU
• Inventors: Cheron, Eric
• Application Number:
  US10/817,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20040230838A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/201
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence

Abstract

The process for assembling a group of networked elements controlling equipment of a building, is one wherein when the elements are in a learning mode,

a first action exerted on one of the elements is interpreted as an interrogation concerning its state of membership in the group (included—excluded) and triggers the emission of an information signal regarding its state, and

a following action exerted on this element is interpretable as an order for modifying its state of membership in the group.

Claims

1. A process for assembling a group of networked elements controlling equipment of a building, wherein when the elements are in a learning mode,

a first action exerted on one of the elements is interpreted as an interrogation concerning its state of membership in the group (included—

excluded) and triggers the emission of an information signal regarding its state, and

a following action exerted on this element is interpretable as an order for modifying its state of membership in the group.

2. The process for assembling a group of elements as claimed in claim 1, wherein the element emits this information signal during a timeout (T′

).

3. The process for assembling a group of elements as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first action triggers a timeout (T) during which the following action or actions exerted on the element is or are interpreted by the element as an order for modifying its state of membership in the group.

4. The process for assembling a group of elements as claimed in claim 1, wherein the following action or actions, interpreted by the element as an order for modifying its state of membership in the group, triggers or trigger a timeout (T″

) during which the element emits an information signal regarding its state of membership in the group.

5. The process for assembling a group of elements as claimed in claim 1, wherein the following action or actions, interpreted by the element as an order for modifying its state of membership in the group, triggers or trigger a timeout during which the action or actions exerted on the element is or are interpreted by the element as an order for modifying its state of membership in the group.

6. The process for assembling a group of elements as claimed in claim 1, wherein the following action or actions exerted on the element, that is not or are not interpreted by the element as an order for modifying its state of membership in the group, is or are interpreted as a first action exerted on the element.

7. The process according to claim 1, wherein the action exerted on an element consists of a pulse engendered manually on a programming means (BPP0, BPP1, BPP2, BPP3, BPP4) relating to this element.

8. An installation comprising equipment of a building, which equipment is controlled by networked elements, which installation is intended to implement the process as claimed in claim 1, each element comprising a programming means, a means of emitting an information signal, a memory containing a program for detecting a command for placing in learning mode and a program for detecting end of placement in learning mode, wherein the memory of each element comprises a program for detection of action on the means of programming, of management of timeouts and of emission of an information signal.

9. The installation as claimed in claim 8, wherein at least one of the elements exhibits a programming means and/or a means of emission of information signal physically separate from the element.