Electrical home appliance
First Claim
1. An electrical home appliance, including a dishwasher, clothes dryer, washing machine, lighting arrangement, heating system control, having an interface, which is arranged on the respective home appliance, for connecting the home appliance to a bus system connected to several home appliances for control by a single central control computer, with the interface being connected to a bus connection module within the respective home appliance for transmitting control commands or sensor signals between the bus system and the home appliance;
- and wherein the respective home appliance is provided with a plug-in position for the detachable plugging in of the control computer, and a contact configuration is provided at the plug-in position and connected to the interface for establishing a connection between a plugged-in control computer and the interface.
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Abstract
An electrical home appliance (14) such as a dishwasher, a clothes dryer, a washing machine, a lighting arrangement, a heating system control or the like, which, via an interface arranged on or in the home appliance, can be connected to a bus system supplied to several home appliances and controlled by a single central control computer (17), with the interface being connected to a bus connection module for transmitting control commands and/or sensor signals between the bus system and the home appliance (14). The home appliance (14) additionally is provided with a plug-in position (18) for the detachable plugging in of the control computer (17). A contact configuration (19) establishing the connection between the plugged-in control computer (17) and the interface is arranged at the plug-in position (18). A great flexibility is accomplished since the control computer (17) can also be plugged in at the plug-in positions of other home appliances connected to the bus system. By changing the plug-in location of the control computer (17), the entire system can be controlled from different points. The control computer does not require a special location but is integrated into one of the home appliances when it is plugged in.
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1. An electrical home appliance, including a dishwasher, clothes dryer, washing machine, lighting arrangement, heating system control, having an interface, which is arranged on the respective home appliance, for connecting the home appliance to a bus system connected to several home appliances for control by a single central control computer, with the interface being connected to a bus connection module within the respective home appliance for transmitting control commands or sensor signals between the bus system and the home appliance;
- and wherein the respective home appliance is provided with a plug-in position for the detachable plugging in of the control computer, and a contact configuration is provided at the plug-in position and connected to the interface for establishing a connection between a plugged-in control computer and the interface.
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