Home network system and its configuration system
First Claim
1. A configuration apparatus of a home network system, comprising:
- an interface means connected to the home network system;
a storage means for storing a logical address; and
a master means for confirming whether the logical address previously stored in the storage means is an initial logical address,generating a master search packet when the logical address previously stored in the storage means is an initial logical address,transmitting a master search packet to the home network system through the interface means,waiting for a response packet from the home network system,when the response packet is received from the network system, changing the initial logical address previously stored in the storage means into a predetermined logical address included in according to reception of the response packet, and when the response packet is not received from the network system, incrementing a counter value from a first value to a second value, greater than the first, the counter value representing a transmission number of the master packet, determining if the incremented counter value is greater than a preset value, and changing the logical address previously stored in the storage means into a basic logical address, and if the incremented counter value is not greater than the preset value, returning to the transmitting the master search packet to the network system.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a configuration apparatus thereof which can efficiently configure a new home appliance in the home network system comprised of various home appliances. The configuration method of a home network system, comprising of confirming whether a previously-stored logical address is an initial logical address, transmitting a master search packet to the home network system when the logical address previously stored in the storage means is an initial logical address, waiting for a response packet from the home network system, when the response packet is received from the home network system, changing the initial logical address into a predetermined logical address according to reception of the response packet; and when the response packet is not received from the home network system, changing the previously-stored initial logical address into a previously-stored basic logical address.
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11 Claims
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1. A configuration apparatus of a home network system, comprising:
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an interface means connected to the home network system; a storage means for storing a logical address; and a master means for confirming whether the logical address previously stored in the storage means is an initial logical address, generating a master search packet when the logical address previously stored in the storage means is an initial logical address, transmitting a master search packet to the home network system through the interface means, waiting for a response packet from the home network system, when the response packet is received from the network system, changing the initial logical address previously stored in the storage means into a predetermined logical address included in according to reception of the response packet, and when the response packet is not received from the network system, incrementing a counter value from a first value to a second value, greater than the first, the counter value representing a transmission number of the master packet, determining if the incremented counter value is greater than a preset value, and changing the logical address previously stored in the storage means into a basic logical address, and if the incremented counter value is not greater than the preset value, returning to the transmitting the master search packet to the network system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A configuration method of a device in a home network system, comprising the steps of:
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confirming, at the device, whether a previously-stored logical address is an initial logical address; transmitting a master search packet to the home network system when the previously-stored logical address previously is an initial logical address; waiting for a response packet from the home network system; when the response packet is received from the home network system, changing the previously-stored˜
logical address into a predetermined logical address included in according to reception of the response packet; andwhen the response packet is not received from the home network system, incrementing a counter value from a first value to a second value, greater than the first, the counter value representing a transmission number of the master packet, determining if the incremented counter value is greater than a preset value, and changing the previously-stored initial logical address into a basic logical address, and if the incremented counter value is not greater than the preset value, returning to the transmitting the master search packet to the network system. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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