Communication of commands in a home automation network and between home automation networks
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1. A method of communication in a home-automation network allowing communication between actors consisting of command transmitters and/or command receivers associated with items of equipment in a building, wherein said method comprises a step, said step being performed by at least one of said actors, of communicating by means of frames, wherein a frame comprises a succession of functional segments, each functional segment comprising a field of segment type.
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Method of communication in a home automation network allowing communication between parties consisting of command transmitters and/or communication receivers associated with equipment in a building by means of frames.
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- 1. A method of communication in a home-automation network allowing communication between actors consisting of command transmitters and/or command receivers associated with items of equipment in a building, wherein said method comprises a step, said step being performed by at least one of said actors, of communicating by means of frames, wherein a frame comprises a succession of functional segments, each functional segment comprising a field of segment type.
- 16. A translation device for programming a home-automation installation, said installation comprising command transmitters and/or command receivers associated with items of equipment in a building, said command transmitters and/or command receivers communicating with one another by means of frames comprising several functional segments, wherein said device comprises means for translating into a frame an instruction written in a programming language, the instruction comprising words consisting of strings of alphanumeric characters and/or signs and/or icons, the structure of said translated frame corresponding to that of the instruction and comprising the same number of functional segments as the instruction comprises words and each functional segment comprising a field of segment type.
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