EP1321722A3 - Communication network system and data communication method therefor - Google Patents

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EP1321722A3
EP1321722A3 EP02027703A EP02027703A EP1321722A3 EP 1321722 A3 EP1321722 A3 EP 1321722A3 EP 02027703 A EP02027703 A EP 02027703A EP 02027703 A EP02027703 A EP 02027703A EP 1321722 A3 EP1321722 A3 EP 1321722A3
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Haruhiko Konno
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Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
Sanyo Electric Air Conditioning Co Ltd
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F11/00—Control or safety arrangements
    • F24F11/30—Control or safety arrangements for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F11/00—Control or safety arrangements
    • F24F11/50—Control or safety arrangements characterised by user interfaces or communication
    • F24F11/54—Control or safety arrangements characterised by user interfaces or communication using one central controller connected to several sub-controllers

Abstract

A communication network system for an air conditioner in which at least one outdoor unit, plural indoor units and other units are connected to one another through plural communication networks to perform an air-conditioning operation, including at least one master unit (1) having plural communication ports (a,b,c, d), plural communication networks (A, B, C) connected to the communication ports (a, b, c, d) of the master device (1), and at least one slave unit (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) connected to each of the communication networks (A, B, C), wherein the master unit (1) has a table (23) containing information for indicating the locations of the slave units (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) connected to the communication networks (A, B, C), and means (M) for selecting on the basis of the table (23) a communication network route through which communication data addressed to a prescribed unit are transmitted to the prescribed unit.
EP02027703A 2001-12-21 2002-12-10 Communication network system and data communication method therefor Expired - Fee Related EP1321722B1 (en)

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JP2001389190A JP3995469B2 (en) 2001-12-21 2001-12-21 Network system

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