Control adapter for fastening on a device of an HVAC system
AssigneeBelimo Holding AG
InventorsSilvio Grogg, Marc Steiner
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Abstract
A control adapter for fastening on a HVAC device includes a wireless communication interface for communicating control signals between a remote control device and the control adapter. A wireless near-field communication interface communicates control signals between the control adapter and the HVAC device. A control circuit converts the control signals received from the wireless communications interface into the control signals of the wireless near-field communication interface and converts the control signals received from the wireless near-field communication interface into control signals of the wireless communication interface.
Claims18
A control adapter for fastening on a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning (“HVAC”) device, the control adapter having:
- a wireless communication interface for communicating control signals between a remote-control device and the control adapter;
- a wireless near-field communication interface for communicating control signals between the control adapter and the HVAC device;
- a control circuit for converting the control signals received from the wireless communication interface into control signals of the wireless near-field communication interface and for converting the control signals received from the wireless near-field communication interface into control signals of the wireless communication interface;
- a housing having a first side, a second side lying opposite the first side, and a first cutout which extends from the first side to the second side and which is arranged relative to the wireless near-field communication interface in such a way that the first cutout is configured for aligning the wireless near-field communication interface of the control adapter relative to a wireless near-field communication interface of the HVAC device by viewing, through the first cutout, a mark on a side of the HVAC device that faces the control adapter.
A control system comprising:
- a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning (“HVAC”) device, and
- a control adapter for fastening on the HVAC device, the control adapter having:
- a wireless communication interface for communicating control signals between a remote-control device and the control adapter;
- a wireless near-field communication interface for communicating control signals between the control adapter and the HVAC device;
- a control circuit for converting the control signals received from the wireless communication interface into control signals of the wireless near-field communication interface and for converting the control signals received from the wireless near-field communication interface into control signals of the wireless communication interface;
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- a housing having a first side, a second side lying opposite the first side, and a cutout which extends from the first side to the second side and which is arranged relative to the wireless near-field communication interface in such a way that the cutout is suitable for aligning the wireless near-field communication interface of the control adapter relative to a wireless near-field communication interface of the HVAC device,
- wherein the HVAC device has, on a side facing the control adapter, a mark which, when the control adapter is aligned on the HVAC device, can be viewed through the cutout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.