Air conditioner system and control method
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorKoji Yamaguchi
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Abstract
An air conditioner system has an outdoor unit and indoor units connected via a communication line. The air conditioner system includes a communication unit that communicates with an external device and one of the indoor units; and a communication control unit. As information for identifying each of the outdoor unit and the indoor units, the control unit associates first identification information uniquely set to each of the outdoor unit and the indoor units with second identification information uniquely set to the communication unit, and transmits the associated information from the one indoor unit to the external device via the communication unit.
Claims14
An air conditioner system having a plurality of air conditioners in each of which an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units are connected via a communication line, the air conditioner system comprising:
- a first air conditioner configured to include a plurality of first indoor units;
- and
- a second air conditioner configured to include a plurality of second indoor units,
- the first air conditioner having:
- a first communication unit configured to communicate with an external device, a first outdoor unit, and one first indoor unit of the plurality of first indoor units;
- and
- a first communication control unit configured to, as information for identifying each of the first outdoor unit and the plurality of first indoor units,
- associate first identification information uniquely set to each of the first outdoor unit and the plurality of first indoor units with second identification information uniquely set to the first communication unit as associated information, and
- transmit the associated information from the first outdoor unit or the one first indoor unit that communicates with the first communication unit, to the external device via the first communication unit,
- the second air conditioner having:
- a second communication unit configured to communicate with the external device, a second outdoor unit, and one second indoor unit of the plurality of second indoor units;
- and
- a second communication control unit configured to, as information for identifying each of the second outdoor unit and the plurality of second indoor units,
- associate first identification information uniquely set to each of the second outdoor unit and the plurality of second indoor units with second identification information uniquely set to the second communication unit as associated information, and
- transmit the associated information from the second outdoor unit or the one second indoor unit that communicates with the second communication unit, to the external device via the second communication unit,
- wherein the first identification information in the first air conditioner and the first identification information in the second air conditioner are allowed to include same first identification information, and the second identification information in the first air conditioner and the second identification information in the second air conditioner are different.
A control method for an air conditioner system having a plurality of air conditioners in each of which an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units connected with each other via a communication line, the plurality of air conditioners including a first air conditioner having a plurality of first indoor units and a second air conditioner having a plurality of second indoor units, the control method comprising:
- in the first air conditioner,
- a first communication step of communicating with an external device, a first outdoor unit, and one first indoor unit of the plurality of first indoor units via a first communication unit;
- and
- a first communication control step of:
- associating, as information for identifying each of the first outdoor unit and the plurality of first indoor units, first identification information uniquely set to each of the first outdoor unit and the plurality of first indoor units with second identification information uniquely set to the first communication unit, as associated information;
- and
- transmitting the associated information from the first outdoor unit or the one first indoor unit that communicates with the first communication unit, to the external device via the first communication unit,
- the control method further comprising:
- in the second air conditioner,
- a second communication step of communicating with the external device, a second outdoor unit, and one second indoor unit of the plurality of second indoor units via a second communication unit;
- and
- a second communication control step of:
- associating, as information for identifying each of the second outdoor unit and the plurality of second indoor units, first identification information uniquely set to each of the second outdoor unit and the plurality of second indoor units with second identification information uniquely set to the second communication unit as associated information, and
- transmitting the associated information from the second outdoor unit or the one second indoor unit that communicates with the second communication unit, to the external device via the second communication unit,
- wherein the first identification information in the first air conditioner and the first identification information in the second air conditioner are allowed to include same first identification information, and the second identification information in the first air conditioner and the second identification information in the second air conditioner are different.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.