Unit for controlling data communication

A system for controlling an entertainment installation comprising one or more devices, wherein said system comprises:

• for each of said one or more devices, a control unit;
• for each of said one or more devices, a communication unit;
• a central management unit suitable for generating data;
• one or more data connections suitable for communicating data between said central management unit and said communication unit of said one or more devices, suitable for full-duplex communication,
• wherein said communication unit comprises:
• a first communication port and a second communication port, suitable for connecting said communication unit to said data connections;
• a switch component suitable for exchanging data with said management unit, via full-duplex communication;
• a bypass component suitable for switching said communication unit between a first state and a second state, in such a way that, in said first state, said first communication port and said second communication port are connected to said switch component, and, in said second state, said first communication port is connected to said second communication port, and
• wherein said central management unit comprises a monitoring module suitable for receiving monitoring messages from said one or more devices, comprising one or more characteristics of said device and/or of a device connected to said device.

A method for controlling an entertainment installation comprising one or more devices, comprising:

• providing a central management unit, one or more data connections suitable for full-duplex communication, a control unit for each of said one or more devices, and a communication unit for each of the one or more devices,
• wherein a communication unit comprises:
• a first communication port, a second communication port, a bypass component and a switch component;
• generating data by said central management unit;
• communicating data between said central management unit and a communication unit, via said data connections;
• controlling each of said one or more devices by said control unit;
• controlling data communication by means of said control unit, comprising:
• communicating data via said data connections, connected to said first and/or second communication port;
• switching said communication unit between a first state and a second state,
• wherein, in said first state, said first communication port and said second communication port are connected to said switch component, and, in said second state, said first communication port is connected to said second communication port,
• exchanging data between said switch component and said management unit, via full-duplex communication;
• receiving, by said central management unit, monitoring messages from said one or more devices, comprising one or more characteristics of said device and/or of a device connected to said device.