A communication control system and method based on an air conditioner

Abstract

A kind of communication control system based on air conditioner, including outdoor unit, indoor unit, communication master station, communication slave station, signal receiving module and signal processing module;Each indoor unit is provided with a communication slave station and signal receiving module;Signal receiving module is used to receive the adjustment signal of user, and sends adjustment signal to signal processing module;Signal processing module is used to parse adjustment signal, judges whether the number of adjustment signal is equal to the number of indoor unit, if not equal, obtains the communication address of indoor unit, and attaches communication address to adjustment signal, obtains processing signal, sends processing signal to the communication slave station of corresponding indoor unit;Communication master station will accept all processing signals and parse, and communication master station is parsed according to the order of acceptance.It can be sequentially sent to the outdoor unit by the communication master station, and sequentially executed, without causing control signal in execution conflict.The signal transmission problem of multiple air conditioner indoor units and single air conditioner outdoor unit is finally solved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of air conditioner control, in particular to a communication control system and method based on air conditioner. BACKGROUND

[0002] Traditional air conditioner control systems often rely on complex wiring layouts, including two dedicated communication lines for transmitting control instructions and two power supply lines to ensure power supply to the equipment. This design not only increases material costs, but also makes the installation and maintenance process cumbersome and time-consuming. However, with the advancement of technology, the introduction of POWERBUS technology has completely revolutionized this situation. POWERBUS ingeniously uses power line carrier communication (PLC) technology, which can simultaneously complete power supply and control signal transmission with only two power supply lines, greatly simplifying the wiring structure of the air conditioner system, effectively reducing the production and installation costs of the air conditioner, and improving the overall energy efficiency ratio, providing a more economical and environmentally friendly solution for users.

[0003] However, it is worth noting that this innovative solution also faces challenges in specific application scenarios. Specifically, when the air conditioner outdoor unit needs to connect and manage multiple air conditioner indoor units simultaneously, the communication efficiency and stability of the POWERBUS technology may be affected. Since multiple indoor units share the same power supply line for communication, signal interference or conflicts may occur, leading to communication abnormalities. In the long run, such unstable communication not only affects the operating efficiency of the air conditioner system and user experience, but also may cause irreversible damage to the communication chip, increasing the cost and difficulty of later maintenance. SUMMARY

[0004] To overcome the above-mentioned defects, the present application aims to provide a communication control system and method based on air conditioner, which solves the problem of signal interference or conflict caused by multiple indoor units sharing the same power supply line for communication in the prior art.

[0005] To achieve this purpose, the present application adopts the following technical solution: a communication control system based on air conditioner, comprising an outdoor unit, an indoor unit, a communication master station, a communication slave station, a signal receiving module and a signal processing module;

[0006] Each indoor unit is provided with a communication slave station and a signal receiving module;

[0007] The signal receiving module is used to receive the user's adjustment signal and send the adjustment signal to the signal processing module;

[0008] The signal processing module is configured to analyze the adjustment signals, determine whether the number of the adjustment signals is equal to the number of the internal machines, if not, obtain the communication addresses of the internal machines, and attach the communication addresses to the adjustment signals to obtain processing signals, and send the processing signals to the corresponding communication slave stations of the internal machines;

[0009] If yes, determine whether the instructions of all the adjustment signals are consistent, if yes, generate a common signal, combine the common signal and the adjustment signals into processing signals, and send the processing signals to any communication slave station;

[0010] If no, obtain the communication addresses of the internal machines, and attach the communication addresses to the adjustment signals to obtain processing signals, and send the processing signals to the corresponding communication slave stations of the internal machines;

[0011] The communication slave station is configured to send the processing signals to a communication master station.

[0012] The communication master station is configured to receive the processing signals, if the number of the processing signals at the current time is greater than 2, analyze the processing signals according to the receiving order, generate control instructions and communication addresses, and send the generated control instructions and communication addresses to an external machine.

[0013] If the number of the adjustment signals at the current time is not greater than 2, analyze the processing signals, determine whether the analyzed instructions contain a common signal, if yes, send only the control instructions to the external machine, and if no, send the generated control instructions and communication addresses to the external machine.

[0014] The external machine is configured to determine whether the received content contains a communication address, if yes, find the corresponding internal machine control area according to the communication address, and execute the control instructions, and if no, execute the control instructions on the control areas of all the internal machines.

[0015] Preferably, the system further comprises a marking module.

[0016] The marking module is configured to classify the adjustment signals, and the classification rule is whether the adjustment signals control only the internal machines, if yes, the adjustment signals are classified as first signals, and if no, the adjustment signals are classified as second signals.

[0017] The first signals and the second signals are marked with first marks and second marks, respectively.

[0018] The signal receiving module further comprises a classification unit, which is configured to identify the first marks or the second marks, if the first marks are identified, the first signals are directly sent to the processors of the internal machines, and if the second marks are identified, the second signals are directly sent to the signal processing module.

[0019] Preferably, the communication master station is electrically connected with the communication slave station through the POWERBUS communication unit.

[0020] Preferably, the system further comprises a conversion module.

[0021] The conversion module is electrically connected with the communication slave station.

[0022] The conversion module is used to connect the plurality of communication slave stations in a networking manner and map the plurality of slave stations into one independent slave station mapping area.

[0023] The conversion module is electrically connected with the communication master station through the POWERBUS communication unit.

[0024] A communication control method based on an air conditioner, applied to any one of the communication control systems based on an air conditioner, comprising the following steps:

[0025] Each indoor unit is provided with a communication slave station.

[0026] Step S1: receiving an adjustment signal of a user;

[0027] Step S2: analyzing the adjustment signal, judging whether the number of the adjustment signal is equal to the number of the indoor units, if not, obtaining a communication address of the indoor units and appending the communication address to the adjustment signal to obtain a processing signal;

[0028] If yes, judging whether the instructions of all the adjustment signals are consistent, if yes, generating a common signal, and combining the common signal and the adjustment signal into the processing signal;

[0029] If not, obtaining a communication address of the indoor units and appending the communication address to the adjustment signal to obtain a processing signal;

[0030] Step S3: the processing signal is sent to the communication master station through the communication slave station;

[0031] Step S4: the communication master station receives the processing signal, if the number of the processing signal at the current time is greater than 2, analyzing the processing signal according to the received order, generating a control instruction and a communication address, and sending the generated control instruction and communication address to the outdoor unit;

[0032] If the number of the adjustment signal at the current time is not greater than 2, analyzing the processing signal, judging whether the analyzed instruction contains a common signal, if yes, only sending the control instruction to the outdoor unit, if not, sending the control instruction and the communication address to the outdoor unit;

[0033] The outer machine judges whether the received content contains a communication address, if yes, the corresponding inner machine control area is found according to the communication address, and the control instruction is executed, if not, the control instruction is executed on the control area of all inner machines.

[0034] Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps:

[0035] The adjustment signal is classified according to the rule that whether the adjustment signal controls only the inner machine, if yes, the adjustment signal is classified as the first signal, if not, the adjustment signal is classified as the second signal;

[0036] The first signal and the second signal are marked with the first mark and the second mark respectively;

[0037] The first mark or the second mark is identified, if the first mark is identified, the first signal is directly sent to the processor of the inner machine, if the second mark is identified, the step S2 is executed.

[0038] Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: a plurality of communication slave stations are connected in a networking manner, and the plurality of slave stations are mapped as one independent slave station mapping area;

[0039] The conversion module is electrically connected with the communication master station through the POWERBUS communication unit.

[0040] One of the above technical solutions has the following advantages or beneficial effects: the communication master station is arranged in the outer machine, when the communication slave station sends the processing signal, the communication master station will accept all the processing signals and analyze, and the communication master station analyzes in the order of acceptance. The analyzed instruction can be sequentially sent to the outer machine by the communication master station and sequentially executed, which will not cause the control signal to conflict in execution. Finally, the signal transmission problem of multiple air conditioner inner machines and a single air conditioner outer machine is solved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0041] Fig. 1 is a flowchart of one embodiment of the method of the present application.

[0042] Fig. 2 is a structural schematic diagram of one embodiment of the system of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0043] Embodiments of the present application are described in detail below, examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference signs represent the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are only used to explain the present application, and cannot be understood as a limitation of the present application.

[0044] In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the terms "first", "second" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined with "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more, unless otherwise specifically limited.

[0045] In addition, the terms "first", "second" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined with "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present application, unless otherwise stated, the meaning of "multiple" is two or more. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in specific circumstances.

[0046] As shown in Figs. 1-2 An air conditioner-based communication control system includes an outdoor unit, an indoor unit, a communication master station, a communication slave station, a signal receiving module, and a signal processing module.

[0047] Each indoor unit is provided with a communication slave station and a signal receiving module.

[0048] The signal receiving module is configured to receive a user's adjustment signal and send the adjustment signal to the signal processing module.

[0049] The signal processing module is configured to analyze the adjustment signal, determine whether the number of adjustment signals is equal to the number of indoor units, if not, obtain the communication address of the indoor unit, and attach the communication address to the adjustment signal to obtain a processing signal, and send the processing signal to the communication slave station of the corresponding indoor unit.

[0050] If equal, determine whether the instructions of all adjustment signals are consistent, if consistent, generate a common signal, combine the common signal and the adjustment signal into a processing signal, and send the processing signal to any communication slave station.

[0051] If not consistent, obtain the communication address of the indoor unit, and attach the communication address to the adjustment signal to obtain a processing signal, and send the processing signal to the communication slave station of the corresponding indoor unit.

[0052] The communication slave station is configured to send the processing signal to the communication master station.

[0053] The communication master station is used for receiving the processing signal, if the number of the processing signal at the current time is greater than 2, the processing signal is parsed according to the received order, the control instruction and the communication address are generated, and the control instruction and the communication address are sent to the external machine;

[0054] If the number of the adjustment signal at the current time is not greater than 2, the processing signal is parsed, it is judged whether the parsed instruction contains a common signal, if there is, only the control instruction is sent to the external machine, if not, the control instruction and the communication address are generated and sent to the external machine;

[0055] The external machine is used for judging whether the received content contains the communication address, if there is, the corresponding internal machine control area is found according to the communication address, and the control instruction is executed, if not, the control instruction is executed on the control area of all internal machines.

[0056] In order to solve the problem of signal, in the present application, a signal processing module is arranged, when the user issues an adjustment signal, the adjustment signal is sent to the signal processing module, the signal processing module first judges whether the number of the adjustment signal is equal to the number of the internal machine, when the number of the adjustment signal is not equal to the number of the internal machine, it indicates that the current adjustment signal is not for all internal machines. In order to facilitate finding the corresponding internal machine, the communication address of the internal machine is added in the adjustment signal to obtain the processing signal. When the external machine parses, the corresponding control area can be found according to the communication address, and the corresponding control adjustment is carried out. When the number of the adjustment signal is equal to the number of the internal machine, it is possible that all internal machines are uniformly processed, for example, uniformly reducing the temperature X degrees. Therefore, it is also necessary to judge whether the instructions of the adjustment signal are consistent, when the instructions of the adjustment signal are consistent, a common signal is generated. It is worth mentioning that at this time, since all internal machines are adjusted, it is not necessary to attach the corresponding communication address, at this time, the transmission content of the signal can be reduced. In order to facilitate the transmission of the signal by using the POWERBUS communication unit. If not, the internal machine communication address is obtained, and the communication address is attached to the adjustment signal to obtain the processing signal, and the processing signal is sent to the corresponding internal machine communication slave station. The corresponding control area is found through the communication address.

[0057] The signal processing module can intelligently judge the number and consistency of the received adjustment signal, so as to decide how to generate and process these signals. When the adjustment signals of all internal machines are consistent, a common signal is generated and sent, the data transmission amount is reduced, and the efficiency is improved. When the signals are inconsistent, they are processed respectively, and the independent control of each internal machine is ensured.

[0058] The communication master station is arranged in the outdoor unit, when the communication slave station sends a processing signal, the communication master station will accept all the processing signals and analyze, and the communication master station is analyzed in the order of acceptance. The analyzed instruction can be sent to the outdoor unit by the communication master station in sequence, and the sequence is executed, which will not cause the control signal to conflict in execution. Finally, the signal transmission problem of multiple indoor units and a single outdoor unit of the air conditioner is solved.

[0059] Preferably, further comprising a marking module;

[0060] The marking module is used for classifying the adjustment signal, and the classification rule is whether the adjustment signal controls only the indoor unit, if only the indoor unit is controlled, the first signal is classified, if not only the indoor unit is controlled, the second signal is classified;

[0061] The first signal and the second signal are marked with a first mark and a second mark respectively;

[0062] The signal receiving module further comprises a classification unit, the classification unit is used for identifying the first mark or the second mark; if the first mark is identified, the first signal is directly sent to the processor of the indoor unit, if the second mark is identified, the second signal is directly sent to the signal processing module.

[0063] In another embodiment of the application, a marking module is provided, which marks the type of adjustment signal, because in the control of the air conditioner, there is control related to the indoor unit, such as change of air direction, air purification control, etc., at this time, the adjustment signal does not involve the adjustment of the outdoor unit, so the communication master station and the communication slave station are not needed, and the adjustment signal is marked as the first signal, when the classification unit of the signal receiving module identifies the first mark, the first signal will not be sent to the signal processing module, so as to reduce the data processing amount of the signal processing module, optimize the flexibility and efficiency of signal processing. At the same time, the complexity of the air conditioning system in the control of multiple indoor units is reduced. When the system fails or needs to be maintained, the problem can be located more easily, and corresponding measures can be taken for repair. This maintainability reduces the maintenance cost of the system and improves the reliability and stability of the system.

[0064] Preferably, the communication master station and the communication slave station are electrically connected through the POWERBUS communication unit.

[0065] Preferably, further comprising a conversion module;

[0066] The conversion module is electrically connected with the communication slave station;

[0067] The conversion module is used for connecting multiple communication slave stations in a networking mode, and mapping multiple slave stations into an independent slave station mapping area;

[0068] The conversion module is electrically connected with the communication master station through a POWERBUS communication unit.

[0069] In one embodiment of the present application, a conversion module is further provided, all communications from the stations in the conversion module can be integrated into a separate slave station mapping area, and the instructions or information of the communication slave stations are all sent by the slave station mapping area, at this time, only the conversion module needs to be connected with the communication master station, at this time, only one POWERBUS communication unit is needed to complete the information intercommunication between the conversion module and the communication master station, thereby greatly reducing the use cost.

[0070] A communication control method based on an air conditioner, applied to any one of the communication control systems based on an air conditioner, comprising the following steps:

[0071] Each indoor unit is provided with a communication slave station;

[0072] Step S1: receiving a user's adjustment signal;

[0073] Step S2: analyzing the adjustment signal, judging whether the number of the adjustment signal is equal to the number of the indoor units, if not, obtaining the communication address of the indoor units and attaching the communication address to the adjustment signal to obtain a processing signal;

[0074] If yes, judging whether the instructions of all the adjustment signals are consistent, if yes, generating a common signal, and combining the common signal and the adjustment signal into a processing signal;

[0075] If not, obtaining the communication address of the indoor units and attaching the communication address to the adjustment signal to obtain a processing signal;

[0076] Step S3: the processing signal is sent to the communication master station through the communication slave station;

[0077] Step S4: the communication master station receives the processing signal, if the number of the processing signal at the current time is greater than 2, the processing signal is analyzed according to the receiving order to generate a control instruction and a communication address, and the generated control instruction and communication address are sent to the outdoor unit;

[0078] If the number of the adjustment signal at the current time is not greater than 2, the processing signal is analyzed, and it is judged whether the analyzed instruction contains a common signal, if yes, only the control instruction is sent to the outdoor unit, if not, the control instruction and the communication address are sent to the outdoor unit;

[0079] The outdoor unit judges whether the received content contains a communication address, if yes, the corresponding indoor control area is found according to the communication address, and the control instruction is executed, if not, the control instruction is executed on all indoor control areas.

[0080] Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps:

[0081] Classifying the adjustment signal according to the rule of whether the adjustment signal controls only the inner machine, if yes, classifying the adjustment signal as the first signal, if not, classifying the adjustment signal as the second signal;

[0082] Marking the first signal and the second signal with the first mark and the second mark respectively;

[0083] Identifying the first mark or the second mark, if the first mark is identified, sending the first signal to the processor of the inner machine directly, if the second mark is identified, executing step S2.

[0084] Preferably, the method further comprises the following steps: connecting the plurality of communication slave stations in a networking manner, and mapping the plurality of slave stations as one independent slave station mapping area;

[0085] The conversion module is electrically connected with the communication master station through the POWERBUS communication unit.

[0086] In the description of the present specification, the description of the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "exemplary embodiment", "example", "specific example", or "some examples" means that the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in connection with the embodiment or example are included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In the present specification, the exemplary description of the above terms does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described can be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner.

[0087] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, those skilled in the art can understand that various changes, modifications, replacements and variations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application, and the scope of the present application is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A communication control system based on air conditioning, characterized in that, Includes outdoor unit, indoor unit, communication master station, communication slave station, signal receiving module and signal processing module; Each indoor unit is equipped with a communication slave station and a signal receiving module; The signal receiving module is used to receive the user's adjustment signal and send the adjustment signal to the signal processing module; The signal processing module is used to parse the adjustment signal, determine whether the number of adjustment signals is equal to the number of indoor units, and if not, obtain the communication address of the indoor unit, append the communication address to the adjustment signal to obtain the processing signal, and send the processing signal to the communication slave station of the corresponding indoor unit. If they are equal, then determine whether the instructions of all the adjustment signals are consistent. If they are consistent, then generate a common signal, merge the common signal and the adjustment signal into a processing signal, and send the processing signal to any communication slave station. If they are inconsistent, the communication address of the indoor unit is obtained and appended to the adjustment signal to obtain a processing signal. The processing signal is then sent to the communication slave station of the corresponding indoor unit. The communication slave station is used to send the processed signal to the communication master station; The communication master station is used to receive the processing signals. If the number of processing signals at the current time is greater than 2, the processing signals are parsed according to the receiving order, control instructions and communication addresses are generated, and the generated control instructions and communication addresses are sent to the external unit. If the number of adjustment signals at the current moment is not greater than 2, then the processing signal is parsed to determine whether the parsed instruction contains a common signal. If it does, then only the control instruction is sent to the external unit. If it does not, then the generated control instruction and communication address are sent to the external unit. The outdoor unit is used to determine whether the received content contains a communication address. If it does, it finds the corresponding indoor unit control area based on the communication address and executes the control command. If it does not, it executes the control command for all indoor unit control areas.

2. The communication control system based on air conditioning according to claim 1, characterized in that, It also includes a tagging module; The marking module is used to classify the adjustment signals. The classification rule is: whether the adjustment signal controls only the indoor unit. If it controls only the indoor unit, it is classified as the first signal; if it controls more than just the indoor unit, it is classified as the second signal. The first signal and the second signal are respectively marked with a first mark and a second mark; The signal receiving module further includes a classification unit, which is used to identify a first mark or a second mark; if the first mark is identified, the first signal is directly sent to the processor of the indoor unit; if the second mark is identified, the second signal is directly sent to the signal processing module.

3. The communication control system based on air conditioning according to claim 1, characterized in that, The communication master station and the communication slave station are electrically connected through the POWERBUS communication unit.

4. The communication control system based on air conditioning according to claim 1, characterized in that, It also includes a conversion module; The conversion module is connected to the communication slave station via electrical signals; The conversion module is used to connect multiple communication slave stations in a network manner and map the multiple slave stations into an independent slave station mapping area; The conversion module is electrically connected to the communication master station via a POWERBUS communication unit.

5. A communication control method based on air conditioning, applied to the communication control system based on air conditioning as described in claim 4, characterized in that, Includes the following steps: Each indoor unit is equipped with a communication slave station; Step S1: Receive the user's adjustment signal; Step S2: Analyze the adjustment signal, determine whether the number of adjustment signals is equal to the number of indoor units. If not, obtain the communication address of the indoor unit and append the communication address to the adjustment signal to obtain the processing signal. If they are equal, then determine whether the instructions of all the adjustment signals are consistent. If they are consistent, then generate a common signal and merge the common signal with the adjustment signal into a processing signal. If they are inconsistent, the internal communication address is obtained and appended to the adjustment signal to obtain the processing signal; Step S3: The processed signal is sent to the communication master station through the communication slave station; Step S4: The communication master station receives the processing signal. If the number of processing signals at the current time is greater than 2, the master station parses the processing signal according to the receiving order, generates control instructions and communication addresses, and sends the generated control instructions and communication addresses to the external unit. If the number of adjustment signals at the current moment is not greater than 2, then the processing signal is parsed to determine whether the parsed instruction contains a common signal. If it does, then only the control instruction is sent to the external unit. If it does not, then the control instruction and the communication address are sent to the external unit. The outdoor unit determines whether the received content contains a communication address. If it does, it finds the corresponding indoor unit control area based on the communication address and executes the control command. If it does not, it executes the control command for all indoor unit control areas.

6. The communication control method based on air conditioning according to claim 5, characterized in that, It also includes the following steps: The control signals are classified according to whether they control only the indoor unit. If they control only the indoor unit, they are classified as first signals; if they control more than just the indoor unit, they are classified as second signals. The first signal and the second signal are respectively marked with a first mark and a second mark; Identify either the first mark or the second mark; if the first mark is identified, send the first signal directly to the processor of the indoor unit; if the second mark is identified, execute step S2.

7. The communication control method based on air conditioning according to claim 5, characterized in that, It also includes the following steps: multiple communication slave stations are connected in a network manner, and the multiple slave stations are mapped into an independent slave station mapping area; The conversion module is electrically connected to the communication master station via a POWERBUS communication unit.

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