KR100452356B1 - Network System Using a Power Line Communication and Address Setting Method for the Same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a network system using a power line and a method for setting an address thereof. When a new home appliance is additionally installed in a home in which a plurality of home appliances that are networkable are installed using a power line constructed in a building, the user is the home appliance. The user's convenience is increased as the address of the home appliance is automatically set without having to directly enter a home code of a home, and the home code is assigned to a plurality of home appliances connected through a power line. There is an effect that can prevent the error that is operated according to the home appliances and control instructions of the home appliances of the user home.

Description

Network System Using a Power Line Communication and Address Setting Method for the Same}

The present invention relates to a network system using a power line and a method for setting an address thereof. In particular, when a new home appliance is added to a power line connected to a plurality of home appliances installed in a specific building, the power line automatically sets an address to the added home appliance. The present invention relates to a network system and an address setting method using the same.

Recently, there has been a significant increase in the construction of a network of home appliances installed in homes using power lines. Particularly, in the case of the power line, information about a control signal for controlling a home appliance together with a power source may be transmitted, and the plurality of home appliances may be connected to a network at the same time as the power is supplied through the power line. The advantages of simplifying network system construction and easy management are as follows.

However, in the case of the network system using the power line as described above, when the power line is built in the building and there are a plurality of homes in the building, the power line is not separately divided by the plurality of homes, so that the control command input by the user is different. There is a problem that can be transmitted to the home appliance.

That is, since home appliances of each household are all connected through a single power line, when a user of a household inputs a control command using a PC, an error may occur because the control command is transmitted to the home appliances of another household. have.

Therefore, when a user installs a new home appliance in his / her home, the user inputs information about a region where the home appliance is installed to the home appliance, so that the home appliance is inputted with control information including information about another region. A method for ignoring the control instruction has been developed.

However, in this case, the user has to set the address to the home appliance directly when a new home appliance is installed in the home, there is a problem that the inconvenience increases.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the object of which is to manually set the logical address of the home appliance when a new home appliance is additionally connected to a power line connected to a plurality of home appliances are passive An object of the present invention is to provide a network system using a power line, which does not require an address setting procedure, and an address setting method thereof.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a network system using a power line according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating an address setting method of a network system using a power line according to the present invention.

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H0 ~ Hn: Home appliance N: Network management means

According to a feature of the address setting method of the network system using a power line according to the present invention for solving the above problems, a plurality of home appliances for transmitting and receiving data through a power line established in a specific region, the plurality of home appliances is a power line A network system comprising network management means for managing logical address information used to transmit and receive data through a network, comprising: a first step of a home appliance newly connected to a network network outputting serial number information unique to a home appliance to the power line; A second step of assigning a home code consisting of a telephone number to the home appliance by the network management means receiving the serial number information, and a third step of assigning logical address information to the home appliance to which the home code is assigned by the network management means; And a database provided in the network management means. Updating the log file, information about the rules associated appliance comprises a fourth step of storing.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the network system using the power line according to the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 1, when a plurality of home appliances H1 to Hn and the plurality of home appliances H1 to Hn are connected to each other through a power line, data transmission and reception are performed. And a network management means (N) in which log files and the like made up of information on logical addresses to be used are stored.

In particular, when a new home appliance H0 is added to a power line to which the network managing means N and the plurality of home appliances H1 to Hn are connected, the network managing means H0 is configured to include the added home appliance H0. Give a home code to the home appliance (H0) so as to be controlled only by a control command in the installed area, that is, a home, and at the same time, give a logical address used when the home appliance (H) transmits and receives data through the power line in the home. do.

At this time, as the new home appliance H0 is newly added, information about a unique serial number assigned to the home appliance H0 is output to the power line.

The network management means (N) assigns a home code in the home to the new home appliance (H0) as the serial number outputted to the power line is input, where the home code is most preferably composed of a telephone number. Do.

After the home code is assigned to the newly added home appliance HO, the network management means N sends a command to send the product information to the home appliance that does not have a logical address. Here, the command sent by the network management means (N) is delivered only to the home appliance to which the same home code is assigned.

The home appliance having a logical address ignores the command transmitted from the network managing means N, but the newly added home appliance transmits its information to the network managing means N since the logical address is not assigned.

Thereafter, the network management means (N) assigns a logical address to the newly added home appliance, stores the information transmitted by the newly added home appliance in the log file, checks the log file, and there is no problem in the network. Register the newly added product at. On the other hand, if there is no new product added to the log file, the network management means records a logical address to the newly added product using the old serial number which recorded the serial number initially transmitted by the newly added home appliance. Set it.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of an address setting method of a network system using a power line according to the present invention.

First, in the first step, the newly added home appliance outputs its serial number to the power line. (S1)

In the second step, the network management means sets the home code to the newly added home appliance. (S2)

In a third step, the network management means obtains the information of the home appliance having no logical address among the plurality of home appliances having the home code connected to the power line. (S3)

In a fourth step, the network management means sets a logical address to the newly added home appliance. (S4)

In a fifth step, the network management means stores information about the newly added home appliance in an existing log file. (S5)

In a sixth step, the network management means checks the log file to determine whether there is a problem. (S6)

If there is no problem in the log file in the sixth step, information about the newly added product is displayed on the monitor of the network management means in the seventh step.

On the other hand, if there is a problem in the log file in the sixth step, the serial number of the newly added home appliance is manually recorded in the network management means in the eighth step. (S8)

In the ninth step, the network management means finds a product having no logical address assigned using the serial number recorded in the eighth step, obtains the information, and then returns to the fourth step.

In the network system using the power line and the address setting method of the present invention configured as described above, the address setting operation for registering a newly connected home appliance as a network product is automatically processed by the network management means in a batch, and compared to the cited invention. Registration is processed quickly to increase user convenience, and by automatically assigning a home code using a phone number, it is easy to recognize an administrator and prevent communication errors with neighboring families.

Claims (3)

delete In a network system comprising a plurality of home appliances for transmitting and receiving data through a power line established in a specific area, and network management means for managing the logical address information used when transmitting and receiving data through the power line, A first step of the home appliance newly connected to the network network outputting serial number information unique to the home appliance to the power line, and a network management means receiving the serial number information to give a home code consisting of a telephone number to the home appliance A second step, the third step of the network management means assigning the logical address information to the home appliance to which the home code is assigned, and updating log file information about the newly connected home appliance with a database provided in the network management means. And a fourth step of storing the address setting method of the network system using the power line. The method of claim 2, In the fourth step, if the updated stored log file information includes information about the newly connected home appliance, the address setting of the network system is terminated, and the updated stored log file information does not include the information about the newly connected home appliance. If not, repeating the third step.