CN100504208C - Multi-air-conditioner system and method for detecting its tube connection - Google Patents

Multi-air-conditioner system and method for detecting its tube connection Download PDF

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CN100504208C
CN100504208C CNB2005100638916A CN200510063891A CN100504208C CN 100504208 C CN100504208 C CN 100504208C CN B2005100638916 A CNB2005100638916 A CN B2005100638916A CN 200510063891 A CN200510063891 A CN 200510063891A CN 100504208 C CN100504208 C CN 100504208C
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A multi-type air conditioner system and a pipe connection searching method thereof are provided, wherein a plurality of indoor units are grouped per operation mode, thereby searching the pipe connection rapidly and accurately. The method for searching pipe connection of multi-type air conditioner includes the steps of grouping a plurality of indoor units per operation mode and simultaneously operating the grouped indoor units to search indoor units connected to a plurality of refrigerant pipes. The multi-type air conditioner system contains outdoor units, a plurality of indoor units connected to outdoor units and a plurality of refrigerant pipes separately connected to indoor units and independently connected to outdoor units.

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The method that its pipe of multi-air-conditioner and detection is connected
Technical field
The present invention relates to multi-air-conditioner, whether a plurality of pipes of wherein a plurality of indoor unit separate connection to an outdoor unit correctly are connected to the multi-air-conditioner of pipe and are used to detect the method that its pipe connects in particular to being used to detect indoor unit.
Background technology
Usually, as shown in Figure 1, multi-air-conditioner is configured and makes a plurality of indoor units 20 be connected to an outdoor unit 10, power supply/order wire 50 connect between outdoor unit 10 and the indoor unit 20 with between outdoor unit 10 and indoor unit 20 by telecommunication circuit according to predefined communication protocol and executive communication, a plurality of refrigerator pipes 60 are installed between outdoor unit 10 and the indoor unit 20, be used for according to kind of refrigeration cycle circulating refrigerant between outdoor unit 10 and indoor unit 20, the indoor unit motor-driven valve 22 that is used for controlling cold-producing medium is mounted respectively in a plurality of refrigerator pipes 60.
When multi-air-conditioner is initially installed, the workman is by power supply/order wire 50, refrigerator pipes 60 and outdoor unit 10 is connected with indoor unit 20, and the numeral (" 0 ", " 1 ", " 2 ", " 3 " and " 4 ") that will be connected to the refrigerator pipes 60 of indoor unit 20 uses input unit (for example rotary switch) and the input indoor unit 20 be separately positioned in the indoor unit 20, allows the identification of outdoor unit microcomputer or indoor unit microcomputer to be connected to the number of the refrigerator pipes 60 of indoor unit 20 thus.
But, comprise that a plurality of refrigerator pipes 60 and a plurality of multi-air-conditioner disadvantage that is connected to the indoor unit 20 of refrigerator pipes 60 are, whether the workman is not easy to discern refrigerator pipes 60 and correctly is connected according to the data of using the input unit input with indoor unit 20.
In order to address the above problem, Korean Patent public publication No.1991-0008349 discloses a kind of which indoor unit 20 is connected to a plurality of refrigerator pipes 60 after the installation of multi-air-conditioner method that is used to detect.
In above-mentioned patent in the disclosed multi-air-conditioner, only be used to detect under the condition which refrigerator pipes 60 is connected to indoor unit 20 at compressor operation, being installed in one of motor-driven valve in a plurality of refrigerator pipes 60 respectively just opens, detect the variation of temperature of the pipe of the indoor unit 20 that is connected to refrigerator pipes 60 thus, the motor-driven valve 22 that wherein is opened is mounted, and detects refrigerator pipes 60 that the motor-driven valve 22 wherein open is mounted and the connection between the indoor unit 20 based on variation of temperature.By repeating said process, just can detect the connection between all refrigerator pipes 60 and a plurality of indoor unit 20.
Because being connected to the variation of temperature of the indoor unit 20 of the refrigerator pipes 60 that the motor-driven valve 22 that wherein is opened is mounted carries out very slow, the disadvantage that above-mentioned traditional being used to detects the method that the pipe of multi-air-conditioner connects is, it needs long time detect the connection of the pipe when detected indoor unit 20 is prepared with greater number.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, an aspect of of the present present invention provides a kind of multi-air-conditioner and is used to detect the method that its pipe connects, and its shortening is used to detect the detection time of connection whether a plurality of refrigerator pipes that are connected to an outdoor unit correctly are connected to the pipe of a plurality of indoor units.
Other one side of the present invention provides a kind of multi-air-conditioner and a kind of being used to detected the method that its pipe connects, and it has increased the reliability of detector tube.
According to an aspect of the present invention, the invention provides the method that a kind of pipe that is used to detect multi-air-conditioner connects, described multi-air-conditioner has outdoor unit, is connected to a plurality of indoor units of outdoor unit, and being connected respectively to a plurality of refrigerator pipes that indoor unit also is connected to outdoor unit independently, described method comprises: according to operator scheme a plurality of indoor units are divided into groups; And the indoor unit of operating every group simultaneously is connected to corresponding refrigerator pipes to detect which indoor unit.
Preferably, the number of the operator scheme of indoor unit can be corresponding by outdoor unit the number of exercisable pattern performed the time, and exercisable model number can be in requisition for the pattern of flow system cryogen with do not need the number of combination of the pattern of flow of refrigerant outdoor unit the time.
In addition, preferably, outdoor unit is pattern and the pattern that does not need flow of refrigerant being connected with the pipe that detects a plurality of indoor units of action need flow of refrigerant simultaneously.
In addition, preferably, when multi-air-conditioner is independently during Cooling Air-conditioning System, outdoor unit can be operated a plurality of indoor units with two kinds of patterns (for example cooling and stop mode) simultaneously, with the connection of the pipe that detects indoor unit; When multi-air-conditioner is when independently heating air-conditioning system, operate a plurality of indoor units with two kinds of patterns (for example heating and stop mode) simultaneously, connect with the pipe that detects indoor unit; When multi-air-conditioner is to cool off simultaneously and when heating air-conditioning system, operate a plurality of indoor units with three kinds of patterns (for example cool off, heating and stop mode) simultaneously, connect with the pipe that detects indoor unit.
Preferably, the grouping of indoor unit can comprise by a plurality of indoor units are divided with the number of exercisable pattern and forms the indoor unit group; But whether the number of determining every group indoor unit surpasses operator scheme; And when determine every group indoor unit outnumbered exercisable pattern,, the current number of every group indoor unit forms final indoor unit group by but being divided with the number of operator scheme, number up to every group indoor unit is no more than exercisable pattern, obtains the interim data about the operator scheme of indoor unit like this.
In addition, preferably, about the ephemeral data of the operator scheme of indoor unit can be by the operation of storing a plurality of indoor units the address of relevant data indoor unit to the last be identified and obtain, be connected to the address of the pipe of indoor unit with identification.
According to an aspect of the present invention, the invention provides a kind of multi-air-conditioner, described multi-air-conditioner has outdoor unit, is connected to a plurality of indoor units of outdoor unit, and be connected respectively to indoor unit and be connected to a plurality of refrigerator pipes of outdoor unit independently, described multi-air-conditioner comprises: be installed in a plurality of motor-driven valves in a plurality of refrigerator pipes, be used for adjusting the cold-producing medium stream that flows into a plurality of indoor units; And control module, be used for connecting with the pipe that detects indoor unit according to controlling motor-driven valve simultaneously about the ephemeral data of the operator scheme of the indoor unit that is grouped.
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Others of the present invention and/or advantage will part become apparent with reference to the description of the drawings and embodiment, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of traditional multi-air-conditioner;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the flow of refrigerant in the explanation multi-air-conditioner according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the block diagram of the control of explanation multi-air-conditioner according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the flow chart that is used for the method that detector tube connects in the multi-air-conditioner according to the ephemeral data of use operator scheme of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of the detection of the pipe in the multi-air-conditioner of ephemeral data of explanation operator scheme used according to the invention;
Fig. 6-the 8th is illustrated in the table according to the frequency of the ephemeral data detector tube that uses operator scheme in the independent cooling of multi-air-conditioner of the present invention or the heating mode;
Fig. 9-the 11st, the table of the frequency of the ephemeral data detector tube of use operator scheme in cooling and heating mode when being illustrated in according to multi-air-conditioner of the present invention; And
Figure 12 is the table that changes the multi-air-conditioner of the expression ephemeral data that uses the operations according to the instant invention pattern and time that traditional multi-air-conditioner detector tube is got.
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Describe the present invention in detail now with reference to accompanying drawing, example shows that in the accompanying drawings wherein similar Reference numeral is represented similar parts.The present invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the flow of refrigerant in the multi-air-conditioner according to an embodiment of the invention.Herein, four indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d are connected to an outdoor unit 10.
In Fig. 2, multi-air-conditioner of the present invention comprises an outdoor unit 10, with outdoor unit 10 parallel connected first to fourth indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d and be used for the mode transitions of first to fourth indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and the 20d mode converter 30 for cooling or heating mode.
Outdoor unit 10 comprises the compressor 11 that is used for the gaseous state of cold-producing medium boil down to high temperature and high pressure, based on the cross valve 12 of operator scheme (cooling or heating mode) control from the flow direction of the cold-producing medium of compressor 11 releases, be used for the outdoor heat converter 13 that carries out heat exchange by between 11 refrigerant compressed of compressor and the outdoor air, be used to regulate the flow of cold-producing medium and outdoor motor-driven valve 14 and the receiver case 15 and the cold-producing medium accumulator 16 separated from one another that is used for gas and liquid state of swell refrigeration agent. Indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d and outdoor unit 20 transmit cold-producing medium betwixt by high-pressure air pipe 17, low pressure tracheae 18 and high-pressure liquid tube 19.
In outdoor unit 10, low pressure tracheae 18 is connected to the inlet of compressor 11 by accumulator 16, and outdoor heat converter 13 and outdoor motor-driven valve 14 are connected, and high-pressure liquid tube 19 is connected to outdoor motor-driven valve 14 by receiver case 15.
Be connected to outdoor motor-driven valve 14 as the bypass valve 41a of flow control valve and check valve 41b are parallel, working as multi-air-conditioner thus operates in the refrigerating mode, cause walking around outdoor motor-driven valve 14 by bypass valve 41a and check valve 41b from the liquid refrigerant that outdoor heat converter 13 is discharged, closed bypass valve 41a when multi-air-conditioner is operated with heating mode, cold-producing medium is by outdoor motor-driven valve 14 like this.
Be installed between cross valve 12 and the high-pressure liquid tube 19 from the high pressure arm 42 of high-pressure air pipe 17 branches, as the motor-driven valve 43a of switch valve be used for preventing being installed in high pressure arm 42 from the check valve 43b of the cold-producing medium adverse current of high-pressure air pipe 17.Being used in addition prevents that the check valve 44 of the adverse current of cold-producing medium is installed between cross valve 12 and the high-pressure liquid tube 19.
First to fourth indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d comprise first to fourth indoor heat converter 21a respectively, 21b, 21c and 21d, be used for exchanged heat between cold-producing medium that is supplied to and room air, first to fourth indoor motor-driven valve 22a, 22b, 22c and 22d are connected in series to first to fourth indoor heat converter 21a, 21b, 21c and 21d are used to control cold-producing medium towards first to fourth indoor heat converter 21a, 21b, 21c and 21d, and be installed in first to fourth indoor unit 20a, 20b, first to fourth temperature sensor 23a between 20c and 20d and the mode converter 30,23b, 23c and 23d flow.
Mode converter 30 comprises first to fourth high pressure gas arm 33a, 33b, 33c and 33d first to fourth heating valve 31a, 31b, 31c and the 31d that is installed in from high-pressure air pipe 17 branches, and is installed in first to fourth cooling valve 32a, 32b, 32c and 32d from first to fourth low pressure gas arm 34a, 34b, 34c and the 34d of low pressure tracheae 18 branches.
The group of the described first heating valve 31a and the first cooling valve 32a is connected to the first refrigerator pipes 35a, the described first refrigerator pipes 35a is connected to the first indoor heat converter 21a, and the group of the second heating valve 31b and the second cooling valve 32b, the 3rd heating valve 31c and the 3rd cooling valve 32c and the 4th heating valve 31d and the 4th cooling valve 32d is sequentially connected to second to the 4th refrigerator pipes 35b, 35c and 35d.
Fig. 3 is the block diagram of the control of multi-air-conditioner according to an embodiment of the invention.Except the element shown in Fig. 2, outdoor unit 10 also comprises the outdoor unit microcomputer 25 of the parts that are used to control outdoor unit 10.
First to fourth indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d comprise that also first to fourth indoor microcomputer 36a, 36b, 36c and 36d are used to control the parts of first to fourth indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d.
In addition, mode converter 30 also comprises mode converter microcomputer 38, is used to control first to fourth heating valve 31a, 31b, 31c and 31d and first to fourth cooling valve 32a, 32b, 32c and 32d.
After this, the operation of above-mentioned multi-air-conditioner and function be used for the method that detector tube is connected and will be illustrated.
Fig. 4 is the flow chart that is used for the method that detector tube connects in the multi-air-conditioner according to the ephemeral data of use operator scheme of the present invention.
When multi-air-conditioner is mounted, the workman is at outdoor unit 10, a plurality of indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d, and tube connector between the mode converter 30, and the use input unit is imported the number of the branched hole (not shown) of the mode converter 30 that is connected to indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d.
Herein, branched hole be by mode converter 30 be used for by pipe 35a, 35b, 35c and 35d with indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d be connected to the first heating valve 31a and and the situation of the first cooling valve 32a, the second heating valve 31b and the second cooling valve 32b, the 3rd heating valve 31c and the 3rd cooling valve 32c and the 4th heating valve 31d and the 4th cooling valve 32d group under formed hole.The number of the number of branched hole and pipe 35a, 35b, 35c and 35d by corresponding branched hole and to be connected to the first heating valve 31a of pipe 35a, 35b, 35c and 35d identical with the number of the first cooling valve 32a, the second heating valve 31b and the second cooling valve 32b, the 3rd heating valve 31c and the 3rd cooling valve 32c and the 4th heating valve 31d and the 4th cooling valve 32d group.
For example, be connected at first branched hole under the situation of the first indoor unit 20a, the first pipe 35a is by first branched hole, and the described first heating valve 31a and the first cooling valve 32a group are connected to the first pipe 35a.
Various devices can be used as input unit.For example, rotary switch is respectively installed to indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d, and indication is connected to the number of the branched hole of corresponding indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d, allow indoor unit microcomputer 24a, 24b, 24c and 24d to discern to be connected to the number (that is, the heating valve and the number of cooling valve group and the number of pipe) of the branched hole of corresponding indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d thus.
As indoor unit microcomputer 24a, 24b, 24c and 24d have detected and have been connected to corresponding indoor unit 20a, 20b, during the number of the branched hole of 20c and 20d, indoor unit microcomputer 24a, 24b, 24c and 24d and outdoor unit microcomputer 25 and mode converter microcomputer 38 carry out data communication, allow outdoor unit microcomputer 25 and mode converter microcomputer 38 to discern thus and are connected to the first heating valve 31a and the first cooling valve 32a, the second heating valve 31b and the second cooling valve 32b, the indoor unit 20a of the 3rd heating valve 31c and the 3rd cooling valve 32c and the 4th heating valve 31d and the 4th cooling valve 32d group, 20b, the address of 20c and 20d.
In this embodiment, indicating the first indoor unit 20a to be connected to the data that the first heating valve 31a and the first cooling valve 32a and second unit 20b, 20c and 20d to the fourth ventricle be sequentially connected to the second heating valve 31b and the second cooling valve 32b, the 3rd heating valve 31c and the 3rd cooling valve 32c and the 4th heating valve 31d and the 4th cooling valve 32d is transfused to.
When the input of the valve of mode converter 30 and the annexation between indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and the 20d is finished, workman operation is installed to the testing button on the outdoor unit 10, and whether outdoor unit microcomputer 25 pattern that is identified for the detector tube connection is transfused to (S100) like this.
When being identified for pattern that detector tube connects and being transfused to, outdoor unit microcomputer 25 is by carrying out number (N) that data communication detects indoor unit 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d (S110) with first to fourth indoor unit microcomputer 24a, 24b, 24c and 24d.
Herein, because the scheduled conduct of the multi-air-conditioner of the present invention air-conditioning system independently cooling off or heat air-conditioning system or cool off simultaneously and heat, but outdoor unit microcomputer 25 is set to " 2 " or " 3 " with the number (m) of the operator scheme of outdoor unit 10.
The number of exercisable pattern (m) is indicated the wherein pattern and the wherein combination of the immobilising pattern of cold-producing medium of flow of refrigerant, and air vent mode is used as stopping of operation, i.e. stop mode.
Therefore, at multi-air-conditioner of the present invention is independently to cool off or heat under the situation of air-conditioning system, " m=2 " [(cooling and stop mode) or (heating and stop mode)], and at multi-air-conditioner of the present invention is to cool off simultaneously and when heating air-conditioning system, " m=3 " (cooling, heating and stop mode).
Then, the number of total indoor unit (N) causes indoor unit to be grouped (N/m=k) divided by the number (m) of exercisable pattern thus.K represents the number (S120) of every group indoor unit.
Herein, decimal is added to next integer, the number of every group indoor unit (k) but be no more than the number (m) of operator scheme.
When the number (k) of every group indoor unit but the number (m) that has exceeded operator scheme (S130), the number of every group indoor unit (k) but by once more divided by the number (k/m=i) of operator scheme, cause indoor unit by grouping (S140) once more thus.Herein, i represents the number of every group indoor unit, and decimal is increased to next integer.
Identical with the mode of the number (k) of every group indoor unit, the number of every group indoor unit (i) but the number (m) that is no more than operator scheme (S150).
As mentioned above, the number of every group indoor unit (i) but by removing that the number of operator scheme (m) repeats, but be no more than the number (m) of operator scheme up to the number of every group the indoor unit that obtains.Then, but be no more than the number (m) of operator scheme when the number of every group final indoor unit, the grouping of indoor unit be done (S160).
Owing to divide into groups described group of address that operates in cooling, heating and the stop mode respectively and confirm them based on operator scheme.
But being grouped the indoor unit that number up to every group final indoor unit is no more than the number (m) of operator scheme is displayed among Fig. 5.
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of the detection of the pipe in the multi-air-conditioner of ephemeral data of explanation operator scheme used according to the invention.Herein, " A " indicates the indoor unit group with the refrigerating mode operation, and " B " indication is with the indoor unit group of heating mode operation, and " C " indication is with the indoor unit group that stops or air vent mode is operated.
In Fig. 5, can know the pipe that can divide into groups to detect 1-9 indoor units by secondary, detect the pipe of 10-27 indoor units with three groupings, and the pipe that detects 28-81 indoor units by four groupings.
For example, when the number (N) of indoor unit when being 16, the multi-air-conditioner that cools off simultaneously and heat during multi-air-conditioner, the grouping of indoor unit will be by following description.
(first operation)
16/3=5.33→6。That is, 16 indoor units are divided into 6 indoor units with the refrigerating mode operation, 6 indoor unit and 4 indoor units with the stop mode operation with the heating mode operation altogether.The address of respective operations pattern is assigned to first group.A among Fig. 5, B and C are the ephemeral datas of operator scheme group.
(second operation)
6/3=2。The indoor unit of each group (A, B and C) is divided into 2 indoor units with the refrigerating mode operation, 2 indoor unit and 2 indoor units with the stop mode operation with the heating mode operation.The address of respective operations pattern is assigned to second group.Herein, A-A, A-B and A-C are the ephemeral datas of operator scheme group of second group first, second and the 3rd son group.
(the 3rd operation)
Because 2<m finishes the grouping of indoor unit.With cooling, heating and stop mode operation, the address of respective operations pattern is assigned as the 3rd group respectively to every group indoor unit by respectively.Herein, A-A-A, A-A-B and A-A-C is the ephemeral data of operator scheme of the 3rd group first, second and the 3rd indoor unit.
As mentioned above, the time of the pipe of detection multi-air-conditioner shortens by the ephemeral data of the operator scheme of each indoor unit.
Fig. 6 represents to detect the table of frequency of the pipe of 6 indoor units in independent cooling of the present invention or heating air-conditioning system.As shown in Figure 6, detecting the sum frequency that the pipe of 6 indoor units in independent cooling of the present invention or the heating air-conditioning system finishes up to the detection of all pipes is three times, and the sum frequency that detects 6 indoor units simultaneously in traditional multi-air-conditioner is 6 times.
Fig. 7 represents to detect the table of frequency of the pipe of 8 indoor units in independent cooling of the present invention or heating air-conditioning system.As shown in Figure 7, detecting the sum frequency that the pipe of 8 indoor units in independent cooling of the present invention or the heating air-conditioning system finishes up to the detection of all pipes is three times, and the sum frequency that detects 8 indoor units simultaneously in traditional multi-air-conditioner is 8 times.The detection of all pipes that this just can operate to finish 1-8 indoor units by three duplicate detection.
Fig. 8 represents to detect the table of frequency of the pipe of 15 indoor units in independent cooling of the present invention or heating air-conditioning system.As shown in Figure 8, detecting the sum frequency that the pipe of 15 indoor units in independent cooling of the present invention or the heating air-conditioning system finishes up to the detection of all pipes is 4 times, and the sum frequency that detects 15 indoor units simultaneously in traditional multi-air-conditioner is 15 times.The detection of all pipes that this just can operate to finish 9-16 indoor units by 4 duplicate detection.
Fig. 9 is that expression detects the table of frequency that cools off simultaneously and heat the pipe of 6 indoor units in the air-conditioning system of the present invention.As shown in Figure 9, detect that of the present invention to cool off and heat the sum frequency that the pipe of 6 indoor units in the air-conditioning system finishes up to the detection of all pipes simultaneously be 2 times, the sum frequency that detects 6 indoor units simultaneously in traditional multi-air-conditioner is 6 times.
Figure 10 represents to detect the table of frequency that cools off simultaneously and heat the pipe of 8 indoor units in the air-conditioning system of the present invention.As shown in Figure 10, detect that of the present invention to cool off and heat the sum frequency that the pipe of 8 indoor units in the air-conditioning system finishes up to the detection of all pipes simultaneously be 2 times, the sum frequency that detects 8 indoor units simultaneously in traditional multi-air-conditioner is 8 times.The detection of all pipes that this just can operate to finish 1-9 indoor units by 2 duplicate detection.
Figure 11 represents to detect the table of frequency that cools off simultaneously and heat the pipe of 15 indoor units in the air-conditioning system of the present invention.As shown in Figure 8, detect that of the present invention to cool off and heat the sum frequency that the pipe of 15 indoor units in the air-conditioning system finishes up to the detection of all pipes simultaneously be 3 times, the sum frequency that detects 15 indoor units simultaneously in traditional multi-air-conditioner is 15 times.The detection of all pipes that this just can operate to finish 10-27 indoor units by 3 duplicate detection.
Therefore, the frequency of detector tube reduce shortened the time that needs detector tube.
The number of indoor unit (N) but, the relation between the frequency of the number (m) of the operator scheme of outdoor unit 10 and detector tube can be expressed as following formula.
N≤m k---(1)
Herein, the k value that satisfies the minimum of above-mentioned formula is the frequency of detector tube.
Figure 12 is when the time that hypothesis is used to detect a pipe is 5 minutes, and the table that the multi-air-conditioner of ephemeral data of operations according to the instant invention pattern and time that traditional multi-air-conditioner detector tube is got changes is used in expression.
From as seen above-mentioned, the invention provides multi-air-conditioner and be used for the method that detector tube is connected, wherein a plurality of indoor units divide into groups according to operator scheme, the pipe of every group indoor unit connects detected, shorten the time of the pipe that is used to detect whole indoor unit thus, and increased the reliability of detector tube.
Although present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, those of ordinary skill is appreciated that under the situation that does not deviate from the spirit and principles in the present invention and can makes amendment and change the present invention that its scope is limited by appended claims.

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1. method that the pipe that is used to detect multi-air-conditioner connects, described multi-air-conditioner has outdoor unit, is connected to a plurality of indoor units of outdoor unit and is connected respectively to indoor unit and be connected to independently a plurality of refrigerator pipes of outdoor unit, comprising:
According to operator scheme a plurality of indoor units are divided into groups; And
The indoor unit of operating every group simultaneously is connected to corresponding refrigerator pipes to detect which indoor unit.
2. method according to claim 1,
It is characterized in that, but the number of the operator scheme of indoor unit corresponding by outdoor unit the number of operator scheme performed the time.
3. method according to claim 2,
It is characterized in that, but outdoor unit the time operator scheme number in requisition for the pattern of flow of refrigerant with do not need the number of combination of the pattern of flow of refrigerant.
4. method according to claim 3,
It is characterized in that outdoor unit is pattern and the pattern that does not need flow of refrigerant being connected with the pipe that detects a plurality of indoor units of action need flow of refrigerant simultaneously.
5. method according to claim 4,
It is characterized in that when multi-air-conditioner is independently during Cooling Air-conditioning System, outdoor unit is operated a plurality of indoor units with two kinds of patterns simultaneously, with the connection of the pipe that detects indoor unit.
6. method according to claim 5,
It is characterized in that described two kinds of patterns are refrigerating mode and stop mode.
7. method according to claim 4,
It is characterized in that when multi-air-conditioner is when independently heating air-conditioning system, outdoor unit is operated a plurality of indoor units with two kinds of patterns simultaneously, connect with the pipe that detects indoor unit.
8. method according to claim 7,
It is characterized in that described two kinds of patterns are heating mode and stop mode.
9. method according to claim 4,
It is characterized in that,, connect with the pipe that detects indoor unit when multi-air-conditioner is to cool off simultaneously and when heating air-conditioning system, outdoor unit is operated a plurality of indoor units simultaneously with three kinds of patterns simultaneously.
10. method according to claim 9,
It is characterized in that described three kinds of patterns are refrigerating mode, heating mode and stop mode.
11. method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, the grouping of indoor unit comprises:
By being divided with the number of exercisable pattern, a plurality of indoor units form the indoor unit group;
But whether the number of determining every group indoor unit surpasses operator scheme; And
The exercisable pattern that outnumbered when definite every group indoor unit, be no more than exercisable pattern and form final indoor unit group by but the current number of every group indoor unit is divided number up to every group indoor unit with the number of operator scheme, acquisition is about the ephemeral data of the operator scheme of indoor unit like this.
12. method according to claim 11,
It is characterized in that, be identified about the address of the relevant data indoor unit to the last of the interim data of the operator scheme of the indoor unit operation by storing a plurality of indoor units and obtain, be connected to the address of the pipe of indoor unit with identification.
13. a multi-air-conditioner has outdoor unit, is connected to a plurality of indoor units of outdoor unit, and is connected respectively to a plurality of refrigerator pipes that indoor unit also is connected to outdoor unit independently, described multi-air-conditioner comprises:
Be installed in a plurality of motor-driven valves in a plurality of refrigerator pipes, be used for adjusting the cold-producing medium stream that flows into a plurality of indoor units; And
Control module is used for connecting with the pipe that detects indoor unit according to controlling motor-driven valve simultaneously about the ephemeral data of the operator scheme of the indoor unit that is grouped.
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