CN110762774B - Upgrading method of air conditioner and air conditioner - Google Patents
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Abstract
The embodiment of the invention discloses an air conditioner upgrading method and an air conditioner, and solves the problems that when an embedded main control chip of the air conditioner is upgraded, the upgrading efficiency is low, and the upgrading time of an outdoor unit is too long. The air conditioner comprises at least one first network module, at least one second network module and an electric control unit; the electric control unit comprises an indoor unit main control unit, a display unit and an indoor data unit in the indoor unit corresponding to each first network module, and an outdoor unit main control unit, a driving unit and an outdoor data unit in the outdoor unit corresponding to each second network module. Each first network module is connected with an indoor unit main control unit in the corresponding indoor unit; each second network module is connected with the outdoor unit main control unit in the corresponding outdoor unit; in each indoor unit, the indoor unit main control unit is respectively connected with the display unit and the indoor data unit; in each outdoor unit, the outdoor unit main control unit is respectively connected with the outdoor data unit and the driving unit.
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Technical Field
The embodiment of the invention relates to the field of Over-the-Air Technology (OTA), in particular to an Air conditioner upgrading method and an Air conditioner.
Background
In the prior art, when the program of the embedded main control chip of the air conditioner is upgraded, online upgrade can not be performed through a network, and an engineer needs to go to the field to perform upgrade through wired connection, so that the upgrade efficiency is low, and the user experience is poor. Moreover, the existing indoor unit and outdoor unit are connected by wire for communication, which is limited by the wire communication rate, resulting in long upgrade time of the outdoor unit.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an air conditioner upgrading method and an air conditioner, and solves the problems that when an embedded main control chip of the air conditioner is upgraded, the upgrading efficiency is low, the user experience is poor, and the upgrading time of an outdoor unit is too long.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
in a first aspect, the present invention provides an air conditioner, which may include: the system comprises at least one first network module, at least one second network module and an electric control unit; the electronic control unit includes: the indoor unit main control unit, the display unit and the indoor data unit in the indoor unit corresponding to each first network module, and the outdoor unit main control unit, the outdoor data unit and the driving unit in the outdoor unit corresponding to each second network module. Each first network module is connected with an indoor unit main control unit in the corresponding indoor unit; each second network module is connected with the outdoor unit main control unit in the corresponding outdoor unit; in each indoor unit, the indoor unit main control unit is respectively connected with the display unit and the indoor data unit; in each outdoor unit, the outdoor unit main control unit is respectively connected with the outdoor data unit and the driving unit.
With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the first network module and the second network module are respectively configured to directly communicate with a cloud; or the first network module and the second network module are respectively used for connecting terminals so as to carry out indirect communication with the cloud terminal through the terminals.
In a second aspect, the present invention provides an upgrade method for an air conditioner, which is applied to the air conditioner according to any one of the first aspect or possible implementation manners of the first aspect, and the method may include: through a network module, receive the first upgrading instruction that the high in the clouds was sent, first upgrading instruction includes: the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirements of the indoor unit corresponding to the first network module; upgrading each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirement of the indoor unit by adopting a corresponding firmware program; through second network module, receive the second upgrading instruction that the high in the clouds was sent, the second upgrading instruction includes: the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirement of the outdoor unit corresponding to the second network module; and upgrading each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirements of the outdoor unit by adopting a corresponding firmware program.
With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the receiving an upgrade instruction sent by a cloud includes: receiving an upgrading instruction directly sent by a cloud; or receiving an upgrade instruction sent by the cloud through the terminal.
With reference to the second aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the method further includes: in the upgrading process, if a network fault occurs, the air conditioner is controlled to stop; the network failure is: the connection between the first network module and the cloud end is abnormal, the connection between the second network module and the cloud end is abnormal, the connection between the first network module and the indoor unit main control unit is abnormal, and the connection between the second network module and the outdoor unit main control unit is abnormal.
With reference to the second aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, before receiving, by the first network module, the first upgrade instruction sent by the cloud, the method further includes: respectively establishing network connection of a first network module and a second network module; sending firmware information of each electric control unit in all the corresponding electric control units of the indoor unit to the cloud end through the first network module; and sending the firmware information of each electric control unit in all the electric control units of the corresponding outdoor unit to the cloud end through the second network module.
In a third aspect, an air conditioner is provided, which may include: a receiving unit and an upgrading unit. The receiving unit is used for receiving a first upgrading instruction sent by the cloud through the first network module, and the first upgrading instruction comprises: the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirements of the indoor unit corresponding to the first network module; the upgrading unit is used for upgrading each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirements of the indoor unit by adopting a corresponding firmware program; the receiving unit is further used for receiving a second upgrading instruction sent by the cloud through a second network module, and the second upgrading instruction comprises: the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirement of the outdoor unit corresponding to the second network module; and the upgrading unit is also used for upgrading each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirements of the outdoor unit by adopting a corresponding firmware program.
With reference to the third aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the receiving unit is specifically configured to: receiving an upgrading instruction directly sent by a cloud; or receiving an upgrade instruction sent by the cloud through the terminal.
With reference to the third aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the air conditioner further includes: a control unit; the control unit is used for controlling the air conditioner to stop if a network fault occurs in the upgrading process; the network failure is: the connection between the first network module and the cloud end is abnormal, the connection between the second network module and the cloud end is abnormal, the connection between the first network module and the indoor unit main control unit is abnormal, and the connection between the second network module and the outdoor unit main control unit is abnormal.
With reference to the third aspect and the foregoing possible implementation manners, in another possible implementation manner, the air conditioner further includes: a building unit and a sending unit; the establishing unit is used for respectively establishing the network connection of the first network module and the second network module; the sending unit is used for sending the firmware information of each electric control unit in all the corresponding electric control units of the indoor unit to the cloud end through the first network module; and sending the firmware information of each electric control unit in all the electric control units of the corresponding outdoor unit to the cloud end through the second network module.
Specific implementation manners may refer to the second aspect or the possible implementation manners of the second aspect, to the behavior function of the air conditioner in the upgrade method of the air conditioner.
In a fourth aspect, an air conditioner is provided, which includes: at least one processor, a memory, a communication interface, and a communication bus. The processor is connected with the memory and the communication interface through the communication bus, the memory is used for storing computer execution instructions, and when the air conditioner runs, the processor executes the computer execution instructions stored in the memory, so that the air conditioner executes the upgrading method of the air conditioner according to the second aspect or any one of the possible implementation manners of the second aspect.
In a fifth aspect, there is provided a computer storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed on an air conditioner, cause the air conditioner to perform the method of upgrading the air conditioner as in the second aspect or any one of the possible implementations of the second aspect.
The invention provides an upgrading method of an air conditioner, which receives a first upgrading instruction sent by a cloud through a first network module, wherein the first upgrading instruction comprises the following steps: the firmware procedure of every automatically controlled unit in the automatically controlled unit that satisfies the requirement of upgrading of indoor set that first network module corresponds adopts corresponding firmware procedure to upgrade to every automatically controlled unit in the automatically controlled unit that satisfies the requirement of upgrading of indoor set to through second network module, receive the second upgrading instruction that the high in the clouds was sent, this second upgrading instruction includes: and the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units of the outdoor unit corresponding to the second network module, which meet the upgrading requirement, adopts the corresponding firmware program to upgrade each electric control unit in the electric control units of the outdoor unit, which meet the upgrading requirement. Therefore, by establishing the link connection between the first network module and the electric control unit of the indoor unit and establishing the link connection between the second network module and the electric control unit of the outdoor unit, the independent network air upgrading of the indoor unit and the outdoor unit is realized, an engineer does not need to carry out field upgrading, the upgrading efficiency is greatly improved, and the user experience is better. And the outdoor unit is communicated with the cloud end through the second network module, so that the limitation of the wired communication speed of the indoor unit and the outdoor unit is avoided, and the upgrading time of the outdoor unit is greatly shortened.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a simplified diagram of a system architecture to which embodiments of the present invention may be applied;
FIG. 3 is a simplified diagram of another system architecture to which embodiments of the present invention may be applied;
fig. 4 is a flowchart of an upgrading method of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of another air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of another air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In order to solve the problems that when an embedded main control chip of an air conditioner is upgraded, the upgrading efficiency is low, the user experience is poor, and the upgrading time of an outdoor unit is too long, the embodiment of the invention provides an air conditioner. As shown in fig. 1, the air conditioner may include: the system comprises at least one first network module, at least one second network module and an electric control unit. Wherein, the electronic control unit includes: the indoor unit main control unit, the display unit and the indoor data unit in the indoor unit corresponding to each first network module, and the outdoor unit main control unit, the outdoor data unit and the driving unit in the outdoor unit corresponding to each second network module.
Each first network module is connected with an indoor unit main control unit in the corresponding indoor unit; each second network module is connected with the outdoor unit main control unit in the corresponding outdoor unit.
In each indoor unit, the indoor unit main control unit is respectively connected with the display unit and the indoor data unit.
In each outdoor unit, the outdoor unit main control unit is respectively connected with the outdoor data unit and the driving unit.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first network modules correspond to the indoor units one to one, and the second network modules correspond to the outdoor units one to one. In the embodiment of the present invention, the first network module is connected to the indoor unit main control unit of the indoor unit, and the second network module is connected to the outdoor unit main control unit of the outdoor unit. Of course, the first network module may also be connected to other electronic control units in the indoor unit, such as the display unit or the indoor data unit, and the second network module may also be connected to other electronic control units in the outdoor unit, such as the driving unit or the outdoor data unit.
In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the connection between the first network module and the indoor unit main control unit, the connection between each electronic control unit in the indoor unit, the connection between the second network module and the outdoor unit main control unit, and the connection between each electronic control unit in the outdoor unit all adopt a hardware connection manner, and the hardware connection manner may include: and connecting modes such as butt wire connection, shielded twisted pair connection, direct welding and the like. And the indoor unit and the outdoor unit of the air conditioner are not directly electrically connected, the respective information can be transmitted to the cloud end through the respective corresponding network modules, and the information interaction between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit is completed at the cloud end.
Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first network module and the second network module are respectively configured to directly communicate with the cloud, and specifically, Wireless communication or wired communication may be adopted, such as Wireless communication methods (Wireless Fidelity, WiFi), 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, Narrow-Band Internet of Things (Narrow Band Internet of Things, NB-IoT) and the like to directly communicate; or the first network module and the second network module are respectively used for connecting terminals, so that the first network module and the second network module are in indirect communication with the cloud end through the terminals. The terminal can be a mobile phone, a computer, a tablet computer and other devices.
Based on the air conditioner in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a simplified schematic diagram of a system architecture to which the embodiment of the present invention can be applied, and as shown in fig. 2, the system architecture may include: air conditioner 11, terminal 12 and cloud 13. In order to facilitate understanding of those skilled in the art, fig. 2 illustrates an example in which the air conditioner 11 includes an indoor unit and an outdoor unit.
Specifically, the air conditioner 11 may include: a first network module 111, a second network module 112 and an electronic control unit 113. Wherein, the electronic control unit 113 includes: the indoor unit main control unit 1131, the display unit 1132 and the indoor data unit 1133 in the indoor unit corresponding to the first network module 111, and the outdoor unit main control unit 1134, the driving unit 1135 and the outdoor data unit 1136 in the outdoor unit corresponding to the second network module 112. The first network module 111 is connected to the indoor unit main control unit 1131, and the second network module 112 is connected to the outdoor unit main control unit 1134; the indoor unit main control unit 1131 is connected to the display unit 1132 and the indoor data unit 1133, respectively; the outdoor main control unit 1134 is connected to the driving unit 1135 and the outdoor data unit 1136, respectively.
The first network module 111 and the second network module 112 in the air conditioner 11 both communicate directly with the cloud 13 through the wide area network.
The terminal 12 directly communicates with the cloud 13 through a wide area network, and an application corresponding to the air conditioner 11 is installed on the terminal 12.
Fig. 3 is a simplified schematic diagram of another system architecture to which the embodiments of the present invention may be applied, as shown in fig. 3, the system architecture may include: air conditioner 11, terminal 12 and cloud 13.
The composition of the air conditioner 11 is the same as that of the air conditioner shown in fig. 2.
The terminal 12 communicates directly with the cloud 13 via a wide area network.
The first network module 111 and the second network module 112 in the air conditioner 11 are both connected to the terminal 12, and indirectly communicate with the cloud 13 through the terminal 12.
Based on fig. 2 and fig. 3, an embodiment of the present invention provides an upgrading method for an air conditioner, as shown in fig. 4, the method may include:
201. the method comprises the steps of receiving a first upgrading instruction sent by a cloud end through a first network module.
Wherein, the air conditioner is when carrying out the procedure upgrading, and first network module can receive the first upgrading instruction that the high in the clouds was sent, and this first upgrading instruction includes: the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirements of the indoor unit corresponding to the first network module, and the identification of each electric control unit. In a specific implementation, based on fig. 2, the first network module may receive a first upgrade instruction directly sent by the cloud; based on fig. 3, the first network module may receive a first upgrade instruction sent by the cloud through the terminal.
202. And upgrading each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirements of the indoor unit by adopting a corresponding firmware program.
After receiving the first upgrade instruction, the first network module may upgrade each of the electric control units of the indoor unit that meet the upgrade requirement by using a corresponding firmware program.
Specifically, the method comprises the following steps: after receiving the first upgrade instruction, the first network module may analyze the identifier of each electronic control unit of the indoor unit, which meets the upgrade requirement, included in the first upgrade instruction, and send the firmware program of the electronic control unit to the corresponding electronic control unit of the indoor unit according to the identifier of each electronic control unit.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first network module may transmit all the firmware programs included in the first upgrade instruction to the corresponding electronic control unit after receiving the firmware programs. Alternatively, the first network module may receive and transmit the firmware program, that is, transmit the firmware program to the corresponding electronic control unit after receiving the firmware program. And, the first network module can encrypt the firmware program before transmitting the firmware program.
203. And receiving a second upgrading instruction sent by the cloud through a second network module.
The second network module receives the second upgrade instruction sent by the cloud and the first upgrade instruction type sent by the first network module in step 201, and for specific description about the second upgrade instruction received by the second network module, reference may be made to the description about the first upgrade instruction received by the first network module in step 201, which is not described herein again.
204. And upgrading each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirements of the outdoor unit by adopting a corresponding firmware program.
For the specific description of upgrading the firmware program of the outdoor unit, reference may be made to the description of upgrading the firmware program of the indoor unit in step 202, which is not described herein again.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the steps 201 to 202 have no precedence relationship with the execution of the steps 203 to 204, that is, the steps 201 to 202 may be executed first, and then the steps 203 to 204 are executed, or the steps 203 to 204 may be executed first, and then the steps 201 to 202 may be executed, or the steps 201 to 202 and the steps 203 to 204 may be executed at the same time, and the execution sequence of the steps 201 to 202, and the steps 203 to 204 is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the air conditioner is controlled to be shut down to protect the air conditioner if it is determined that a network failure occurs during the upgrade process, i.e., during the execution of steps 201 to 204. Wherein, the network failure may be: the connection between the first network module and the cloud end is abnormal, the connection between the second network module and the cloud end is abnormal, the connection between the first network module and the indoor unit main control unit is abnormal, and the connection between the second network module and the outdoor unit main control unit is abnormal.
Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, before the air conditioner performs step 201 and step 203, network connections of the first network module and the second network module may be respectively established to facilitate communication with the cloud, specifically, when a WiFi communication mode is adopted, the first network module and the second network module may be first distributed, and then network access is performed; when the cellular communication modes such as 5G and the like are adopted, the first network module and the second network module can directly access the network. After the network access is completed, each electric control unit of the indoor unit can transmit respective firmware information to the corresponding first network module through hardware connection and a communication protocol, and similarly, each electric control unit of the outdoor unit can transmit respective firmware information to the corresponding second network module, wherein the firmware information may include an identifier of the electric control unit, version information of a running firmware program, and the like. Then, the first network module can directly or indirectly send the firmware information of each electric control unit in all the electric control units included in the indoor unit to the cloud, and the second network module can also send the firmware information of each electric control unit in all the electric control units of the outdoor unit to the cloud, so that the cloud can perform authentication pairing of the indoor unit and the outdoor unit after receiving the firmware information, namely, the indoor unit and the outdoor unit belonging to the same air conditioner are determined, and after the versions of the firmware programs of some electric control units are updated, the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirements can be determined according to the firmware information and the prestored upgrading strategies.
After determining the electronic control unit meeting the upgrading requirement, the cloud end can send prompt information to the application of the terminal, wherein the prompt information is used for prompting a user whether to upgrade the firmware. After the user confirms the prompt information on the terminal, the cloud end can include the firmware program of the electric control unit meeting the upgrading requirement of the indoor unit in the first upgrading instruction and send the firmware program to the first network module, and include the firmware program of the electric control unit meeting the upgrading requirement of the outdoor unit in the second upgrading instruction and send the firmware program to the second network module.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the electric control unit of the air conditioner may include other electric control units of the indoor unit and other electric control units of the outdoor unit besides the indoor unit main control unit, the display unit, the indoor data unit, the outdoor unit main control unit, the outdoor data unit and the driving unit mentioned in the present invention. The electric control units of other indoor units are respectively connected with the main control unit of the indoor unit, the specific description of upgrading can refer to the related description of upgrading of the indoor data unit and the display unit, the electric control units of other outdoor units are respectively connected with the main control unit of the outdoor unit, and the specific description of upgrading can refer to the related description of upgrading of the outdoor data unit and the driving unit.
The invention provides an upgrading method of an air conditioner, which receives a first upgrading instruction sent by a cloud through a first network module, wherein the first upgrading instruction comprises the following steps: the firmware procedure of every automatically controlled unit in the automatically controlled unit that satisfies the requirement of upgrading of indoor set that first network module corresponds adopts corresponding firmware procedure to upgrade to every automatically controlled unit in the automatically controlled unit that satisfies the requirement of upgrading of indoor set to through second network module, receive the second upgrading instruction that the high in the clouds was sent, this second upgrading instruction includes: and the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units of the outdoor unit corresponding to the second network module, which meet the upgrading requirement, adopts the corresponding firmware program to upgrade each electric control unit in the electric control units of the outdoor unit, which meet the upgrading requirement. Therefore, by establishing the link connection between the first network module and the electric control unit of the indoor unit and establishing the link connection between the second network module and the electric control unit of the outdoor unit, the independent network air upgrading of the indoor unit and the outdoor unit is realized, an engineer does not need to carry out field upgrading, the upgrading efficiency is greatly improved, and the user experience is better. And the outdoor unit is communicated with the cloud end through the second network module, so that the limitation of the wired communication speed of the indoor unit and the outdoor unit is avoided, and the upgrading time of the outdoor unit is greatly shortened.
The scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention is mainly introduced from the perspective of an air conditioner. It is understood that the air conditioner includes hardware structures and/or software modules corresponding to the respective functions in order to implement the above-described functions. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software, in conjunction with the exemplary algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.
The embodiment of the present invention may perform the division of the functional modules for the air conditioner according to the method example, for example, each functional module may be divided corresponding to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. It should be noted that, the division of the modules in the embodiment of the present invention is schematic, and is only a logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.
In the case of dividing each function module according to each function, fig. 5 shows another possible composition diagram of the air conditioner related to the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the air conditioner may include: a receiving unit 31 and an upgrading unit 32.
The receiving unit 31 is configured to support the air conditioner to perform steps 201 and 203 in the upgrade method of the air conditioner shown in fig. 4.
And the upgrading unit 32 is used for supporting the air conditioner to execute the steps 202 and 204 in the upgrading method of the air conditioner shown in fig. 4.
Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, the air conditioner may further include: a control unit 33, a setup unit 34 and a sending unit 35.
And a control unit 33 for supporting the air conditioner to perform an upgrade process in the upgrade method of the air conditioner shown in fig. 4, and controlling the air conditioner to be stopped if a network failure occurs during the upgrade process.
The establishing unit 34 is configured to support the air conditioner to perform network connection establishment of the first network module and the second network module in the upgrading method of the air conditioner shown in fig. 4.
The sending unit 35 is configured to support the air conditioner to execute the firmware information of each electronic control unit in all the electronic control units of the corresponding indoor unit through the first network module in the air conditioner upgrading method shown in fig. 4; and sending the firmware information of each electric control unit in all the electric control units of the corresponding outdoor unit to the cloud end through the second network module.
It should be noted that all relevant contents of each step related to the above method embodiment may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and are not described herein again.
The air conditioner provided by the embodiment of the invention is used for executing the upgrading method of the air conditioner, so that the same effect as the upgrading method of the air conditioner can be achieved.
In the case of an integrated unit, fig. 7 shows another possible schematic composition of the air conditioner according to the above-described embodiment. As shown in fig. 7, the air conditioner includes: a processing module 41, a communication module 42 and a storage module 43.
Wherein the processing module 41 is used for controlling and managing the action of the air conditioner, for example, the processing module 41 is used for supporting the air conditioner to execute the steps 202 and 204 in fig. 4, and/or other processes for the technology described herein. The communication module 42 is used for supporting the air conditioner to communicate with other network entities, such as a terminal or a cloud. For example, the communication module 42 is used to support the air conditioner to execute step 201 and step 203 in fig. 4. And a storage module 43 for storing program codes and data of the air conditioner.
The processing module 41 may be a processor. Which may implement or perform the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure. A Processor may also be a combination of computing functions, including, for example, one or more microprocessors, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) and microprocessor combination, or the like. The communication module 42 may be a communication interface. The storage module 43 may be a memory.
When the processing module is a processor, the communication module is a communication interface, and the storage module is a memory, the air conditioner may be the apparatus shown in fig. 8.
Fig. 8 is a schematic composition diagram of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 8, the air conditioner may include: at least one processor 51, a memory 52, a communication interface 53 and a communication bus 54.
The following describes each component of the air conditioner in detail with reference to fig. 8:
the processor 51 is a control center of the air conditioner, and may be a single processor or a collective term for a plurality of processing elements. For example, the processor 51 is a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or one or more Integrated circuits configured to implement embodiments of the present invention, such as: one or more DSPs, or one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs).
In particular implementations, processor 51 may include one or more CPUs such as CPU0 and CPU1 shown in fig. 8 as one example. Also, as an example, the air conditioner may include a plurality of processors, such as the processor 51 and the processor 55 shown in fig. 8. Each of these processors may be a Single-core processor (Single-CPU) or a Multi-core processor (Multi-CPU). A processor herein may refer to one or more devices, circuits, and/or processing cores for processing data (e.g., computer program instructions).
The Memory 52 may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM) or other type of static storage device that can store static information and instructions, a Random Access Memory (RAM) or other type of dynamic storage device that can store information and instructions, an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), a Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM) or other optical Disc storage, optical Disc storage (including Compact Disc, laser Disc, optical Disc, digital versatile Disc, blu-ray Disc, etc.), magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited to such. The memory 52 may be self-contained and coupled to the processor 51 via a communication bus 54. The memory 52 may also be integrated with the processor 51.
In a particular implementation, the memory 52 is used for storing data and software programs for implementing the present invention. The processor 51 may perform various functions of the air conditioner by running or executing software programs stored in the memory 52 and calling data stored in the memory 52.
The communication interface 53 is a device such as any transceiver, and is used for communicating with other devices or communication Networks, such as a Radio Access Network (RAN), a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a terminal, and a cloud. The communication interface 53 may include a receiving unit implementing a receiving function and a transmitting unit implementing a transmitting function.
The communication bus 54 may be an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Extended ISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) bus, or the like. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 8, but this is not intended to represent only one bus or type of bus.
Through the above description of the embodiments, it is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, the foregoing division of the functional modules is merely used as an example, and in practical applications, the above function distribution may be completed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the device may be divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the above described functions.
In the embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described device embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the modules or units is only one logical functional division, and there may be other divisions when actually implemented, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another device, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.
The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may be one physical unit or a plurality of physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed in a plurality of different places. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.
The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present invention may be essentially or partially contributed to by the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product, where the software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions to enable a device (which may be a single chip, a chip, or the like) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a U disk, a removable hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention are intended to be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.
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1. An air conditioner, characterized in that the air conditioner comprises: the system comprises at least one first network module, at least one second network module and an electric control unit; the electronic control unit includes: the indoor unit main control unit, the display unit and the indoor data unit in the indoor unit corresponding to each first network module, and the outdoor unit main control unit, the outdoor data unit and the driving unit in the outdoor unit corresponding to each second network module;
each first network module is connected with the indoor unit main control unit in the corresponding indoor unit; each second network module is connected with the outdoor unit main control unit in the corresponding outdoor unit;
in each indoor unit, the indoor unit main control unit is respectively connected with the display unit and the indoor data unit;
in each outdoor unit, the outdoor unit main control unit is respectively connected with the outdoor data unit and the driving unit;
the first network module is used for receiving a first upgrading instruction sent by a cloud end, and the first upgrading instruction comprises: the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirement of the indoor unit corresponding to the first network module;
the first network module is further configured to, after receiving the first upgrade instruction, analyze an identifier of each electronic control unit that meets the upgrade requirement in the upgrade instruction, and send a firmware program of the electronic control unit to the corresponding electronic control unit according to the identifier of each electronic control unit;
the second network module is used for receiving a second upgrading instruction sent by the cloud, and the second upgrading instruction comprises: the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirement of the outdoor unit corresponding to the second network module;
the second network module is further configured to, after receiving the second upgrade instruction, analyze the identifier of each electronic control unit that meets the upgrade requirement in the upgrade instruction, and send the firmware program of the electronic control unit to the corresponding electronic control unit according to the identifier of each electronic control unit;
the first network module and the second network module are also used for encrypting the firmware program before transmitting the firmware program.
2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the first network module and the second network module are respectively configured to communicate directly with a cloud; or the first network module and the second network module are respectively used for connecting terminals so as to carry out indirect communication with the cloud terminal through the terminals.
3. An upgrading method of an air conditioner, applied to the air conditioner as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the method comprises:
through a network module, receive the first upgrading instruction that the high in the clouds was sent, first upgrading instruction includes: the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirement of the indoor unit corresponding to the first network module;
upgrading each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirement of the indoor unit by adopting a corresponding firmware program;
through the second network module, receive the second upgrading instruction that the high in the clouds sent, the second upgrading instruction includes: the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirement of the outdoor unit corresponding to the second network module;
and upgrading each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirements of the outdoor unit by adopting a corresponding firmware program.
4. The method for upgrading the air conditioner according to claim 3, wherein the step of receiving the upgrading instruction sent by the cloud comprises the following steps:
receiving the upgrading indication directly sent by the cloud; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
and receiving the upgrading instruction sent by the cloud through a terminal.
5. The upgrading method of an air conditioner according to claim 3, further comprising:
in the upgrading process, if a network fault occurs, controlling the air conditioner to stop; the network failure is as follows: the connection between the first network module and the cloud end is abnormal, the connection between the second network module and the cloud end is abnormal, the connection between the first network module and the indoor unit main control unit is abnormal, and the connection between the second network module and the outdoor unit main control unit is abnormal.
6. The method for upgrading an air conditioner according to claim 3, before the receiving, by the first network module, the first upgrade instruction sent by the cloud, further comprising:
respectively establishing network connection of the first network module and the second network module;
sending firmware information of each electric control unit in all the corresponding electric control units of the indoor unit to the cloud end through the first network module;
and sending the firmware information of each electric control unit in all the corresponding electric control units of the outdoor unit to the cloud end through the second network module.
7. An air conditioner, characterized in that the air conditioner comprises: a receiving unit and an upgrading unit;
the receiving unit is used for receiving a first upgrading instruction sent by a cloud end through a first network module, and the first upgrading instruction comprises: the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirement of the indoor unit corresponding to the first network module, wherein the first network module is connected with the indoor unit main control unit in the corresponding indoor unit, and the first network module is used for encrypting the firmware program before transmitting the firmware program;
the upgrading unit is used for upgrading each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirements of the indoor unit by adopting a corresponding firmware program;
the receiving unit is further configured to receive a second upgrade instruction sent by the cloud through a second network module, where the second upgrade instruction includes: the firmware program of each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirement of the outdoor unit corresponding to the second network module, wherein the second network module is connected with the outdoor unit main control unit in the corresponding outdoor unit;
the second network module is further configured to, after receiving the second upgrade instruction, analyze an identifier of each electronic control unit that meets the upgrade requirement in the upgrade instruction, and send a firmware program of the electronic control unit to the corresponding electronic control unit according to the identifier of each electronic control unit, where the second network module is configured to encrypt the firmware program before transmitting the firmware program;
the upgrading unit is also used for upgrading each electric control unit in the electric control units meeting the upgrading requirements of the outdoor unit by adopting a corresponding firmware program.
8. The air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein the receiving unit is specifically configured to:
receiving an upgrade instruction directly sent by the cloud; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
and receiving the upgrading instruction sent by the cloud through a terminal.
9. The air conditioner according to claim 7, further comprising: a control unit;
the control unit is used for controlling the air conditioner to stop if a network fault occurs in the upgrading process; the network failure is as follows: the connection between the first network module and the cloud end is abnormal, the connection between the second network module and the cloud end is abnormal, the connection between the first network module and the indoor unit main control unit is abnormal, and the connection between the second network module and the outdoor unit main control unit is abnormal.
10. The air conditioner according to claim 7, further comprising: a building unit and a sending unit;
the establishing unit is used for respectively establishing the network connection of the first network module and the second network module;
the sending unit is used for sending the firmware information of each electric control unit in all the corresponding electric control units of the indoor unit to the cloud end through the first network module; and sending the firmware information of each electric control unit in all the corresponding electric control units of the outdoor unit to the cloud end through the second network module.
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