Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
  • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
  • G05B15/00—Systems controlled by a computer
  • G05B15/02—Systems controlled by a computer electric
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
  • H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
  • H04L12/2803—Home automation networks
  • H04L12/283—Processing of data at an internetworking point of a home automation network
  • H04L12/2832—Interconnection of the control functionalities between home networks
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
  • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
  • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
  • G05B2219/20—Pc systems
  • G05B2219/25—Pc structure of the system
  • G05B2219/25011—Domotique, I-O bus, home automation, building automation

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a configuration method and a method of controlling a home automation system.
• a home automation system of a building may include a plurality of home automation devices. It is known to proceed with the configuration, the control and / or the supervision of said installation by using a central control unit which communicates with one or more home automation devices.
• the architecture thus constituted is complex to master for a user.
• the present invention aims to solve all or part of the disadvantages mentioned above.
• the present invention relates to a control method of a home automation system, the home automation system comprising a plurality of home automation devices, and a plurality of central control units; the method being executed by a management unit or by a mobile terminal connected to the at least one home automation installation and comprising the following steps:
• i Receiving a command message from a user or a third-party application, or finding the fulfillment of a condition based on a time and / or a date, or on a value of at least one variable state of a home automation device, the condition or control message being associated with a request to execute at least one control of a device; ii. Determining at least one central control unit concerned by the command from the plurality of central control units; iii. Sending at least one control message to the at least one central control unit determined in step ii of the home automation system for the execution of the at least one command.
• home automation device means home automation equipment and / or a sensor, or a home automation equipment part or a sensor part corresponding to a functional subset.
• a message is understood to mean a piece of information that is notified or received in the form of a synchronous or asynchronous call, which may also correspond to a local or remote function call.
• installation is meant an assembly comprising a plurality of home automation devices and a plurality of control units arranged in a single building or a plurality of premises, each home automation device being connected to an electronic control unit among the plurality of units.
• control electronics, the plurality of electronic control units forming a group under the control of a user.
• the electronic devices form groups of at least one home automation device attached to an electronic control unit.
• the same device or the same control unit may belong to at least two different installations under the responsibility of at least two different users.
• a home automation device corresponding to a heating system may be included in a first home automation installation comprising a set of devices included in a housing, under the control of a user occupying the housing, and in a second home automation system comprising a set of home automation devices corresponding to heating systems arranged in a plurality of slots under the control of an administrator user of the heating equipment for the plurality of housings.
• central control unit of the home automation system is meant an electronic unit comprising at least one processing unit for containing and executing at least one computer program, comprising at least one communication module for controlling and / or control of at least one device home automation and at least one communication module with the management unit.
• the electronic unit can be independent or integrated into a home automation device.
• the communication module for controlling and / or controlling the device may be a communication module internal to the home automation device and / or a communication module for controlling and / or controlling other devices. automation.
• a central control unit can communicate with the management unit through an intermediate management unit, for example a third-party service provider, whose intermediate management unit provides a service interface or API.
• the management unit is a server remotely connected to the at least one home automation installation, via a wide area network.
• the management unit is a central unit intended to be connected to one or more central control units on separate private or local networks, or on the same local network.
• the third-party application can be executed as appropriate on the user terminal or on the management unit or on another management unit connected to the user terminal or to the management unit executing the application. control method.
• the home automation installation is represented by a representative entity associated with a home automation device group corresponding to the plurality of home automation devices belonging to the installation.
• the interface presented to the user can thus add an abstraction layer to hide the actual attachment of the devices to the central control units.
• the interface thus represents home automation equipment, such as shutters, blinds, HVAC or lighting systems, which can be controlled in the installation as well as the sensors present.
• the representative entity is associated with a group of central control units corresponding to the plurality of central control units belonging to the installation.
• the at least one command corresponds to a scenario identified by a scenario identifier, and comprising a plurality of commands;
• the scenario comprises at least a first sub-scenario comprising at least one command to be performed by a home automation device attached to a first central control unit and a second sub-scenario comprising at least one command to be performed by a home automation device attached to a second central control unit;
• the first sub-scenario is prerecorded in the first central control unit in connection with the scenario identifier and the second sub-scenario is prerecorded in the second central control unit in connection with the scenario identifier;
• step ii of determining at least one central control unit concerned by the command from the plurality of central control units a list of central control units of the plurality is made; central control units concerned by the scenario comprising at least said first central control unit and said second central control unit;
• step iii of sending at least one control message comprises sending a plurality of execution request messages at least pre-recorded subscripts in connection with the identifier of the scenario intended for central control units included in the list determined in step ii, comprising at least said first central control unit and said second central control unit.
• Scenario means a set of commands comprising at least one command intended for at least one home automation device, said set being prerecorded during a configuration process in at least one central control unit, the scenario being triggered on the basis of a user's command, an event triggered by the realization of a condition on the time and / or the date, or a condition on a state variable of a home automation device which can notably be a sensor measurement or a device state variable.
• a scenario can be identified by a scenario identifier.
• the command message received in the reception step i corresponds to a request message for executing the scenario identified by the scenario identifier.
• the execution of the scenario is triggered by the observation of the realization of a condition on time and / or date, or a condition on a state variable of a home automation device. (D);
• command message received in the receiving step i corresponds to a message from a third-party application and includes an indication of completion of the condition.
• the evaluation of the condition can be carried out either by the management unit or the terminal, or by a third party application which transmits a control message to the management unit or to the terminal.
• control message can come from a real-time management application running on the management unit, if the condition concerns the time; or a home automation device via the central control unit to which the device is attached, if the condition relates to a state variable of a home automation device.
• the method further comprises the following steps:
• the command message received in the receiving step i corresponds to a request message for execution of a control group comprising a plurality of commands
• control group comprises at least a first control sub-group comprising at least one command to be performed by a home automation device attached to a first central control unit and a second subgroup comprising at least one command to be performed by a home automation device attached to a second central control unit;
• step ii of determining at least one central control unit concerned by the command from the plurality of central control units a list of central control units of the plurality is made; central control units concerned by the group control comprising at least said first central control unit and said second central control unit;
• step iii of sending at least one control message corresponds to a sending of a plurality of control messages to the central control units included in the list determined in step ii, comprising at least said first central control unit and said second central control unit, each control message corresponding to a triggering instruction of a control sub-group relating to the devices attached to the destination central control unit.
• group command or "command group” means a set of commands comprising a plurality of commands intended for at least two home automation devices, the plurality of commands being intended to be sent to at least one central control unit for a reception execution.
• control group is defined for a group of controlled devices corresponding to a subset of a device group attached to a representative entity of the home automation system.
• the method comprises a prior step of communicating to the user of the device group with a view to performing a selection of the group of controlled devices.
• the method comprises the following steps:
• the present invention also relates to a method of configuring a home automation installation, the home automation installation comprising a plurality of home automation devices and a plurality of central control units; the method being executed by a management unit or by a mobile terminal connected to the at least one home automation installation and comprising the following steps:
• a message comprising a definition by a user or by a third party application of a scenario comprising at least one command intended for a plurality of home automation devices, said plurality of home automation devices comprising at least a first home automation device paired with a first unit control unit and a second device paired with a second central control unit.
• the scenario is recorded on the central control units by parts with a reference to said scenario. It is then possible for a user to control the execution of this scenario either locally by direct access to the central control units, or remotely by the management unit.
• the scenario is defined for a group of controlled devices corresponding to a subset of a device group attached to an entity representative of the home automation system.
• the method comprises a prior step of communicating to the user of the device group with a view to performing a selection of the group of devices controlled in the context of the scenario.
• the present invention also relates to a computer program product comprising code instructions arranged to implement the steps of a method as described above, when said program is executed by a processor of a management unit or a user terminal.
• the present invention also relates to a system comprising a management unit or a user terminal arranged to execute the method as described above, connected to at least one central control unit of a home automation system.
• Figure 1 is a schematic view of a building and a home automation system according to one embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an architecture of a system comprising the home automation system illustrated in FIG. 1 as well as a server intended to be connected to a user terminal;
• Figure 3 is a diagram showing the relationship between a representative entity of a home automation system, the central control units and devices of the home automation system.
• FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a mode of implementation of a method of registering a central control unit of a home automation installation with a management unit according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a mode of implementation of a method of configuring a home automation installation according to the invention.
• FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a mode of implementation of a control method of a home automation installation according to the invention.
• FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment of a control method of a home automation system according to the invention.
• the same elements or elements fulfilling identical functions may retain the same references so as to simplify the understanding of the invention.
• a building 1 comprises, by way of example, three rooms PI, P2, P3. Building 1 also includes home automation equipment 3 and sensors 5.
• a home automation device 3 can be an actuator arranged to move or adjust a building element 1, for example an actuator 7 to move a shutter 9 or a terrace awning 19, or a control system 10 for a heater 11 or a system 13.
• Home automation equipment 3 may also be lighting, for example outdoor terrace lighting 21 or a lighting control system, an alarm system, or a video camera, in particular a video surveillance camera.
• the home automation system 17 may also include a control point 15 of an actuator 7, such as a wireless control unit B for the shutter 9.
• the home automation installation 17 may comprise one or more sensors 5, integrated with an actuator 7, a control point 15 or the control unit B, or independently of these elements.
• a sensor 5 may, in particular, be arranged to measure a physical quantity, for example a temperature sensor, a sunshine sensor or a humidity sensor.
• Position sensors 5 of home automation equipment 3 of building 1, such as, for example, sensors for the open state of a shutter 9 or position sensors of an opening such as a window, motorized or not can also be provided.
• the home automation system may also include one or more presence sensors.
• a home automation equipment 3 and a sensor 5 are thus to be considered as units having available information on actual states of the elements of the building 1 and being able to share this information with other elements of the home automation system 17.
• the home automation equipment 3 and the sensors 5 can thus have access to any measurable physical quantity, such as the temperature of each room PI, P2, P3 or a state of a building element 1, such as the opening state of a building. rolling shutter 9, the status of an alarm, etc. Subsequently, we will use the designation of domotic device or D positive D indifferently to designate sensors or home automation equipment, or parts of home automation equipment 3 or sensors 5.
• the home automation installation 17 comprises a plurality of central control units U1, U2.
• central control units U1, U2 are shown in FIG.
• Each central control unit U1, U2 is arranged to control and / or control a part of the devices D of the installation 17 forming a DGrUl group, DGrU2.
• the central control unit Ul is in charge of the devices D arranged in the rooms PI and P2 of the first floor of the building, whereas the central control unit U2 is in charge of the D devices located in room P3 on the ground floor of the building and external devices.
• control and / or control is achieved remotely, in particular by using a wireless communication protocol, for example a radio communication protocol.
• Each central control unit U1, U2 is arranged to group all the data from the devices D of its group DGrU1, DGrU2 and to process these data.
• the devices D belonging to a group DGrU1, DGrU2 belong to a local area network managed by a central control unit U1 or U2 within the home automation system and communicate according to a local communication protocol with the central control unit or U2. They have a local address in this network.
• the logical devices D can be modeled as nodes or endpoints in the local network.
• the local addressing system may be hierarchical or flat, the address format may be numeric or alphanumeric.
• each central control unit U is arranged to communicate with a server Sv.
• the central control units Ul, U2, U3 are arranged on a private network PN, PN ', whose access is generally protected by a firewall FW.
• a private network PN PN '
• the server Sv is also arranged on a private network SN.
• the private network PN is connected to a network extended N, for example Internet.
• the server Sv is arranged to communicate with a set of such central control units U. We will describe one of these units later.
• a central control unit U comprises a processing unit 2 arranged to contain and execute a first computer program.
• the processing unit 2 comprises a processor, a storage flash memory and a random access memory, and an Ethernet chip.
• the central control unit U furthermore comprises at least one communication module 2 'intended for the control and / or the control of home automation equipment 3 and / or of sensors 5, the home automation equipment 3 possibly being actuators 7 , lights 21, an alarm system, or a video camera.
• the communication module 2 'allows the control and the control of at least one actuator 7, of a movable element of the building 1, for example a roller shutter 9, or a sunshade 9 'or other actuators 7 or lighting 21, as previously described with reference to Figure 1.
• the central control unit can be integrated in the home automation device.
• the central unit U can allow the control and / or the control of an alarm system.
• Each central control unit U furthermore comprises a communication module 4 with the server Sv.
• the server Sv allows remote control and / or control and comprises one or more processing units 102 arranged to contain and execute a second one. computer program.
• Each central control unit U further comprises a communication module 4 'for communicating according to a local communication protocol, for example Bluetooth, Zigbee or Wifi, with a mobile communication terminal T.
• the communication terminal T can contain and execute APP application software.
• a central control unit U can communicate with the management unit through an intermediate server, for example a third-party service provider, whose intermediate server provides a service interface or API.
• the server Sv comprises, for its part, at least one communication interface 104 intended for communication with the central unit U.
• the server Sv may also comprise a communication interface 106 intended for communication with a command and / or control interface IN enabling a user to remotely control the home automation installation.
• server is a logical designation that may cover the use of multiple physical servers to distribute the computing load to be performed.
• the control and / or control interface IN comprises, for example, a web server 107 and a mobile communication terminal T communicating via the extended network N.
• the mobile communication terminal T may be, for example, a smart phone or a tablet.
• the mobile communication terminal T may be the same or a terminal of the same type as that with which the central control unit U communicates locally by means of the communication module 4 ', or a different terminal. We will designate these mobile terminals indifferently by the reference T.
• the control and / or control interface IN comprises a processor that can be arranged at the web server 107 and / or the mobile communication terminal T.
• the processor of the command and / or control interface IN is arranged to use a third computer program.
• This third computer program is arranged to run a downloadable application.
• the mobile communication terminal T comprises a data input device and a display device, for example in the form of a touch control part of a screen of the terminal T and in the form of one or more buttons of the terminal T.
• Figures 1 and 2 describe an installation 17 which comprises a set of devices D and a plurality of central control units Ul, U2, arranged in the same housing, the same building or the same physical location.
• an installation 17 within the meaning of the invention may comprise domotic devices arranged on a plurality of places, with at least one central control unit on each of these places to which are attached the home automation devices, the central units U control of the installation being placed under the control of a user.
• such an installation may comprise a set of home automation devices consisting of heating systems distributed in a set of housing or tertiary premises, attached to a set of central control units U, the set of devices home automation systems intended to be controlled by a specific user in charge of heating for said set of housing or tertiary premises.
• the system according to the invention attaches several central control units U to a single object St representing a facility 17 by a configuration at the server Sv.
• the server Sv can thus present the user with the installation 17 as a single set of devices D to the user, for example via an Application Programming Interface or API, in which each device D can accept a given set of C commands or present S state variables.
• the server Sv can also use a system or abstraction layer for the commands C and the state variables S to propose a more generic API and independent of the communication protocol used by a given device D.
• the identification of the representative entity St of the installation may be according to an embodiment carried out by any one of the UID identifiers of one of the central control units U present in the installation, by an identifier of the installation or the user.
• a unique identifier of the representative entity St of the installation 17 may exist to facilitate the implementation.
• the representative entity St can be associated with a list or group of devices DGrSt grouping the devices contained in the different groups DGrUl, DGrU2 attached to each central control unit U1, U2, and a UGrSt group of UID identifiers of the concerned central control units U.
• the devices are identified by a unique identifier
• a representative entity of a home automation installation can be associated with a given user Usrl, identified by a UsrID identifier, corresponding for example to a combination login and password or with a user group UsrGrSt.
• the unique identifier of a DURL device comprises information on:
• the communication path to the device D including the intermediate central control units U and the termination addresses to be traversed, organized or not in a hierarchical topology;
• Subsystemld subsystem ID if the device includes multiple functional subsets or subsystems that can be addressed separately. Devices that include only one functional assembly do not have an identification extension of a subsystem.
• the form of the unique identifier of a DURL device can be as follows:
• protocol native device local protocol identifier
• gatewayld identifier of the first central control unit U, for example a serial number or a unique identifier.
• rawDeviceAddress a simple or multilevel path. Its meaning and format depend on the addressing scheme of the local communication protocol of the device D.
• this optional field indicates an identification, for example a rank of the subsystem (starting for example at 1), if such a subsystem is present.
• This unique device identifier DURL corresponds to a device D communicating via the KNX protocol with an individual address 1.1.3 accessible by the central control unit U bearing the identifier # 0201-0001-1234.
• This unique identifier of a DURL device corresponds to a subsystem bearing the No. 2 associated with a device D communicating by the protocol io homecontrol with a radio address 145036 accessible by the central control unit U bearing the identifier # 0201 -0001 to 1234.
• the manipulation of the data relating to the devices D at the level of the server Sv is carried out by an ES execution process or service.
• the execution service may have access to an IDB instance database.
• database means here an appropriate storage mode for a set of instances, which can be stored in a list, a tree or tables or any other appropriate data structure.
• the server Sv receives at least one message MRU1 requesting registration of at least a first central control unit U1 for the installation 17, issued in a step ERU1 by a first central control unit , and / or by a user terminal T, on the basis of identification information IID1.
• the identification information may correspond, for example, to an identifier of a central control unit already belonging to a representative entity, and / or to an identifier of the UsrID user under whose responsibility the recording is made and / or directly to an identifier of an entity representative of an installation.
• the identification information may be contained in the message or be deduced from the context, for example from a transmission network address of the message, or from characteristics relating to the communication session.
• the server obtains an attachment information St11 from the first central control unit Ul to a representative entity St of a home automation system 17. If the attachment information corresponds to a lack of attachment of the unit control center Ul to a previously registered installation 17, the server proceeds in a third step ERSv3 to the creation of a representative entity of the installation 17 and connects the first central control unit Ul to this representative entity St. This is particularly the case when the registering a first central control unit U1 of a given installation.
• the representative entity St is updated in a fourth step ERSv4 to represent these devices in the group of devices DGrSt attached to the entity representative of the installation 17.
• the device group DGrSt is updated.
• the information needed to update the representative entity St may be present in the message MRU2, or may be subject to additional exchanges between the server Sv in order to obtain identification elements of the devices D concerned.
• the server Sv receives at least one request message MRU2 from a second central control unit U2 for the installation 17, transmitted in a step ERU1 by a second central control unit U2, and / or by a user terminal T, on the basis of identification information IID2.
• the identification information may correspond, for example, to an identifier of a central control unit already belonging to a representative entity, and / or to an identifier of the UsrID user under whose responsibility the recording is made, and / or to an identifier of the installation 17.
• a sixth step ERSv6 the server Sv proceeds to obtain attachment information Stl2 from the second central control unit U2 to a representative entity St of a home automation system 17.
• a seventh step ERSv7 the server Sv proceeds to an attachment of the second central unit to a representative entity St of the installation 17 to which is also attached the first central control unit Ul for the same user UID1.
• the representative entity St is updated in an eighth step ERSv8 to represent these devices in the group of devices DGrSt attached to the representative entity of the installation 17.
• the device group DGrSt is updated.
• the information needed to update the representative entity may be present in the message MRU2, or be the subject additional exchanges between the server Sv in order to obtain identification elements of the D devices concerned.
• the central control units U1 and U2 are considered to be attached to the same representative entity St of an installation, which groups together all the devices D of the installation equally attached to the first or the second central control unit. in the same DGrSt group that can be communicated to a user terminal T. These provisions are obtained without communication between the central control units, but simply by the logical connection made during registration.
• the interface presented to the user can thus add an abstraction layer to hide the actual attachment of the devices to the central control units U.
• the interface thus represents home automation equipment, such as shutters, blinds, HVAC or lighting controllable in the installation as well as the sensors present.
• the attachment information of the home automation devices D to the central control units U are however transmitted to the server Sv, for integration into the data structure, for the purpose of routing the messages to the central control unit concerned in the case of control by the Sv Server.
• the identifier of the central control unit to which a product is attached can be contained in the DURL identifier.
• a central control unit U can be detached from the representative entity St of an installation.
• a central control unit U When a central control unit U is detached, all the devices that are managed via the central control unit are deleted from the group DGrSt of the devices of the representative entity St of the installation 17.
• the representative entity St includes dependencies on the devices D managed by this central control unit U, like scenarios. These dependencies must be removed before the central control unit U can be detached.
• an update message is sent to the server Sv in order to to also update the device list DGrSt dependent on the representative entity St.
• the server Sv can therefore propose on the interface IN a description of the installation 17, thanks to the use of the entity representative in the form of a group of devices D, contained in the group of devices DGrSt, which have state variables S but also available commands C.
• the server Sv assigns a scenario identifier ScnID to the scenario defined in the previous step.
• the server Sv performs a partition of the scenario Scn in at least two sub-scenario SScnl and SScn2 corresponding to portions of scenario to be performed by each of the control units Ul and U2 in connection with the devices D belonging to to the group of devices DGrUl or DGrU2 attached to the corresponding central unit U1 or U2.
• the server sends the sub-scenarios and the scenario identifier ScnID to the corresponding central control units U1, U2, the SScn1 sub-scenarios corresponding SScn2 being recorded in the central processing units. command in connection with the same Scenario ID ScnID.
• the scenario is recorded on the central control units by SScnl parts, SScn2 with a reference to said identifier of ScnlD scenario. It is then possible for a user to control the execution of this scenario either locally by direct access to the central control units, or remotely by the server Sv, as will be detailed below. In both cases, the triggering of the execution of this scenario Scn can be obtained in a uniform manner for all the control units Ul, U2, by simply referring to the identifier (unique) ScnlD.
• all the steps can be performed by an APP application on a mobile terminal T instead of the server Sv.
• the definition step can be performed by a graphical interface of the application.
• the server Sv receives a control message M C from a user Usr or an application A relating to a request to run a scenario.
• control message MC contains a request for execution of the scenario Scn, identified by the scenario identifier ScnlD, configured during the example of the configuration method described above, which corresponds to the realization of a subscript.
• scenario Scn identified by the scenario identifier ScnlD, configured during the example of the configuration method described above, which corresponds to the realization of a subscript.
• scenario identifier ScnlD configured during the example of the configuration method described above, which corresponds to the realization of a subscript.
• the ES execution service can implement a state machine for this purpose.
• the server proceeds to establish a list of central control units U among the plurality of central control units concerned by the scenario Scn comprising at least said first central control unit Ul and said second central control unit U2.
• the server Sv establishes in a step ECSv2 'the correspondence between the execution result of the scenario Scn and the respective execution results of the two sub-scenarios SScnl and SScn2, this correspondence can be stored in memory or in the database. of data
• a first control message MSScnl is sent to the central unit Ul of the installation home automation 17 for the execution of the sub-scenario SScnl.
• the sub-scenarios SScn1, SScn2 can be registered in the central units U1, U2, in connection with the same scenario identifier ScnID.
• the message MSScnl contains in this case a simple reference to the identifier ScnID.
• the return of this first command corresponds to a success of the realization of the sub-scenario with a return code RSScl, sent by the central control unit Ul in a step ECU13.
• the runtime service can store this success value.
• a second control message MSSCn2 is sent to the central control unit U2 of the home automation system 17 for the execution of the sub-scenario SScn2.
• the message MSScn2 contains in this case a simple reference to the identifier ScnID.
• the return of the execution of the second sub-scenario corresponds to a failure, with return of a return code RSScn2, sent by the central control unit U2 in a step ECU24.
• the execution service defines an RScn response to be returned to the user following the command message MC.
• the results must be aggregated to simulate a global result for the Scn scenario.
• the Scn scenario is considered performed if all SScnl, SScn2 sub-scenarios have been successfully completed, and failed if one or more sub-scenarios have failed.
• This response is communicated to the user Usr or the application A which receives it in a step ECUsr5 or ECA5.
• all the steps can be performed by an APP application on a mobile terminal T instead of the server Sv.
• the reception step can be performed by the communication of an order by the user through the application's graphical interface.
• the control method can be triggered during the step ECSvl by the observation of the realization of a condition Cnd based on the time and / or at least one state variable of a device, l
• the condition evaluation can be performed either by the management unit or the terminal.
• This alternative step to receiving a message is shown in Figure 6 in dotted lines.
• the evaluation of the condition is performed by a third party application that transmits a control message to the management unit or the terminal, the reception step is present as described above.
• control message can come from a real-time management application running on the management unit, if the condition concerns the time; or a home automation device via the central control unit to which the device is attached, if the condition relates to a state variable of a home automation device.
• the server Sv receives a command message M C from a user Usr or an application A relating to a request for execution of a control group CGr comprising a plurality of commands C.
• the command group CGr comprises at least a first sub-group of commands CSGR1 comprising at least one command C to be made by a domotic device D attached to a first central control unit Ul and a second sub-group of commands CSGr2 comprising at least one command C to be made by a home automation device D attached to a second central control unit U2.
• the correspondence between the execution of the command subgroups CSGrl and CSGr2 and the command group CGr is kept in memory for an appropriate error handling.
• the ES execution service can implement a state machine for this purpose.
• the server proceeds to the establishment of a list of central control units U among the plurality of central control units U concerned by the command group CGr comprising at least said first central processing unit. control U1 and said second central control unit U2.
• the server Sv establishes in a step ECSv2 'the correspondence between the execution result of the command group CGr and the respective execution results of the two command subgroups CSGrl and CSGr2, this correspondence being able to be stored in memory or in the database.
• a third step ECSv3 a first control message MCSGrl is sent to the central unit U1 of the home automation system 17 for the execution of the command subgroup CSGrl.
• This first control message MCSGrl includes instructions for triggering the commands of the control subgroup CSGrl relating to the devices D attached to the central control unit Ul.
• a second control message MCSGr2 is sent to the central control unit U2 of the home automation system 17 for the execution of the subgroup CSGr2.
• This second control message MCSGr2 includes instructions for triggering the commands of the control subgroup CSGr2 relating to the devices D attached to the central control unit U2.
• the return of the execution of the second control sub-group CSGr2 corresponds to a failure, with return of a return code RCSGr2, sent by the central control unit U2 in a step ECU24.
• the execution service defines a response to be returned to the user following the command message MCGr.
• the command group CGr is considered performed if all subgroups CSGrl, CSGr2 have been successfully completed, and failed if one or more subgroups have failed.
• This response is communicated to the user Usr or the application A which receives it in a step ECUsr5 or ECA5.
• all the steps can be performed by an APP application on a mobile terminal T instead of the server Sv.
• the reception step can be performed by the communication of an order by the user through the application's graphical interface.
• a simple command C of a home automation device D can be processed by the server Sv or by the mobile terminal T, following the receipt of a control message from a Usr user or a third-party application A.

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