JP7412950B2 - heating system - Google Patents

Description

The technology disclosed herein relates to a heating system. In particular, it is equipped with a mobile terminal, a relay device and a heat source device that can communicate with the mobile terminal, and a plurality of equipment that can communicate with the heat source device and operate using heat supplied from the heat source device. Concerning heating systems.

Patent Document 1 discloses a network home appliance system that allows a user to collectively control a plurality of equipment (for example, home appliances) using a mobile terminal that the user always carries. In the network home appliance system of Patent Document 1, operation instructions are sent to multiple equipment devices at once, and after all control of the multiple equipment devices is started based on the operation instructions, the results of the operation instructions are sent by email. Sent to the user's mobile device.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2008-283433

The time required to start control based on an operation instruction differs for each of the plurality of equipment. In the technology of Patent Document 1, if it takes a long time to start controlling one of the plurality of equipment, the result of the operation instruction is sent to the mobile terminal even if control of other equipment has started. Not done. Therefore, in the technique of Patent Document 1, there may be a delay in transmitting the result of the operation instruction to the mobile terminal. In this case, the user cannot determine whether the control has been started normally according to the user's own operation instructions. As a result, the user may misunderstand that a communication trouble has occurred between the mobile terminal and the plurality of equipment. This specification provides a heating system that does not mislead a user into thinking that a communication trouble has occurred between a mobile terminal and a plurality of equipment by making the user recognize that an operation instruction for collective control has been successfully received.

The heating system disclosed in this specification includes a mobile terminal, a relay device that can communicate with the mobile terminal, a heat source device that can communicate with the relay device, and a heat source device that can communicate with the heat source device and that receives heat supplied from the heat source device. It is equipped with multiple equipment that operates using The relay device includes a server device that can communicate with a mobile terminal via the Internet, and a remote control that can communicate with the heat source device via wiring and remotely controls the heat source device. The mobile terminal allows the user to input a batch operation instruction that collectively issues individual operation instructions for each of the heat source equipment and multiple equipment, and when the batch operation instruction is input, it relays the batch operation instruction. The information is configured to be sent to a server device of the device. The server device of the relay device is configured to transmit the collective operation instruction to the remote control when receiving the collective operation instruction from the mobile terminal. When the remote controller of the relay device receives a batch operation instruction from the server device, it sends a reception notification indicating that the batch operation instruction has been received to the server device, and controls the heat source equipment and multiple equipment based on the batch operation instruction. The device is configured to send individual operation instructions to each of the devices. The server device of the relay device is configured to transmit the reception notification to the mobile terminal when receiving the reception notification from the remote controller. The heat source equipment and the plurality of equipment devices are configured to transmit individual completion notifications indicating that the individual operation instructions have been completed to the remote control of the relay device when the individual operation instructions are received from the remote control of the relay device. ing. The relay device is configured to transmit a completion notification indicating that the collective operation instruction has been completed to the mobile terminal when receiving individual completion notifications from all of the heat source equipment and the plurality of equipment.

When the mobile terminal of the heating system disclosed in this specification receives an acceptance notification from the server device of the relay device, it notifies the user that the collective operation instruction has been accepted, and receives a completion notification from the relay device. In this case, the system is configured to notify the user that the batch operation instruction has been completed.

When the above-described relay device of the heating system receives a collective operation instruction from a mobile terminal, it transmits an acceptance notification indicating that the collective operation instruction has been received to the mobile terminal. Furthermore, when receiving the acceptance notification from the relay device, the mobile terminal notifies the user that the collective operation instruction has been accepted. Thereby, the user can recognize that the relay device has received the collective operation instruction, regardless of whether each of the plurality of equipment devices has completed the operation instruction. That is, according to the heating system disclosed in this specification, the user will not misunderstand that a communication trouble has occurred between the mobile terminal and the equipment.

Furthermore, in the heating system described above, the mobile terminal may be composed of a plurality of mobile terminals. Furthermore, the server device is capable of communicating with each of the plurality of mobile terminals, and when it receives a batch operation instruction from one of the plurality of mobile terminals, it waits until it sends a completion notification to the one mobile terminal. may prohibit the reception of collective operation instructions from other mobile terminals. Thereby, collective operation instructions can be transmitted from a plurality of mobile terminals to the heat source equipment via the server device, and collective operation instructions from a plurality of mobile terminals are not transmitted to a plurality of equipment at the same time. As a result, controlling multiple equipment does not become complicated.

Details and further improvements of the technology disclosed in this specification will be explained in the following "Detailed Description of the Invention".

The block diagram of the heating system of an Example is shown. An example of a scene operation setting screen is shown. An example of a scene name and setting combination of each equipment is shown. The sequence diagram of the process performed when performing scene operation in the heating system of an Example is shown. A sequence diagram continuing from FIG. 4 is shown. A sequence diagram continuing from FIG. 5 is shown.

(Configuration of heating system 2; Figure 1)
A heating system 2 according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The heating system 2 includes mobile terminals 4a and 4b, a relay device 30, a water heater 13, a bath 14, a floor heating 15, a panel heater 16, and a bathroom heating dryer 17. The relay device 30 includes a server 8, a router 11, and a remote control 12. The relay device 30 enables communication between the mobile terminals 4 a and 4 b and the water heater 13 installed in the house 10 via the Internet 6 . More specifically, the mobile terminals 4a and 4b can communicate with the server 8 of the relay device 30 via the Internet 6. The server 8 is capable of communicating with a router 11 installed in the residence 10 via the Internet 6. The router 11 can communicate with the wireless module 12a of the remote controller 12 using wireless communication according to the Wi-Fi (registered trademark) method. Further, the remote control 12 can communicate with the water heater 13 via wiring. Below, the floor heating 15, the panel heater 16, and the bathroom heating/drying machine 17 may be collectively expressed as "a plurality of equipment." In FIG. 1, for ease of understanding, wireless communication is shown by thin broken lines, and wired communication is shown by thick broken lines.

A water heater 13, a bath 14, and a plurality of equipment are installed in a house 10. The water heater 13 is connected to a bath 14 and a plurality of equipment via hot water pipes. The water heater 13 generates hot water and supplies the hot water to the bath 14 and each of the plurality of equipment. The water heater 13 communicates with a plurality of equipment via wiring using a gas central heating (GCH) intelligent communication method. In the GCH intelligent communication method, the water heater 13 does not communicate with multiple equipment at the same time, but switches the equipment to communicate with one equipment at a time. Each of the plurality of equipment includes a microcomputer (not shown). Based on information transmitted from the microcomputers of the plurality of equipment, the water heater 13 supplies hot water to each of the plurality of equipment. The plurality of equipment operates using hot water supplied from the water heater 13. Further, the remote control 12 is a controller for remotely controlling the water heater 13. More specifically, although not shown, the remote control 12 includes an operation switch for enabling the water heater 13 to heat, an automatic switch for starting the automatic operation of the water heater 13 for the bath 14, and the like. It is provided. Note that the bath 14 is a bathtub that stores hot water supplied from the water heater 13. Therefore, unlike a plurality of equipment, communication with the water heater 13 is not required. The instruction to operate the bath 14 is received by the water heater 13 and executed by the water heater 13.

The mobile terminals 4a and 4b are smartphones, tablet terminals, notebook PCs (abbreviation for personal computers), and the like. An application (hereinafter referred to as a management application) for managing a plurality of equipment installed in the house 10 is installed on the mobile terminals 4a and 4b. The heating system 2 is a system for collectively operating the water heater 13 and a plurality of equipment in the residence 10 using a management application installed on the mobile terminals 4a, 4b.

(Input of batch operation instructions; Figures 2 and 3)
Referring to FIG. 2, an operation (hereinafter referred to as "scene operation") for collectively issuing individual operation instructions for the water heater 13 and a plurality of equipment devices (see FIG. 1) in the house 10 (hereinafter referred to as scene operation) This section explains the settings screen. When the user of the mobile terminal 4a starts the management application and selects scene operation settings, a scene operation setting screen D2 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the mobile terminal 4a. After that, the user sets the operation switch of the remote controller 12 to ON using the icon IC2a, for example, in order to enable the heating of the water heater 13. Similarly, in order to start automatic operation of the bath 14, the automatic switch of the remote control 12 is set to ON using the icon IC2b. Further, the step-up operation for the bath 14 is set to "not set" using the icon IC2c. Here, automatic operation indicates that the water heater 13 supplies a predetermined amount of hot water at a predetermined temperature to the bath 14 and stores the hot water in the bath 14 . Further, the boiling operation refers to circulating hot water between the water heater 13 and the bath 14 to raise the temperature of the hot water stored in the bath 14 to a predetermined temperature. Note that, hereinafter, turning on the operation switch of the remote controller 12 may be expressed as, for example, "setting the operation switch of the water heater 13 to ON."

The user similarly instructs other equipment in the house 10 to be "ON", "OFF", or "not set". For example, the floor heating 15 is set to ON using the icon IC2d. After completing instructions for the water heater 13 and all of the plurality of equipment, the user inputs a scene name that identifies the contents of the instruction, and selects a registration button shown at the bottom of the screen in FIG. 2. In this way, the batch operation instructions that collectively provide individual operation instructions for the water heater 13 and a plurality of equipment devices input by the user using the scene operation setting screen D2 are registered in the management application for each scene name. Ru. In addition, when the above-mentioned "not set" is set, the water heater 13 and each of the plurality of equipment continue to be set as before receiving the individual operation instructions.

FIG. 3 shows an example of operation instructions for each of the water heater 13 (see FIG. 1) and a plurality of equipment registered for each scene name. For example, in the scene name "Good morning", the operating switch for the water heater 13 and the operation instruction for the floor heating 15 are set to "ON". In addition, in the scene name "Good morning", the operation instructions for the automatic operation of the bath for the bath 14 (see Figure 1) and the automatic operation of the bath for the bath 14 are set to ``not set'', and the instructions for the automatic operation of the bath for the bath 14 (see Fig. 1) are set to ``not set''. The operation instruction and the operation instruction for the panel heater 16 are set to "OFF". As shown in FIG. 3, operation instructions for each of the water heater 13 and a plurality of equipment are similarly registered for other scene names such as "Good night" and "I'm coming." The user inputs individual operation instructions for the water heater 13 and a plurality of equipment devices at once using batch operation instructions registered for each scene name in the management application of the mobile terminal 4a (see FIG. 1). . As shown in FIG. 3, by registering different settings for each scene name, the user can register multiple collective operation instructions in the management application. Thereby, the user can send a collective operation instruction to the water heater 13 and the plurality of equipment without inputting individual operation instructions to the water heater 13 and the plurality of equipment each time.

In the following, from the viewpoint of ease of understanding, when explaining the process executed by the microcomputer included in each device included in the heating system 2 of the embodiment, the microcomputer will not be mainly explained, and each device (i.e., the mobile terminal 4a , server 8, wireless module 12a, remote control 12, water heater 13, and floor heating 15). Furthermore, as described with reference to FIG. 1, the wireless module 12a and the server 8 communicate via the router 11 and the Internet 4. Therefore, illustration and explanation will be omitted.

(Processing performed when scene operation is executed; Figure 4)
At T100, the mobile terminal 4a displays a scene operation execution screen D10 shown in FIG. 4(A). Each scene name described with reference to FIG. 3 is displayed on the scene operation execution screen D10. As shown in FIG. 4(A), the scene operation execution screen D10 includes an icon IC1a indicating the scene name "Good morning", an icon IC1b indicating the scene name "I'm coming", an icon IC1d indicating the scene name "Good night", An icon IC1e indicating the scene name "I'm home" is displayed. At T102, the user selects, for example, the icon IC1a indicating the scene name "Good morning" included in the scene operation execution screen D10. In this case, the mobile terminal 4a transmits the scene operation permission inquiry 50 and the user ID "name20" to the server 8 at T104. The user ID "name20" is information for the server 8 to identify the mobile terminal 4a. The server 8 uses this user ID to identify the mobile terminal that sent the collective operation instruction. Furthermore, when the user of the mobile terminal 4a installs the management application on the mobile terminal 4a, the user registers the water heater 13 (see FIG. 1) installed in the residence 10 (see FIG. 1) in the management application. Through this registration, the server 8 stores the user ID "name20" and the water heater 13 in association with each other. In addition to the user ID "name20," the server 8 also manages a user ID "name30" that identifies the mobile terminal 4b (see FIG. 1) in association with the water heater 13 (see FIG. 1). Furthermore, the server 8 also manages other user IDs that have installed management apps to communicate with devices installed in other homes, in association with water heaters. When the server 8 receives the scene operation permission inquiry 50 and the user ID "name20" at T104, the server 8 acquires the water heater identification information corresponding to the user ID "name20" at T105.

Upon acquiring the water heater identification information corresponding to the user ID "name20" at T105, the server 8 determines whether or not the scene operation can be executed at T106. Specifically, in T106, the server 8 determines whether another scene operation is being executed on the water heater 13 (see FIG. 1) identified by the water heater identification information. Thereafter, at T108, the server 8 transmits the scene operation permission answer 52 to the mobile terminal 4a identified by the user ID "name20".

If no other scene operation is being executed on the water heater 13 (see FIG. 1), the server 8 sends the scene operation permission answer 52 indicating that the scene operation is possible to the mobile terminal identified by the user ID "name20" at T108. Send to 4a. In that case, the mobile terminal 4a generates the scene operation confirmation screen D4 shown in FIG. 4(B) and displays it on the screen at T110. After confirming the contents displayed on the scene operation confirmation screen D4, the user selects the icon IC14a indicating OK to end the display of the scene operation confirmation screen D4.

On the other hand, if another scene operation is being performed on the water heater 13 (see FIG. 1), the server 8, in T108, sends the scene operation permission answer 52 indicating that the scene operation is not possible, identified by the user ID "name20". The information is sent to the mobile terminal 4a. In that case, the mobile terminal 4a generates an execution impossible display screen D6 shown in FIG. 4(C) and displays it on the screen at T110. The user of the mobile terminal 4a can recognize from the execution impossible display screen D6 that another scene operation has already been executed on the water heater 13 (see FIG. 1) and that the scene operation that he or she has instructed cannot be accepted. can.

(Process executed when the icon IC14a indicating OK is selected on the scene operation confirmation screen D4; FIG. 5)
FIG. 5 shows a process executed subsequent to the process shown in FIG. As described above, the scene operation confirmation screen D4 (see FIG. 4) includes the icon IC14a for executing scene operations. When the icon IC 14a is selected at T200, the mobile terminal 4a transmits the user ID "name20" and scene setting data 60 to the server 8 via the Internet 6 (see FIG. 1) at T202. The scene setting data 60 includes a batch operation instruction corresponding to the scene name "Good morning" shown in FIG. Next, at T210, the mobile terminal 4a displays a reception screen (not shown) indicating that scene operations are being accepted.

When the server 8 receives the user ID "name20" and the scene setting data 60 at T202, the server 8 stores the user ID "name20" that transmitted the scene setting data 60 at T203. As described above, the server 8 stores the user ID "name20" and the water heater 13 in association with each other. At T204, the server 8 transmits the scene setting data 60 to the wireless module 12a (see FIG. 1) that can communicate with the water heater 13 (see FIG. 1) corresponding to the user ID "name20" via the Internet 6 (see FIG. 1). ). Upon receiving the scene setting data 60 at T204, the wireless module 12a transmits the scene setting data 60 to the remote controller 12 at T206.

Upon receiving the scene setting data 60 at T206, the remote controller 12 acquires the scene setting data 60 at T220. Next, the remote control 12 transmits acceptance notification data 65 to the wireless module 12a at T222. Upon receiving the acceptance notification data 65 at T222, the wireless module 12a transmits the acceptance notification data 65 to the server 8 at T224. When the server 8 receives the acceptance notification data 65 at T224, it stores that the scene operation is being executed at T226. As described above, when the server 8 stores in T226 that the scene operation is being executed for the water heater 13 (see FIG. 1), it does not accept other scene operation data for the water heater 13. In this way, in the heating system 2 of the embodiment, multiple scene operations are not performed simultaneously on one water heater, and the control of the water heater 13 and multiple equipment (see FIG. 1) becomes complicated. No.

Next, in T228, the server 8 transmits acceptance notification data 65 to the mobile terminal 4a identified by the user ID "name20" that has transmitted the scene setting data 60 and that is stored in T203. When the mobile terminal 4a receives the reception notification data 65 at T228, at T230 it finishes displaying the reception screen displayed at T210, generates the scene operation reception completion screen D12 shown in FIG. 5(A), and displays the screen. to be displayed. The user of the mobile terminal 4a ends the display of the scene operation reception completion screen D12 by selecting the icon IC12b indicating OK included in the scene operation reception completion screen D12. In this way, in the heating system 2 disclosed in this specification, the remote controller 12 that has received the scene setting data 60 transmits the collective operation instruction to the water heater 13 (see FIG. 1) and a plurality of equipment. , immediately transmits the acceptance notification data 65 to the mobile terminal 4a. As a result, a scene operation reception completion screen D12 is displayed on the mobile terminal 4a. Thereby, the user can recognize that the communication of the scene operation performed by the user has successfully reached the remote controller 12. That is, the user does not misunderstand that there is a problem in communication between the mobile terminal 4a and the remote controller 12.

Further, although not shown, if the remote controller 12 is not operating normally, the remote controller 12 cannot transmit the acceptance notification data 65 to the wireless module 12a at T222, for example. If the remote controller 12 is unable to transmit the reception notification data 65 and the mobile terminal 4a does not receive the reception notification data 65 within, for example, 30 seconds from the selection of the icon IC 14a of the T200, the management application determines that an error has occurred in the scene operation. A message indicating this is generated and displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal 4a. The management application generates a message saying, for example, "The driving operation/setting contents could not be reflected on the remote control. Please perform the driving/operation setting again" and displays it on the screen of the mobile terminal 4a. Thereby, the user can recognize that the communication of the scene operation performed by the user has not reached the remote controller 12 normally.

In the following, each device of the relay device 30 receives some data and transmits the received data to another device, for example, expressed as "via the remote control 12" or "via the wireless module 12a." There are things to do.

(Process for sending scene operation completion notification; Figure 6)
FIG. 6 shows a process executed subsequent to the process shown in FIG. After acquiring the scene setting data 60 at T220, the remote controller 12 transmits the operation instruction 68 included in the scene setting data 60 to the water heater 13 at T300. More specifically, at T300, the remote controller 12 transmits an instruction to turn on the operation switch of the water heater 13, which is indicated by the scene name "Good morning" in FIG. When the water heater 13 receives an ON instruction from the remote controller 12 at T300, it puts itself into a heating permission state at T302. If the water heater 13 is in a heating disabled state before receiving the reception, it sets itself to a heating enabled state in T302, but if the water heater 13 is in a heating enabled state before the reception, it continues to allow heating. Continue the state.

Next, the water heater 13 transmits the setting change data 70 to the server 8 via the remote controller 12 and the wireless module 12a in T304 to T308. Here, the setting change data 70 is information indicating that the setting of the water heater 13 was changed to ON at T302. When the server 8 receives the setting change data 70 at T308, the server 8 transmits the setting change data 70 at T310 to the mobile terminal 4a identified by the user ID "name20" stored at T203. When the mobile terminal 4a receives the setting change data 70 at T310, the mobile terminal 4a changes the display of the operation switch of the water heater 13 in its own management application to ON at T311. Thereby, the user of the management application can grasp the current operating status of the water heater 13. Note that if the user of the mobile terminal 4b (see Fig. 1) identified by the above-mentioned user ID "name30" has started the management application, the display of the operation switch of the water heater 13 in the management application of the mobile terminal 4b can be changed. In order to change to ON, the server 8 also transmits setting change data 70 to the mobile terminal 4b.

Further, after receiving the setting change data 70 from the water heater 13 at T304, the remote controller 12 transmits the operation instruction 72 included in the scene setting data 60 to the water heater 13 at T312. The operation instruction 72 is an instruction to turn on the floor heating 15, which is shown in the scene name "Good morning" in FIG. Upon receiving the operation instruction 72 at T312, the water heater 13 transmits the operation instruction 72 to the floor heating 15 at T313. That is, the water heater 13 transmits an instruction to turn on the floor heating 15 at T313. Upon receiving the ON instruction from the water heater 13 at T313, the floor heating 15 turns on its own switch at T314. Thereafter, like the water heater 13, the floor heating 15 transmits the setting change data 74 to the water heater 13 at T316. Upon receiving the setting change data 74 at T316, the water heater 13 transmits the setting change data 74 to the server 8 via the remote control 12 and the wireless module 12a at T318 to T322. The subsequent processing (ie, T324 and T325) is the same as T308 to T311, so the explanation will be omitted.

In FIG. 6, as an example of a plurality of equipment, a process executed in response to an operation instruction for the floor heating 15 has been illustrated and explained. As mentioned above, the heating system 2 of the embodiment uses the GCH intelligent communication method to communicate between the water heater 13 and the plurality of equipment, so the remote control 12 can communicate with the water heater 13 and the plurality of equipment. Do not simultaneously send operation instructions to both. That is, for example, after the operation instruction for the floor heating 15 is completed and the remote controller 12 receives the setting change data 74 at T318, the operation instruction is transmitted to the next panel heater 16 (see FIG. 1). The remote control 12 repeats this process until all operation instructions for the water heater 13 and the plurality of equipment are completed. Therefore, in the heating system 2 of the embodiment, it takes a relatively long time to complete all operation instructions for the water heater 13 and the plurality of equipment. Note that the processing executed for equipment other than the floor heating 15 is the same, so illustration and description will be omitted.

In a process similar to that of the floor heating 15, all of the equipment that is instructed to be set to "ON" or "OFF" in the scene name "Good morning" in FIG. 3 among the plurality of equipment changes the settings. When the last equipment that has been instructed to change settings transmits setting change data to the remote controller 12 via the water heater 13, the remote controller 12 acquires all the setting change data at T400. Next, the remote control 12 transmits the execution completion data 80 to the server 8 via the wireless module 12a at T402 and T404. When the server 8 receives the execution completion data 80 at T404, the server 8 releases the scene operation in progress at T406. As a result, the memory of the execution of the scene operation performed at T226 in FIG. 5 is deleted, and the server 8 can accept inquiries regarding whether or not other scene operations are possible for the water heater 13 (see FIG. 1). Thereafter, the server 8 generates completion push notification data 82 from the execution completion data 80 at T407. The completion push notification data 82 is data to be caused to pop up on the screen of the mobile terminal 4a by the push notification function of the management application. At T408, the completion push notification data 82 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 4a identified by the user ID "name20". When the mobile terminal 4a receives the completion push notification data 82 at T408, the mobile terminal 4a displays the scene operation completion screen D14 shown in FIG. 6(A) using the push notification function of the management application at T410. Thereby, the user can recognize that the batch operation instruction that he or she has instructed is completed without starting the management application.

(Processing when scene operation is not executed normally; Figure 6)
Below, as an example, a process when the setting change of the floor heating 15 is not executed normally will be described. As described above, the water heater 13 transmits an instruction to turn on the floor heating 15 at T313. Thereafter, if the setting change data 74 at T316 is not transmitted from the floor heating 15, or if the water heater 13 cannot receive the setting change data 74 from the floor heating 15, the water heater 13 transmits the setting change data 74 at T318. cannot be sent to the remote control 12. If the remote controller 12 does not receive the setting change data 74 within a predetermined time (for example, within one minute), the remote control 12 replaces it with the execution completion data 80 at T402 and T404 without waiting for the setting change data of other equipment. Then, the abnormality notification data is transmitted to the server 8 via the wireless module 12a. After that, the server 8 generates abnormal push notification data from the abnormal notification data at T407. At T408, the server 8 transmits the abnormal push notification data instead of the completion push notification data 82 to the mobile terminal 4a identified by the user ID "name20." When the mobile terminal 4a receives the abnormal push notification data at T408, the mobile terminal 4a displays an abnormal notification screen D16 shown in FIG. 6(B) using the push notification function of the management application at T410. Thereby, the user can quickly recognize that the batch operation instruction that he or she has instructed has not been completed normally, without starting the management application.

(correspondence)
The water heater 13 is an example of a "heat source device." The scene setting data 60 is an example of a "batch operation instruction". The execution completion data 80 and the completion push notification data 82 are examples of "completion notification". The reception notification data 65 is an example of a "reception notification." The operation instructions 68 and 72 are an example of "individual operation instructions." The setting change data 70 and 74 are an example of "individual completion notification".

Although the embodiments have been described in detail above, these are merely illustrative and do not limit the scope of the claims. The techniques described in the claims include various modifications and changes to the specific examples illustrated above. Modifications of the above embodiment are listed below.

(Modification 1) The "plurality of equipment" is not limited to the floor heating 15, the panel heater 16, and the bathroom heating/drying machine 17. It does not have to be included.

(Modification 2) In the embodiment described above, the mobile terminal 4a communicates with the remote control 12 via the server 8 and the wireless module 12a. Alternatively, the mobile terminal 4a may communicate directly with the remote control 12. In this modification, the "relay device" does not need to include a "server".

(Modification 3) In the embodiment described above, when the server 8 is executing a scene operation from the mobile terminal 4a, it does not accept a scene operation from another mobile terminal 4b. However, in other embodiments, server 8 may accept multiple scene operations. In this modification, the server 8 may execute, for example, overlapping instructions of multiple scene setting data, and for different instructions, control may be executed to execute an instruction of scene operation data transmitted to the server 8 later. good.

(Modification 4) In the embodiment described above, the "mobile terminal" includes two mobile terminals 4a and 4b. However, in other embodiments, only one mobile terminal or a plurality of mobile terminals may be provided.

(Variation 5) In the embodiment described above, the server 8 causes the mobile terminal 4a to display the scene operation completion screen D14 using the push notification function of the management application. However, in another embodiment, the server 8 may display the scene operation completion screen D14 on the mobile terminal 4a when starting the management application without using the push notification function.

(Variation 6) In the embodiment described above, the mobile terminal 4a displays the scene operation acceptance completion screen D12 and the scene operation completion screen D14 to indicate that the batch operation instruction has been accepted and that the batch operation instruction has been completed. "Notify" the user. Alternatively, the mobile terminal 4a may "notify" the user by, for example, audio.

(Modification 7) In the embodiment described above, communication between the water heater 13 and the plurality of equipment is performed using the GCH intelligent communication method, but other communication methods may be adopted instead. In this case, in another communication method, the remote control may communicate with the water heater and a plurality of equipment at the same time.

Although specific examples of the present invention have been described in detail above, these are merely illustrative and do not limit the scope of the claims. The techniques described in the claims include various modifications and changes to the specific examples illustrated above. The technical elements described in this specification or the drawings exhibit technical utility alone or in various combinations, and are not limited to the combinations described in the claims as filed. Furthermore, the techniques illustrated in this specification or the drawings can achieve multiple objectives simultaneously, and achieving one of the objectives has technical utility in itself.

2: Heating system 4a, 4b: Mobile terminal 6: Internet 8: Server 10: House 11: Router 12: Remote control 12a: Wireless module 13: Water heater 15: Floor heating 16: Panel heater 17: Bathroom heater/dryer 30: Relay Device

Claims (2)

A mobile terminal, a relay device that can communicate with the mobile terminal, a heat source device that can communicate with the relay device, and that is capable of communicating with the heat source device and operates using heat supplied from the heat source device. A heating system comprising multiple equipment,
The relay device is
a server device capable of communicating with the mobile terminal via the Internet;
A remote control capable of communicating with the heat source device via wiring and remotely controlling the heat source device,
The mobile terminal is
The user is able to input a collective operation instruction for collectively issuing individual operation instructions for each of the heat source device and the plurality of equipment,
It is configured to transmit the collective operation instruction to the server device of the relay device when the collective operation instruction is input,
The server device of the relay device is configured to transmit the collective operation instruction to the remote controller when receiving the collective operation instruction from the mobile terminal,
When the remote controller of the relay device receives the batch operation instruction from the server device, it transmits a reception notification indicating that the batch operation instruction has been received to the server device, and based on the batch operation instruction, configured to transmit the individual operation instructions to each of the heat source device and the plurality of equipment,
The server device of the relay device is configured to transmit the acceptance notification to the mobile terminal when receiving the acceptance notification from the remote controller,
The mobile terminal is configured to notify the user that the collective operation instruction has been accepted when receiving the acceptance notification from the server device of the relay device,
When the heat source device and the plurality of equipment devices receive the individual operation instruction from the remote controller of the relay device, the heat source device and the plurality of equipment devices send an individual completion notice indicating that the individual operation instruction has been completed to the remote controller of the relay device. is configured to send to the remote control,
The relay device is configured to transmit a completion notification indicating that the collective operation instruction is completed to the mobile terminal when the individual completion notification is received from the heat source device and all of the plurality of equipment. It is configured,
In the heating system, the mobile terminal is configured to notify the user that the collective operation instruction is completed when the completion notification is received from the relay device. The mobile terminal is composed of a plurality of mobile terminals,
The server device includes:
capable of communicating with each of the plurality of mobile terminals,
When the collective operation instruction is received from one of the plurality of mobile terminals, the collective operation instruction is not accepted from other mobile terminals until the completion notification is sent to the one mobile terminal. 2. The heating system of claim 1 , which prohibits.

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