JPH09105533A - Heating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To permit control except the control of floor heating, an air conditioner and the like and unnecessitate the wiring of a signal line for the control by a method wherein an infrared ray emitting means, controlling the air conditioner based on the format of infrared ray, stored in a memory means storing the format emitted from a remote controller, is provided. SOLUTION: A floor heating controller 3 receives infrared rays from the infrared ray emitting unit 2a of a remote controller 2 by an infrared ray receptor 3b, then, stores a control signal for controlling the amount of air or the control of an excessive degree, which is included in the infrared rays. When a floor heating controller 3 controls the operation of an air conditioner 2 (the control of amount of air, for example), the control unit 32 reads out a control signal, from the memory unit 31 and outputs it into a data producing unit 33. The data producing unit 33 produces data for transmitting the inputted control signal through infrared rays, then, infrared rays are emitted out of an infrared ray emitting unit 3a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heating device, and more particularly to a heating device that uses a floor heating device and an air conditioner in combination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A floor heating system is a system for heating a room from the floor by passing hot water from a heat source through a hot water pipe arranged under the floor. Since this floor heating system gradually warms your feet from radiant heat, for example, there are many advantages that other heating systems do not have, such as less dust flying up and no cold at your feet. When it is used, there is a drawback that the room warms up slowly. Therefore, there has been proposed a heating device that uses a well-known air conditioner and a floor heating device in combination. According to this heating device, it is possible to quickly warm the room by the air conditioner when the room is completely cold, and to perform heating by the floor heating device after the room has reached a predetermined temperature.

By the way, in the conventional heating device that uses a combination of a floor heating device and an air conditioner, most of the air conditioners have HA terminals (JEM-A) of the Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association standard. However, based on this standard, a terminal device that controls the operation of the floor heating system (hereinafter referred to as "floor heating controller") and an air conditioner are connected by a signal line, and it is also possible to control the air conditioner from the floor heating controller. Met.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of a conventional heating device.

The floor heating system 10 includes a floor heating controller 30.
And a heat source unit 4 and a hot water mat 5.

The heat source unit 4 has a combustor and a heat exchanger (both not shown) inside, and heat generated by burning gas in the combustor is heat-exchanged by the heat exchanger to generate hot water. To generate.
The heat source device 4 is connected to the hot water mat 5 by a hot water pipe, and hot water is circulated in the hot water mat 5 by a pump (not shown) for circulating hot water provided in the heat source device 4.

Hot water pipes are arranged in a meandering manner in the hot water mat 5, and the hot water flowing through the hot water pipes in the hot water mat 5 warms the room by laying the hot water mat 5 on the floor of the room to be heated. . The temperature of the supplied hot water is usually about 80 ° C., and the temperature of the floor is adjusted by opening and closing a control valve (not shown) provided in the heat source device 4.

The floor heating controller 30 is connected to the heat source unit 4 through a signal line, and controls the floor heating controller 30 to open and close a control valve provided in the heat source unit 4 to adjust the temperature of the floor surface.

The air conditioner 2 is connected to the floor heating controller 30 by a signal line, and is controlled by the floor heating controller 30 according to the above-mentioned JEM-A standard.

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[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, JEM
When controlling an air conditioner according to the -A standard, only ON / OFF control of the operation of the air conditioner can be performed. Therefore, in the conventional heating device, for example, the floor heating controller is used to change the set temperature of the air conditioner or the air flow rate. Could not be changed. For this reason, in the past, it was not possible to perform detailed control such as operating the air conditioner with a smaller capacity than before without stopping the air conditioner.

Further, in the conventional heating device, it is necessary to connect the floor heating controller and the air conditioner with a signal line.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and the operation of the air conditioner is turned on from the floor heating controller.
It is an object of the present invention to provide not only the ON / OFF control but also other control, and to provide a heating device that does not require wiring of signal lines for control.

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In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a heat source device for generating hot water by gas combustion, and hot water for warming a room from the floor by circulating hot water from the heat source device. A floor heating device including a mat and a floor heating controller that controls the operation of the heat source device, and a heating device including an air conditioner whose air conditioning operation can be controlled by receiving infrared rays emitted from a remote controller. The heating controller includes storage means for storing a format of infrared rays emitted from the remote controller, and infrared emission means for emitting infrared rays for controlling the air conditioner based on the format of the infrared rays stored in the storage section. I did it.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The present invention focuses on the fact that most of the recent air conditioners are equipped with an infrared remote controller, and the air conditioner can be operated by this remote controller.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of a heating device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The floor heating system 1 comprises a floor heating controller 3, a heat source unit 4 and a hot water mat 5. The floor heating controller 3 includes an infrared ray receiving section 3b, a storage section 31, a control section 32, a data creating section 33 and an infrared ray emitting section. 3a and.

On the other hand, the air conditioner 2 is provided with a dedicated infrared remote controller 21 for remotely controlling the air conditioning operation, and the infrared emitting section 2a of the remote controller 21.
An infrared ray receiving portion 2b for receiving the infrared ray from is provided. The remote control 21 has a plurality of operation buttons (not shown)
When the operation button is pressed, infrared rays including a control signal for causing the air conditioner 2 to perform an operation corresponding to the operation button are emitted from the infrared emitting section 2a. The air conditioner 2 which receives the infrared rays by the infrared ray receiving section 2b performs an operation (for example, changing the air volume) according to the control signal included in the received infrared rays.

The floor heating controller 3 includes an infrared receiving section 3
Infrared rays from the infrared ray emitting section 2a of the remote controller 21 are received by b, and control signals for air volume control and temperature control included in the infrared rays are stored in the storage section 31.

When the floor heating controller 3 controls the operation of the air conditioner 2 (for example, air volume control), the control unit 32 reads out a control signal (for example, air volume control signal) from the storage unit 31 and creates data. It is output to the unit 33.
The data creation unit 33 creates data for transmitting an input control signal (for example, an air volume control signal) by infrared rays, and emits infrared rays from the infrared light emitting section 3a. An air conditioner 2 that receives the infrared rays by the infrared ray receiving section 2b.
Operates in the same manner as when infrared rays are received from the remote controller 21.

In the present embodiment, the floor heating controller receives infrared rays from the remote controller for the air conditioner and stores the control signal contained in the infrared rays.
The present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a floor heating controller is provided with a storage device that stores a control signal in advance, and infrared rays for controlling the air conditioner are emitted based on the control signal stored in the storage device. You may

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As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the air conditioner can be controlled from the floor heating controller in the same way as operating with the remote control, the heating condition can be changed compared to the conventional case where only the operation of the air conditioner can be turned ON / OFF. Can be controlled in detail,
More comfortable indoor heating can be achieved.

Further, according to the present invention, since the floor heating controller controls the air conditioner with infrared rays, a signal line connecting the floor heating controller and the air conditioner is unnecessary,
The labor of construction can be saved.

Further, according to the present invention, the floor heating controller receives infrared rays emitted by the remote controller of the air conditioner and controls the air conditioner based on the received infrared rays. Even if the air conditioner and the new air conditioner have different control signal formats contained in infrared rays, if the floor heating controller again receives infrared rays from the remote control, it will be compatible with that air conditioner. You can

Further, according to the present invention, the air conditioner can be operated from the floor heating controller even when the remote controller of the air conditioner is left behind somewhere, and is used as a substitute for the remote controller function. You can also

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of a heating device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of a conventional heating device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 10 Floor heating device 2 Air conditioner 2b Infrared light receiving part 21 Remote control 2a Infrared light emitting part 3, 30 Floor heating controller 3a Infrared light emitting part 3b Infrared light receiving part 31 Storage part 32 Control part 33 Data creation part 4 Heat source device 5 Hot water mat

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A heat source device for generating hot water by burning gas, a hot water mat for warming the room from the floor by circulating hot water from the heat source device, and a floor heating controller for controlling the operation of the heat source device. In a heating device including a floor heating device and an air conditioner whose air conditioning operation can be controlled by receiving infrared rays emitted from a remote controller, the floor heating controller stores a format of infrared rays emitted from the remote controller. A heating device comprising: a storage unit; and an infrared light emission unit that emits infrared light for controlling the air conditioner based on an infrared format stored in the storage unit. 2. The heating device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores the format of the infrared rays by receiving the infrared rays emitted from the remote controller.