WO2021095125A1 - 室外機、空調システム及びプログラム - Google Patents

室外機、空調システム及びプログラム Download PDF

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WO2021095125A1
WO2021095125A1 PCT/JP2019/044381 JP2019044381W WO2021095125A1 WO 2021095125 A1 WO2021095125 A1 WO 2021095125A1 JP 2019044381 W JP2019044381 W JP 2019044381W WO 2021095125 A1 WO2021095125 A1 WO 2021095125A1
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弘晃 小竹
遠藤　弘明
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F11/00—Control or safety arrangements
    • F24F11/50—Control or safety arrangements characterised by user interfaces or communication
    • F24F11/54—Control or safety arrangements characterised by user interfaces or communication using one central controller connected to several sub-controllers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F1/00—Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station
    • F24F1/06—Separate outdoor units, e.g. outdoor unit to be linked to a separate room comprising a compressor and a heat exchanger
    • F24F1/20—Electric components for separate outdoor units
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F11/00—Control or safety arrangements
    • F24F11/30—Control or safety arrangements for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F11/00—Control or safety arrangements
    • F24F11/50—Control or safety arrangements characterised by user interfaces or communication
    • F24F11/56—Remote control
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F11/00—Control or safety arrangements
    • F24F11/62—Control or safety arrangements characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
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    • F24F11/64—Electronic processing using pre-stored data
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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  • the present invention relates to an outdoor unit, an air conditioning system and a program.
  • a centralized transmission line that is, communication between a centralized management device and each outdoor unit, communication between outdoor units, and communication on an internal / outdoor transmission line, that is, outdoor unit, indoor unit.
  • the same dedicated communication method is used for communication between the remote controllers.
  • Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which a centralized transmission line is composed of a general-purpose LAN.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an outdoor unit or the like that enables group operation of a group to which indoor units of different refrigerant systems belong while providing expandability to the system. To do.
  • the outdoor unit is A first communication means for communicating with a management device and one or more other outdoor units by the first communication method, A second communication means for communicating with one or more indoor units and a remote controller connected to the own unit by a second communication method different from the first communication method.
  • a first storage means for storing group information about a group corresponding to the own machine set by the user, A group information notification means for notifying the management device of the set group information, and A second storage means for storing address information regarding the addresses of other outdoor units whose groups corresponding to the own unit overlap, received from the management device, and
  • the indoor unit to which the first operation command is received received from the remote controller is not included in the one or more indoor units, the first operation command is transferred to the other outdoor unit.
  • a transfer means for transferring a second operation command to the indoor unit of any one or the plurality of indoor units received from the other outdoor unit to the indoor unit is provided.
  • FIG. 1 A block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the centralized management device according to the first embodiment.
  • Block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the outdoor unit of the first embodiment Block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the indoor unit of the first embodiment
  • a flowchart showing the procedure of the command transfer process of the first embodiment The figure which shows the whole structure of the air-conditioning system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an air conditioning system 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the air-conditioning system 1 is, for example, a multi-air-conditioning system for a building that air-conditions a building such as an office building, and includes a centralized management device 2 and a plurality of local systems 3 (3a, 3b, ).
  • the centralized management device 2 is an example of the management device according to the present invention, is a device for centrally managing each local system 3, and is a place that can only be accessed by persons concerned, such as a management room in the building. Will be installed in. As shown in FIG. 2, the centralized management device 2 includes a communication interface 20, an operation reception unit 21, a display 22, a secondary storage device 23, and a control circuit 24.
  • the communication interface 20 communicates with each of the plurality of outdoor units (for example, in the case of the local system 3a, the outdoor units 5a to 5c) constituting each local system 3 via the transmission line 4 by the first communication method. It is an interface. As shown in FIG. 1, the centralized management device 2 and each outdoor unit of each local system 3 are daisy-chained via a transmission line 4, which is a so-called centralized transmission line.
  • the first communication method is, for example, Ethernet (registered trademark).
  • the centralized management device 2 is given a unique address for communicating by the first communication method.
  • the address for communicating by the first communication method is referred to as a first address.
  • the centralized management device 2 is assigned an IP (Internet Protocol) address of "192.168.1.1" as the first address.
  • the operation receiving unit 21 is configured to include one or more input devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, a keypad, a push button, a touch panel, and a touch pad, and receives an input operation from a user and is related to the received input operation.
  • the signal is sent to the control circuit 24.
  • the display 22 includes display devices such as a CRT display, a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, and a plasma display.
  • the display 22 displays a screen or the like for managing each local system 3 under the control of the control circuit 24.
  • the storage device 23 is composed of an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), a readable and writable non-volatile semiconductor memory such as a flash memory, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and the like.
  • the storage device 23 stores a management program for managing each local system 3 and data used when the management program is executed.
  • the control circuit 24 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and controls the centralized management device 2 in an integrated manner. The details of the function of the control circuit 24 will be described later.
  • CPU Central Processing Unit
  • ROM Read Only Memory
  • RAM Random Access Memory
  • Each local system 3 includes a plurality of outdoor units, one or a plurality of indoor units connected to each outdoor unit, and a remote controller. Since the technical features of each local system 3 are common, the description of each local system 3 will be replaced by the description of the local system 3a.
  • the local system 3a includes outdoor units 5a to 5c, indoor units 6a to 6d, and remote controllers 7a to 7c.
  • the outdoor unit 5a, the indoor unit 6a, and the remote controller 7a are connected to the transmission line 8a by bus. Further, the outdoor unit 5a and the indoor unit 6a are connected via a refrigerant pipe (not shown) for circulating the refrigerant. That is, the outdoor unit 5a and the indoor unit 6a form one refrigerant system.
  • the outdoor unit 5b, the indoor units 6b and 6c, and the remote controller 7b are connected to the transmission line 8b by bus. Further, the outdoor unit 5b and the indoor units 6b and 6c are connected via a refrigerant pipe different from the above-mentioned refrigerant pipe between the outdoor unit 5a and the indoor unit 6a. That is, the outdoor unit 5b and the indoor units 6b and 6c form one refrigerant system.
  • the outdoor unit 5c, the indoor unit 6d, and the remote controller 7c are connected to the transmission line 8c by bus. Further, the outdoor unit 5c and the indoor unit 6d pass through a refrigerant pipe different from any of the above-mentioned refrigerant pipes between the outdoor unit 5a and the indoor unit 6a and the above-mentioned refrigerant pipes between the outdoor unit 5b and the indoor units 6b and 6c. Be connected. That is, the outdoor unit 5c and the indoor unit 6d form one refrigerant system.
  • the explanation common to the outdoor units 5a to 5c will be referred to as the outdoor unit 5 without specifying an individual, and the explanation common to the indoor units 6a to 6d will be referred to as an indoor unit without specifying an individual.
  • the explanations that are common to the remote controllers 7a to 7c are referred to as the remote controller 6, and the explanations that are common to the transmission lines 8a to 8c are not specified individually. Is referred to as transmission line 8.
  • the outdoor unit 5 is an example of the outdoor unit according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the outdoor unit 5 includes a switch 50, a first communication interface 51, a second communication interface 52, a main unit 53, a storage device 54, and a control circuit 55.
  • the switch 50 is an example of the group information setting receiving means according to the present invention.
  • the switch 50 is, for example, a DIP switch, and receives a setting of group information described later from the user.
  • the first communication interface 51 is an example of the first communication means according to the present invention.
  • the first communication interface 51 is an interface for communicating with the centralized management device 2 and each outdoor unit 5 via the transmission line 4 by the above-mentioned first communication method.
  • the outdoor unit 5 is given the above-mentioned first address. As shown in FIG. 1, in the present embodiment, “192.168.1.2” is assigned to the outdoor unit 5a as the first address, and “192.168.1.” Is assigned to the outdoor unit 5b. "3" is given, and "192.168.1.4" is given to the outdoor unit 5c.
  • the second communication interface 52 is an example of the second communication means according to the present invention.
  • the second communication interface 52 is an interface for communicating with each indoor unit 6 and the remote controller 7 connected to the own unit by the second communication method via the transmission line 8 which is a so-called internal / external transmission line.
  • As the second communication method for example, a baseband method of pace synchronization of 9600 bps is adopted.
  • the outdoor unit 5 is given a unique address for communicating by the second communication method in the same local system 3.
  • the address for communicating by the second communication method is referred to as a second address.
  • "51" is assigned to the outdoor unit 5a
  • "52” is assigned to the outdoor unit 5b
  • "52" is assigned to the outdoor unit 5c as the second address.
  • "53" is given. Since the second address is allocated in units of 3 local systems, it may overlap between different local systems 3.
  • the main unit 53 is a component for realizing the original functions of a general outdoor unit, and includes, for example, a compressor, a heat exchanger, an expansion valve, a four-way valve, and the like.
  • the storage device 54 is an example of the first storage means and the second storage means according to the present invention.
  • the storage device 54 is composed of, for example, a readable and writable non-volatile semiconductor memory such as an EEPROM and a flash memory.
  • the storage device 54 stores a program related to the group operation (hereinafter referred to as a group operation program) and data used when the group operation program is executed.
  • the storage device 54 stores various programs including programs related to operation control of the main unit 53, and data used when executing these programs.
  • the control circuit 55 is configured to include a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc. (none of which are shown), and controls the outdoor unit 5 in an integrated manner.
  • the indoor unit 3 includes a communication interface 60, a main unit 61, a storage device 62, and a control circuit 63.
  • the communication interface 60 communicates with the outdoor unit 5, each of the other indoor units 6 (when a plurality of indoor units 6 are present in the refrigerant system), and the remote controller 7 via the transmission line 8 in the second communication method. It is an interface.
  • a second address is assigned to the indoor unit 6. As shown in FIG. 1, in the present embodiment, "1" is assigned to the indoor unit 6a, "2" is assigned to the indoor unit 6b, and “2" is assigned to the indoor unit 6c as the second address. "3” is given, and "4" is given to the indoor unit 6d.
  • the main unit 61 is a component for realizing the original functions of a general indoor unit, and includes, for example, a fan, a heat exchanger, a temperature sensor, and the like.
  • the storage device 62 is composed of, for example, a readable and writable non-volatile semiconductor memory such as an EEPROM and a flash memory.
  • the storage device 62 stores various programs including a program related to operation control of the main unit 61, a program related to communication control, and data used when executing these programs.
  • the control circuit 63 includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM (none of which are shown), and controls the indoor unit 6 in an integrated manner.
  • the remote controller 7 is a user interface for receiving operations related to air conditioning from the user. As shown in FIG. 5, the remote controller 7 includes a communication interface 70, an operation reception unit 71, a display 72, a storage device 73, and a control circuit 74. To be equipped with.
  • the communication interface 70 is an interface for communicating with the outdoor unit 5 and each indoor unit 6 by the second communication method via the transmission line 8.
  • a second address is assigned to the remote controller 7. As shown in FIG. 1, in the present embodiment, "101" is assigned to the remote controller 7a, "102" is assigned to the remote controller 7b, and "103" is assigned to the remote controller 7c as the second address. Is given.
  • the operation receiving unit 71 is configured to include one or more input devices such as a push button, a touch panel, and a touch pad, receives an input operation from a user, and sends a signal related to the received input operation to the control circuit 74. To do.
  • input devices such as a push button, a touch panel, and a touch pad
  • the display 72 includes display devices such as a liquid crystal display and an organic EL display.
  • the display 72 displays various screens under the control of the control circuit 74.
  • the display 72 has a group setting screen for receiving operations related to the group setting of the indoor unit 6 from the user, switching of operation start / stop from the user, switching of operation modes such as cooling, heating, dehumidification, and ventilation, and a set temperature.
  • Displays the air conditioning operation screen, etc. for accepting operations related to air conditioning such as changes in set humidity, air volume, etc.
  • the storage device 73 includes a readable and writable non-volatile semiconductor memory such as an EEPROM and a flash memory.
  • the storage device 73 stores various programs including a program related to a user interface, a program related to communication control, and the like, and data used when executing these programs.
  • the control circuit 74 includes a CPU, ROM, and RAM (none of which are shown), and controls the remote controller 7 in an integrated manner.
  • the construction worker, the person in charge of management, or another user makes a group setting for grouping one or a plurality of indoor units 6 to be operated by the remote controller 7.
  • the group setting is performed, when an operation related to air conditioning (for example, changing the set temperature) is subsequently performed via the remote controller 7, frames based on the operation (hereinafter referred to as an operation command) are grouped by the remote controller 7. It is transmitted to each indoor unit 6 and each indoor unit 6 performs an operation according to the received operation command.
  • the indoor unit 6a and the indoor unit 6b are grouped as the operation target of the remote controller 7a
  • the indoor unit 6c is grouped as the operation target of the remote controller 7b
  • the remote controller 7c is grouped as an operation target of.
  • the group to which the indoor unit 6a and the indoor unit 6b belong is referred to as a group 9a
  • the group to which the indoor unit 6c belongs is referred to as a group 9b
  • the group to which the indoor unit 6d belongs is referred to as a group 9c.
  • the group setting is the same local system 3
  • the indoor unit 6 connected to the remote controller 7 via the transmission line 8 not only the indoor unit 6 connected to the remote controller 7 via the transmission line 8 but also the indoor unit 6 having a different refrigerant system from the indoor unit 6 6 can also be grouped into the same group.
  • control circuit 24 includes a group information collecting unit 240 and the same group notification unit 241. These functional units are realized by the CPU of the control circuit 24 executing the above-mentioned management program stored in the storage device 23.
  • the group information collection unit 240 collects the group information corresponding to each from each outdoor unit 5. Specifically, the group information collecting unit 240 inquires about the group information from each outdoor unit 5 periodically or when a predetermined operation is performed by the user via the operation receiving unit 21 (a frame (). Hereinafter referred to as an inquiry frame) is transmitted. In response to the inquiry frame, the group information collecting unit 240 receives the group information sent from each outdoor unit 5, associates the received group information with the first address of the outdoor unit 5, and stores the storage device. Save at 23.
  • the group information is information uniquely given by the user for each group set by the remote controllers 7a to 7c, and is a number in the present embodiment.
  • the group information of the group 9a is "1”
  • the group information of the group 9b is "2”
  • the group information of the group 9c is "3".
  • the user operates the switch 50 of each outdoor unit 5 to set the group information corresponding to the outdoor unit 5.
  • the user sets "1” as the corresponding group information for the outdoor unit 5a, and sets "1" and "2” as the corresponding group information for the outdoor unit 5b.
  • "3" is set as the corresponding group information for the outdoor unit 5c. That is, the user sets the group information of the group to which the indoor unit 6 connected to the outdoor unit 5 belongs to the outdoor unit 5.
  • the same group notification unit 241 checks the group information set in each outdoor unit 5 and determines whether or not there are a plurality of outdoor units 5 in which the same group information is set. When there are a plurality of outdoor units 5 for which the same group information is set, the first address of the other outdoor unit 5 for which the same group information is set for each of the plurality of outdoor units 5. Notify.
  • the same group notification unit 241 since the group information "1" is set in the outdoor unit 5a and the outdoor unit 5b, the same group notification unit 241 notifies the outdoor unit 5a of the first address of the outdoor unit 5b. Then, the outdoor unit 5b is notified of the first address of the outdoor unit 5a.
  • the control circuit 55 includes a group information management unit 550, a group information transmission unit 551, a transfer destination address management unit 552, and a command transfer unit 553. These functional units are realized by the CPU of the control circuit 55 executing the above-mentioned group operation program stored in the storage device 54.
  • the group information management unit 550 stores and manages the group information set by the user via the setting switch 50 in the storage device 54.
  • the group information transmission unit 551 is an example of the group information notification means according to the present invention.
  • the group information transmission unit 551 receives the above-mentioned inquiry frame transmitted from the centralized management device 2, the group information transmission unit 551 reads out the group information stored in the storage device 54 and transmits the read group information to the centralized management device 2.
  • the group information transmission unit 551 may collectively transmit the plurality of group information to the centralized management device 2, or transmit each group information individually. You may.
  • the transfer destination address management unit 552 When the transfer destination address management unit 552 receives a notification from the centralized management device 2 of the first address of another outdoor unit 5 in which the same group information as the own unit is set, the transfer destination address management unit 552 operates the notified first address. It is stored and managed in the storage device 54 as a command transfer destination address (hereinafter referred to as a transfer destination address).
  • a transfer destination address a command transfer destination address
  • the command transfer unit 553 is an example of the transfer means according to the present invention.
  • the command transfer unit 553 connects the destination of the operation command (an example of the first operation command according to the present invention) received from the remote controller 7 connected to the own machine via the transmission line 8 to the own machine. If it is not included in one or more indoor units 6 (in other words, if the destination of the operation command is an indoor unit 6 whose refrigerant system is different from that of the own unit), the transfer of the operation command stored in the storage device 54.
  • the command is transferred to the other outdoor unit 5 indicated by the destination address via the transmission line 4.
  • the command transfer unit 553 is an operation command from another outdoor unit 5 indicated by the transfer destination address stored in the storage device 54 to the indoor unit 6 connected to the own unit (second operation according to the present invention). (An example of a command) is received via the transmission line 4, and the operation command is transferred to the indoor unit 6 which is the destination of the command via the transmission line 8.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the transfer destination address update process executed by the outdoor unit 5.
  • the outdoor unit 5 receives the inquiry frame transmitted from the centralized management device 2 (step S101; YES)
  • the outdoor unit 5 reads out the group information stored in the storage device 54 and transmits the read group information to the centralized management device 2. (Step S102).
  • step S103 when the centralized management device 2 notifies the first address of another outdoor unit 5 in which the same group information as the own unit is set (step S103; YES), the outdoor unit 5 is notified.
  • One address is stored in the storage device 54 as a transfer destination address (step S104). After that, the process of the outdoor unit 5 returns to step S101.
  • step S103 If the centralized management device 2 does not notify the first address of the other outdoor unit 5 (step S103; NO), the process of the outdoor unit 5 returns to step S101.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the command transfer process executed by the outdoor unit 5.
  • the outdoor unit 5 receives an operation command destined for the indoor unit 6 not connected to the own unit from the remote controller 7 connected to the own unit (step S201; YES)
  • the outdoor unit 5 stores the operation command in the storage device 54.
  • the command is transferred to the outdoor unit 5 indicated by the transfer destination address (step S202). After that, the process of the outdoor unit 5 returns to step S201.
  • the remote controller 7a transmits an operation command related to the operation to the indoor unit 6a and the indoor unit 6b belonging to the group 9a. Since the outdoor unit 5a that has received the operation command addressed to the indoor unit 6b is an indoor unit (that is, an indoor unit of another refrigerant system) in which the indoor unit 6b is not connected to its own unit (that is, the outdoor unit 5a). The operation command is transferred to another outdoor unit (here, the outdoor unit 5b) indicated by the transfer address.
  • step S201 When NO is received in step S201 and an operation command addressed to the indoor unit 6 connected to the own unit is received from another outdoor unit 5 indicated by the transfer destination address (step S203; YES), the operation command is received. Is transferred to the indoor unit 6 (step S204).
  • the outdoor unit 5b when the outdoor unit 5b receives an operation command from the outdoor unit 5a to the indoor unit 6b connected to its own unit (here, the outdoor unit 5b), the outdoor unit 5b sends the received operation command to the indoor unit. Transfer to 6b.
  • step S203 After NO or step S204 in step S203, the process of the outdoor unit 5 returns to step S201.
  • the centralized transmission line is a general-purpose LAN (Local Area Network)
  • the centralized transmission line and the internal / external transmission line are configured by the same dedicated communication method. It has expandability compared to the conventional air conditioning system.
  • the group information transmission unit 551 may voluntarily read the group information stored in the storage device 54 and transmit the read group information to the centralized management device 2. For example, the group information transmission unit 551 may transmit the group information read from the storage device 54 to the centralized management device 2 immediately after the group information is set by the user, or stores the group information when the power of the own unit is turned on. The group information read from the device 54 may be transmitted to the centralized management device 2.
  • the remote controller 7 connected to each outdoor unit 5 may accept the setting of the group information from the user and transmit the group information for which the setting is accepted to the corresponding outdoor unit 5.
  • the group information management unit 550 of the outdoor unit 5 stores and manages the group information received from the remote controller 7 in the storage device 54.
  • the centralized management device 2 may accept the setting of the group information for each outdoor unit 5 from the user, and each group information for which the setting has been accepted may be transmitted to each outdoor unit 5.
  • the group information management unit 550 of each outdoor unit 5 stores and manages the group information received from the centralized management device 2 in the storage device 54.
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the air conditioning system 1A according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • the configuration of the air conditioning system 1A is the same as the configuration in which the centralized control device 2 is removed from the air conditioning stem 1 of the first embodiment.
  • the function of the outdoor unit 5 of the second embodiment is different from that of the outdoor unit 5 of the first embodiment.
  • the control circuit 55 included in the outdoor unit 5 of the second embodiment includes a group information management unit 550, a group information transmission unit 551A, a transfer destination address management unit 552A, and a command transfer unit 553. Be prepared. These functional units are realized by the CPU of the control circuit 55 of the second embodiment executing a group operation program which is a program related to the group operation stored in the storage device 54.
  • the group information transmission unit 551A is an example of the group information notification means according to the present invention.
  • the group information transmission unit 551A reads out the group information stored in the storage device 54 at a predetermined timing, and broadcasts the read group information to the other outdoor unit 5.
  • the group information transmission unit 551A may broadcast the group information read from the storage device 54 to the other outdoor unit 5 immediately after the group information is set by the user, or the power supply of the own unit may be turned on. When it is turned on, the group information read from the storage device 54 may be broadcast to another outdoor unit 5.
  • the group information transmission unit 551A may collectively transmit the plurality of group information to the other outdoor unit 5 or each group. Information may be broadcast individually.
  • the transfer destination address management unit 552A receives the group information broadcasted from each of the other outdoor units 5, and determines whether or not the received group information and the group information set in the own unit are the same. To do. If it is determined that they are the same, the transfer destination address management unit 552A stores and manages the first address of the outdoor unit 5 that is the source of the group information in the storage device 54 as the transfer destination address.
  • each outdoor unit 2 can manage the transfer destination address without relying on the centralized management device 2.
  • the remote controller 7 connected to each outdoor unit 5 may accept the group information setting from the user and transmit the group information for which the setting has been received to the corresponding outdoor unit 5.
  • the group information management unit 550 of the outdoor unit 5 stores and manages the group information received from the remote controller 7 in the storage device 54.
  • the group information is not set for the outdoor unit 5. May be good.
  • the group information may not be set for the outdoor unit 5c.
  • all or a part of the functional parts (see FIG. 6) of the control circuit 24 of the centralized management device 2 may be realized by dedicated hardware, or the first embodiment.
  • All or part of the functional parts (see FIGS. 7 and 11) of the control circuit 55 of the outdoor unit 5 may be realized by dedicated hardware.
  • Dedicated hardware is, for example, a single circuit, a composite circuit, a programmed processor, an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), or a combination thereof.
  • the group operation programs of each of the above embodiments include a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a magneto-optical disc (Magneto-Optical Disc), and a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory. It can also be stored and distributed in a computer-readable recording medium such as a memory card or HDD.
  • a computer-readable recording medium such as a memory card or HDD.
  • the group operation program of the first embodiment is stored in a storage device of a server (not shown) on the Internet, and the group operation program is downloaded from the server to the outdoor unit 5 of the first embodiment. You may do so.
  • the present invention can be suitably adopted in an air conditioning system including a plurality of indoor units.
  • 1,1A air conditioning system 2 centralized management device, 3,3a, 3b local system, 4,8,8a-8c transmission line, 5,5a-5c outdoor unit, 6,6a-6d indoor unit, 7,7a-7c Remote control, 9a-9c group, 20,60,70 communication interface, 21,71 operation reception unit, 22,72 display, 23,54,62,73 storage device, 24,55,63,74 control circuit, 50 switch, 51 1st communication interface, 52 2nd communication interface, 53,61 main unit, 240 group information collection unit, 241 same group notification unit, 550 group information management unit, 551,551A group information transmission unit, 552,552A transfer destination address Management department, 535 command transfer department

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