US 11,790,768 B2
Method for configuring the communication between at least one actuator and a remote control unit
Thibaut Desbrugères, Araches la Frasse (FR); Rémi Vicente, Thyez (FR); Emmanuel Pauchard, Amancys (FR); Stéphane Bigonneau, Saint Pierre en Faucigny (FR); and Maxime Salsini, Janneyrias (FR)
Assigned to SOMFY ACTIVITES SA, Cluses (FR)
Appl. No. 17/627,658
Filed by SOMFY ACTIVITES SA, Cluses (FR)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/FR2020/051154
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/009429, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19/07983 (FR), filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0277645 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G08C 17/02 (2006.01); A47H 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08C 17/02 (2013.01) [A47H 5/00 (2013.01); G08C 2201/20 (2013.01); G08C 2201/40 (2013.01); G08C 2201/42 (2013.01); G08C 2201/63 (2013.01); G08C 2201/93 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for configuring communication between at least one actuator and a remote control unit, to enable a control of the at least one actuator from the remote control unit, the at least one actuator being configured to communicate with the remote control unit, the communication between the at least one actuator and the remote control unit being established according to a first protocol or according to a second protocol, the communication according to the second protocol being implemented via a connection to a router connected on the mains, the method being implemented by a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal being configured to communicate according to the first protocol with at least one actuator, and with the remote control unit, the mobile terminal being configured to communicate with the router according to the first protocol or according to a third protocol, the method comprising the following steps:
identification of an identifier of the at least one actuator,
identification of an identifier of the remote control unit,
analysis to detect a presence or an absence of the router,
if the absence of the router is detected by the mobile terminal during the analysis step, transmission to the remote control unit of the identifier of the at least one actuator and/or transmission to the actuator of the identifier of the remote control unit, then transmission to the remote control unit and to the actuator a request for activating the first protocol,
if the presence of the router is detected by the mobile terminal during the analysis step transmission to the router of the identifier of the at least one actuator and identifier of the remote control unit.