| CPC F24F 11/63 (2018.01) | 6 Claims |
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1. An air-conditioning system in which a plurality of air conditioners belonging to an identical refrigerant system are connected through a communication line inside the identical system and a plurality of air conditioners belonging to different refrigerant systems are connected through a communication line outside the different refrigerant systems, wherein
for the plurality of air conditioners belonging to the identical refrigerant system, a recognition process is executable while a control process is executed by transmission through at least the communication line inside the identical system, wherein
the recognition process is started when an unrecognized air conditioner transmits a start request, and
during the recognition process, only an air conditioning control process for the identical refrigerant system is stopped while continuously maintaining the air conditioning control process for the plurality of air conditioners belonging to the different refrigerant systems, and wherein
in the recognition process,
the air conditioners belonging to the refrigerant system to which the unrecognized air conditioner is not connected circulates the refrigerant by continuing the control process, and
the air conditioners belonging to the identical refrigerant system to which the unrecognized air conditioner is connected stops circulating refrigerant by stopping the control process.
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