US 12,435,896 B2
Power line communication-based pairing method and device for air conditioner, and storage medium
Chengli Zheng, Guangdong (CN); Wujun Zhang, Guangdong (CN); Daihui Cao, Guangdong (CN); Junlong Zhang, Guangdong (CN); and Ding Zhou, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA ELECTRIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN); and GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA ELECTRIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN); and GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/384,503.
Application 18/384,503 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/118989, filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202110483060.3 (CN), filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0053041 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. F24F 11/56 (2018.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 11/56 (2018.01) [H04B 3/544 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Power Line Communication (PLC)-based pairing method for an air conditioner, the air conditioner comprising an indoor unit and an outdoor unit connected to a power line network, the indoor unit comprising a Central Coordinator (CCO) module coupled and connected to the power line network, the outdoor unit comprising a station (STA) module coupled and connected to the power line network, the method comprising:
selecting, by the CCO module, a to-be-paired STA module in the power line network as a pairing object based on a pairing request instruction;
sending, by the CCO module, pairing request information to the power line network, the pairing request information comprising the pairing request instruction, identifier (ID) information of the CCO module and ID information of the pairing object;
receiving, by the STA module, the pairing request information based on the power line network;
establishing, by the STA module, a pairing relationship with the CCO module in response to determining that ID information of the STA module exists in the pairing request information;
sending, by the STA module, pairing feedback information to the power line network, the pairing feedback information comprising a pairing success instruction, the ID information of the CCO module and the ID information of the STA module;
receiving, by the CCO module, the pairing feedback information based on the power line network; and
determining, by the CCO module, that pairing is successful in response to determining that the ID information of the CCO module exists in the pairing feedback information, and establishing, by the CCO module, a pairing relationship with the STA module.