EP2784981B1 - Centralised programming of a home automation installation - Google Patents

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EP2784981B1
EP2784981B1 EP14161910.6A EP14161910A EP2784981B1 EP 2784981 B1 EP2784981 B1 EP 2784981B1 EP 14161910 A EP14161910 A EP 14161910A EP 2784981 B1 EP2784981 B1 EP 2784981B1
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  • the invention relates to the custom programming of a home automation system comprising several home automation devices controlled by local remote controls, using a centralized programming interface.
  • the programming of a home automation system in a building may require a long and tedious job on the part of the installer, work that grows with the size and complexity of the installation.
  • the programming operations can be carried out individually for each device of the installation, by pairing the equipment with a remote control, then by acting on it with particular sequences to obtain the desired settings, for example the settings of a range of operation of the equipment.
  • Devices are also known for centralizing at least part of the programming of the installation, using a centralized programming unit implementing a programming procedure. So is it proposed in the document EP 2,355,414 to initiate such a procedure by a discovery of the equipment of the installation, which allows the unit to launch an identification request to which the equipment responds by identifying itself, then to the installer, responding to a series of questions about the building configuration and interacting with the programming unit, to match the identified equipment with a schematic spatial representation of the installation on a person-machine interface. Once this discovery procedure is complete, it is possible from the centralized programming unit to create management zones grouping certain equipment, to program automatic maneuvers based, for example, on temporal or climatic data.
  • the scenario can be created via a programming tool connected to a home automation network grouping home automation equipment.
  • the programming tool can be for example a laptop running a suitable program, the computer is not intended to remain permanently connected to the installation, but instead to be connected by an installer during the initial programming or maintenance intervention or modification of the installation. It can therefore be a programming unit whose ergonomics are adapted to the installer rather than to an end user of the installation. It is thus possible to combine a very simple nomadic remote control with a sophisticated programming.
  • the scenario can also be recorded directly by placing the different devices in their final scenario configuration and recording, locally in each paired remote control, the positions of each of the equipment of the scenario.
  • a method for programming at least part of a home automation installation comprising a plurality of home automation equipment to be personalized distributed in a space of the home automation system and several nomadic remote controls, some of the nomadic remote controls comprising on the one hand an interface selecting a desired extreme state and / or selecting from near to any one of several states within an operating range of a home appliance associated or associated, and on the other hand at least one real key or virtual direct selection of a preferred state in the operating range, the preferred state being stored in the remote control or in the home automation equipment associated or associated, the method comprising a personalization step of bringing one to one of home automation equipment of the installation to personalize each one in a personalized state, followed by a Sequential confirmation step, initiated from each remote control, for successively memorizing for each remote control the customized states of the associated home automation equipment.
  • a method of programming at least a portion of a home automation system comprising a plurality of home automation equipment to customize distributed in a space of the home automation system and several nomadic remote controls, each of the nomadic remote controls comprising, on the one hand, an interface for selecting a desired extreme state and / or selecting from near to any one of several states within an operating range of an associated or associated home automation device and on the other hand at least one real or virtual key for direct selection of a preferred state in the operating range, the preferred state being stored in the remote control or in the associated or associated home automation equipment, the method comprising a personalization step consisting of bringing one to one home automation equipment to personalize each in a personal state nnalisé, followed by a centralized confirmation step initiated with a centralized programming unit and consisting of sending using the centralized programming unit a general command to each home automation equipment to customize and / or to one or more
  • the associated remote control may comprise only a direct selection key of this preferred state.
  • the associated remote control may comprise only a direct selection key of this preferred state.
  • it can be provided for at least one of the home automation equipment a plurality of preferred states, associated with a plurality of buttons on the associated remote control, or the same key pressed several times. In this case, it may be provided to repeat the programming process one or more times to record the different preferred positions of the different equipment of the installation.
  • the method comprises a pairing step of pairing with each other at least one of the nomadic remote controls and at least one of the equipment to be personalized.
  • the pairing step may include a selection step using the centralized programming unit of a home automation device to be paired among the home automation equipment to be personalized, a selection step to the using the centralized programming unit of one type of remote control from among several types of remote control available, and a step of connecting a remote control of the selected type of remote control with the central programming unit by activation of an interface programming on or in the remote control.
  • the pairing step precedes the personalization step.
  • the method comprises a pairing step preceding the personalization step and of pairing at least one of the nomadic remote controls and at least one of the equipment to be personalized.
  • a pairing step preceding the personalization step and of pairing at least one of the nomadic remote controls and at least one of the equipment to be personalized.
  • at least one of the devices to be personalized in the personalized state is used to select the interface for selecting a desired extreme state and / or selection of close to the one or one of the remote controls paired.
  • the centralized programming unit is used to bring at least one of the equipment to be personalized in the personalized state.
  • the custom state is distinct from the limits of the operating range corresponding to the extreme states for the equipment.
  • the home automation equipment to be customized may only be a subset of all the home automation equipment of the installation, in which case the centralized confirmation step may include a step of selecting the home automation equipment to be personalized from a set of home automation equipment of the home automation system.
  • an initial step of automatic discovery of the installation by the centralized programming unit can be provided.
  • a preliminary adjustment step for at least some home automation equipment to be personalized, consisting of storing extreme states defining limits of an operating range constituting the operating range.
  • the preliminary adjustment step includes a step of selecting, using the centralized programming unit, a home automation device among the domotic equipment ordered, followed by a sending step. by the centralized programming unit to the selected home automation equipment of a change of state order to bring the selected home automation equipment into a determined state, followed by a step of selecting the determined state as one of the limits of the operating range.
  • a preliminary adjustment step for at least some home automation equipment consisting of storing the extreme states defining limits of the operating range and / or a pairing step of pairing the one to another at least one of the nomadic remote controls and at least one of the equipment to customize.
  • At least some of the home automation equipment comprises electromechanical actuators linked to screens for blocking the openings of a building equipped with the home automation system.
  • a centralized programming unit capable of communicating with a home automation installation comprising a plurality of home automation equipment to be personalized distributed in a space of the home automation system and several nomadic remote controls, each of the remote controls.
  • nomads comprising on the one hand an interface for selecting a desired extreme state and / or selecting from near to any one of several states in a range of operation of a home automation equipment associated or to be associated, and on the other hand a real or virtual key for direct selection of a preferred state in the operating range, the preferred state being stored in the remote control or in the associated or associated home automation equipment, the centralized programming unit being provided with means for implementing the method previously described in any one of its variants.
  • the unit comprises means for displaying a progress of the programming method.
  • a home automation assembly consisting of a centralized programming unit able to communicate with a home automation system comprising a plurality of home automation equipment to be personalized distributed in a space of the home automation system and several nomadic remote controls, each of the nomadic remote controls comprising, on the one hand, an interface for selecting a desired extreme state and / or selecting from near to any one of several states within an operating range of an associated home automation device or to associate, and on the other hand a real or virtual key for direct selection of a preferred state in the operating range, the preferred state being stored in the remote control or in the home automation equipment associated or associated, the unit of centralized programming being provided with means for implementing the method described above, in any one of its variants.
  • a home automation system 10 comprising home automation equipment 12 distributed in a space 14 of the installation, for example in different rooms of a building or different parts of a property.
  • This equipment 12 can be very diverse: it can include electromechanical actuators connected for example to outer or inner shutters or roller blinds, sunshades or various screens, but also actuators connected to steerable detectors, for example. example of steerable cameras, a surveillance installation, or locks locking pathways to the installation space. It may also be other electrically controlled equipment such as lighting, sound diffusion equipment or thermal regulation.
  • At least some of these devices have an operating range consisting of a multitude of different states, for example a range of operation between two extreme states, for example for a electromechanical actuator a range of operation between two end positions of the device connected to the actuator or for illumination, an operating range between extinction of the light source and maximum brightness.
  • the operating range can also be unlimited, either open to infinite values or looped.
  • the operating range can be continuous or discrete. In the remainder of the discussion, priority will be given to this type of equipment having an operating range comprising at least three distinct states, and in practice a larger number of distinct states.
  • the installation of the figure 1 is also equipped with remote controls 16 specific to drive this type of home automation equipment can be in many different states. Since these remote controls can not contain as many keys as there are different states of the equipment, they are equipped with a man-machine interface which makes it possible to select the desired extreme state, for example by means of two keys “ ⁇ ” and “ ⁇ ” or the desired status step by step, for example using a wheel 16.1 or two keys “+” and "-”.
  • the remote controls of the installation, or some of them are however also equipped with a real or virtual key 16.2 allowing direct access to one of the predefined states of the equipment associated with the remote control in the operating range, says "Preferred state".
  • the challenge is the programming of the installation 10 for a quick learning of the preferred state of different equipment 12.
  • the installation 10 is connected to a centralized programming unit 18.
  • This programming unit 18 may, if necessary, also constitute a centralized control unit intended to be permanently part of the installation.
  • this programming unit 18 is a nomadic programming unit, connected by a qualified installer or an informed user when setting up the installation or a subsequent maintenance operation, and intended to be disconnected from the installation after programming it.
  • the connection of this programming unit 18 may be wired, for example on a wired network to the Ethernet standard to which the equipment and remote controls of the installation are permanently or momentarily connected, either non-wired, for example by one-way or two-way radio communication with the equipment and remote controls of the installation.
  • the programming unit 18 is represented in the form of a laptop 18.1 connected by USB connection to a wireless communication terminal 18.2.
  • the programming unit 18 must be able, during the programming procedure, to communicate with the various home automation equipment to be programmed 12 and / or with the remote controls 16 which are or will be assigned to them.
  • the programming unit executes an application intended to program the installation, the course of which will now be described with reference to the figure 2 .
  • the operator starts with the programming unit a procedure for discovering the installation 100 starting with a request to discover the installation 102, to which equipment of the installation having a bidirectional communication interface respond by declining their identity, at step 104.
  • Different screens and / or menus allow the installer, if necessary, to interactively name the detected devices to the user.
  • step 106 for example by designating their location in the space of the installation.
  • some equipment may require adjustments, for example end positions. These settings can be made either directly, for example by acting via a remote control associated with the equipment or by means of equipment adjustment buttons, or through the interface of the control unit scrolling a setting procedure 110.
  • the operator can validate the entry into an adjustment mode of the selected equipment 112, and depending on the type of equipment access to the adjustment of various parameters, for example to determine an engine direction to the engine. step 116, a high end position and / or a low end position in step 114.
  • the adjustment phase can be totally or partially automated.
  • Some of the equipment 12 may also require a pairing phase 120 of assigning them a mobile remote control among remote controls available, if necessary of different types.
  • the operator selects the equipment to be paired in step 122, then his desire to pair it, which opens a screen allowing the choice of a type of remote control among several compatible types with the equipment to be paired at step 124.
  • the type of remote control selected by the operator it remains for the latter to stimulate the remote control in step 126 that he wishes to pair with the equipment, for example by pressing a programming button on the remote control accessible only after opening a remote control box.
  • the control unit then enters into communication with the stimulated remote control and / or with the equipment to be paired in step 128 and, by means of one or two-way communication, transmits to the remote control and / or the equipment to be paired. the information or commands necessary for pairing.
  • each equipment 12 is paired with at least one nomadic remote control 16 which, with the aid of its selection interface, makes it possible to select, step by step, the Wanted state of the equipment.
  • the installation has not been customized, in the sense that the quick access key to a preferred state 16.2, which can if necessary cause a default positioning corresponding to a predefined intermediate position between the two extreme states set to the equipment has not been programmed according to the wishes of the end user of the installation.
  • the operator determines at step 132 in a first step for each of the home automation equipment that he wishes to customize a personalized state that he wishes to assign to the direct selection key, by physically bringing the concerned equipment one by one in the corresponding personalized state.
  • the equipment of the installation being spatially distributed in the space of the installation, this step may require the installer to move into the space 14 of the installation, near each equipment 12 to be personalized or at least some of them, to visually determine the desired custom state. If necessary, the operator, if he is not the final user of the installation, can accomplish this tour of the installation with the end user or a representative of it.
  • the operator can use the centralized control unit 18, if it is movable, or preferably the remote control 16 paired with the equipment, using the selection interface step by step 16.2.
  • the tower of the installation can be done quite quickly and be part of a reception of the installation.
  • the operator can determine in step 132 for each of the home automation equipment that he wishes to customize a personalized state that he wishes to assign to the direct selection key, virtually bringing one by one the equipment concerned in the corresponding personalized state , in particular by using the human-machine interface of the portable computer to which the programming tool is connected and / or the information coming from the sensors of the installation.
  • all the equipment to be personalized 12 are in the personalized state that one wishes to assign to the direct access key 16.2 of the associated remote control. It then remains to access with the centralized unit to a personalization screen, to select where appropriate the equipment to customize, and to launch a unique customization order 134.
  • the centralized programming unit 18 then communicates with the equipment to customize 12 and / or with the remote controls 16 paired with these devices so that the personalized state in which each of the devices to be customized at the moment when the order is launched is adopted as the preferred state, assigned to the key d. direct access.
  • the programming unit comprises means for displaying the progress of the programming method.
  • the programming unit may also include a real or virtual launch key of the programming method leading to the memorization of a preferred state.
  • the equipment 12 In practice, and according to a first embodiment, it is possible to order the equipment 12 to memorize the preferred state. In response to subsequent stimulation of the direct access key 16.2 of a remote control 16 paired with the equipment 12, the remote control 16 sends the equipment 12 an access command in the preferred state. The equipment locally reads the previously memorized preferred state and, based on its knowledge of its own current state, modifies the latter state so as to join the preferred state.
  • This embodiment is particularly suitable for installations or parts of home automation systems whose home automation equipment is equipped with bidirectional communication interface, the remote controls can be provided with either bidirectional or unidirectional communication interfaces allowing only the emission.
  • the intelligence embedded in the remote control 16 allows it, it is possible to memorize the state preferred at each remote control 16 preselected.
  • the latter interrogates the equipment 12 on its current state, compares the latter with the preferred state memorized, then sends the equipment a command of join the preferred stored state.
  • This communication mode imposes bidirectional remote controls.
  • a storage of the preferred state can also be performed at the level of the programming unit 18.
  • the equipment 12 includes means for storing the preferred state, it is not necessary, before the personalization step, to have the equipment 12 paired with remote controls 16 , this step can take place later.
  • the remote controls 16 are paired with the same home automation equipment 12.
  • the centralized programming unit 18 will send to the remote controls 16 paired with the same equipment 12 the same information on the custom state to be stored as the preferred state.
  • the preferred state is stored directly by the equipment 12, the latter will interpret identically orders reaching him from the direct access keys 16.2 of the different remote controls 16 which it is paired.
  • this programming method allows, by a common programming transmission, to individually adjust the selected equipment or their remote controls. Apart from this common programming, the subsequent use of the preferred state remains completely independent of the preferred states stored for the other equipment. In particular, it will be possible to re-set the preferred state of one of the equipment, without affecting control commands placing the other equipment in its preferred state.
  • each home automation equipment can have access to several preferred positions, each of which can be uniquely and independently called from the keys 16.1, 16.2 of the human-machine interface of the remote controls. In this case, it may be provided to repeat the programming process one or more times to record the different preferred positions of the different equipment of the installation.

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L'invention se rapporte à la programmation personnalisée d'une installation domotique comportant plusieurs équipements domotiques commandés par des télécommandes locales, à l'aide d'une interface de programmation centralisée.The invention relates to the custom programming of a home automation system comprising several home automation devices controlled by local remote controls, using a centralized programming interface.

ÉTAT DE LA TECHNIQUE ANTÉRIEURESTATE OF THE PRIOR ART

La programmation d'une installation domotique dans un bâtiment peut nécessiter un travail long et fastidieux de la part de l'installateur, travail qui croît avec la taille et la complexité de l'installation. Les opérations de programmation peuvent être effectuées individuellement pour chaque équipement de l'installation, en appairant l'équipement à une télécommande, puis en agissant sur cette dernière avec des séquences particulières pour obtenir les réglages souhaités, par exemple les réglages d'une plage de fonctionnement de l'équipement.The programming of a home automation system in a building may require a long and tedious job on the part of the installer, work that grows with the size and complexity of the installation. The programming operations can be carried out individually for each device of the installation, by pairing the equipment with a remote control, then by acting on it with particular sequences to obtain the desired settings, for example the settings of a range of operation of the equipment.

On connaît par ailleurs des dispositifs permettant de centraliser une partie au moins de la programmation de l'installation, à l'aide d'une unité de programmation centralisée mettant en oeuvre une procédure de programmation. Ainsi est-il proposé dans le document EP 2 355 414 de débuter une telle procédure par une découverte des équipements de l'installation, qui permet à l'unité de lancer une requête d'identification à laquelle les équipements répondent en s'identifiant, puis à l'installateur, en répondant à une série de questions sur la configuration du bâtiment et en interagissant avec l'unité de programmation, de faire correspondre les équipements identifiés avec une représentation spatiale schématique de l'installation sur une interface personne-machine. Une fois cette procédure de découverte achevée, il est possible à partir de l'unité de programmation centralisée de créer des zones de gestion regroupant certains équipements, pour programmer des manoeuvres automatiques en fonction par exemple de données temporelles ou climatiques.Devices are also known for centralizing at least part of the programming of the installation, using a centralized programming unit implementing a programming procedure. So is it proposed in the document EP 2,355,414 to initiate such a procedure by a discovery of the equipment of the installation, which allows the unit to launch an identification request to which the equipment responds by identifying itself, then to the installer, responding to a series of questions about the building configuration and interacting with the programming unit, to match the identified equipment with a schematic spatial representation of the installation on a person-machine interface. Once this discovery procedure is complete, it is possible from the centralized programming unit to create management zones grouping certain equipment, to program automatic maneuvers based, for example, on temporal or climatic data.

Il est également connu de prévoir, sur une télécommande appairée à des équipements domotiques d'une installation domotique, une touche programmable à laquelle peut être affecté un scénario quelconque à exécuter par le ou les équipements domotiques associés. Pour programmer cette touche, le scénario peut être créé par l'intermédiaire d'un outil de programmation branché sur un réseau domotique regroupant les équipements domotiques. L'outil de programmation peut être par exemple un ordinateur portable exécutant un programme approprié, l'ordinateur n'étant pas destiné à rester à demeure branché sur l'installation, mais au contraire à être raccordé par un installateur lors de la programmation initiale ou d'intervention de maintenance ou de modification de l'installation. Il peut donc s'agir d'une unité de programmation dont l'ergonomie est adaptée à l'installateur plus qu'à un utilisateur final de l'installation. On peut ainsi combiner une télécommande nomade très simple avec une programmation sophistiquée. Le scénario peut également être enregistré directement en plaçant les différents équipements dans leur configuration finale de scénario et en enregistrant, localement dans chaque télécommande appairée, les positions de chacun des équipements du scénario.It is also known to provide, on a remote control paired with home automation equipment of a home automation installation, a programmable key to which can be assigned any scenario to be executed by the associated home automation equipment. To program this key, the scenario can be created via a programming tool connected to a home automation network grouping home automation equipment. The programming tool can be for example a laptop running a suitable program, the computer is not intended to remain permanently connected to the installation, but instead to be connected by an installer during the initial programming or maintenance intervention or modification of the installation. It can therefore be a programming unit whose ergonomics are adapted to the installer rather than to an end user of the installation. It is thus possible to combine a very simple nomadic remote control with a sophisticated programming. The scenario can also be recorded directly by placing the different devices in their final scenario configuration and recording, locally in each paired remote control, the positions of each of the equipment of the scenario.

Dans le document EP 1 515 593 est par ailleurs décrit un procédé de programmation d'au moins une partie d'une installation domotique comportant plusieurs équipements domotiques à personnaliser distribués dans un espace de l'installation domotique et plusieurs télécommandes nomades, certaines des télécommandes nomades comportant d'une part une interface de sélection d'un état extrême recherché et/ou de sélection de proche en proche d'un état quelconque parmi plusieurs états dans une plage de fonctionnement d'un équipement domotique associé ou à associer, et d'autre part au moins une touche réelle ou virtuelle de sélection directe d'un état préféré dans la plage de fonctionnement, l'état préféré étant mémorisé dans la télécommande ou dans l'équipement domotique associé ou à associer, le procédé comportant une étape de personnalisation consistant à amener un à un des équipements domotiques de l'installation à personnaliser chacun dans un état personnalisé, suivie d'une étape de confirmation séquentielle, initiée à partir de chaque télécommande, pour mémoriser successivement pour chaque télécommande les états personnalisés des équipements domotiques associés.In the document EP 1,515,593 a method for programming at least part of a home automation installation comprising a plurality of home automation equipment to be personalized distributed in a space of the home automation system and several nomadic remote controls, some of the nomadic remote controls comprising on the one hand an interface selecting a desired extreme state and / or selecting from near to any one of several states within an operating range of a home appliance associated or associated, and on the other hand at least one real key or virtual direct selection of a preferred state in the operating range, the preferred state being stored in the remote control or in the home automation equipment associated or associated, the method comprising a personalization step of bringing one to one of home automation equipment of the installation to personalize each one in a personalized state, followed by a Sequential confirmation step, initiated from each remote control, for successively memorizing for each remote control the customized states of the associated home automation equipment.

Toutefois, il s'avère que dans la pratique, les scénarios complexes sont peu prisés des utilisateurs finaux, notamment dans les installations pour l'habitat.However, it turns out that in practice, complex scenarios are not popular with end-users, especially in housing facilities.

Par ailleurs, rien n'est prévu pour définir de manière simple un état préféré associé à chacun des équipements de l'installation, si ce n'est en intervenant sur chaque équipement l'un après l'autre. De fait, les positions d'état préféré sont peu utilisées. Il existe donc un besoin d'une solution de programmation permettant une convivialité accrue et un gain de temps.Moreover, nothing is provided to define in a simple manner a preferred state associated with each of the equipment of the installation, except by intervening on each equipment one after the other. In fact, the preferred state positions are little used. There is therefore a need for a programming solution for increased usability and time saving.

EXPOSÉ DE L'INVENTIONSTATEMENT OF THE INVENTION

L'invention vise à remédier aux inconvénients de l'état de la technique identifiés précédemment. Pour ce faire est proposé, suivant un premier aspect de l'invention, un procédé de programmation d'au moins une partie d'une installation domotique comportant plusieurs équipements domotiques à personnaliser distribués dans un espace de l'installation domotique et plusieurs télécommandes nomades, chacune des télécommandes nomades comportant d'une part une interface de sélection d'un état extrême recherché et/ou de sélection de proche en proche d'un état quelconque parmi plusieurs états dans une plage de fonctionnement d'un équipement domotique associé ou à associer, et d'autre part au moins une touche réelle ou virtuelle de sélection directe d'un état préféré dans la plage de fonctionnement, l'état préféré étant mémorisé dans la télécommande ou dans l'équipement domotique associé ou à associer, le procédé comportant une étape de personnalisation consistant à amener un à un les équipements domotiques à personnaliser chacun dans un état personnalisé, suivie d'une étape de confirmation centralisée initiée avec une unité de programmation centralisée et consistant à envoyer à l'aide de l'unité de programmation centralisée une commande générale à chacun des équipements domotiques à personnaliser et/ou à une ou plusieurs télécommandes associées aux équipements domotiques à personnaliser parmi les télécommandes nomades de mémoriser l'état personnalisé comme état préféré de façon à ce que l'état personnalisé ainsi adopté comme état préféré soit affecté à la touche réelle ou virtuelle de sélection directe.. Le procédé permet ainsi à l'installateur, le cas échéant accompagné par exemple par l'utilisateur destinataire final de l'installation ou un directeur des travaux, de parcourir les différentes pièces du bâtiment, ou plus généralement de faire le tour des équipements domotiques que l'on souhaite programmer, et de positionner ceux-ci dans l'état que l'on souhaite voir affecté à la touche de sélection directe. Une fois le tour de l'installation achevé, il suffit à l'installateur à partir de son unité de programmation d'envoyer une commande unique pour que les états préférés soient mémorisés localement par les équipements domotiques concernés et/ou les télécommandes associées.The invention aims to remedy the disadvantages of the state of the art identified previously. To do this is proposed, according to a first aspect of the invention, a method of programming at least a portion of a home automation system comprising a plurality of home automation equipment to customize distributed in a space of the home automation system and several nomadic remote controls, each of the nomadic remote controls comprising, on the one hand, an interface for selecting a desired extreme state and / or selecting from near to any one of several states within an operating range of an associated or associated home automation device and on the other hand at least one real or virtual key for direct selection of a preferred state in the operating range, the preferred state being stored in the remote control or in the associated or associated home automation equipment, the method comprising a personalization step consisting of bringing one to one home automation equipment to personalize each in a personal state nnalisé, followed by a centralized confirmation step initiated with a centralized programming unit and consisting of sending using the centralized programming unit a general command to each home automation equipment to customize and / or to one or more remote controls associated with the home automation equipment to be personalized among the portable remote controls to store the personalized state as a preferred state so that the personalized state thus adopted as the preferred state is assigned to the real or virtual direct selection key. to the installer, if necessary accompanied for example by the final user of the installation or a director of works, to browse the different parts of the building, or more generally to go around the domotic equipment that you want program, and to position these in the state that one wishes to see affect é to the direct selection key. Once the tour of the installation is complete, all that is required is the installer from his programming unit to send a single command so that the preferred states are stored locally by the home automation equipment concerned and / or the associated remote controls.

Suivant un mode de réalisation, il existe un état préféré unique par équipement domotique, ou pour au moins certains des équipements domotiques, auquel cas la ou les télécommandes associées peuvent ne comporter qu'une touche de sélection directe de cet état préféré. Alternativement, il peut être prévu pour au moins un des équipements domotiques une pluralité d'états préférés, associés à une pluralité de touches de la télécommande associée, ou à une même touche appuyée plusieurs fois. Dans cette hypothèse, il peut être prévu de répéter le procédé de programmation une ou plusieurs fois pour enregistrer les différentes positions préférées des différents équipements de l'installation.According to one embodiment, there is a single preferred state by home automation equipment, or for at least some of the home automation equipment, in which case the associated remote control (s) may comprise only a direct selection key of this preferred state. Alternatively, it can be provided for at least one of the home automation equipment a plurality of preferred states, associated with a plurality of buttons on the associated remote control, or the same key pressed several times. In this case, it may be provided to repeat the programming process one or more times to record the different preferred positions of the different equipment of the installation.

Suivant un mode de réalisation, le procédé comporte une étape d'appairage consistant à appairer l'un à l'autre au moins une des télécommandes nomades et au moins un des équipements à personnaliser. Suivant un mode de réalisation, l'étape d'appairage peut comporter une étape de sélection à l'aide de l'unité de programmation centralisée d'un équipement domotique à appairer parmi les équipements domotiques à personnaliser, une étape de sélection à l'aide de l'unité de programmation centralisée d'un type de télécommande parmi plusieurs types de télécommande disponibles, et une étape de mise en relation d'une télécommande du type de télécommande sélectionné avec l'unité de programmation centralisée par activation d'une interface de programmation située sur ou dans la télécommande. De préférence, on prévoit qu'à l'issue de l'étape d'appairage, chacun des équipements à personnaliser est appairé à au moins une des télécommandes nomades. Suivant un mode de réalisation, l'étape d'appairage précède l'étape de personnalisation.According to one embodiment, the method comprises a pairing step of pairing with each other at least one of the nomadic remote controls and at least one of the equipment to be personalized. According to one embodiment, the pairing step may include a selection step using the centralized programming unit of a home automation device to be paired among the home automation equipment to be personalized, a selection step to the using the centralized programming unit of one type of remote control from among several types of remote control available, and a step of connecting a remote control of the selected type of remote control with the central programming unit by activation of an interface programming on or in the remote control. Preferably, it is expected that at the end of the pairing step, each of the equipment to be personalized is paired with at least one of the nomadic remote controls. According to one embodiment, the pairing step precedes the personalization step.

De préférence, le procédé comporte une étape d'appairage précédant l'étape de personnalisation et consistant à appairer l'un à l'autre au moins une des télécommandes nomades et au moins un des équipements à personnaliser. De préférence, on prévoit en outre que durant l'étape de personnalisation, on utilise pour amener au moins un des équipements à personnaliser dans l'état personnalisé l'interface de sélection d'un état extrême recherché et/ou de sélection de proche en proche de la ou d'une des télécommandes appairées. Suivant un mode de réalisation, on prévoit que durant l'étape de personnalisation, on utilise l'unité de programmation centralisée pour amener au moins un des équipements à personnaliser dans l'état personnalisé.Preferably, the method comprises a pairing step preceding the personalization step and of pairing at least one of the nomadic remote controls and at least one of the equipment to be personalized. Preferably, it is furthermore provided that during the personalization step, at least one of the devices to be personalized in the personalized state is used to select the interface for selecting a desired extreme state and / or selection of close to the one or one of the remote controls paired. According to one embodiment, it is expected that during the personalization step, the centralized programming unit is used to bring at least one of the equipment to be personalized in the personalized state.

De préférence, l'état personnalisé est distinct de limites de la plage de fonctionnement correspondant aux états extrêmes pour l'équipement.Preferably, the custom state is distinct from the limits of the operating range corresponding to the extreme states for the equipment.

Naturellement, les équipements domotiques à personnaliser peuvent ne constituer qu'un sous-ensemble de tous les équipements domotiques de l'installation, auquel cas on peut prévoir l'étape de confirmation centralisée comporte une étape de sélection des équipements domotiques à personnaliser parmi un ensemble d'équipements domotiques de l'installation domotique.Naturally, the home automation equipment to be customized may only be a subset of all the home automation equipment of the installation, in which case the centralized confirmation step may include a step of selecting the home automation equipment to be personalized from a set of home automation equipment of the home automation system.

On peut prévoir en outre une étape initiale de découverte automatique de l'installation par l'unité de programmation centralisée.In addition, an initial step of automatic discovery of the installation by the centralized programming unit can be provided.

Avantageusement, on peut prévoir une étape préalable de réglage de certains au moins des équipements domotiques à personnaliser, consistant à mémoriser des états extrêmes définissant des limites d'une plage de fonctionnement constituant le domaine de fonctionnement.Advantageously, it is possible to provide a preliminary adjustment step for at least some home automation equipment to be personalized, consisting of storing extreme states defining limits of an operating range constituting the operating range.

En particulier, on peut prévoir que l'étape préalable de réglage comporte une étape de sélection, à l'aide de l'unité de programmation centralisée, d'un équipement domotique parmi les équipements domotiques commandés, suivi d'une étape d'envoi par l'unité de programmation centralisée à l'équipement domotique sélectionné d'un ordre de changement d'état pour amener l'équipement domotique sélectionné dans un état déterminé, suivi d'une étape de sélection de l'état déterminé comme une des limites de la plage de fonctionnement.In particular, it can be provided that the preliminary adjustment step includes a step of selecting, using the centralized programming unit, a home automation device among the domotic equipment ordered, followed by a sending step. by the centralized programming unit to the selected home automation equipment of a change of state order to bring the selected home automation equipment into a determined state, followed by a step of selecting the determined state as one of the limits of the operating range.

De façon plus générale, on peut prévoir une étape préalable de réglage de certains au moins des équipements domotiques à personnaliser, consistant à mémoriser les états extrêmes définissant des limites de la plage de fonctionnement et/ou une étape d'appairage consistant à appairer l'un à l'autre au moins une des télécommandes nomades et au moins un des équipements à personnaliser.More generally, it is possible to provide a preliminary adjustment step for at least some home automation equipment to be customized, consisting of storing the extreme states defining limits of the operating range and / or a pairing step of pairing the one to another at least one of the nomadic remote controls and at least one of the equipment to customize.

Suivant un mode de réalisation préféré, certains au moins des équipements domotiques comportent des actionneurs électromécaniques liés à des écrans d'occultation d'ouvertures d'un bâtiment équipé de l'installation domotique.According to a preferred embodiment, at least some of the home automation equipment comprises electromechanical actuators linked to screens for blocking the openings of a building equipped with the home automation system.

Suivant un autre aspect de l'invention, celle-ci a trait à une unité de programmation centralisée apte à communiquer avec une installation domotique comportant plusieurs équipements domotiques à personnaliser distribués dans un espace de l'installation domotique et plusieurs télécommandes nomades, chacune des télécommandes nomades comportant d'une part une interface de sélection d'un état extrême recherché et/ou de sélection de proche en proche d'un état quelconque parmi plusieurs états dans une plage de fonctionnement d'un équipement domotique associé ou à associer, et d'autre part une touche réelle ou virtuelle de sélection directe d'un état préféré dans la plage de fonctionnement, l'état préféré étant mémorisé dans la télécommande ou dans l'équipement domotique associé ou à associer, l'unité de programmation centralisée étant munie de moyens de mise en oeuvre du procédé précédemment décrit dans l'une quelconque de ses variantes. Préférentiellement, l'unité comprend des moyens d'affichage d'un avancement du procédé de programmation.According to another aspect of the invention, it relates to a centralized programming unit capable of communicating with a home automation installation comprising a plurality of home automation equipment to be personalized distributed in a space of the home automation system and several nomadic remote controls, each of the remote controls. nomads comprising on the one hand an interface for selecting a desired extreme state and / or selecting from near to any one of several states in a range of operation of a home automation equipment associated or to be associated, and on the other hand a real or virtual key for direct selection of a preferred state in the operating range, the preferred state being stored in the remote control or in the associated or associated home automation equipment, the centralized programming unit being provided with means for implementing the method previously described in any one of its variants. Preferably, the unit comprises means for displaying a progress of the programming method.

Suivant un autre aspect de l'invention, celle-ci a trait à un ensemble domotique constitué d'une unité de programmation centralisée apte à communiquer avec une installation domotique comportant plusieurs équipements domotiques à personnaliser distribués dans un espace de l'installation domotique et plusieurs télécommandes nomades, chacune des télécommandes nomades comportant d'une part une interface de sélection d'un état extrême recherché et/ou de sélection de proche en proche d'un état quelconque parmi plusieurs états dans une plage de fonctionnement d'un équipement domotique associé ou à associer, et d'autre part une touche réelle ou virtuelle de sélection directe d'un état préféré dans la plage de fonctionnement, l'état préféré étant mémorisé dans la télécommande ou dans l'équipement domotique associé ou à associer, l'unité de programmation centralisée étant munie de moyens de mise en oeuvre du procédé précédemment décrit, dans l'une quelconque de ses variantes.According to another aspect of the invention, it relates to a home automation assembly consisting of a centralized programming unit able to communicate with a home automation system comprising a plurality of home automation equipment to be personalized distributed in a space of the home automation system and several nomadic remote controls, each of the nomadic remote controls comprising, on the one hand, an interface for selecting a desired extreme state and / or selecting from near to any one of several states within an operating range of an associated home automation device or to associate, and on the other hand a real or virtual key for direct selection of a preferred state in the operating range, the preferred state being stored in the remote control or in the home automation equipment associated or associated, the unit of centralized programming being provided with means for implementing the method described above, in any one of its variants.

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D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront à la lecture de la description qui suit, en référence aux figures annexées, qui illustrent :

  • la figure 1, une vue schématique d'une installation domotique selon un aspect de l'invention, équipée d'une unité de programmation centralisée ;
  • la figure 2, un schéma fonctionnel succinct d'une programmation de l'installation domotique de la figure 1, à l'aide de l'unité de programmation centralisée.
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge on reading the description which follows, with reference to the appended figures, which illustrate:
  • the figure 1 , a schematic view of a home automation system according to one aspect of the invention, equipped with a centralized programming unit;
  • the figure 2 , a brief block diagram of a programming of the home automation system of the figure 1 , using the centralized programming unit.

Pour plus de clarté, les éléments identiques seront repérés par des signes de référence identiques sur l'ensemble des figures.For the sake of clarity, the identical elements will be marked by identical reference signs throughout the figures.

DESCRIPTION DÉTAILLÉE DE MODES DE RÉALISATIONDETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Sur la figure 1 a été illustrée de façon schématique une installation domotique 10 comprenant des équipements domotiques 12 distribués dans un espace 14 de l'installation, par exemple dans différentes pièces d'un bâtiment ou différentes parties d'une propriété. Ces équipements 12 peuvent être très divers : ils peuvent inclure des actionneurs électromécaniques reliés par exemple à des volets ou stores roulants extérieurs ou intérieurs, à des pare-soleil orientables ou à des écrans divers, mais également des actionneurs reliés à des détecteurs orientables, par exemple des caméras orientables, d'une installation de surveillance, ou à des serrures de verrouillage des voies d'accès à l'espace de l'installation. Il peut également s'agir d'autres équipements à commande électrique tels que des éclairages, des équipements de diffusion sonore ou de régulation thermique.On the figure 1 has been schematically illustrated a home automation system 10 comprising home automation equipment 12 distributed in a space 14 of the installation, for example in different rooms of a building or different parts of a property. This equipment 12 can be very diverse: it can include electromechanical actuators connected for example to outer or inner shutters or roller blinds, sunshades or various screens, but also actuators connected to steerable detectors, for example. example of steerable cameras, a surveillance installation, or locks locking pathways to the installation space. It may also be other electrically controlled equipment such as lighting, sound diffusion equipment or thermal regulation.

Certains au moins de ces équipements présentent une plage de fonctionnement constituée d'une multitude d'états différents, par exemple une plage de fonctionnement entre deux états extrêmes, par exemple pour un actionneur électromécanique une plage de fonctionnement entre deux positions de fin de course du dispositif relié à l'actionneur ou pour un éclairage, une plage de fonctionnement entre extinction de la source lumineuse et luminosité maximale. La plage de fonctionnement peut également être sans limites, soit qu'elle soit ouverte vers des valeurs infinies soit qu'elle soit en boucle. Enfin, la plage de fonctionnement peut être continue ou discrète. On s'intéressera dans la suite de l'exposé en priorité à ce type d'équipement ayant une plage de fonctionnement comportant au moins trois états distincts, et en pratique un nombre plus important d'états distincts.At least some of these devices have an operating range consisting of a multitude of different states, for example a range of operation between two extreme states, for example for a electromechanical actuator a range of operation between two end positions of the device connected to the actuator or for illumination, an operating range between extinction of the light source and maximum brightness. The operating range can also be unlimited, either open to infinite values or looped. Finally, the operating range can be continuous or discrete. In the remainder of the discussion, priority will be given to this type of equipment having an operating range comprising at least three distinct states, and in practice a larger number of distinct states.

L'installation de la figure 1 est également équipée de télécommandes 16 spécifiques pour piloter ce type d'équipements domotiques pouvant être dans de nombreux états différents. Ces télécommandes ne pouvant comporter autant de touches qu'il existe d'états différents de l'équipement, elles sont équipées d'une interface homme-machine qui permet de sélectionner l'état extrême recherché, par exemple à l'aide de deux touches « ▲ » et « ▼ » ou l'état recherché de proche en proche, par exemple à l'aide d'une molette 16.1 ou de deux touches « + » et « - ». Les télécommandes de l'installation, ou certaines d'entre elles, sont toutefois également équipées d'une touche 16.2 réelle ou virtuelle permettant un accès direct à un des états prédéfinis de l'équipement associé à la télécommande dans la plage de fonctionnement, dit « état préféré ».The installation of the figure 1 is also equipped with remote controls 16 specific to drive this type of home automation equipment can be in many different states. Since these remote controls can not contain as many keys as there are different states of the equipment, they are equipped with a man-machine interface which makes it possible to select the desired extreme state, for example by means of two keys "▲" and "▼" or the desired status step by step, for example using a wheel 16.1 or two keys "+" and "-". The remote controls of the installation, or some of them, are however also equipped with a real or virtual key 16.2 allowing direct access to one of the predefined states of the equipment associated with the remote control in the operating range, says "Preferred state".

L'enjeu est la programmation de l'installation 10 pour un apprentissage rapide de l'état préféré de différents équipements 12.The challenge is the programming of the installation 10 for a quick learning of the preferred state of different equipment 12.

L'installation 10 est à cet effet reliée à une unité de programmation centralisée 18. Cette unité de programmation 18 peut le cas échéant également constituer une unité de commande centralisée destinée à faire partie de façon permanente de l'installation. Alternativement, et de façon préférentielle, cette unité de programmation 18 est une unité de programmation nomade, branchée par un installateur qualifié ou un utilisateur averti lors de la mise en place de l'installation ou d'une opération de maintenance ultérieure, et destinée à être débranchée de l'installation après la programmation de cette dernière. Le branchement de cette unité de programmation 18 peut être soit filaire, par exemple sur un réseau filaire à la norme Ethernet auquel sont reliés de façon permanente ou momentanée les équipements et télécommandes de l'installation, soit non-filaire, par exemple par communication hertzienne mono- ou bidirectionnelle avec les équipements et télécommandes de l'installation. Dans l'exemple illustré sur la figure 1, on a représenté l'unité de programmation 18 sous la forme d'un ordinateur portable 18.1 relié par connexion USB à une borne de communication sans fil 18.2. En tout état de cause, l'unité de programmation 18 doit être en mesure, au cours de la procédure de programmation, de communiquer avec les différents équipements domotiques à programmer 12 et/ou avec les télécommandes 16 qui leurs sont ou seront affectées.For this purpose, the installation 10 is connected to a centralized programming unit 18. This programming unit 18 may, if necessary, also constitute a centralized control unit intended to be permanently part of the installation. Alternatively, and preferably, this programming unit 18 is a nomadic programming unit, connected by a qualified installer or an informed user when setting up the installation or a subsequent maintenance operation, and intended to be disconnected from the installation after programming it. The connection of this programming unit 18 may be wired, for example on a wired network to the Ethernet standard to which the equipment and remote controls of the installation are permanently or momentarily connected, either non-wired, for example by one-way or two-way radio communication with the equipment and remote controls of the installation. In the example shown on the figure 1 , the programming unit 18 is represented in the form of a laptop 18.1 connected by USB connection to a wireless communication terminal 18.2. In any event, the programming unit 18 must be able, during the programming procedure, to communicate with the various home automation equipment to be programmed 12 and / or with the remote controls 16 which are or will be assigned to them.

L'unité de programmation exécute une application destinée à programmer l'installation, et dont le déroulement va maintenant être décrit en référence à la figure 2.The programming unit executes an application intended to program the installation, the course of which will now be described with reference to the figure 2 .

Dans un premier temps et si nécessaire, l'opérateur (par exemple un installateur ou un utilisateur averti) lance avec l'unité de programmation une procédure de découverte de l'installation 100 débutant par une requête de découverte de l'installation 102, à laquelle les équipements de l'installation présentant une interface de communication bidirectionnelle répondent en déclinant leur identité, à l'étape 104. Différents écrans et/ou menus permettent le cas échéant à l'installateur de façon interactive de nommer les équipements détectés à l'étape 106, par exemple en désignant leur emplacement dans l'espace de l'installation. Lors de la procédure de découverte, il est également possible de repérer les télécommandes bidirectionnelles appartenant à l'installation.In a first step and if necessary, the operator (for example an installer or an informed user) starts with the programming unit a procedure for discovering the installation 100 starting with a request to discover the installation 102, to which equipment of the installation having a bidirectional communication interface respond by declining their identity, at step 104. Different screens and / or menus allow the installer, if necessary, to interactively name the detected devices to the user. step 106, for example by designating their location in the space of the installation. During the discovery process, it is also possible to identify the bidirectional remote controls belonging to the installation.

Le cas échéant, certains équipements peuvent nécessiter des réglages, par exemple de positions de fin de course. Ces réglages peuvent être effectués soit directement, par exemple en agissant par l'intermédiaire d'une télécommande associée à l'équipement ou par des boutons de réglage de l'équipement, soit au travers de l'interface de l'unité de commande déroulant une procédure de réglage 110. Ainsi, l'opérateur peut valider l'entrée dans un mode de réglage de l'équipement sélectionné 112, et suivant le type d'équipement accéder au réglage de différents paramètres, par exemple déterminer un sens moteur à l'étape 116, une position de fin de course haute et/ou une position de fin de course basse à l'étape 114. Pour certains types d'équipements, notamment des équipements équipés de capteurs donnant des informations sur leur état, la phase de réglage peut être totalement ou partiellement automatisée.If necessary, some equipment may require adjustments, for example end positions. These settings can be made either directly, for example by acting via a remote control associated with the equipment or by means of equipment adjustment buttons, or through the interface of the control unit scrolling a setting procedure 110. Thus, the operator can validate the entry into an adjustment mode of the selected equipment 112, and depending on the type of equipment access to the adjustment of various parameters, for example to determine an engine direction to the engine. step 116, a high end position and / or a low end position in step 114. For certain types of equipment, including equipment equipped with sensors giving information on their state, the adjustment phase can be totally or partially automated.

Certains des équipements 12 peuvent également nécessiter une phase d'appairage 120 consistant à leur affecter une télécommande nomade parmi des télécommandes disponibles, le cas échéant de différents types. Pour ce faire, il peut être prévu que l'opérateur sélectionne l'équipement à appairer à l'étape 122, puis son souhait de l'appairer, qui lui ouvre un écran permettant le choix d'un type de télécommande parmi plusieurs types compatibles avec l'équipement à appairer à l'étape 124. Une fois le type de télécommande sélectionné par l'opérateur, il reste à ce dernier à stimuler la télécommande à l'étape 126 qu'il souhaite appairer à l'équipement, par exemple en appuyant sur une touche de programmation de la télécommande accessible uniquement après ouverture d'un boîtier de la télécommande. L'unité de commande entre alors en communication avec la télécommande stimulée et/ou avec l'équipement à appairer à l'étape 128 et, par une communication mono- ou bidirectionnelle, transmet à la télécommande et/ou à l'équipement à appairer les informations ou commandes nécessaires à l'appairage.Some of the equipment 12 may also require a pairing phase 120 of assigning them a mobile remote control among remote controls available, if necessary of different types. To do this, it can be provided that the operator selects the equipment to be paired in step 122, then his desire to pair it, which opens a screen allowing the choice of a type of remote control among several compatible types with the equipment to be paired at step 124. Once the type of remote control selected by the operator, it remains for the latter to stimulate the remote control in step 126 that he wishes to pair with the equipment, for example by pressing a programming button on the remote control accessible only after opening a remote control box. The control unit then enters into communication with the stimulated remote control and / or with the equipment to be paired in step 128 and, by means of one or two-way communication, transmits to the remote control and / or the equipment to be paired. the information or commands necessary for pairing.

A l'issue de ces étapes, l'installation est en état de fonctionner : chaque équipement 12 est appairé à au moins une télécommande nomade 16 qui permet, à l'aide de son interface de sélection, de sélectionner de proche en proche l'état recherché de l'équipement. Toutefois, l'installation n'a pas été personnalisée, au sens où la touche d'accès rapide à un état préféré 16.2, qui peut le cas échéant provoquer un positionnement par défaut correspondant à une position intermédiaire prédéfinie entre les deux états extrêmes réglés pour l'équipement, n'a pas été programmée suivant les souhaits de l'utilisateur final de l'installation.At the end of these steps, the installation is in working order: each equipment 12 is paired with at least one nomadic remote control 16 which, with the aid of its selection interface, makes it possible to select, step by step, the Wanted state of the equipment. However, the installation has not been customized, in the sense that the quick access key to a preferred state 16.2, which can if necessary cause a default positioning corresponding to a predefined intermediate position between the two extreme states set to the equipment has not been programmed according to the wishes of the end user of the installation.

Suivant l'invention, il est proposé de centraliser et de mutualiser cette procédure de personnalisation 130 pour plusieurs équipements. Pour ce faire, l'opérateur détermine à l'étape 132 dans un premier temps pour chacun des équipements domotiques qu'il souhaite personnaliser un état personnalisé qu'il souhaite affecter à la touche de sélection directe, en amenant physiquement un à un les équipements concernés dans l'état personnalisé correspondant. Les équipements de l'installation étant spatialement distribués dans l'espace de l'installation, cette étape peut nécessiter un déplacement de l'installateur dans l'espace 14 de l'installation, à proximité de chaque équipement 12 à personnaliser ou au moins de certains d'entre eux, pour déterminer visuellement l'état personnalisé souhaité. Le cas échéant, l'opérateur, s'il n'est pas l'utilisateur final de l'installation, peut accomplir ce tour de l'installation avec l'utilisateur final ou un représentant de celui-ci. Pour amener les équipements domotiques 12 dans leur état personnalisé, l'opérateur peut utiliser l'unité de commande centralisée 18, si celle-ci est déplaçable, ou de préférence la télécommande 16 appairée à l'équipement, en utilisant l'interface de sélection de proche en proche 16.2. Le tour de l'installation peut être fait de manière assez rapide et faire partie d'une visite de réception de l'installation. L'opérateur peut déterminer à l'étape 132 pour chacun des équipements domotiques qu'il souhaite personnaliser un état personnalisé qu'il souhaite affecter à la touche de sélection directe, en amenant virtuellement un à un les équipements concernés dans l'état personnalisé correspondant, en utilisant notamment l'interface homme-machine de l'ordinateur portable auquel est connecté l'outil de programmation et/ou les informations en provenance de capteurs de l'installation.According to the invention, it is proposed to centralize and pool this personalization procedure 130 for several devices. To do this, the operator determines at step 132 in a first step for each of the home automation equipment that he wishes to customize a personalized state that he wishes to assign to the direct selection key, by physically bringing the concerned equipment one by one in the corresponding personalized state. The equipment of the installation being spatially distributed in the space of the installation, this step may require the installer to move into the space 14 of the installation, near each equipment 12 to be personalized or at least some of them, to visually determine the desired custom state. If necessary, the operator, if he is not the final user of the installation, can accomplish this tour of the installation with the end user or a representative of it. To bring the home automation equipment 12 in their personalized state, the operator can use the centralized control unit 18, if it is movable, or preferably the remote control 16 paired with the equipment, using the selection interface step by step 16.2. The tower of the installation can be done quite quickly and be part of a reception of the installation. The operator can determine in step 132 for each of the home automation equipment that he wishes to customize a personalized state that he wishes to assign to the direct selection key, virtually bringing one by one the equipment concerned in the corresponding personalized state , in particular by using the human-machine interface of the portable computer to which the programming tool is connected and / or the information coming from the sensors of the installation.

Une fois achevé ce tour, tous les équipements à personnaliser 12 se trouvent dans l'état personnalisé que l'on souhaite affecter à la touche d'accès direct 16.2 de la télécommande associée. Il reste alors à accéder avec l'unité centralisée à un écran de personnalisation, à sélectionner le cas échéant les équipements à personnaliser, et à lancer un ordre unique de personnalisation 134. L'unité de programmation centralisée 18 communique alors avec les équipements à personnaliser 12 et/ou avec les télécommandes 16 appairées à ces équipements de manière à ce que l'état personnalisé dans lequel se trouve chacun des équipements à personnaliser au moment où est lancé l'ordre soit adopté comme état préféré, affecté à la touche d'accès direct.Once completed this turn, all the equipment to be personalized 12 are in the personalized state that one wishes to assign to the direct access key 16.2 of the associated remote control. It then remains to access with the centralized unit to a personalization screen, to select where appropriate the equipment to customize, and to launch a unique customization order 134. The centralized programming unit 18 then communicates with the equipment to customize 12 and / or with the remote controls 16 paired with these devices so that the personalized state in which each of the devices to be customized at the moment when the order is launched is adopted as the preferred state, assigned to the key d. direct access.

De manière avantageuse, l'unité de programmation comprend des moyens d'affichage de l'avancement du procédé de programmation. Par exemple, des icônes représentatives de l'état réglé ou non, appairé ou non, ainsi que de l'enregistrement ou non d'un état préféré. Ces icônes peuvent apparaître auprès d'icônes représentant chaque équipement. Elles peuvent correspondre également à des touches virtuelles permettant de lancer les procédures de réglage, d'appairage ou d'enregistrement d'état préféré.Advantageously, the programming unit comprises means for displaying the progress of the programming method. For example, icons representative of the set or unsettled state, paired or not, as well as the recording or not of a preferred state. These icons may appear next to icons representing each device. They can also be virtual keys for initiating the preferred setting, pairing, or state registration procedures.

En particulier, l'icône d'état préféré peut prendre au moins trois formes distinctes, correspondant à :

  • l'absence d'enregistrement d'un état préféré,
  • l'enregistrement d'un état personnalisé automatiquement défini en fonction du type d'équipement domotique et le cas échéant des états extrêmes et
  • l'enregistrement d'un état préféré selon le procédé de l'invention.
In particular, the preferred state icon can take at least three distinct forms, corresponding to:
  • the absence of registration of a preferred state,
  • the recording of a personalized status automatically defined according to the type of home automation equipment and, if applicable, extreme states and
  • recording a preferred state according to the method of the invention.

L'unité de programmation peut également comprendre une touche réelle ou virtuelle de lancement du procédé de programmation conduisant à la mémorisation d'un état préféré.The programming unit may also include a real or virtual launch key of the programming method leading to the memorization of a preferred state.

En pratique, et suivant un premier mode de réalisation, il est possible d'ordonner à l'équipement 12 de mémoriser l'état préféré. En réponse à une stimulation ultérieure de la touche d'accès direct 16.2 d'une télécommande 16 appairée à l'équipement 12, la télécommande 16 envoie à l'équipement 12 un ordre d'accès à l'état préféré. L'équipement lit localement l'état préféré préalablement mémorisé et, en fonction de sa connaissance de son propre état courant, modifie ce dernier de façon à rejoindre l'état préféré. Ce mode de réalisation est particulièrement adapté à des installations ou parties d'installation domotique dont les équipements domotiques sont équipés d'interface de communication bidirectionnelle, les télécommandes pouvant être pourvues indifféremment d'interfaces de communication bidirectionnelle ou monodirectionnelle ne permettant que l'émission.In practice, and according to a first embodiment, it is possible to order the equipment 12 to memorize the preferred state. In response to subsequent stimulation of the direct access key 16.2 of a remote control 16 paired with the equipment 12, the remote control 16 sends the equipment 12 an access command in the preferred state. The equipment locally reads the previously memorized preferred state and, based on its knowledge of its own current state, modifies the latter state so as to join the preferred state. This embodiment is particularly suitable for installations or parts of home automation systems whose home automation equipment is equipped with bidirectional communication interface, the remote controls can be provided with either bidirectional or unidirectional communication interfaces allowing only the emission.

Suivant un deuxième mode de réalisation, si l'intelligence embarquée au niveau de la télécommande 16 le permet, il est possible de mémoriser l'état préféré au niveau de chaque télécommande 16 présélectionnée. Lors d'une stimulation ultérieure de la touche d'accès direct 16.2 de la télécommande, celle-ci interroge l'équipement 12 sur son état courant, compare ce dernier à l'état préféré mémorisé, puis envoie à l'équipement une commande de rejoindre l'état préféré mémorisé. Ce mode de communication impose des télécommandes bidirectionnelles.According to a second embodiment, if the intelligence embedded in the remote control 16 allows it, it is possible to memorize the state preferred at each remote control 16 preselected. When a subsequent stimulation of the direct access key 16.2 of the remote control, the latter interrogates the equipment 12 on its current state, compares the latter with the preferred state memorized, then sends the equipment a command of join the preferred stored state. This communication mode imposes bidirectional remote controls.

Selon un troisième mode de réalisation, une mémorisation de l'état préféré peut être également effectuée au niveau de l'unité de programmation 18.According to a third embodiment, a storage of the preferred state can also be performed at the level of the programming unit 18.

Comme le comprendra la personne du métier, d'autres variantes sont possibles suivant la capacité des moyens de calcul et de télécommunication embarqués au niveau des télécommandes nomades 16 et au niveau des équipements 12. Il est d'ailleurs envisageable, dans une installation existante devant évoluer dans le temps, que des équipements 12 à faible intelligence embarquée coexistent avec des équipements 12 sophistiqués, ce qui peut amener à retenir pour les premiers des télécommandes 16 plus évoluées que pour les seconds.As will be understood by those skilled in the art, other variants are possible depending on the capacity of the on-board computing and telecommunication means at the level of the mobile remote controls 16 and at the level of the equipment 12. It is moreover possible in an existing installation to evolve over time, 12 low-intelligence equipment embedded onboard coexist with sophisticated equipment 12, which may lead to retain for the first remotes 16 more advanced than for the latter.

A titre de variante, on remarquera également que si les équipements 12 comportent des moyens propres de mémorisation de l'état préféré, il n'est pas nécessaire, avant l'étape de personnalisation, d'avoir appairé les équipements 12 à des télécommandes 16, cette étape pouvant se dérouler ultérieurement.By way of a variant, it will also be noted that, if the equipment 12 includes means for storing the preferred state, it is not necessary, before the personalization step, to have the equipment 12 paired with remote controls 16 , this step can take place later.

On peut également envisager que plusieurs télécommandes nomades 16 soient appairées à un même équipement domotique 12. Dans l'hypothèse où les télécommandes 16 mémorisent l'état préféré, l'unité de programmation centralisée 18 enverra aux télécommandes 16 appairées à un même équipement 12 la même information sur l'état personnalisé à mémoriser comme état préféré. Dans l'hypothèse où l'état préféré est mémorisé directement par l'équipement 12, celui-ci interprétera de manière identique les ordres lui parvenant des touches d'accès direct 16.2 des différentes télécommandes 16 auxquelles il est appairé.It can also be envisaged that several mobile remote controls 16 are paired with the same home automation equipment 12. In the event that the remote controls 16 memorize the preferred state, the centralized programming unit 18 will send to the remote controls 16 paired with the same equipment 12 the same information on the custom state to be stored as the preferred state. In the event that the preferred state is stored directly by the equipment 12, the latter will interpret identically orders reaching him from the direct access keys 16.2 of the different remote controls 16 which it is paired.

On peut également envisager que plusieurs équipements domotiques 12 à personnaliser soient appairés à une même télécommande 16. Dans ce cas, et en supposant que chaque équipement domotique 12 mémorise son propre état préféré, la stimulation de la touche d'accès direct 16.2 de la télécommande provoquera simultanément pour tous les équipements appairés 12 une commande de se placer dans l'état préféré mémorisé.It is also conceivable for several home automation equipment 12 to be personalized to be paired with the same remote control 16. In this case, and assuming that each home automation equipment 12 stores its own preferred state, the stimulation of the direct access key 16.2 of the remote control will simultaneously cause for all the paired equipment 12 a command to move to the preferred stored state.

Contrairement à l'enregistrement d'un scénario, ce procédé de programmation permet, par une transmission de programmation commune, de régler individuellement les équipements sélectionnés ou leurs télécommandes. En dehors de cette programmation commune, l'utilisation ultérieure de l'état préféré reste complètement indépendante des états préférés mémorisés pour les autres équipements. En particulier, il sera possible de régler de nouveau l'état préféré d'un des équipements, sans que cela affecte les ordres de commande plaçant les autres équipements dans leur état préféré.Unlike the recording of a scenario, this programming method allows, by a common programming transmission, to individually adjust the selected equipment or their remote controls. Apart from this common programming, the subsequent use of the preferred state remains completely independent of the preferred states stored for the other equipment. In particular, it will be possible to re-set the preferred state of one of the equipment, without affecting control commands placing the other equipment in its preferred state.

On peut envisager que chaque équipement domotique puisse avoir accès à plusieurs positions préférées, chacune pouvant être appelée de manière unique et indépendante à partir des touches 16.1, 16.2 de l'interface homme-machine des télécommandes. Dans ce cas, il peut être prévu de répéter le procédé de programmation une ou plusieurs fois pour enregistrer les différentes positions préférées des différents équipements de l'installation.It is conceivable that each home automation equipment can have access to several preferred positions, each of which can be uniquely and independently called from the keys 16.1, 16.2 of the human-machine interface of the remote controls. In this case, it may be provided to repeat the programming process one or more times to record the different preferred positions of the different equipment of the installation.

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  1. A method for programming at least part of a home automation installation (10) including several pieces of home automation equipment to be customized (12) distributed in an area (14) of the home automation installation and several roaming remote controls (16), each of the roaming remote controls having on the one hand an interface (16.1) for selecting a desired extreme state and/or selecting, from one to the next, any state from among several states in an operating range of a piece of home automation equipment that is associated or is to be associated, and on the other hand at least one actual or virtual key (16.2) for direct selection of a preferred state in the operating range, the preferred state being stored in the remote control (16) or in the piece of home automation equipment (12) that is associated or is to be associated, the method including a customization step consisting of bringing, one by one, the pieces of home automation equipment to be customized each into a customized state, characterized in that the customization step is followed by a centralized confirmation step initiated with a centralized programming unit and consisting of using the centralized programming unit (18) to send a general command to each of the pieces of home automation equipment to be customized and/or to one or several remote controls associated with the pieces of home automation equipment to be customized from among the roaming remote controls to store the customized state as being preferred such that the customized state thus adopted as preferred state is assigned to the real or virtual direct selection key (16.2).
  2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes a pairing step before the customization step and consisting of pairing at least one of the roaming remote controls (16) and at least one of the pieces of equipment to be customized (12) with one another, and in that during the customization step, in order to bring at least one of the pieces of equipment to be customized into the customized state, one uses the interface (16.1) for selecting a desired extreme state and/or selecting, from one to the next, the or one of the paired remote controls.
  3. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that during the customization step, the centralized programming unit (18) is used to bring at least one of the pieces of equipment to be customized into the customized state.
  4. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the customized state is different from boundaries of the operating range corresponding to the extreme states for the piece of equipment.
  5. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the centralized confirmation step includes a step for selecting pieces of home automation equipment to be customized from among a set of pieces of home automation equipment of the home automation installation.
  6. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it further includes an initial step for automatic discovery of the installation by the centralized programming unit (18).
  7. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it includes a prior step for adjusting at least some of the pieces of home automation equipment to be customized, consisting of storing the extreme states defining the limits of the operating range and/or a pairing step consisting of pairing at least one of the roaming remote controls (16) and at least one of the pieces of equipment to be customized (12).
  8. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least some of the pieces of home automation equipment (12) include electromechanical actuators connected to screens concealing openings of a building equipped with the home automation installation.
  9. A centralized programming unit (18) able to communicate with a home automation installation (12) having several pieces of home automation equipment (12) to be customized distributed in an area (14) of the home automation installation and several roaming remote controls (16), each of the roaming remote controls having, on the one hand, an interface (16.1) for selecting a desired extreme state and/or selecting, from one to the next, any state from among several states in an operating range of a piece of home automation equipment that is associated or that is to be associated, and on the other hand a real or virtual key (16.2) for direct selection of a preferred state in the operating range, the preferred state being stored in the remote control or in the piece of home automation equipment that is associated or that is to be associated, characterized in that the centralized programming unit (18) is provided with means for carrying out the method according to any one of the preceding claims.
  10. A programming unit according to the preceding claim, characterized in that it comprises means for displaying progress of the programming method.
  11. A home automation assembly made up of a centralized programming unit (18) able to communicate with a home automation installation (12) having several pieces of home automation equipment (12) to be customized distributed in an area (14) of the home automation installation and several roaming remote controls (16), each of the roaming remote controls having, on the one hand, an interface (16.1) for selecting a desired extreme state and/or selecting, from one to the next, any state from among several states in an operating range of a piece of home automation equipment that is associated or that is to be associated, and on the other hand a real or virtual key (16.2) for direct selection of a preferred state in the operating range, the preferred state being stored in the remote control or in the piece of home automation equipment that is associated or that is to be associated, characterized in that the centralized programming unit (18) is provided with means for carrying out the method according to any one of the preceding claims.
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