Moulinex Sa

Moulinex (societe Anonyme)

Joseph A Letorey

Vital A Parise

Patrick M Leveque

Device and method for administering timed orders for the remote control of apparatus, comprising a clock (4) adapted to mark the time, an adjuster (5) for the clock, a programmer (6) permitting selecting an absolute wake up time, a comparator (7) for comparing the clock time and the absolute time, and a control (10) which can have either an active condition in which it sends information for starting the apparatus and to which it is brought by the coincidence of the clock time with the absolute time, or an inactive condition in which it authorizes no operation of the apparatus in the absence of such coincidence. The control (10) is subordinated to a corrector (11 ) for the absolute time which retards or advances a predetermined time relative to the selected absolute time so as to fix a relative time. The control (10) then passes to its active condition at this relative time. The programmer (6) comprises an automatic device (12) for positioning the relative time with respect to the programmed absolute time.

Device for administering timed orders for the remote control of

The process uses the technique of carrier currents between the emitter-receivers (2, 3 . .) called slaves comprising each a microcontroller (4, 5 . .), and a master controller (6) comprising a microcontroller (7) whose memory contains addresses relating to the slaves and to the dwelling. According to the invention, during connection of a slave to the network there is activated the master controller (6) by typing a number on the programming keyboard of the master controller (6), one pushes a pushbutton (13) so as to trigger a subprogram (14) for production of a message (M1) containing the following information: general distribution; request for address allocation; slave address, there is sent (15) the message. One awaits (16) a second message (M2) from the master controller, then during reception of the second message M2, the applicant slave sends to the master controller (6) an acknowledgement AS comprising information on the allocation of the slave, this information being transmitted to the user by means of a display.

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Varaville, France

Joseph A Letorey