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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Noritz Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Tomoharu Inoue, Hyogo, JP;
Masayuki Sugioka, Hyogo, JP;
Yoshihiko Maekawa, Hyogo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yamashita, Hyogo, JP;
Naoki Tawada, Hyogo, JP;
Masaru Ono, Hyogo, JP;
NORITZ CORPORATION, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A communication adapter for transmitting information about a system being monitored, such as a multi-water-heater system, to a remote management apparatus and collecting information about the system being monitored allows the location of an abnormality in communication to be easily identified even when the adapter is communicably connected to the remote management apparatus via a communication relay unit, thereby improving the reliability of the information collection process. The communication adapterincludes a function for detecting an abnormality in communication between the communication adapterand system being monitored, a function for detecting an abnormality in communication between the communication adapterand communication relay unit, and a function for detecting an abnormality in communication between the communication relay unitand remote management apparatus