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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
Somfy Sas, Cluses, FR;
Hubert Cosserat, Annemasse, FR;
Florent Michel, Chomerac, FR;
SOMFY SAS, Cluses, FR;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for controlling a home-automation facility comprising at least one central control unit (U, U) belonging to a home-automation facility; the method being executed by a user terminal (T) and comprising the following steps: selecting (ECTLT) a first local connection mode (CM) or a second wide area network connection mode; establishing (ECTLT) a connection between the user terminal and at least one target unit (U, U, Sv), said at least one target unit (U, U, Sv) being a central control unit (U, U) in the case in which the first local connection mode (CM) has been selected, and a management unit (Sv) in the case in which the second wide area network connection mode has been selected; sending (ECTLT) a discovery message (MCTLD, MCTLD, MCTLD') linked with a facility identifier (StID) to at least one target unit (U, U, Sv); receiving (ECTLT, ECTLT) at least one topology description message originating from the target unit (U, U, Sv) comprising a description of a group of devices (DGrSt) attached to the facility identifier (StID).