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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2012
Bruno Heintz, Paris, FR;
Jean-marc Oury, Paris, FR;
Hugues Lefebvre DE Saint Germain, Saint-foy-les-Lyon, FR;
Stanislas DE Crevoisier, Levallois-Perret, FR;
Christophe Bornet, Asnieres sur Seine, FR;
Bruno Heintz, Paris, FR;
Jean-Marc Oury, Paris, FR;
Hugues Lefebvre De Saint Germain, Saint-foy-les-Lyon, FR;
Stanislas De Crevoisier, Levallois-Perret, FR;
Christophe Bornet, Asnieres sur Seine, FR;
VOLTALIS, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method for optimizing a home automation system is provided having a plurality of communicating devices capable of exchanging information therebetween via a local low bandwidth PLC (Power Line Communication) network. The method includes a phase in which the PLC transmission power is adjusted for each new device added to the network. The phase includes the following successive steps: installing () the new device configured to transmit at a predefined maximum power on said PLC network; cutting off () all ongoing communications on the PLC network except for the new device; testing communication for each pre-existing device on the PLC network with which the new device is to be paired and, if communication fails, ensuring an automatic incremental increase () of the PLC transmission power of the pre-existing device until a first PLC transmission power value is reached at which PLC communication can be initialized between the pre-existing device and the new device; and ensuring an automatic reduction () of the PLC transmission power of the new device while communication between each pre-existing device and the new device is active.