AIR CONDITIONER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM

• Main Authors: NIDAIRA TAKURO, WADA KOTARO, KAMITSUMA KENTO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 07.10.2022
• Subjects: AIR-CONDITIONING, AIR-HUMIDIFICATION, VENTILATION, USE OF AIRCURRENTS FOR SCREENING; BLASTING; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; RANGES; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

To provide an air conditioner capable of reducing an installation cost of a dedicated communication cable upon centrally managing air conditioners, and capable of reducing a communication load required for data communication related to air conditioners in an existing communication network.SOLUTION: A communication adapter connected to an indoor unit in an air conditioner has a communication unit, a determination unit, and a communication control unit. The communication unit communicates data with an air conditioning control device that centrally controls a plurality of air conditioners. The determination unit determines whether or not to encrypt and communicate data to be transmitted. The communication control unit controls the communication unit so that the data to be transmitted is encrypted and communicated when it is determined that the data to be transmitted is encrypted and communicated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】空気調和機を集中管理する際の専用の通信ケーブルの敷設コストを削減できると共に、既存の通信網における空気調和機に関わるデータ通信に要する通信負荷を軽減できる空気調和機を提供する。【解決手段】空気調和機内の室内機と接続する通信アダプタは、通信部と、判定部と、通信制御部とを有する。通信部は、複数の空気調和機を集中制御する空調制御装置との間でデータを通信する。判定部は、送信対象のデータを暗号化通信するか否かを判定する。通信制御部は、送信対象のデータを暗号化通信する場合に送信対象のデータを暗号化通信すべく、通信部を制御する。【選択図】図３