CN104683195A - A configuration method for devices to be configured in a smart home system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a configuration method of a device to be configured in an intelligent home system, which comprises the following steps: the control terminal for configuring parameters is connected to the gateway; the device to be configured sends a registration request to the gateway; the control terminal forms a configuration page and displays the configuration page for configuration; after the control terminal completes configuration, the configuration data is sent to the gateway, and the gateway forwards the configuration data to the device to be configured; the equipment to be configured is configured and the configuration result is returned to the gateway; the gateway forwards the configuration result to the control terminal and updates the configuration change number; the control terminal obtains the configuration result and determines whether to remember the equipment or not by judging whether the configuration is successful or not, and after the configuration is successful, the terminal configuration number of the control terminal is changed to be consistent with the configuration change number of the gateway. The intelligent household system is convenient for equipment configuration, further realizes intelligence of the intelligent household, and has the characteristic of convenient use; particularly, the equipment or the switch actively requests configuration in the configuration process, so that the problem that the control terminal cannot distinguish the equipment is solved.

Description

A configuration method for devices to be configured in a smart home system

technical field

The present invention relates to the technical field of smart home, and more specifically, to a method for configuring parameters of devices in a smart home system.

Background technique

The smart home system in the prior art includes various devices connected to the gateway; through the gateway, various devices feed back status information to the control terminal; the control terminal can control the operating status of various devices through the gateway. The control of various devices is mainly realized through controllers, and these controllers can be regarded as a switch. Therefore, the "switches" involved in the drawings of the present invention generally refer to various devices in the smart home environment, and specifically refer to the control terminals of various devices, such as curtain switches, light switches, and mode control and temperature control of air conditioners. Here, the control terminal generally refers to the remote control terminal of the smart home, such as the mobile client in Figure 1 .

Under the prior art, configured or unconfigured devices are connected to the gateway, and different state information is stored at the gateway. Among them, the configuration information of the configured device is stored in the gateway; while the unconfigured device is only reflected as a physical address or alias at the gateway.

In addition, the configuration of the device in the prior art is mostly performed by directly accessing the device. If the device has its own web service or an open configuration interface, the configuration personnel can configure the device after connecting to the device through the access target address.

However, the user can query the list of all devices from the system, and the list is presented to the user in the form of MAC address or alias, and it is laborious to map the devices to the MAC address/alias one by one. The device cannot be configured without knowing the address of the target device, and configuration confusion is likely to occur when configuring multiple devices.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a configuration method of a smart home system, which aims to facilitate the configuration of equipment, further realize the intelligence of smart homes, and has the characteristics of convenient and quick use. In particular, during the configuration process of the device or switch, it actively requests configuration, which solves the problem that the control terminal cannot distinguish the device.

To this end, it is first necessary to construct a smart home system. The configured or to-be-configured devices are connected to the gateway to form a smart home system. Among them, the configured device refers to the device that has been configured in the smart home and does not need to be updated or reconfigured. The device to be configured refers to the device that needs to be configured when it is newly connected to the smart home system, or the device that has been configured but needs to be updated or reconfigured.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides a method for configuring devices to be configured in a smart home system. The devices to be configured are connected to a gateway to form a smart home system. The parameters to be configured are pre-defined when the device to be configured leaves the factory: parameter 1, parameter 2...parameter n, and the signal instruction to submit a registration request to the gateway is set in advance by key input.

Among them, the button input method can be a dedicated registration request button, or a combination of multiple button sequences to input the registration request. For a device with up and down direction keys, press the buttons in the order of "up and down" to trigger the registration request. .

The configuration method of the present invention comprises the following steps:

Sa, the control terminal used to configure parameters is connected to the gateway;

Sb. The device to be configured sends a registration request to the gateway through key input; the gateway forwards the registration request to the control terminal; wherein, the registration request includes parameter information that the device to be configured needs to be configured;

Sc, the control terminal is preset with a database corresponding to various equipment configuration parameters, and automatically forms a configuration page according to the parameters to be configured in step Sb, and displays it for configuration;

Sd. After the control terminal completes the configuration, it sends the configuration data to the gateway, and the gateway forwards the configuration data to the device to be configured; the device to be configured configures and returns the configuration result to the gateway; the gateway forwards the configuration result to the control terminal;

Se. The control terminal obtains the configuration result and remembers the device if the configuration is successful.

Wherein, the control terminal is a mobile phone terminal, a PAD, or a PC. The device to be configured is a light switch, a curtain switch or other home appliances in the smart home system.

In addition, a further improvement of the present invention lies in that the configuration method further includes the following steps:

S1. The gateway stores all the configuration information of the configured devices, and sets a configuration change number for the gateway to store the latest configuration status of the smart home system;

S2. After the control terminal with the terminal configuration number is connected to the gateway, it asks the gateway for a configuration change number and compares it with the terminal configuration number; when the two are consistent, the configuration information of the control terminal is the latest, otherwise the control terminal sends The gateway obtains configuration information of all devices, updates and saves it, and changes the terminal configuration number to the configuration change number of the gateway.

Wherein, the terminal configuration number is used to control the terminal to store the configuration state of the smart home system. The configuration change number is an attribute used to check the configuration status of the device. Whenever the control terminal is turned on, it will obtain the configuration change number of the gateway and compare it with the local configuration change number. If it is inconsistent, the control terminal will update the new device list from the gateway.

According to the above steps S1 and S2, when the configuration of the device to be configured is completed, the configuration information of the corresponding device at the gateway is updated, and the configuration change number of the gateway is updated by adding one; at the same time, in step Se, the control terminal obtains the configuration result, configures If successful, the terminal configuration number of the control terminal is changed to be consistent with the configuration change number of the gateway.

The advantages of the present invention are:

1. You don’t need to know the address of the device when configuring. You can register which device you want to configure by clicking the button on the device. Moreover, when there are multiple devices, there will be no situation of not knowing which device is currently to be configured. Because the configuration method of this mode is very flexible, any number of devices of any type can be added without setting an upper limit, which greatly improves the compatibility of the system.

2. Through the configuration change number, the configuration consistency between the mobile phone and the gateway is maintained. Because the mobile terminal will remember the device, it will not search for the device in the system every time the mobile terminal logs in, which improves security and compatibility and saves A lot of initialization time.

3. Carry the equipment capability parameters through the configurable parameter package, which is compatible with the differences between different models of products as far as possible, and the system has good scalability.

4. During the configuration process of the device or switch, it actively requests configuration, which solves the problem that the control terminal cannot distinguish the device.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of the configuration method of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of obtaining configured information by the mobile terminal of the smart home system of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of configuring the device to be configured on the mobile phone terminal of the smart home system of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In combination with Figures 1 to 3, the mobile phone is used as the control terminal to illustrate the configuration method for realizing the smart home system of the present invention, and the specific steps are as follows:

1. Use a mobile phone to connect to the smart home system. If there are unconfigured devices in the system, enter the configuration page; touch the registration button on the device to be configured, and the device will actively send a registration request to the system.

2. When the gateway receives the registration request of the device, it will forward the registration request to the mobile phone client connected to the gateway.

3. The registration request carries the configurable parameter type and current value of the switch, which is called a configurable parameter package. Even if different types of switches have different capabilities, they can be compatible to the greatest extent. For example, the configurable parameter package of the curtain switch includes: the device type is a curtain switch, the number of curtains that can be controlled, the switch background light status, the switch key tone status, etc.; the configurable parameter package of the light switch includes: the device type is a light switch ( Or dimmer switch), which can control the number of lighting channels, switch background light status, switch button sound status, whether the switch can be configured through the infrared remote control, the number of scenes supported by the switch, etc.

4. After the mobile terminal receives the registration request, the corresponding configuration page pops up, and the user can directly configure it.

5. After the configuration is completed, the mobile terminal will send the configuration data to the gateway.

6. The gateway forwards the configuration data to the switch, and then the switch performs configuration and returns the configuration result to the gateway.

7. The gateway forwards the configuration result to the mobile terminal and updates the configuration change number.

8. The mobile terminal obtains the configuration result and decides whether to remember the current device by judging whether the configuration is successful or not. After the configuration is successful, the configuration change number is updated.

9. When the mobile phone logs in next time, if the configuration change number is found to be consistent with the gateway, there is no need to obtain the device list again. If the configuration change number is inconsistent, obtain the latest device list from the gateway to keep it consistent with the gateway.

Example 1—Entry light switch

The configuration process of the present invention will be described in detail by taking the light switch in the porch as an example. Among them, as the porch light switch of the embodiment, the registration button is set independently when leaving the factory; and the parameters that need to be configured are provided, including the area where the switch is located (that is, which room the switch is installed in), the number of light channels (that is, how many lights the switch can control), The current configuration of each light (that is, the area and number of each light, such as the first two lights controlled by the porch switch are in the porch, the third and fourth lights are in the corridor, the first two lights can be configured as lights 1 and 1 in the porch) Light 2, configure the last two lights as the light 1 and light 2 in the corridor), the switch status of the background light (that is, whether the background light on the switch is on), the switch status of the infrared remote control (that is, whether the switch responds to the remote control command), Button tone status (that is, whether there is a sound prompt when the user presses a button), switch scene configuration (that is, whether the switch supports the scene function, and the specific configuration of the scene).

Embodiment 1-1. For a new smart home system, the configuration process of the porch light switch is as follows:

1. The porch lighting switch is connected to the gateway. Because it is a new smart home system, the configuration change number of the gateway is the initial value 0. The mobile phone connects to the gateway as the control terminal of the configuration parameters, and the initial value of the terminal configuration number is 0.

2. The porch light switch triggers a registration request through a human input button and sends it to the gateway. The registration request contains parameters including the area where the switch is located (the factory default is not configured), the number of lighting channels (fill in according to the actual situation of the switch, if it supports 4 lighting channels, this parameter is 4), the current configuration of each lighting channel (the factory default is not configured ), background light switch status (default on), infrared remote control switch status (default on), key tone status (default on), switch scene configuration (the number of supported scenes is filled in according to the actual switch capability, and the factory default is scene not configured) .

3. The gateway forwards the registration request to the mobile phone; among them, the porch lighting switch notifies the control terminal of the parameters to be configured together with the registration request.

4. The mobile phone will form a configuration page according to the parameters to be configured, and display it for configuration.

5. After the configuration personnel complete the configuration through the mobile phone, the configuration data is sent to the gateway, and the gateway forwards the configuration data to the porch light switch; the porch light switch performs configuration and returns the configuration result to the gateway; the gateway forwards the configuration result to the mobile phone, and adds 1 Update configuration change number to 1.

6. The mobile phone obtains the configuration result and decides whether to remember the device by judging whether the configuration is successful or not. After the configuration is successful, the terminal configuration number is changed to the same as the gateway configuration change number, which is 1.

Embodiment 1-2. For the existing smart home system, the configuration process of the porch light switch is as follows:

1. The gateway stores all configuration information of configured devices, and the configuration change number is 5;

2. A new mobile phone connects to the gateway as a control terminal. If the terminal configuration number is 5, the configuration information of the mobile phone is the latest. Otherwise, the mobile phone asks the gateway for the configuration information of all devices, updates and saves it, and changes the terminal configuration number to 5.

3. The porch lighting switch is connected to the gateway.

4. The porch light switch triggers a registration request through a human input button and sends it to the gateway.

5. The gateway forwards the registration request to the mobile phone; among them, the porch lighting switch informs the mobile phone of the parameters to be configured together with the registration request.

6. The mobile phone will form a configuration page according to the parameters to be configured, and display it for configuration.

7. After the configuration personnel complete the configuration through the mobile phone, the configuration data is sent to the gateway, and the gateway forwards the configuration data to the porch light switch; the porch light switch performs configuration and returns the configuration result to the gateway; the gateway forwards the configuration result to the mobile phone, and adds 1 Update configuration change number to 6.

8. The mobile phone obtains the configuration result and decides whether to remember the device by judging whether the configuration is successful or not. After the configuration is successful, the terminal configuration number is changed to the same as the gateway configuration change number, which is 6.

Embodiment 2 - curtain switch

When the curtain switch leaves the factory, the registration button is set independently; and the parameters that need to be configured are provided; among them, the curtain registration request message includes the area of the switch (that is, which room the switch is installed in), the number of curtain motors that can be connected, and the current status of each curtain motor. Configuration (that is, the area and number of each light, if the master bedroom curtain switch can control 2 curtains, it can be configured as master bedroom curtain 1 and master bedroom curtain 2), infrared remote control switch status (that is, whether the switch responds to the remote control control command), button tone status (that is, whether there is a sound prompt when the user presses the button). Compared with light switches, curtains do not support background light control and scene functions.

Embodiment 2-1. For a new smart home system, the configuration process of the curtain switch is as follows:

1. The curtain switch is connected to the gateway. Because it is a new smart home system, the configuration change number of the gateway is the initial value 0. The mobile phone connects to the gateway as the control terminal of the configuration parameters, and the initial value of the terminal configuration number is 0.

2. The curtain switch triggers the registration request through the human input button and sends it to the gateway. The registration request contains parameters including the area where the switch is located (factory default is unconfigured), the number of curtain motors that can be connected (fill in according to the actual situation of the switch, if 2 curtain motors are supported, this parameter is 2), the current value of each curtain motor Configuration (factory default not configured), infrared remote control switch status (default on), key tone status (default on).

3. The gateway forwards the registration request to the mobile phone; wherein, the curtain switch notifies the control terminal of the parameters to be configured together with the registration request.

4. The mobile phone will form a configuration page according to the parameters to be configured, and display it for configuration.

5. After the configuration personnel complete the configuration through the mobile phone, the configuration data is sent to the gateway, and the gateway forwards the configuration data to the curtain switch; the curtain switch performs configuration and returns the configuration result to the gateway; the gateway forwards the configuration result to the mobile phone, and adds 1 for update The configuration change number is 1.

6. The mobile phone obtains the configuration result and decides whether to remember the device by judging whether the configuration is successful or not. After the configuration is successful, the terminal configuration number is changed to the same as the gateway configuration change number, which is 1.

Embodiment 2-2. For the existing smart home system, the configuration process of the curtain switch is as follows:

1. The gateway stores all configuration information of configured devices, and the configuration change number is 5;

2. A new mobile phone connects to the gateway as a control terminal. If the terminal configuration number is 5, the configuration information of the mobile phone is the latest. Otherwise, the mobile phone asks the gateway for the configuration information of all devices, updates and saves it, and changes the terminal configuration number to 5.

3. The curtain switch is connected to the gateway.

4. The curtain switch triggers the registration request through the human input button and sends it to the gateway.

5. The gateway forwards the registration request to the mobile phone; wherein, the curtain switch notifies the mobile phone of the parameters to be configured together with the registration request.

6. The mobile phone will form a configuration page according to the parameters to be configured, and display it for configuration.

7. After the configuration personnel complete the configuration through the mobile phone, the configuration data is sent to the gateway, and the gateway forwards the configuration data to the curtain switch; the curtain switch performs configuration and returns the configuration result to the gateway; the gateway forwards the configuration result to the mobile phone, and adds 1 for update The configuration change number is 6.

8. The mobile phone obtains the configuration result and decides whether to remember the device by judging whether the configuration is successful or not. After the configuration is successful, the terminal configuration number is changed to the same as the gateway configuration change number, which is 6.

Embodiment 3 - Inductive switch

The sensor switch is used to automatically turn on the light after detecting a person in the dark, and automatically turn off the light after the person leaves. Its configuration process is the same as that of the light switch, but the parameters carried in the registration request are different.

When the sensor switch leaves the factory, the registration button is set independently; and the parameters that need to be configured are provided; among them, the sensor switch request message includes the area of the switch (that is, which room the switch is installed in), and the number of connectable lights (that is, how many lights the switch can control) , the current configuration of each light (that is, the area and number of each light, if the sensor switch is connected to a light in the bathroom, it can be configured as bathroom light 1), brightness threshold (the brightness is lower than this threshold, and the talent is detected Turn on the lights), delay the time to turn off the lights (turn off the lights a few minutes after people leave).

Embodiment 3-1. For a new smart home system, the configuration process of the sensor switch is as follows:

1. The induction switch is connected to the gateway. Because it is a new smart home system, the configuration change number of the gateway is the initial value 0. The mobile phone connects to the gateway as the control terminal of the configuration parameters, and the initial value of the terminal configuration number is 0.

2. The sensor switch triggers the registration request through the human input button and sends it to the gateway. The registration request contains parameters including the area where the switch is located (the factory default is not configured), the number of lighting channels (fill in according to the actual situation of the switch, if it supports 4 lighting channels, this parameter is 4), the current configuration of each lighting channel (the factory default is not configured ), brightness threshold (factory default value, such as 50), delayed turn-off time (factory default value, such as 5 minutes).

3. The gateway forwards the registration request to the mobile phone; wherein, the sensor switch notifies the control terminal of the parameters to be configured together with the registration request.

4. The mobile phone will form a configuration page according to the parameters to be configured, and display it for configuration.

5. After the configuration personnel complete the configuration through the mobile phone, the configuration data is sent to the gateway, and the gateway forwards the configuration data to the sensor switch; the sensor switch configures and returns the configuration result to the gateway; the gateway forwards the configuration result to the mobile phone, and adds 1 for update The configuration change number is 1.

6. The mobile phone obtains the configuration result and decides whether to remember the device by judging whether the configuration is successful or not. After the configuration is successful, the terminal configuration number is changed to the same as the gateway configuration change number, which is 1.

Embodiment 3-2. For the existing smart home system, the configuration process of the sensor switch is as follows:

1. The gateway stores all configuration information of configured devices, and the configuration change number is 5;

2. A new mobile phone connects to the gateway as a control terminal. If the terminal configuration number is 5, the configuration information of the mobile phone is the latest. Otherwise, the mobile phone asks the gateway for the configuration information of all devices, updates and saves it, and changes the terminal configuration number to 5.

3. The induction switch is connected to the gateway.

4. The sensor switch triggers the registration request through the human input button and sends it to the gateway.

5. The gateway forwards the registration request to the mobile phone; wherein, the sensor switch informs the mobile phone of the parameters to be configured together with the registration request.

6. The mobile phone will form a configuration page according to the parameters to be configured, and display it for configuration.

7. After the configuration personnel complete the configuration through the mobile phone, the configuration data is sent to the gateway, and the gateway forwards the configuration data to the sensor switch; the sensor switch configures and returns the configuration result to the gateway; the gateway forwards the configuration result to the mobile phone, and adds 1 for update The configuration change number is 6.

8. The mobile phone obtains the configuration result and decides whether to remember the device by judging whether the configuration is successful or not. After the configuration is successful, the terminal configuration number is changed to the same as the gateway configuration change number, which is 6.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Anyone familiar with the technical field within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention, according to the technical solution of the present invention Any equivalent replacement or change of the inventive concepts thereof shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (5)

1. the collocation method of equipment to be configured in intelligent domestic system, equipment to be configured is connected into gateway, forms intelligent domestic system; It is characterized in that,

Equipment to be configured has pre-defined the parameter that will configure when dispatching from the factory: parameter 1, parameter 2 ... parameter n, and the signal instruction proposing registration request to gateway is set in key-press input mode in advance;

Collocation method comprises the steps:

Sa, be connected into gateway for the control terminal of configuration parameter;

Sb, equipment to be configured, by key-press input, send registration request to gateway; Registration request is forwarded to control terminal by gateway; Wherein, described registration request comprises the parameter information of equipment needs to be configured configuration;

Sc, control terminal are preset with the database of corresponding various equipment configuration parameter, and the parameter that automatically will configure according to step Sb, form the configuration page, show for configuration;

After Sd, control terminal complete configuration, configuration data is sent to gateway, configuration data is forwarded to equipment to be configured by gateway; Equipment to be configured is configured and configuration result is returned to gateway; Gateway is transmitted to control terminal configuration result;

Se, control terminal get configuration result, configuration successful, then remember this equipment.

2. the collocation method of equipment to be configured in intelligent domestic system according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described control terminal is mobile phone terminal or PAD, PC.

3. the collocation method of equipment to be configured in intelligent domestic system according to claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that, described equipment to be configured is the home appliance in lamp switch, Curtain switch or other intelligent domestic systems.

4. the collocation method of equipment to be configured in intelligent domestic system according to claim 3, is characterized in that, also comprise the steps:

S1, gateway store whole configuration informations of devices to be configured, and are provided with the configuration change number storing intelligent domestic system latest configuration state for gateway;

After S2, the control terminal having a terminal configuration number are connected into gateway, ask for configuration change number to gateway, and make comparisons with described terminal configuration number; When the two is consistent, the configuration information of control terminal is up-to-date, otherwise control terminal asks for the configuration information of armamentarium to gateway, upgrades and preserves, and described terminal configuration number is changed into the described configuration change number of gateway.

5. the collocation method of equipment to be configured in intelligent domestic system according to claim 4, is characterized in that, equipment to be configured, after completing configuration, upgrade the configuration information of gateway relevant device, and the described configuration change number of gateway adds a renewal;

Simultaneously in step Se, control terminal gets configuration result, configuration successful, and the terminal configuration number of control terminal changes into consistent with the configuration change number of gateway.