In some embodiments, a system for operating an HVAC control network includes a first control unit communicatively coupled to a first plurality of HVAC units and a first interactive display, the first control unit further comprising a software access point (softAP). A second control unit, the second control unit communicatively coupled to a second plurality of HVAC units and a second interactive display. The second control unit may include a push button. The second control unit may connect to the first control unit to create an HVAC control network using a Wi-Fi direct protocol by invoking a Wi-Fi direct, push button configuration protocol in response to detecting that the push button has been depressed. The first control unit may control the second plurality of HVAC units over the HVAC control network in response to the second control unit connecting to the first control unit.

The present invention refers to the field of industrial automation, with particular reference to industrial robotics and handling in general. In this field, in the present case, cable chains or sheaths for transporting and containing cables, cable bundles or flexible hoses are particularly relevant, said cables or hoses being led to the robotic or handling systems in which they are used. It is well known to those skilled in the art that the cables or hoses transported and housed in sheaths or chains are protected from external agents that could cause abrasions or breakages, but are still subjected to mutual rubbing and rubbing against the inner wall of said sheaths or chains. Moreover, the environments in which said cable means are used are harsh environments, so that the cable sheaths or chains are also subjected to shocks and strong external stresses and said stresses may, and often do, reverberate and cause equivalent damages to the cables or hoses they contain. The object of the present invention is a monitoring and alert system to check the actual state of use and wear of an industrial cable.