A remote management server serving as a remote management device is communicably connected to, via a converter, at least one controller serving as a machine tool which allows only direct connection to another device via a predetermined connector, thus exchanging data with a fixed input/output destination and which does not have a setting function of setting a data output destination and a data input destination. The controller is further communicably connected to a mobile terminal via a network. The remote management server includes an input/output control unit configured to control settings relating to data output and data input in the controller and a setting screen providing unit configured to provide the mobile terminal with a setting screen allowing input of setting information relating to the data output and the data input.

A load control system may be provided including control devices and a system controller. The system controller may be configured to broadcast a service set identifier (SSID) and provide a wireless network connection to a network device. The system controller may provide a web page to the network device, wherein the web page may include an indication of target system controllers. The target system controllers may be used for configuring (e.g., associating) the control devices. The system controller may receive an indication of a target system controller selected to associate the control devices. The system controller may determine an address and port number of the target system controller identified by the network device. The system controller may provide, to the network device, the web page from the target system controller while the network device is connected to the system controller via the wireless network connection.

A system of automation components, having a control unit, having a memory area which includes a parameter data record, and a key memory, which is able to be connected to the control unit via an unambiguously allocatable, electrically conductive connection. The key memory is location-bound, in particular able to be spatially fixedly allocatable to a specific point in a system as a whole, the key memory having at least one non-volatile memory area, including an unambiguous item of identifying information. The control unit is able to read out the identifying information. The system also includes an external data memory, which is able to be directly accessed, and data is able to be exchanged between the control unit and the external data memory.

A system for autonomously providing functionality to a computerized control system includes a logic controller running a first computer application relating to an operations system and an application manager that receives requests for functionality from the first computer application. A remote marketplace client is in communication with the application manager and a remote marketplace that offers computer applications for providing a plurality of functionalities relating to the operations system. A computer application repository stores computer applications providing functionality of the operations system and responsive to receiving the request for functionality the application manager forwards the request to the remote marketplace client. The remote marketplace client queries the remote marketplace for the requested functionality and provides results of the query to the application manager. The application manager performs logic operations on the query results to identify an application to provide the requested functionality. The identified application is downloaded from the marketplace.

The present invention relates to a method for determining a set of optimized control parameters (.sub.k) of a closed-loop controller (3) or an open-loop controller for an HVACR (heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration) system (2). In a first method step, an outside temperature (T.sub.A), an actual room temperature (T.sub.R) of a room (9), a supply temperature (T.sub.VL), a predefined target room temperature (T.sub.R,W), and a predefined target supply temperature (T.sub.VL,W) are detected. From the detected measured values (T.sub.A, T.sub.R, T.sub.R,W, T.sub.VL, T.sub.VL,W) and a time (t.sub.k) of detection data packet (D.sub.k) is generated, which is transmitted via an internet connection to a server (8) where the data packet (D.sub.k) is stored in a storage medium (6, 7) connected to the server (8). In the next method step, a set of optimized control parameters (.sub.k) is calculated on the basis of the measured values (T.sub.A, T.sub.R, T.sub.R,W, T.sub.VL, T.sub.VL,W) of the transmitted and stored data packet (D.sub.k) and on the basis of measured values (T.sub.A, T.sub.R, T.sub.R,W, T.sub.VL, T.sub.VL,W) of a plurality of further data packets (D.sub.0 . . . k) generated at an earlier time (t.sub.. . . k) of a specified period (t) and/or at least one of a plurality of previously determined sets of optimized control parameters (.sub.k-1) by executing a calculation algorithm on the server (8). In the following method step, the calculated set of optimized control parameters (.sub.k) is stored in the storage medium (6, 7) connected to the server (8) and is transmitted via the internet connection to the closed-loop controller (3) or the open-loop controller of the HVACR system (2) or to a user (B) of the HVACR system (2).

A load control system may be provided including control devices and a system controller. The system controller may be configured to broadcast a service set identifier (SSID) and provide a wireless network connection to a network device. The system controller may provide a web page to the network device, wherein the web page may include an indication of target system controllers. The target system controllers may be used for configuring (e.g., associating) the control devices. The system controller may receive an indication of a target system controller selected to associate the control devices. The system controller may determine an address and port number of the target system controller identified by the network device. The system controller may provide, to the network device, the web page from the target system controller while the network device is connected to the system controller via the wireless network connection.

A remote management server serving as a remote management device is communicably connected to, via a converter, at least one controller serving as a machine tool which allows only direct connection to another device via a predetermined connector, thus exchanging data with a fixed input/output destination and which does not have a setting function of setting a data output destination and a data input destination. The controller is further communicably connected to a mobile terminal via a network. The remote management server includes an input/output control unit configured to control settings relating to data output and data input in the controller and a setting screen providing unit configured to provide the mobile terminal with a setting screen allowing input of setting information relating to the data output and the data input.

A system of automation components, having a control unit, having a memory area which includes a parameter data record, and a key memory, which is able to be connected to the control unit via an unambiguously allocatable, electrically conductive connection. The key memory is location-bound, in particular able to be spatially fixedly allocatable to a specific point in a system as a whole, the key memory having at least one non-volatile memory area, including an unambiguous item of identifying information. The control unit is able to read out the identifying information. The system also includes an external data memory, which is able to be directly accessed, and data is able to be exchanged between the control unit and the external data memory.

A method and system for remotely controlling an external device includes storing, in a computing device, a plurality of device profiles, each device profile including connection data, one or more control commands, and at least one associated image; receiving, by an imaging device interfaced with the computing device, a live rendering of a physical environment; detecting, by the computing device, a registered image in the live rendering of the physical environment; identifying, in the computing device, a specific device profile where the at least one associated image includes the detected registered image; establishing, by the computing device, a communication channel with an external device using the connection data included in the identified specific device profile; and electronically transmitting, by the computing device, at least one of the one or more control commands included in the identified specific device profile to the external device using the established communication channel.

A control device includes a picture generation module, an identification module, and a downloading module. The picture generation module is used for generating a panoramic picture, wherein the panoramic picture corresponds to a scene and contains a product. The identification module is used for identifying product data of the product. The downloading module is used for searching for a control program in a cloud server and downloading the control program to control the product according to the product data. The control device and an operating method therefor can control household appliances supporting different communication protocols by means of panoramic pictures.