A method for operating a server device in a system is disclosed. The server device determines a current process value of at least one process parameter of a process controlled by the system and transmits the determined current process values to a plurality of client devices in the system for each process parameter or a subset thereof via a data network. According to the invention, the server device forms a variable group for at least one process parameter which is to be transmitted to more than one of the client devices. The server device then combines in each case the current process values of the at least one process parameter in the variable group at the different transmission times to form a single multi-target message and at the different transmission times to form a single multi-target message and transmits the multi-target message to a group address in the data network.

A power control device for controlling the power supplied to a device connected to it is connected wirelessly by a mesh network to a local controller and provides information on the power usage of the connected device remotely. The power control device can receive a function assignment remotely and will control the connected device according to that function.

Systems and methods for providing network connectivity and remote monitoring, optimization, and control of pool/spa equipment are provided. “Internet-of-Things” (IoT) functionality is provided for pool and spa equipment in a flexible and cost-effective manner. Network connectivity and remote monitoring/control of pool and spa equipment is provided by various components such as a network communication and local control subsystem installed in pool/spa equipment, and other components. Also disclosed are various control processes (“pool logic”) which can be embodied as software code installed in any of the various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Systems and methods for providing network connectivity and remote monitoring, optimization, and control of pool/spa equipment are provided. “Internet-of-Things” (IoT) functionality is provided for pool and spa equipment in a flexible and cost-effective manner. Network connectivity and remote monitoring/control of pool and spa equipment is provided by various components such as a network communication and local control subsystem installed in pool/spa equipment, and other components. Also disclosed are various control processes (“pool logic”) which can be embodied as software code installed in any of the various embodiments of the present disclosure.

Some embodiments provide a method for connecting a host machine to a management and control system (MCS) logical network. The method of some embodiments receives, at a managed forwarding element of the host machine, data that identifies a bootstrap agent. The method of some such embodiments receives this data once the host machine is booted up. The method connects to the agent to receive configuration data for the MCS logical network from the agent. The method uses the configuration data received from the agent to connect to the MCS logical network. After connecting to the MCS logical network, the method receives the necessary configuration data for at least one additional logical network (e.g., a guest logical network) from a set of control machines that is also connected to the MCS logical network.

A method for monitoring an installation having a networked topology, wherein measured values characterizing a state of the installation at the measuring point in question are captured and transmitted to a control-center apparatus, which determines state values indicating a state of the installation. The state values are used to show the state of the installation and they are compared with state threshold values that bound an operating range of the installation. A graphical representation is produced only for those state values for which a past or imminent violation of the associated state threshold value is detected. A visual display of a network topology is displayed on a display. Location information indicating the position of the state value in question in the installation is associated with each of the state values, and each representation is displayed at the point corresponding to the position of the representation in the installation.

Disclosed are systems and methods for adjusting environmental conditions based on automatically and manually generated requests. A commissioned unit comprising at least one IP luminaire (140, 150), transmits a signal comprising one or more identification codes. The signal may be, for example, a coded light signal. An environment control device (160) receives the signal, detects user input indicating one or more preferred environmental conditions, and transmits an environment control request comprising the one or more preferred environmental conditions. An environment manager module (110) receives the environment control request, generates an environment control command using the control request, and transmits the environment control command to one or more commissioned units to alter environmental conditions in a space in accordance with the user input.

A method for performing computing procedures with a control unit of a transportation vehicle wherein the control unit is not installed in a fixed position in the transportation vehicle, but is instead a removable design. The control unit performs control tasks for transportation vehicle functions in the transportation vehicle and is used outside the transportation vehicle for vehicle-independent calculations. The control unit in the transportation vehicle uses a computing power and/or memory capacity which is/are not required for the control tasks for vehicle-independent calculations in the transportation vehicle, wherein these vehicle-independent calculations are continued outside the transportation vehicle when the control unit is removed from the transportation vehicle.

Disclosed are systems and methods for adjusting environmental conditions based on automatically and manually generated requests. A commissioned unit comprising at least one IP luminaire (140, 150), transmits a signal comprising one or more identification codes. The signal may be, for example, a coded light signal. An environment control device (160) receives the signal, detects user input indicating one or more preferred environmental conditions, and transmits an environment control request comprising the one or more preferred environmental conditions. An environment manager module (110) receives the environment control request, generates an environment control command using the control request, and transmits the environment control command to one or more commissioned units to alter environmental conditions in a space in accordance with the user input.

Element data included in a management screen for management of a home electric appliance is stored in a server and a home electric appliance. A screen definition data storage stores screen definition data that defines content of the management screen and that includes an update specification that is stipulated for each of the element data to be acquired. A cache data storage stores the element data acquired beforehand from the server and the home electric appliance. The screen generator acquires, on the basis of the update specification included in the screen definition data, each corresponding element data from the cache data storage, or from the server and the home electric appliance, and generates the management screen. The controller transmits the generated management screen to the terminal device and causes display of the management screen.