A control adapter for fastening on a HVAC device includes a wireless communication interface for communicating control signals between a remote control device and the control adapter. A wireless near-field communication interface communicates control signals between the control adapter and the HVAC device. A control circuit converts the control signals received from the wireless communications interface into the control signals of the wireless near-field communication interface and converts the control signals received from the wireless near-field communication interface into control signals of the wireless communication interface.

The invention provides an intelligent device control method comprising obtaining sound signal of teeth bump; based on the sound directional signal propagation time, determining one or more regions of one or more sound sources and forming a sequence of records of one or more regions; triggering a control instruction corresponding to the sound record sequence to perform intelligent control for the intelligent device. The invention also provides an intelligent device control apparatus. The technique of the invention achieves control based on the teeth bump action, without requiring the assist of the handling holding control unit, thereby applicable to the working environment with heavy hand burdens and suitable for relatively quiet and private application environment.

A module for monitoring industrial processes for use in a system for monitoring industrial processes that comprises sensor means (7; 17) for detecting process quantities in a process station (20), acquisition means (8, 32; 32; 32) for acquiring measurement signals (R) issued by said sensor means (7; 17), processing means (9; 19) operating on signals (T; T1) generated by said acquisition means (8, 32; 32; 32) to obtain information on the quality of the process, and means for managing the production flow (9; 19), which operate on the basis of said information on the quality of the process and are located in a workstation (50) that is remote with respect to said process station, said monitoring module (30) being configured for being set locally at said at least one process station (20) for receiving measurement signals (R) issued by said sensor means (7; 17). Said monitoring module (30), set locally at said process station (20) comprises means (32) for acquisition and processing of the measurement signals (R), which in turn comprise means (33) for encoding said measurement signals (R) generated by said sensor means (17) into encoded signals, and wireless transmission means (42) associated to said acquisition means (32) configured for sending the encoded signals (T; T1) generated by said acquisition means (32) to corresponding wireless receiver means (82; 43) comprised in said remote workstation (50) that comprises said means for managing the production flow (19) and said processing means (9), which operate on signals (T; T1) generated by said acquisition means (32) to obtain information on the quality of the process, said acquisition means (32) comprising a voltage-to-frequency converter (72) for converting said measurement signals (R) into a pulse train (T1) at a variable frequency greater than or equal to 65 536 Hz.

The present disclosure relates to a condition monitoring device for monitoring a condition of a mechanical machine component. The condition monitoring device may include a vibration sensor configured to detect mechanical vibrations on the mechanical machine component; a controller coupled to the vibration sensor and configured to determine a condition of the mechanical machine component based at least in part on measurement data generated by the vibration sensor; and a wired communication interface coupled to the controller and configured to communicate with an external control device, wherein, based at least in part on a request to provide information about the condition of the mechanical machine component, the controller is configured to transmit the requested information via the wired communication interface.