Patent ID: 9709981
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G05B,H04L

Claim:
1. A method of managing a system comprising a management module, a detection device, and a set of pieces of equipment connected to the management module via respective first communications links, said set comprising at least one piece of equipment that is to be controlled and at least one piece of data-gathering equipment, each piece of equipment of said set that is to be controlled comprising a domestic appliance having an actuator configured to perform functional adjustments of the domestic appliance, said management module being configured for determining at least one control command as a function of data received from at least one piece of data-gathering equipment of the set via the corresponding at least one respective first communications link and for transmitting said at least one control command that has been determined to at least one piece of equipment of the set that is to be controlled; wherein the method comprises the following acts performed by the detection device: monitoring application signaling activity from said management module via the respective first communications link; detecting from said monitoring an absence of the application signaling activity over a predetermined time period; and triggering a minimum service by sending an alert message to at least one piece of equipment of the set of pieces of equipment in the event of detecting the absence of application signaling activity for the predetermined time period, wherein the minimum service corresponds to a service in which the pieces of equipment of said set communicate directly with one another via a second communications link instead of the respective first communication link used to communicate with the management module, and wherein a piece of equipment of the set that is to be controlled receives from the at least one piece of data-gathering equipment of said set at least one command message via said second communications link, directly between said at least one piece of data-gathering equipment of said set and said piece of equipment of said set that is to be controlled by the at least one command message, said at least one command message being determined by said at least one piece of data-gathering equipment as a function of data received by this data-gathering equipment to control the functional adjustments of the corresponding domestic appliance, said at least one command message being sent after reception of said alert message by said piece of data-gathering equipment.