Patent ID: 7110836
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: G05B,G08C,H05B

Abstract:
1. A controllable appliance arrangement comprising: an appliance having at least one sensor for recording at least one sensor variable which represents a state of the appliance; a transmission/reception device coupled to the appliance, the transmission/reception device having a control unit, a first memory unit storing an appliance control program, a control interface, and a communication interface coupled to the control unit; a second memory unit provided in the appliance or in the transmission/reception device for storing the recorded sensor variables; an external control apparatus configured to receive and store the appliance control program, wherein the transmission/reception device automatically transmits the appliance control program to the external control apparatus when the appliance control program for controlling the appliance is not already stored in the external control apparatus, and the external control apparatus being able to execute the appliance control program stored therein to control the appliance; wherein the transmission/reception device transmits the sensor variables to the external control apparatus.