Patent ID: 6622501
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: F24F,G05B

Abstract:
A method for controlling an air conditioning system, comprising the steps of:a) by an outdoor unit, transmitting a setting start signal indicative of the start of an automatic address setting operation to a plurality of indoor units; b) by said outdoor unit, sequentially recognizing production numbers of said indoor units and setting addresses in said indoor units on the basis of the recognized production numbers, wherein said step b) includes the steps of: b-1) recognizing first digit values of said production numbers of said indoor units; b-2) searching for the number of ones of said production numbers duplicatable at the first digit values, sequentially recognizing the duplicatable production numbers and setting addresses in ones of said indoor units corresponding to the recognized production numbers; and b-3) setting addresses in ones of said indoor units corresponding to non-duplicatable ones of said production numbers; and c) by said indoor units, storing the addresses set at said step b) and transmitting and receiving data to/from said outdoor unit on the basis of the set addresses, respectively.