Patent ID: 8600557
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
1. An equipment item management system comprising: one or more first air conditioners that operate according to a first communication method; one or more second air conditioners that operate according to a second communication method different from the first communication method and include light reception means for receiving information according to an optical communication method and means for converting the information according to the optical communication method by the light reception means into information according to the second communication method; management means that is connected to the first air conditioner and operates according to the first communication method to manage the first air conditioner; an interface having a first communication means configured to receive information from the management means, control means for converting the information received from the management means by the first communication means from the first communication method into the optical communication method, and light transmission means for transmitting the information converted by the control means to the second air conditioner; wherein the management means: