Patent ID: 7158525

Claim:
Apparatus for the remote monitoring and parameterization of facilities, in particular heating installations, comprising: a system unit configured for data transmission according to a first data transmission protocol, the system unit also configured to monitor at least one facility and to communicate with other system units, wherein the system unit comprises a central database that is configured to be accessed by the other system units; the at least one facility configured for the data transmission according to a second data transmission protocol; a protocol converter for converting received data, the protocol converter including a memory configured to store predetermined data received from the at least one facility, the protocol converter being configured to convert data of the first data transmission protocol into data of the second data transmission protocol and data of the second data transmission protocol into data of the first data transmission protocol and to retrieve the predetermined data from the at least one facility at given time intervals, wherein after the receipt of the predetermined data or after request by the system unit, the protocol converter is further configured to control a data transmission device in order to establish a connection to the system unit, transmit the stored predetermined data by means of the data transmission device to the system unit and to induce the data transmission device to disconnect the connection to the system unit; and a bus system for the data transmission according to the second data transmission protocol, to which the facilities and the protocol converter are connected; wherein the controllable data transmission device allows the data transmission according to the first data transmission protocol between the system unit and the protocol converter.