Patent ID: 8266919

Claim:
A transmission system for an air conditioner, comprising: a plurality of air conditioning units each including an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units, the outdoor unit and the plurality of indoor units being connected to each other through an internal/external transmission line for data transmission; and an integrated transmission line connecting a centralized control unit and the plurality of air conditioning units to each other for data transmission, the centralized control unit providing centralized control on the plurality of air conditioning units, wherein each internal/external transmission line and the integrated transmission line are connected to the outdoor unit, and are connected to each other by a transmission relay provided in the outdoor unit for separating data transmission between the internal/external transmission line and the integrated transmission line, the transmission relay includes: a switching hub for daisy-chain connecting the plurality of air conditioning units through the integrated transmission line; and a gateway connected to the switching hub and the internal/external transmission line, the gateway separately controlling data transmission on the internal/external transmission line and data transmission on the integrated transmission line, the outdoor units of the plurality of air condition units are sequentially connected to each other by the transmission relay provided in each of the outdoor units to sequentially transmit data between the outdoor units through the respective transmission relays, the switching hub includes a first port connecting to the gateway, a second port connecting to the integrated transmission line, and a third port connecting to the integrated transmission line or being opened, and the gateway is connected to a control board of each of the outdoor units.