MANAGING THE CONTROL OF AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE CONTROLLABLE BY INFRARED CONTROL SIGNALS

摘要

The invention relates to an apparatus (4) for managing the control of an electrical device (1), said device being controllable by infrared control signals (IR_Cmd) from an IR remote control (2) associated with the electrical device (1). The apparatus (4) includes an IR receiver (40), an IR emitter (41) and an interface module (42) suitable for receiving control signals emitted by a third-party management system (3). The apparatus (4) is placed opposite an IR receiver module (10) of the electric device (1) such as to receive on the IR receiver (40) any infrared control signal (IR_Cmd) from the remote control (2) and to prevent any infrared control signal (IR_Cmd) from said remote control (2) from directly reaching the IR receiver module (10). A controller of the apparatus (4) controls the transmission to the electrical device (1), via the IR emitter (41), of infrared control signals generated from infrared control signals (IR_Cmd) received by the infrared receiver (40) or control signals received by the interface module (42), in accordance with a set of compatibility and/or priority rules relating to the execution of the received control signals.