OPTIMIZATION OF A HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM USING A LOCAL POWER LINE COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for optimizing a home automation system comprising a plurality of communicating devices capable of exchanging information therebetween via a local low bandwidth PLC network. According to the invention, the method comprises a phase in which the PLC transmission power is adjusted for each new device added to the network, said phase comprising the following successive steps: installing (10) the new device configured to transmit at a predefined maximum power on said PLC network; cutting off (20) all ongoing communications on the PLC network except for the new device; testing communication for each pre-existing device on the PLC network with which the new device is to be paired and, if communication fails, ensuring an automatic incremental increase (30) of the PLC transmission power of the pre-existing device until a first PLC transmission power value is reached at which PLC communication can be initialized between the pre-existing device and the new device; and ensuring an automatic reduction (40) of the PLC transmission power of the new device while communication between each pre-existing device and the new device is active.