Internet based spa networking system having wireless spa nodes

摘要

A spa node comprising a spa controller, a power sense adapter configured to compute power being drawn by selected spa components; a spa network adapter, and a home network adapter, each of the three adapters including a wireless transceiver wherein the spa network adapter is configured to receive power data transmitted over a wireless link by the power sense adapter and to further receive status/performance data from the spa controller. The home network adapter is configured to receive power and status data transmitted by the spa network adapter over a wireless link and to convert that data to a form suitable for transmission to an Internet access point. The home network adapter is further linkable over the Internet to a central server, a dealer computer and a spa owner or user computer.

主权项

1. Apparatus comprising:
a spa controller at a user site configured to control operation of a plurality of spa components and to generate status data regarding the status of one or more of said spa components; a spa network adapter at the user site configured to communicate with said spa controller to receive data including status data from said spa controller and to transmit data and commands to said spa controller, the spa network adapter having a first wireless transceiver; a home network adapter at the user site having a second wireless transceiver and configured to receive data including status data transmitted from said spa network adapter over a wireless link between said first and second wireless transceivers; circuitry configured to sense the current drawn by one or more selected spa components and to determine the power being drawn by said one or more spa components to generate power data; wherein the spa network adapter is configured to transmit the power data to the home network adapter over the wireless link between the first and second wireless transceivers and the home network adapter is configured to convert the power data and status data to a form suitable for transmission to an Internet access point; the home network adapter having a unique address, and being further configured to receive a command from a spa owner computer or spa dealer computer sent using said unique address and to transmit a received command to the spa network adapter; and the spa network adapter being further configured to transmit a command received from the home network adapter to the spa controller for execution.