Control system for central control of several domestic appliances using respective HTML page data

摘要

HTML is employed to provide a common system by which each appliance can be controlled, with configuration data displayed within HTMP pages. The control device (CTR) for a system of household appliances uses a set of HTML pages or fractions of pages associated with each appliance, the information being contained within the pages being used to control the appliance. The control includes a unit for loading and processing the specifications associated with each appliance, and a display (D) for showing the pages or fractions of pages of HTML code. The specifications includes configuration data identifying the appliances as sources and/or receivers of data. The configuration page also allows the user to specify the required connections between the appliances.