Control device, components, and mobile service device for an HVAC system

1. A control device ( 3 ) for a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system ( 5 ), wherein the control device ( 3 ) has a communications module ( 33 ) for communicating with one or a plurality of components in the HVAC system ( 5 ), comprising:

a passive Near Field Communication (NFC) transponder ( 34 ) that is set up to receive and store a unique identifier ( 341 ) for each of the one or plurality of components from a mobile service device ( 2 ) prior to a power supply for the control device ( 3 ) being switched on, and

a control module ( 35 ) that is set up to access unique identifiers ( 341 ) stored in the passive NFC transponder ( 34 ) after a power supply for the control device ( 3 ) has been switched on and to transmit control signals to components determined by the unique identifiers via the communications module ( 33 ).

2. The control device ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that the passive NFC transponder ( 34 ) and the control module ( 35 ) are set up to receive and store unique identifiers and to transmit control signals related to one or a plurality of the following components: a sensor device of the HVAC system ( 5 ), a drive ( 1 ) of the HVAC system ( 5 ), a regulating device of the HVAC system ( 5 ), a room control unit of the HVAC system ( 5 ), a gateway for communication between different communications networks of the HVAC system ( 5 ), an actuator of the HVAC system ( 5 ), and an interface device for input and output signals of the HVAC system ( 5 ).

3. The control device ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that the control module ( 35 ) is set up to transmit, after a power supply for the control device ( 3 ) is switched on, control signals to components determined by the unique identifiers, which control signals query whether the component in question is available.

4. The control device ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that the passive NFC transponder ( 34 ) is set up to receive and store component parameters allocated to the unique identifiers ( 341 ), wherein the control module ( 35 ) is set up to transmit control signals corresponding to the component parameters to components determined by the unique identifiers.

5. The control device ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that the control module ( 35 ) is set up to transmit control signals to components, which control signals query component parameters of the components, wherein the control module ( 35 ) is set up to transmit control signals corresponding to the component parameters to components determined by the unique identifiers.

6. The control device ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that the control module ( 35 ) is set up to produce a protocol that includes one or a plurality of the following contents: a switch-on time for a power supply for the control device ( 3 ), a query time, and status of the availability of components and component parameters, with information about whether they are stored on the passive NFC transponder or were queried at a component.

7. The control device ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 6 , characterized in that the control module ( 35 ) is set up to execute one or a plurality of the following steps: transmit the protocol to a receiver if a communications link to the receiver is available, and store the protocol on the passive NFC transponder ( 34 ).

8. The control device ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that the control module ( 35 ) is set up to detect operating values ( 121 , 321 ) of the HVAC system ( 5 ) of the components determined using the unique identifiers and to transmit control signals to related components corresponding to the detected operating values ( 121 , 321 ).

9. The control device ( 3 ) in accordance with claim 1 , comprising one or a plurality of the following components: a sensor device for the HVAC system ( 5 ), a drive ( 1 ) for the HVAC system ( 5 ), a regulating device for the HVAC system ( 5 ), a room control unit for the HVAC system ( 5 ), a gateway for communication between different communications networks of the HVAC system ( 5 ), an actuator for the HVAC system ( 5 ), and an interface device for input and output signals of the HVAC system ( 5 ).

10. A method for configuring a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system ( 5 ), comprising:

reading out an identifier from a passive Near Field Communication (NFC) transponder of one or a plurality of components of the HVAC system ( 5 ) with an active NFC module before a power supply of the HVAC system ( 5 ) is switched on, and

writing read-out identifiers to a passive NFC transponder of a control device ( 3 ) of the HVAC system ( 5 ) with the active NFC module before the power supply of the HVAC system ( 5 ) is switched on.

11. The method in accordance with claim 10 , characterized in that identifiers are displayed on a user interface, in that component parameters allocated to the identifiers are detected, and in that detected component parameters are written to a passive NFC transponder ( 14 ) of the one or plurality of components and/or to the passive NFC transponder ( 34 ) of the control device ( 3 ) with the active NFC module before the power supply of the HVAC system ( 5 ) is switched on.

12. The method in accordance with claim 10 , characterized in that a protocol is produced that comprises one or more of the following contents: read-out identifiers of the one or plurality of components, component parameters allocated to the identifiers, and time stamps allocated to these contents, wherein the protocol is transmitted in particular to a receiver.

13. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that has program code stored thereon and that is set up to control one or a plurality of processors of a mobile service device ( 2 ) that has an active Near Field Communication (NFC) module ( 24 ) such that:

an identifier is read out of a passive NFC transponder of one or a plurality of components of a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system ( 5 ) with the active NFC module, without a power supply for the HVAC system ( 5 ) being switched on for this purpose, and

read-out identifiers are written to a passive NFC transponder of a control device ( 3 ) of the HVAC system ( 5 ) with the active NFC module without the power supply for the HVAC system ( 5 ) being switched on for this purpose.

14. A drive ( 1 ) for a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system ( 5 ), wherein the drive ( 1 ) has an actuator ( 11 ) for a control element ( 112 ) of the HVAC system ( 5 ), comprising:

a passive Near Field Communication (NFC) transponder ( 14 ) that is set up to transmit a unique identifier ( 141 ) to a mobile service device ( 2 ) before a power supply for the drive ( 1 ) is switched on and to receive and store from the mobile service device ( 2 ) one or a plurality of drive parameters, and

a control module ( 15 ) that is set up to control the actuator after a power supply for the drive ( 1 ) is switched on, taking into account the one or plurality of stored drive parameters,

wherein the passive NFC transponder is set up to receive and store drive parameters from a plurality of drives ( 1 ) of the HVAC system ( 5 ).

15. The drive ( 1 ) in accordance with claim 14 , further comprising a communications module ( 13 ) for communicating with a control device of the HVAC system ( 5 ), characterized in that the control module ( 15 ) is set up to receive via the communications module ( 13 ), and before a power supply for the drive ( 1 ) is switched on, control signals for controlling the actuator ( 11 ) and to control the actuator.

16. The drive ( 1 ) in accordance with claim 15 , characterized in that the control module ( 15 ) is set up to transmit a confirmation to the control device ( 3 ) after a power supply for the drive ( 1 ) is switched on and upon receipt via the communications module ( 13 ) of a control signal from a control device ( 3 ), with which signal the availability of the drive ( 1 ) is checked.

17. The drive ( 1 ) in accordance with claim 15 , characterized in that the control module ( 15 ) is set up to transmit the one or a plurality of drive parameters to the control device ( 3 ) upon receipt via the communications module ( 13 ) of a control signal from a control device ( 3 ), with which control signal the one or plurality of drive parameters are queried.

18. The drive ( 1 ) in accordance with claim 15 , characterized in that the control device ( 15 ) is set up to detect operating values ( 121 ) of the HVAC system ( 5 ) via a sensor interface ( 12 ) and to transmit these operating values ( 121 ) to a control device ( 3 ) via the communications interface.

19. The drive ( 1 ) in accordance with claim 14 , characterized in that the passive NFC transponder has a plurality of differently arranged transponder antennas.

20. The drive ( 1 ) in accordance with claim 14 , characterized in that the passive NFC transponder has two transponder antennas that are attached to or in the housing of the drive ( 1 ) such that at least one of the two transponder antennas remains freely accessible after the drive ( 1 ) is assembled, especially on a side of the housing of the drive ( 1 ) that faces a wall or cover.