Abstract: The invention relates to a tubular motor (200) for a shutter system that comprises: a drive tube (106) with drive means (112) and control means (114) comprising a second connector (128) with a plurality of windows in each of which an electrical contact is arranged, a flange (108) fixed to the drive tube (106) and having a housing (124) with holes, a first connector (118) housed in the housing (124) and, for each hole, having a terminal (132) aligned with said hole, a block (230) with a base (232), and, for each terminal (132), an angled pin (234) fixed to the base (232), wherein a first end of each pin (234) is inserted in one of the windows of said second connector (128) and wherein a second end of each pin (234) is inserted in a terminal (132) through a hole.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling home-automation devices in a dwelling in which: a list of the home-automation devices is determined; each home-automation device is associated with an icon and with an alphanumeric identifier; an image of at least part of the dwelling is obtained; the image is displayed on the touch screen; a selection of an icon from a list of icons is detected; a positioning of the icon in the image and storage of the position of the icon determined is detected; a pressing on the image at the position of the stored icon is detected; and a command to the central unit intended for the home-automation device with which the icon is associated is generated and another icon linked to the icon the position of which is stored is displayed if the pressing at the position of the icon in the image is detected.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling home-automation devices in a dwelling in which: a list of the home-automation devices is determined; each home-automation device is associated with an icon and with an alphanumeric identifier; an image of at least part of the dwelling is obtained; the image is displayed on the touch screen; a selection of an icon from a list of icons is detected; a positioning of the icon in the image and storage of the position of the icon determined is detected; a pressing on the image at the position of the stored icon is detected; and a command to the central unit intended for the home-automation device with which the icon is associated is generated and another icon linked to the icon the position of which is stored is displayed if the pressing at the position of the icon in the image is detected.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and system for associating a device with a gateway, said gateway being designed to communicate firstly with the device via a communication network and secondly with another device referred to as the server. The method comprises a step of sending, by the server and to the gateway, of an authorization so that a device may be associated with this gateway.

Abstract: A programmable control apparatus for a heating installation of the type that comprises a clock (8) and a processing unit (2) is provided to control one or more heating appliances of the installation according to programming data. The programming data are either programming data stored in the memory of a card (11), of the type that is known as "smart cards." This data is read out when such a card (11) is introduced into a reader (10) of the apparatus. The programming data resident in the processing unit (2) operates the heating system when no card is introduced into the reader (10). The stored programming data can be manually modified only if a card (11), known as a "key card", is introduced into the reader (10).

Abstract: A programmable thermostat has an associated electronic control circuit. There is a coding matrix and a multiplicity of programs which may be selected via the matrix. The user may select two set points to cause two programs to work in an interrelated manner, one for high heat requirements and one for low heat requirements. A clock may call in the two programs in any pre-selected manner such as: high heat in the morning, low heat as soon as the house has heated, high heat in the evening when the outside temperature falls, and low heat at night.