Abstract: A power generating system of the present invention includes: a package (70); a power generator (1); a combustible gas passage (23); a first device configured to operate by a first voltage using a DC power generated by the power generator (1); a second power supply circuit (13) configured to generate the DC power of the first voltage; a first connecting unit (8) arranged between the first device and the second power supply circuit (13); a control circuit (7) configured to control the first device using the DC power of the first voltage; and a first power supply circuit (11) configured to generate a power of a second voltage higher than the first voltage, and the package (70) is divided by a dividing wall (71) into a first space (72) in which the power generator (1), the combustible gas passage (23), the first device, the first connecting unit (8), and the control circuit (7) are arranged and a second space (73) in which the first power supply circuit (11) and the second power supply circuit (13) are arranged.

Abstract: A power generating system of the present invention includes: a package (70); a power generator (1); a combustible gas passage (23); a first device configured to operate by a first voltage using a DC power generated by the power generator (1); a second power supply circuit (13) configured to generate the DC power of the first voltage; a first connecting unit (8) arranged between the first device and the second power supply circuit (13); a control circuit (7) configured to control the first device using the DC power of the first voltage; and a first power supply circuit (11) configured to generate a power of a second voltage higher than the first voltage, and the package (70) is divided by a dividing wall (71) into a first space (72) in which the power generator (1), the combustible gas passage (23), the first device, the first connecting unit (8), and the control circuit (7) are arranged and a second space (73) in which the first power supply circuit (11) and the second power supply circuit (13) are arranged.

Abstract: A transmission rate negotiation between multi-rate home electric device 100 and communication processing device 200 is completed by sending and receiving a line connection request containing supported transmission rate specifying information specifying plural settable transmission rates, and a device interface information finalization notice containing selected transmission rate information specifying the selected transmission rate once between the home electric device 100 and the communication processing device 200. It is thus possible to shorten a time needed for the communication procedure for the transmission rate negotiation between the home electric device 100 and the communication processing device 200.

Abstract: An equipment installation-place setting system is provided which is capable of easily registering, in a database, the installation place of equipment that is newly installed. In this system: a controller receives, from a newly-installed household electrical appliance, the ID of another household electrical appliance which is located within a predetermined range from the newly-installed household electrical appliance; from a database in which equipment information is stored that indicates the ID and installation-place information on a household electrical appliance, the installation-place information is retrieved which corresponds to the ID of another household electrical appliance; based on the ID and installation-place information on another household electrical appliance, the installation-place information on the newly-installed household electrical appliance is predicted; and the predicted installation-place information is displayed.

Abstract: A message 6 received or created in a message generating section 10 is stored in a message memory 3. Upon lapse of a stand-by time, a message processing section 15 reads out the message 6 from the message memory 3 for transmission to an external device or for an internal process. When the transmission or the internal process is completed, an ID code attaching section 18 attaches a code indicating that the message 6 has been processed, to the message 6. A database stored in a discrimination database memory 4 describes an effective term with respect to each of contents of the message 6. In response to receiving a restart signal 8 after the operation of an apparatus controlling device 100 is suspended, a message discriminating section 20 causes the message processing section 15 to process the message which has not been processed and whose effective term has not lapsed, among the message(s) 6 stored in the message memory 3.