Abstract: A communication system includes housing equipment, a relaying apparatus that communicates with the housing equipment, and a management device that communicates with the relaying apparatus via a communication network. The management device is configured to store user identification information sent from a communication terminal that communicates with the management device via the communication network, and association information associated with identification information of the relaying apparatus sent from the relaying apparatus, and permit first communication via the management device between the communication terminal and the relaying apparatus that have been associated with each other in the association information.

Abstract: A communication system includes housing equipment, a relaying apparatus that communicates with the housing equipment, and a management device that communicates with the relaying apparatus via a communication network. The management device is configured to store user identification information sent from a communication terminal that communicates with the management device via the communication network, and association information associated with identification information of the relaying apparatus sent from the relaying apparatus, and permit first communication via the management device between the communication terminal and the relaying apparatus that have been associated with each other in the association information.

Abstract: A communication adapter for collecting various kinds of information from a water-heating system and providing the information to an administration center via a wireless LAN router functions as an access point for providing a direct wireless communication with a smartphone; in response to a request from the smartphone via the direct wireless communication, it provides pairing authentication information to the smartphone; in response to a request from the smartphone, it initializes the wireless LAN connection information for the wireless LAN router to disconnect the wireless link to the wireless LAN router; and, when the wireless LAN connection information is set by its WPS function, it establishes a wireless link to the wireless LAN router and transmits the pairing authentication information to the administration center via the wireless LAN router.

Abstract: A communication adapter (4) for collecting various kinds of information from a water-heating system (1) and providing the information to an administration center (2) via a wireless LAN router (6) functions as an access point for providing a direct wireless communication with a smartphone (3); in response to a request from the smartphone (3) via the direct wireless communication, it provides pairing authentication information to the smartphone (3); in response to a request from the smartphone (3), it initializes the wireless LAN connection information for the wireless LAN router (6) to disconnect the wireless link to the wireless LAN router (6); and, when the wireless LAN connection information is set by its WPS function, it establishes a wireless link to the wireless LAN router (6) and transmits the pairing authentication information to the administration center (2) via the wireless LAN router (6).

Abstract: Each hot water supply apparatus of a hot water supply system exchanges information with a management center via a communication adapter, thereby being remotely monitored. In a connection test run for the communication adapter in a remote monitoring system, when a part of transmission information about the hot water supply apparatus is transmitted to the communication adapter via a communication line, establishment of a communication connection to the hot water supply system is indicated, and a heartbeat notification is transmitted from the communication adapter to the management center. When the communication adapter receives a response to the heartbeat notification from the management center, establishment of a communication connection to the management center is indicated.

Abstract: In a small-scale LAN relay adaptor for collecting various information from a hot-water supply system and transmitting the information to a management server via a wireless LAN router, three LEDs arranged in a single row and a control part for performing light emission control of the LEDs are included, wherein the control part is configured to be capable of switching an operation mode to a state display mode or a reception intensity display mode. During the state display mode, the control part issues a notification of the occurrence of three error states respectively using the three LEDs. On the other hand, during the reception intensity display mode, the control part performs reception intensity display processing for displaying the magnitude of reception intensity from the wireless LAN router using the three LEDs as a level meter.

Abstract: A communication adapter for transmitting information about a system being monitored, such as a multi-water-heater system, to a remote management apparatus and collecting information about the system being monitored allows the location of an abnormality in communication to be easily identified even when the adapter is communicably connected to the remote management apparatus via a communication relay unit, thereby improving the reliability of the information collection process. The communication adapter 11 includes a function for detecting an abnormality in communication between the communication adapter 11 and system being monitored 1, a function for detecting an abnormality in communication between the communication adapter 11 and communication relay unit 12, and a function for detecting an abnormality in communication between the communication relay unit 12 and remote management apparatus 6.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a remote monitoring system for remotely acquiring various information related to a hot water utilizing facility in an appropriate period, and a relay device used therefor. The remote monitoring system includes: a hot water utilizing facility; a relay device communicating with the hot water utilizing facility; and a management device communicating with the relay device via a communication network. The management device is configured to transmit to the relay device a command for acquiring information related to the hot water utilizing facility at a set transmission interval over a set transmission period. The relay device includes an information acquisition part acquiring at least one piece of information from a plurality of types of information related to the hot water utilizing facility according to the command transmitted from the management device and transmitting it to the management device. The transmission period is configured so that setting is changeable.

Abstract: Each hot water supply apparatus of a hot water supply system exchanges information with a management center via a communication adapter, thereby being remotely monitored. In a connection test run for the communication adapter in a remote monitoring system, when a part of transmission information about the hot water supply apparatus is transmitted to the communication adapter via a communication line, establishment of a communication connection to the hot water supply system is indicated, and a heartbeat notification is transmitted from the communication adapter to the management center. When the communication adapter receives a response to the heartbeat notification from the management center, establishment of a communication connection to the management center is indicated.

Abstract: A communication adapter for transmitting information about a system being monitored, such as a multi-water-heater system, to a remote management apparatus and collecting information about the system being monitored allows the location of an abnormality in communication to be easily identified even when the adapter is communicably connected to the remote management apparatus via a communication relay unit, thereby improving the reliability of the information collection process. The communication adapter 11 includes a function for detecting an abnormality in communication between the communication adapter 11 and system being monitored 1, a function for detecting an abnormality in communication between the communication adapter 11 and communication relay unit 12, and a function for detecting an abnormality in communication between the communication relay unit 12 and remote management apparatus 6.

Abstract: When a method of operating a player character 40 is displayed on a first LCD 11, a movement of an enemy character 41 displayed on a second LCD 12 temporarily stops and the player character 40 moves from a display screen of the second LCD 12 to a display screen of the first LCD 11. Thus, a player's sight line is guided from the display screen of the second LCD 12 to the display screen of the first LCD 11 along with the movement of the player character 40, thereby allowing the player to confirm; with no oversight, that explanatory information regarding the method of operating the player character 40 is displayed.

Abstract: When a method of operating a player character 40 is displayed on a first LCD 11, a movement of an enemy character 41 displayed on a second LCD 12 temporarily stops and the player character 40 moves from a display screen of the second LCD 12 to a display screen of the first LCD 11. Thus, a player's sight line is guided from the display screen of the second LCD 12 to the display screen of the first LCD 11 along with the movement of the player character 40, thereby allowing the player to confirm; with no oversight, that explanatory information regarding the method of operating the player character 40 is displayed.

Abstract: Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed to achieve an improvement in the characteristics and yield of cotton fibers. In one method, a cotton plant of the genus Gossypium in seed form or in growth stage is treated with a brassinosteroid. In another method, an ovule culture is prepared from a cotton plant of the genus Gossypium in a brassinosteroid-containing liquid medium. Cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics are obtained from the cotton bolls of the treated plant or from the cultured ovules.

Abstract: Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.

Abstract: Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.

Abstract: Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.

Abstract: Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.

Abstract: Cotton plants of the genus Gossypium with improved cotton fiber characteristics are disclosed. The cotton plant has an expression cassette containing a gene coding for an enzyme selected from the group consisting of endoxyloglucan transferase, catalase and peroxidase so that the gene is expressed in cotton fiber cells to improve the cotton fiber characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for producing cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics from these cotton plants.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed to achieve an improvement in the characteristics and yield of cotton fibers. In one method, a cotton plant of the genus Gossypium in seed form or in growth stage is treated with a brassinosteroid. In another method, an ovule culture is prepared from a cotton plant of the genus Gossypium in a brassinosteroid-containing liquid medium. Cotton fibers with improved fiber characteristics are obtained from the cotton bolls of the treated plant or from the cultured ovules.