Household appliance control system, comprising at least one appliance switch, at least one device supplying functional commands, at least one device supplying power and at least one household appliance, wherein the aforementioned devices are at least partially arranged in a building power supply net
Household appliance control system, comprising at least one appliance switch, at least one device supplying functional commands, at least one device supplying power and at least one household appliance, wherein the aforementioned devices are at least partially arranged in a building power supply network, and wherein these devices at least partially communicate among each other via said building power supply network, by impressing information independently to their respective zero-crossing either on an alternating voltage or on an alternating current, whereby said information can be read out again from both of the voltage and current, and whereby said information exclusively consists of real power instead of using high frequency modulation or even an additional line for data transmission purpose.
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1. A household appliance control system, comprising: at least one household appliance switch (1) connected to a building power supply network (90), the at least one household appliance switch (1) comprising at least a single actuating element (2), at least a single switch element (3) with at least t
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A household appliance control system, comprising: at least one household appliance switch (1) connected to a building power supply network (90), the at least one household appliance switch (1) comprising at least a single actuating element (2), at least a single switch element (3) with at least two switch states per switch element, whereby each switch element (3) has its own switch obstacle starting from the second switch state, wherein the at least one household appliance switch (1) is adapted for impressing information to a fraction of a cycle of either the alternating voltage or the alternating current independent to their respective zero-crossing, wherein said information exclusively consists of readable real power;at least one device supplying functional commands (11) connected to the building power supply network (90) which communicates the functional commands, wherein said device supplying functional commands (11) comprises at least one functional command entrance module (12), wherein the at least one device supplying functional commands (11) is adapted for impressing information to a fraction of a cycle of either the alternating voltage or the alternating current independent to their respective zero-crossing, whereby said information exclusively consists of readable real power, wherein switching commands of at least one household appliance (30) can be identified, wherein the device supplying functional commands (11) further includes a functional command status converter (13) for allocating at least one functional command to respective switching commands of the at least one household appliance switch (1), and a functional command output unit (14) for outputting allocated functional command to the building power supply network (90);at least one device supplying power (21) connected to the building power supply network (90) between the device supplying functional commands (11) and the at least one household appliance (30), whereby the building power supply network (90) serves for their communication by impressing information to a fraction of a cycle of either the alternating voltage or the alternating current independent to their respective zero-crossing, whereby said information exclusively consists of readable real power, wherein said device supplying power (21) comprises a functional command entrance module (22) configured to receive at least one of the functional commands, an activity converter (23) for allocating a respective power quantity to the functional command and a power disengaging unit (24) for providing the respective amount of power; wherein the household appliance switch (1), the device supplying the functional commands (11), and the device supplying power (21) are at least partially arranged in the building power supply network, and wherein they at least partially communicate among each other via said building power supply network (90) by impressing information independently to their respective zero-crossing to a fraction of a cycle of either the alternating voltage or the alternating current, wherein said information exclusively consists of real power readable from both the voltage and the current. 2. The household appliance control system according to claim 1, wherein said building power supply network comprises at least two functional levels, whereby functional commands can be transmitted in each of said functional levels. 3. The household appliance control system according to claim 2, wherein communicating said functional commands via said building power supply network is unaffected by low-impedance appliances. 4. The household appliance control system according to claim 3, wherein said building power supply network is forwarding commands from at least the device supplying functional commands to at least one device supplying power. 5. The household appliance control system according to claim 4, wherein communicating said functional commands between at least one of said house appliance switch, said device supplying functional commands and said device supplying power is effected exclusively via said existing building power supply network. 6. A device supplying functional commands comprising: at least one functional command entrance module (12), a functional command status converter (13) for allocating at least one functional command to respective switching commands of at least one household appliance (30), and a functional command output unit (14) for outputting allocated functional command to a building power supply network (90), wherein the device supplying functional commands (11) is configured for arranging in the building power supply network (90) which communicates the at least one functional command by impressing information to a fraction of a cycle of either the alternating voltage or the alternating current independent to their respective zero-crossing, whereby said information exclusively consists of readable real power and wherein switching commands of at least one household appliance (30) can be identified. 7. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 6, wherein functional commands are transmitted in each of a plurality of functional levels of a building power supply network. 8. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 7, wherein communicating said functional commands via an existing building power supply network is unaffected by low-impedance current consumers. 9. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 8, wherein said functional command output unit is a low-impedance power supply source. 10. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 9, wherein impressing real power pulses upon the oscillation of the alternating voltage is effected by adding said information to its amplitude. 11. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 10, wherein the phasing, of the oscillation of the voltage supplied to the appliance feed or its amplitude serves as an information carrier. 12. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 11, wherein the phase difference or the signal to be impressed are used as information carriers for the functional level and the functional command. 13. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 12, wherein the number of oscillations characterizing an functional command is lower or equal to the number of the oscillations characterizing a functional level. 14. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 13, wherein a functional command addresses at least one household appliance separately, or groups of household appliances, or functions of at least one household appliance or effects the chronological sequence of functions of at least one household appliance. 15. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 14, wherein the functional command defines the cooperation of at least one function of a household appliance with at least one function of one or more further household appliances. 16. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 15, wherein a functional level in an appliance feeding line is defined by impressing a certain feature upon a defined number of oscillations either of the alternating voltage or the alternating current. 17. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 16, wherein the certain feature consists of a combination of real power pulses which are outputted from the functional command output unit to the appliance feeding line. 18. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 17, wherein the respective proper combination of real power pulses is provided by the functional command status converter. 19. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 18, wherein the functional command status converter precisely provides the same number of combination of pulses corresponding to the switching states received by the functional command entrance module. 20. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 19, wherein the functional command is propagated within an certain numbers of sinus-oscillations of the network by a transmitting protocol. 21. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 20, wherein the functional command is defined by a characteristic feature of a defined number of oscillations in the power line of the building power supply network, which is different to the characteristic feature of a defined number of oscillations defining the functional level. 22. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 21, wherein the device supplying functional commands is connected to a fuse. 23. The device supplying functional commands according to claim 22, wherein an emergency switch is connected to the device supplying functional commands. 24. A device supplying power (21) comprising a functional command entrance module (22) configured to receive at least one functional command, an activity converter (23) for allocating a respective power quantity to the at least one functional command, and a power disengaging unit (24) for providing the respective amount of power, wherein the device supplying power (21) is configured for arranging in a building power supply network (90) between a device supplying functional commands (11) and at least one household appliance (30), the device supplying functional commands (11) being in communication with the device supplying power the building power supply network (90) by impressing information to a fraction of a cycle of either the alternating voltage or the alternating current independent to their respective zero-crossing, whereby said information exclusively consists of readable real power. 25. The device supplying power according to claim 24, wherein functional commands are transmitted in each of a plurality of functional levels of a building power supply network. 26. The device supplying power according to claim 25, wherein communicating said functional commands via the existing building power supply network is unaffected by low-impedance current consumers. 27. The device supplying power according to claim 26, wherein the power disengaging unit is a low-impedance voltage source. 28. The device supplying power according to claim 27, wherein the functional level and at least one functional command are allocated to the device supplying power via said building power supply network, controlling a household appliance according to it. 29. The device supplying power according to claim 28, wherein the device supplying power is impressing an information to a sinus-oscillation of the supply voltage. 30. The device supplying power according to claim 29, wherein an override switch is connected to the device supplying power. 31. The device supplying power according to claim 30, wherein the device supplying power is affixed to each appliance. 32. A household appliance switch (1) comprising at least a single actuating element (2), at least a single switch element (3) connectable to a building power supply network (90) and having at least two switch states per switch element, whereby each switch element (3) has its own switch obstacle starting from the second switch state, wherein the household appliance switch (1) is adapted for impressing information to a fraction of a cycle of either the alternating voltage or the alternating current independent to their respective zero-crossing, whereby said information exclusively consists of readable real power. 33. The household appliance switch according to claim 32, wherein the household appliance switch is unaffected by interferences, caused by low-impedance current consumers. 34. The household appliance switch according to claim 33, wherein the household appliance switch comprises an output unit for the switch signals and a receiving unit for switch signals and that both of them are separated from each other by the building power supply network. 35. The household appliance switch according to claim 34, wherein each of said switch states addresses a different functional level of a building power supply network. 36. The household appliance switch according to claim 35, wherein the first functional level enables turning on and off, that a further functional level enables the selection of appliances, that a still further functional level addresses all the operation statuses of at least one household appliance, and that another functional level enables programming said functional levels, and that a still another functional level is enabled to set up particular scenarios. 37. The household appliance switch according to claim 36, wherein the household appliance switch comprises a transmission module and reception module. 38. The household appliance switch according to claim 37, wherein the device supplying functional commands comprises a reception module receiving the switch state of the household appliance switches. 39. The household appliance switch according to claim 38, wherein in each functional level said signal with a first period of time provides the feature to switch a household appliance. 40. The household appliance switch according to claim 39, wherein the household appliance switch comprises a single actuating element. 41. The household appliance switch according to claim 40, wherein the household appliance switch generates a switch signal, in the first switch status of the first switch element, by a single actuation only, whereby said switch signal is limited in its period. 42. The household appliance switch according to claim 41, wherein the switch impulse lasts a defined first time period. 43. The household appliance switch according to claim 42, wherein said switch impulse continues at least one further different period of time that is previously defined. 44. The household appliance switch according to claim 43, wherein one of the switch impulses lasts as long as the user keeps the switch pressed. 45. The household appliance switch according to claim 44, wherein a code is be set up by combining said switch impulses. 46. The household appliance switch according to claim 45, wherein an identical switch impulse is allocated to a standardized combination of commands. 47. The household appliance switch according to claim 46, wherein, in the device supplying functional commands, each code is allocated precisely to the combination of commands necessary to control or to switch said building power supply network. 48. The household appliance switch according to claim 47, wherein switching back and forth between the functional levels of the building power supply network is possible with a particular code. 49. The household appliance switch according to claim 48, wherein the code for switching back and forth between the functional levels of a building power supply network consists of two switch pulses within the first time period. 50. The household appliance switch according to claim 49, wherein at least one of the codes can be replaced by a further switch element. 51. The household appliance switch (1) according to claim 50, wherein the code to change between the functional levels of the building power supply network is replaced by a further switch element. 52. The household appliance switch according to claim 51, wherein the code to change between groups of household appliances is replaced by a further switch element. 53. The household appliance switch according to claim 52, wherein at least one switch element encompasses an output unit. 54. The household appliance switch according to claim 53, wherein the output unit is a light emitting diode. 55. The household appliance switch according to claim 54, wherein the output unit is a display. 56. The household appliance switch according to claim 55, wherein the output unit is separated from the switch element. 57. The household appliance switch according to claim 56, wherein the output unit is separated from the switch state. 58. The household appliance switch according to claim 57, wherein the switch status is lodged in a separate transponder box. 59. The household appliance switch according to claim 58, wherein the communication between said output unit and said switch element is radio controlled. 60. The household appliance switch according to claim 59, wherein parts of the output unit can be used as an actuating element.
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