To enable an indoor unit 1 of an air conditioner which is not supported by a network to easily change to be supported by the network and to be provided with multi-functions even after installation as well as to enable addition and change of functions.
In this air conditioner, detection parts 21, 21 for detecting status in a room and operation parts 22, 22 for operating other network devices 2, 2, a fixing mechanism 12 for mounting function parts 21, 22, 23, 24 including communication parts 23, 23 for communicating with other equipment, a electric power source supply mechanism 13 capable of supplying an electric power source to the function parts 21, 22, 23, 24 and a communication mechanism 14 capable of transmitting signals among a control means C1 of a side of the indoor unit 1, a control means C2 of a side of a network N and the function parts 21, 22, 23, 24 are provided for a panel 10 for the indoor unit.
ITO HIROYUKI
KAWAI NORIYUKI
Hiroshi Koyama
Hiroshi Takeuchi
Takahisa Shimada
Yuji Takeuchi
Katsumi Imae
Atsushi Fujita
Kazunari Ninomiya
Tomoo Harada
Takashi Goto
Iseki Katsumori
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