and u201c parameter setting item u201d herein the u201c controlled device type u201d defines a device type of an appliance to be controlled see fig3 the u201c command u201d defines the contents of a command with respect to an appliance to be controlled for example in the case of an air conditioner the command corresponds to the switching of an operation mode and the like the u201c parameter setting item u201d defines a parameter that can be set by the u201c command u201d for example in the case where the u201c command u201d is switching of an operation mode the parameters are cooling warming dehumidification etc in the case where the contents of a control command with respect to an appliance to be controlled only with the u201c command u201d are specified the u201c parameter setting item u201d is set to be null in the case where there are a plurality of appliances to be controlled the action control part is described a plurality of times this is represented by an arrow from the u201c parameter setting item u201d to the u201c controlled device type u201d shown in fig4 a furthermore out of the rule formats the event determination part defines a state to.