A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit of a refrigeration cycle through which a refrigerant that transits in a supercritical state is allowed to flow, and a flow dividing device that divides the flow of a high-pressure liquid refrigerant in a subcritical state into two or more parts. In one aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for analyzing the quality of a communication link. The commands one or more energy control devices to change one or more states responsive to energy management program events, where the one or more energy control devices respond to the NOC to indicate changed one or more states. A pointer between the first PDR and the second PDR is generated. The openinginterrupting elements interrupt communication while the body is displaced in the first direction from a predetermined starting position through a triggering of the first spring, and maintain communication while the body is displaced in the second displacement direction back to the starting position, whereby a biasing of the first spring is accomplished.