CN1784933A - Digital addressable electronic ballast and control unit - Google Patents

Digital addressable electronic ballast and control unit Download PDF

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CN1784933A
CN1784933A CN 200480011964 CN200480011964A CN1784933A CN 1784933 A CN1784933 A CN 1784933A CN 200480011964 CN200480011964 CN 200480011964 CN 200480011964 A CN200480011964 A CN 200480011964A CN 1784933 A CN1784933 A CN 1784933A
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拉斯克什·库马尔
唐纳·雷·莫塞布鲁克
马修·什克沃赖茨
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Systems and methods for providing a load control device, such as a DALI ballast, having an infrared receiver. The load control device resides on a digital communications link and receives infrared commands via a lightpipe. The commands are input to a microprocessor to set an address of the load control device. Addressing the load control device in this manner allows plural control devices residing on a single communications link to be addressed by the same short address. The control devices may be removed and replaced, and the short address and zone assignments of the removed devices may be reassigned to the replacement devices via infrared communication. The load control device may be placed into various modes (e.g., a programming mode or addressing mode) via commands received over the infrared receiver.

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Digital addressable electronic ballast and control unit
The cross reference of related application
The application requires in the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.60/467 of submission on May 2nd, 2003,76 priority, and its full content is incorporated in this as a reference.
Technical field
The present invention relates to illuminator and illuminator control unit.Particularly, the present invention relates to a kind of DALI (digital addressable lighting interface) illuminator, it comprises DALI key lighting control unit and DALI ballast.The DALI agreement is to set forth among the technical standard IEC 60929 under annex E, and this technical standard IEC 60929 is kept by International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) (International Electrotechnical Commission).
Background technology
Adopt the DALI standard to have many benefits with respect to other existing ballast control methods such as 0~10V or phase control.Utilize some benefits of DALI standard to be, it is essential for whole ballasts that single control link is only arranged.And ballast can be assigned with software address, and following specific zone or group, and ballast can be by subregion again, and needs do not write again to adapt to change that any flooring arranges.
Become known for controlling the product of DALI ballast, such as Lutron GRAFIKIntegral TM(GXI) and Ten Volt Module (TVM), use only broadcasting method, promptly ballast is not to be addressed uniquely.A defective of this method is that any ballast that is connected to the control link all will be followed the intensity of being launched by the key lighting control unit.Another defective is that a plurality of zones need a plurality of data link of operation.
Other products provide the ability of controlling independent ballast for the user.These systems are by the independent ballast of addressing and do not need to be used for the control circuit of the separation in each zone, and this ability is provided.But these systems are difficult to manage, because they need personal computer (PC) and software, in order to the initial foundation of executive system or future subregion again.A kind of method that is used for the addressing ballast involves the Random assignment address and gives the ballast of controlling on the link, and it has added chaotic and difficult when attempting by the ballast in the address number identification installing space.Other method need remove the lamp in the anchor clamps that ballast is installed.Ballast will determine that then this lamp disconnects.If once only remove lamp from anchor clamps, the ballast that then is connected to this lamp can be discerned uniquely, and unique address can send to this ballast by the control link.This method is tediously long, and needs setter to have to the path of each illumination anchor clamps.
Therefore, prior art system lacks simple solution or equipment, and be used to control illumination and carry out whole starter systems and set up, and system's subregion again.Therefore, exist for Lighting Control Assembly needs, it provides the simple user interface, it can be used for fast and subregion illuminator again easily.The invention provides this solution.
Summary of the invention
The present invention relates to be used to control the system and method that has the DALI ballast of infrared remote receiver with addressing.The present invention uses the DALI Lighting Control Assembly and to its subregion again, has simplified the processing of setting up.Particularly, all ballasts can communicate via single data link, and whole initial ballast address assignments can do not use a computer or the situation of any other programming device under carry out.And ballast can and be re-assigned to the zone with the intuitive manner distribution.
According to a feature of the present invention, provide a kind of electric ballast that is used to drive the electron discharge lamp.This ballast comprises: change-over circuit is used to produce high-frequency driving voltage, with the lamp current in the gas discharge lamp; Controller, it is connected to this change-over circuit; Digital communications ports, it is connected to this controller, and operation is used to be connected to digital communi-cations link; Infrared communications ports, it is connected to this controller, and operation is used to receive the signal of expression emission from the infrared data signal of infrared transmitter; And memory, it is connected to this controller, and operates the address that is used to store this ballast.Unique this ballast discerned on this digital communi-cations link in this address, and represent that this signal of this infrared data can comprise this address, and this controller function is used in this this address of memory storage.
According to a feature of the present invention, represent that this signal of this infrared data can comprise first order, and this controller function is used to cause this ballast to enter programming mode when receiving this first order.This controller can be operated and be used for after this ballast enters programming mode, causes this change-over circuit that this lamp is glimmered with first rate.This controller can be operated and be used to receive second order, and this second order enters addressing mode from the signal of this infrared data signal of expression to cause this ballast.In addition, this controller can be operated and be used for after this ballast has entered this addressing mode, causes this change-over circuit that this lamp is glimmered with second speed.This controller can be operated and be used to receive the 3rd order, and the 3rd order is withdrawed from this programming mode from the signal of this infrared data signal of expression to cause this ballast.
According to another feature, this infrared communications ports can comprise infrared remote receiver.In addition, fluorescent tube can be provided for assisting the emission of this infrared data signal to this infrared remote receiver from this infrared transmitter.This fluorescent tube can be by polyurethanes pipe or THV terpolymer pipe manufacturer.Lens can be provided for assisting the emission of this infrared data signal to this infrared remote receiver from this infrared transmitter.
According to another feature, this infrared communications ports can be operated the control signal that is used to receive from the infrared remote receiver of this ballast outside, and wherein this control signal is the expression of this infrared data signal.
According to another feature, this digital communi-cations link can be the DALI communication link.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of Lighting Control Assembly, it comprises: infrared transmitter, and its operation is used to launch infrared data signal; Digital communi-cations link; Load control apparatus, it is connected to this digital communi-cations link, and comprises the memory that is used for memory address.This load control apparatus operation is used to receive the signal that expression comprises this infrared data signal of this address, and stores this address in this memory.
This aspect of the present invention can comprise above-mentioned feature.In addition, according to additional features, a plurality of control appliances can be connected to this digital communi-cations link, and between the whole load control apparatus on this digital communi-cations link, the address of this load control apparatus is unique.And a plurality of control appliances can be connected to this digital communi-cations link, and these a plurality of load control apparatus operations on this digital communi-cations link are used to have identical address.
According to a further aspect in the invention, the method that provides a kind of setting to be used for the link address of equipment, this equipment from infrared transmitter via infrared communication with control link communication.This method comprises: this infrared transmitter is launched this link address to this equipment certainly, and stores this link address in the memory of this equipment.
According to a feature, this method can comprise: before this equipment is launched this link address, send first order by this infrared transmitter certainly to this equipment at this infrared transmitter certainly, cause this equipment to enter programming mode.This equipment can be operated and be used to control lighting load, and this method can also comprise: after this equipment has entered this programming mode, cause this equipment that this lighting load is glimmered with first rate.And this method can comprise: after this equipment has entered this programming mode, to this equipment emission second order, cause this equipment to enter addressing mode by this infrared transmitter certainly.After this equipment had entered this addressing mode, this equipment can make this lighting load glimmer with second speed.Pushing that in a plurality of buttons one can choose will be from this infrared transmitter this link address to this equipment emission.Send the 3rd order by this infrared transmitter certainly to this equipment, can carry out and withdraw from this programming mode.
According to another feature, this infrared transmitter can comprise: user interface, it has a plurality of buttons, makes to push simultaneously and to keep two buttons in these a plurality of buttons to continue the preset time section will send first and order or the 3rd order.A button of pushing in these a plurality of buttons will send this second order.A plurality of equipment can be connected to this control link, and this link address is launched at least two in these a plurality of control appliances.
According to another characteristic of the invention, provide the method for a kind of addressing with the equipment of control link communication.This method comprises: cause this equipment to choose random address, this random address is significantly greater than the maximum number that may control the equipment of link communication with this, the binary tree search method of the universe by carrying out this possible random address, conclude this random address of this equipment, reach the short address of this maximum number that may control the equipment of link communication with this to this equipment emission at this random address place, and in memory this short address of storage.
According to a feature of the present invention, a plurality of equipment and this control link communication, and this binary tree search method comprises: whether this random address of concluding this equipment is in the subclass of possible random address, reduces the subclass of possible random address, and repeats previous step.
According to a further aspect in the invention, the method that provides a kind of user interface to be assigned to the group with the equipment autonomously lighting control unit, wherein this equipment and this key lighting control unit the two all with control link communication.This method comprises: uses this user interface of this key lighting control unit, chooses this equipment, this devices allocation is arrived this group, and this distribution of storage in the memory of this key lighting control unit.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of key lighting control unit, it comprises: controller; User interface, it is connected to this controller; Digital communications ports, it is connected to this controller, and operation is used to be connected to digital communi-cations link, and this digital communi-cations link has the control appliance that also connects thereon, and this control appliance has the address; And memory, it is connected to this controller, and operates the address that is used to store this control appliance.This controller function is used to cause this control appliance to select random address, this random address is significantly greater than the maximum number of the equipment that may communicate by letter with this digital communi-cations link, the binary tree search method of the universe by carrying out this possible random address, conclude this random address of this control appliance, and reach the short address of this maximum number of the equipment that may communicate by letter with this digital communi-cations link to this control appliance emission at this random address place.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of key lighting control unit, it comprises: controller; User interface, it is connected to this controller; Digital communications ports, it is connected to this controller, and operation is used to be connected to digital communi-cations link, and this digital communi-cations link has the control appliance that also connects thereon and have the address; And memory, it is connected to this controller, and operates this address that is used to store this control appliance.This controller function is used to choose this address of this control appliance, and this devices allocation is arrived the group, and this distribution of storage in memory.
By the following detailed description to illustrative embodiment of carrying out with reference to the accompanying drawings, additional features of the present invention and advantage will become apparent.
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When read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, foregoing invention content and detailed description of preferred embodiment subsequently are with easier to understand.For purpose of the present invention is described, representative configuration of the present invention shown in the drawings, wherein components identical has identical reference number; But the invention is not restricted to disclosed ad hoc approach and means.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 a has illustrated the exemplary Lighting Control Assembly with DALI ballast;
Fig. 1 b has illustrated the block diagram of exemplary key lighting control unit;
Fig. 1 c has illustrated the user interface of exemplary key lighting control unit;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart that is used for the processing of a plurality of equipment on the addressing control link;
Fig. 3 is with the flow chart of a plurality of devices allocation on the control link to the processing in particular cluster or zone;
Fig. 4 a has illustrated first embodiment of the DALI ballast with infrared (IR) receiver;
Fig. 4 b has illustrated second embodiment of DALI ballast;
Fig. 4 c has illustrated the embodiment of IR reflector;
Fig. 5 is the flow chart that is used to use the method for the link address of a plurality of equipment on the IR communication setting control link; With
Fig. 6 is the flow chart that the DALI command process has been described.
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Key lighting control unit of the present invention uses and subregion DALI Lighting Control Assembly again, provides the simplification of setting up to handle.According to the present invention, all ballasts can be positioned on the single digital communi-cations link, and can carry out all initial ballast address assignments, and do not use a computer or any other programming device.The key lighting control unit is provided for mode intuitively, and by this mode, ballast can be assigned in the zone.And transducer such as occupancy sensors, can be directly connected to communication link, and can be allocated for one or more zone of control.
With reference now to Fig. 1 a,, the universe view of example system 100 wherein has been described, it comprises: station (wallstation) 104, RS485 communication link 105 and according to two DALI ballasts 108 of the present invention and 114 on DALI key lighting control unit 102, the wall.DALI ballast 108 and 114 drives lamp 110 and 116 respectively.As will be discussed below, fluorescent tube 112 and 118 is rich property plastic tubes, is used for infrared (IR) signal guidance to the IR receiver that is included in each DALI ballast.Key lighting control unit 102 communicates by DALI control link 103 with ballast.Ballast 108 and 104 is by 106 power supplies of AC (alternating current) source.
With reference to figure 1b, has the block diagram of the key lighting control unit 102 of controller 124.DALI digital communications ports 120 and RS485 digital communications ports 122 allow to communicate with DALI control link 103 and RS485 communication link 185 respectively.Memory 126 memory system datas are such as ballast address.The user interface 128 of key lighting control unit 102 has some buttons 130 and a plurality of LED132 and two 7 n segment display ns 134 that are used for user's input, is used to feed back to the user.
The user interface 128 of key lighting control unit 102 is similar to the interface that is used on the GRAFIK EYE control unit, and this GRAFIK EYE control unit can obtain the Co. from LutronElectronic, Inc of Coopersburg, and PA, and shown in Fig. 1 c.The first, second, third, fourth and the 5th scene button 150,152,154,156,158 is used to choose illumination and presets (or sight), and enters and withdraw from programming mode.7 sections show that display 134 provides the address of for example current selected DALI ballast 108 or the feedback of key lighting control unit 102 patterns.Gradual change improves button (fade raise button) 142, gradual change and reduces button (fade lowerbutton) 144, mainly improves button 146 and the main button 148 that reduces is provided for that the user imports during normal running and programming.(or region allocation) button 162 is used for improving the field of illumination during normal running intensity is improved in the zone, and is used for when programming mode ballast 108 being assigned to the zone of key lighting control unit 108.The zone reduces (or regional cancellation distributes) button 164 and be used for reducing the intensity of area illumination during normal running, and autonomous lighting control unit 108 is cancelled ballast 108 in programming mode.Area L ED60 provides the feedback of field strength during normal running, or the feedback of institute's favored area is provided during programming.Below will be explained in the button of user interface 128 during the programming and the operation of LED.
Key lighting control unit 102 distributes short address (for example between 1~64) to each ballast, and it is used for communicating by letter with the DALI ballast according to the DALI agreement.During initialization process, (be described) key lighting control unit 102 whole ballasts 108 of order and 114 24 bit addresses of selecting at random below with reference to Fig. 2.Next step, the key lighting control unit distributes its unique short address to each ballast 108,114 systematically.Distribute independent short address that link 103 is restricted to each ballast 64 ballasts are only arranged.But according to the present invention, ballast also can be addressed individually by IR communication, therefore, where necessary, has overcome the restriction of 64 ballasts on the link.Notice that this short address can be " link " address.
Key lighting control unit 102 allows setters or illumination Design person that each ballast is assigned to zone on the key lighting control unit.Key lighting control unit 102 will allow ballast to be assigned to reach 16 zones.Notice that as employed herein, term " zone " is corresponding to according to " group " of DALI agreement (group).And key lighting control unit 102 will allow to connect and reach the occupancy sensors of 4 groups (sets), and not need interface, and this transducer can be controlled one or more zones.Key lighting control unit 102 is provided for replacing by storage ballast mapping carrying out ballast in nonvolatile memory 126.In case dispose, key lighting control unit 102 further allows users to choose sight from the front side of this unit by use scene button 150,152,154,156,158 or chooses sight from wall station 104, and the user can use the zone to improve and reduction button 162,164 is adjusted the sight ranks.Can set the gradual change time between the sight, and key lighting control unit 102 can addressing other system component.
With reference now to Fig. 2,, wherein shows the flow chart that is used for the method for a plurality of equipment on the addressing control link.This is handled as binary tree search and carries out, and starts from step 200.In step 202, initialization process begins, and wherein whole ballasts are to 24 bit addresses of himself distributing at random.Preferably, the random address of each equipment equipment sum on himself distributing significantly greater than link." significantly greater than " mean than maximum number of short address possible on the control link greatly at least 1024 (2^10) in this case, be at least 65536 (2^16) doubly, mean it is 16 Bit datas.In step 204, set the upper limit (UpLimit) and the lower limit (LowLimit) in address searching space.For example, UpLimit is set at maximum 24 bit addresses, and it is 2 24, and LowLimit is set at 0.By with the upper limit divided by 2, determine the intermediate value (UpLimit/2) of this address space.The value of short address (Short_address) also is initialized to 0.
In step 206, whether any equipment that the key lighting control unit is determined the system that is connected to short address also to be allocated.If armamentarium has distributed the short address, then should handle and finish in step 208.If there is the equipment that needs the short address,,, link is inquired about at the ballast that has less than the address of lower limit of setting in step 204 and the middle address between the upper limit then in step 210.Next step in step 212, has determined whether that any device responds inquires about in this.If there is not device responds, then lower limit changed to the middle address of determining in step 204, and determine new middle address value.This processing uses this new middle address value to turn back to step 210.If device responds is arranged, then determined whether to have made response more than an equipment in step 216 in step 212.If a device responds is only arranged, then in step 220, this equipment is distributed in the short address, and with this apparatus settings for any further inquiry not being responded.According to the DALI agreement, this unique short address is the value between 0 and 63, and it can be stored in the memory of ballast.In this step, this short address value also increases progressively 1 after being assigned to ballast.Step 206 is returned in this processing, does not have any other equipment of short address with search.If have more than an equipment in step 216 and to have made response, then higher limit is changed to the middle address value of determining in step 210, and determine new middle address value.This processing uses this new middle address value to return 210.The processing that is used for equipment on the addressing DALI link of Fig. 2 only is provided for exemplary purpose, can use other processing.
Two-way communication on the DALI link 103 allows the state of key lighting control unit 102 according to each ballast of round-robin method (round robin) mode request, with the ballast or the lamp of detection failure.This will check the lamp that burnt out or the ballast of fault.Do not indicated ballast to break down or not power supply from replying of address.This inspection also allows to be used for " emergency mode ".For example, if some groups of ballasts fail or lose power supply, other ballasts can be set to its emergency intensity levels to compensate.
If ballast fails or change, new ballast need re-address.This is that initialization process by invocation step 202 realizes, is used for the new random address of whole ballasts with generation.Only be not have the new ballast response of short address to handle in the search and the addressing of step 206 beginning.In case found, these ballasts will be assigned with those short addresses that does not respond during detection of failed ballasts.If a ballast fails is only arranged, then region allocation (seeing following Fig. 3) also will be distributed to this ballast automatically, otherwise the user will need the ballast that this is new to be assigned to correct zone.If region allocation is incorrect, then the user can redistribute ballast.And, be equipped with the ballast of IR receiver can use IR reflector described below to be addressed and be assigned to the zone.
With reference now to Fig. 3,, a plurality of devices allocation that the autonomous lighting control unit of description will be controlled on the link arrive the specific group or the processing in zone.Usually, the user interface of the autonomous lighting control unit of user advances by each equipment on the control link, each devices allocation is arrived the group, and will store this distribution then in the memory in the key lighting control unit.
The flow chart that provides among Fig. 3 has been described this operation in further detail, and is with a kind of feasible implementation of the devices allocation on the DALI link to the method for regional (or group) in Lighting Control Assembly.The user is in step 300 beginning, and in step 302, the combination by button on the user interface 128 of pushing key lighting control unit 102 enters " programming mode ".For example the user can push and keep first scene button 150 and the 5th button 158 to continue the several seconds simultaneously, to enter " programming " pattern.Next step in step 304, chooses the ballast at 1 place, short address, to begin this processing.In step 306, owing to chosen ballast with short address 1, therefore numeral " 1 " is presented on 7 n segment display ns 134 of key lighting control unit 102, and the fluorescent lamp load at 1 place (for example lamp 110) is glimmered in task space in the short address, and the user can determine to be in the ballast of this address with visual means thus.Preferably per 2 seconds of the speed of lamp flicker is once glittering.If in step 308, the user does not finish ballast is assigned to the specific region, then in step 310, the user wishes that by pushing corresponding to the user zone on the user interface 128 in zone that ballast is assigned to improves button 162, the zone of selecting first ballast (i.e. the ballast at 1 place in the short address) to be assigned to.In step 312, the area L ED160 that is used for institute's favored area can illuminate on user interface 128, and is stored in the memory of key lighting control unit 102 to the distribution of this ballast in this zone.In step 314,320,322,324 and 326, if the user wishes ballast programming other on the control link, then the user pushes the main button 146 that improves, to move to next the higher ballast on the DALI control link 103, or push the main button 148 that reduces, to move to next the lower ballast on the DALI control link 103.The user repeats above-mentioned allocation process then.If the user finishes in step 314 or step 308, then 316, the user can choose and withdraw from programming mode.For example, the user can push and keep first scene button 150 and the 5th button 158 to continue the several seconds simultaneously, to withdraw from " programming " pattern.For any ballast or transducer are re-assigned to new zone, repeat the DALI zone assignment process for this ballast address or transducer input.
Although the operational ton of DALI agreement is very large, do not need ballast is carried out addressing, thereby less than the needs for main DALI controller (promptly in order on the DALI link, to send the controller of order to ballast).The present invention has the ballast of IR receiving ability by use and is used for ordering by the IR that imports into the processing of addressing ballast, has overcome this restriction.
Fig. 4 a has illustrated the block diagram of simplifying according to the exemplary DALI ballast (for example ballast 108) of the IR of having receiver 422 of the present invention.DALI ballast 108 comprises: rectification circuit 404, and it can be connected to AC power supplies 402, and this AC power supplies provides the have given line frequency AC line voltage distribution of (50Hz or 60Hz typically).Rectification circuit 404 conversion AC line voltage distributions are to provide full-wave rectified voltage.Rectification circuit 404 is connected to fills out paddy circuit (valleyfill) 406.Fill out paddy circuit 406 and optionally make energy storage device charging and discharge, fill out valley voltage so that create.High-frequency bypass capacitor 407 is connected to and is connected across between the lead-out terminal of filling out paddy circuit 406.Next the lead-out terminal of filling out paddy circuit 406 is connected to the input terminal of change-over circuit 408.Change-over circuit 408 will be filled out valley voltage and be transformed into high-frequency AC voltage.The lead-out terminal of change-over circuit 408 is connected to output circuit 409, and it typically comprises resonant slots.Filtering is carried out in the output of 409 pairs of change-over circuits 408 of output circuit, so that basically sinusoidal high frequency voltage to be provided, and provides the output impedance of voltage gain and increase.Can connect output circuit 409, to drive load 410, such as gaseous discharge lamp; Fluorescent lamp for example.The output current mensuration circuit 412 that is connected to load 410 provides load current feedback to drive circuit 416.Drive circuit 416 provides control signal, with the operation of control transformation circuit 408, so that provide required load current to load 410.The driving of ballast 108 row (drive train) are called in name in the U.S. Patent application 10/006,036 of " Single SwitchElectronic Dimming Ballast " further detailed description.
Fluorescent tube 112 receives and guides to IR receiver 422 from the IR radiation 420 of reflector 418 and with it.Preferably, fluorescent tube 112 comprises the pipe based on the ester of polyurethanes, and for example by Norton Plastics of Akron, what Ohio made is made by TYGOTHANE, as in U.S. Patent No. 5,987, describes in 205.Fluorescent tube has malleable rod, and it is placed in the hollow tube, bends in the configuration to allow this hollow tube.Replacedly, fluorescent tube can be made by tetrafluoroethene, hexafluoropropylene and difluoroethylene (THV) terpolymer.But, also can use other suitable replacement schemes.Should be noted that except fluorescent tube, can use optical lens, be used to assist emission from the IR radiation 420 of IR reflector 418 to IR receivers 422.
IR receiver 422 decoding is from the IR order of IR reflector 418, and the order of being decoded is input to controller 424 in the DALI ballast 108.In addition, controller 424 can be via communication port 414, and emission DALI orders to key lighting control unit 102, and autonomous lighting control unit 102 receives the DALI order.In response to the input from IR receiver 422 or communication port 414, controller 424 outputs signal to drive circuit 416, and it causes correspondingly driving change-over circuit 408.Memory 426 is provided for storing the address of ballast 108.Power supply 428 is connected between the lead-out terminal that is connected across rectification circuit 404, and is provided for the necessary electric power of operation of communication port 414, drive circuit 416, IR receiver 422 and controller 424.Controller 424 is microprocessor preferably, but can be the processing unit of any kind of, such as ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)) or PLD (programmable logic device).Notice that key lighting control unit 102, AC source 402, lamp 410 and IR reflector 418 are not the parts of DALI ballast.
Fig. 4 b has illustrated the block diagram according to the simplification of second embodiment of DALI ballast 430 of the present invention.Herein, fluorescent tube 112 ' and IR receiver 422 ' are placed in the shell 434 of ballast 430 outsides.IR receiver 422 ' decoding is from the IR order of IR reflector 418, and the order of being decoded is input to IR communication port 432 in the ballast 430.IR communication port 432 is routed to controller 424 with the IR receiver 422 of order in DALI ballast 430 of being decoded simply.The signal of communicating by letter between IR receiver 422 between IR receiver 422 ' in shell 434 and the controller 424 among the signal of communication and the previous embodiment and the controller 424 is identical.Identical with fluorescent tube 112 situations, fluorescent tube 112 ' comprises based on the pipe of the ester of polyurethanes, is for example made by TYGOTHANE, but also can use THV terpolymer or other suitable replacement scheme.Should be noted that except fluorescent tube, also can use optical lens, to assist emission from the IR radiation 420 of IR reflector 418 to IR receivers 422 '.All other functions of modules are identical with the above-mentioned ballast of describing in Fig. 4 a 108.
Fig. 4 c shows the embodiment of IR reflector 440.First button 450, second button 452, the 3rd button 454, the 4th button 456, the 5th button 458 and raising/reduction rocker 460 are provided.IR data-signal 420 sends the top 442 from IR reflector 440.
The invention provides a kind of method of novelty, be used to use short address and range of distribution and other settings of IR allocation of communications such as the equipment of DALI ballast 108.Usually, be used to use the processing of the short address of a plurality of equipment on the IR communication setting control link to comprise:, to cause this first equipment (for example DALI ballast or other equipment) to enter programming mode by sending order to first equipment from the IR reflector; By IR communication, to first equipment emission short address (reach the total number of equipment on the link, preferably 1~64); This short address of storage in the memory of first equipment; By sending order to first equipment, cause this first equipment to withdraw from programming mode from the IR reflector; And for the armamentarium repetition above-mentioned steps on the control link.
Fig. 5 has described in further detail above-mentioned processing.In step 500, this handles beginning, is used to use IR communication, the equipment on the addressing control link.In step 502, handle in order to begin addressing, the user specifies the IR reflector at luminesent lamp clamp place, and this luminesent lamp clamp has ballast, and this ballast has outside or inner IR receiver.The IR fluorescent tube is outstanding by these anchor clamps, and the user in the space can send the IR order to ballast thus.In step 504, the user enters " programming " pattern of selected ballast by logining appropriate command at IR reflector place.For example, the user can push and keep first button 450 and the 5th button 458 on the IR reflector 440 to continue the several seconds simultaneously, to enter " programming " pattern.At this moment, the lamp that is connected to selected ballast will glimmer, and be in the indication of " programming " pattern as selected ballast.Then, in step 505, the user enters " addressing " pattern by logining appropriate command at IR reflector 418 places.For example, the user can push raising/reduction rocker 460 on the IR reflector 440 up to entering " addressing " pattern.Now, the lamp that is connected to selected ballast is in the indication of " addressing " pattern with speed flicker faster as selected ballast.In step 506, user's input reaches the short address of the possible total number of ballast on the link.Use IR reflector 440, the user has an opportunity to select Input Address 0 by pushing first button 440, have an opportunity to select Input Address 1 by pushing second button 442, have an opportunity to select Input Address 2 by pushing the 3rd button 444, have an opportunity to select Input Address 3 by pushing the 4th button 446, and have an opportunity to select Input Address 4 by pushing the 5th button 448.Certainly, the user only selects 5 addresses by using IR reflector 440 to be limited to.But by having the more advanced reflector of other key, the user can select between whole 64 short addresses possible on the control link.In step 508, ballast is arrived via the IR communications transmit in the address of choosing in step 506, and is stored in the memory of ballast, and withdraws from " addressing " pattern.After having chosen the address, ballast will be expressed the address and change by making lamp be gradient to a limiting value light level fast, suspending, be gradient to another limiting value light level, time-out and be gradient to mediumly then.In step 510, the user withdraws from " programming " pattern, and repeats above-mentioned steps for next ballast, up to finishing.For example, the user can push and keep first button 450 and the 5th button 458 on the IR reflector 440 to continue the several seconds simultaneously, to withdraw from " programming " pattern.According to the present invention, the control of IR reflector can be the standard remote that has button, or PDA (personal digital assistant).According to Fig. 5, notice that employed agreement needs not to be the DALI agreement, and controlled plant needs not to be ballast.
The advantage of above-mentioned implementation is that it has avoided the Random assignment short address to give ballast, does like this and can add confusion and difficult by the ballast in the address number identification space time.By using IR communication, the short address can logically be distributed, the facility that provides system to set up.Because two equipment can be assigned with identical short address, therefore, can there be 64 ballasts of surpassing to be connected to the control link.The present invention has also overcome another problem of previous addressing technique, because before the address of programming ballast, lamp does not need to remove from the anchor clamps of ballast.By via IR communication addressing ballast, also avoided needing to obtain to the anchor clamps path that throws light on to remove lamp, so that distribute the address to ballast.
Another advantage of this implementation is that it allows to add new feature.For example, this method can be used for via other characteristics of IR communication programming, such as ballast group, highest luminance rank, minimum light level, default intensity rank, sight rank, fade times and fade rates.Equally, if the IR communication system is operated with two-way communication, then ballast can be launched current operating characteristic and diagnostic feedback, is used for showing at IR reflector place.
The reading of DALI order is based on interruption.The Interrupt Process device is handled rising edge or is reduced the edge in the bit-by-bit mode, and creates the DALI order of importing into again.In case order is read and creates again, they are subsequently by according to handling as shown in Figure 6, and it starts from step 600.In step 602,604,606 and 608, check the address that is received, whether belong to ballast address to check it.Possible address style is short address (ballast separately), group address (ballast group) and broadcasting (all ballasts).For example, at the short address of being discerned or after step 606 and 608 has been checked the address at the group address of being discerned, if the order that is received does not belong to ballast, then this processing stops in step 624 in step 602 and 604.
If this address relates to ballast, then the order that is received need be handled in step 612~622.Possible command type be arc-level commands (arc-level commands) (being used to change the instruction of arc-power light level), normal command (not need such as close, the bright isoparametric basic command collection of gradual change) and special command (need such as storing value, the isoparametric command set of memory address).After this command process, withdraw from step 624 program.
Except that the DALI agreement, more features that ballast can also be incorporated in failed call in the DALI standard or not limit.Obvious characteristics is the IR addressing, and independent thus ballast can be addressed, and key lighting control unit not.When above-mentioned DALI ballast and DALI key lighting control unit use the DALI agreement to be used for communicating by letter on digital communi-cations link, it should be noted that disclosed ballast, key lighting control unit and method are applied to have any digital link of the equipment that has the numeric address.
Although the preferred embodiment in conjunction with multiple accompanying drawing has been described the present invention, but be to be understood that, can use other similar embodiment, perhaps can carry out modification and interpolation scheme, not depart from the present invention to carry out identical function of the present invention at described embodiment.And, should emphasize that multiple computer platform comprises that handheld device operating system and other special purpose operating systems all can expect.And the present invention can realize in a plurality of process chip or equipment or between it, and storage can be carried out between a plurality of equipment similarly.Therefore, the present invention should not be limited to any single embodiment, but it should be interpreted as among the scope according to claims.

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1. electric ballast that is used for gas discharge lamp comprises:
Change-over circuit is used to produce high-frequency driving voltage, to drive the circuit for lamp in described gaseous discharge lamp;
Controller, it is connected to described change-over circuit, is used to control described change-over circuit;
Digital communications ports, it is connected to described controller, and operation is used to be connected to described digital communi-cations link;
Infrared communications ports, it is connected to described controller, and operation is used to receive the signal of expression emission from the infrared data signal of infrared transmitter; With
Memory, it is connected to described controller, and operates the address that is used to store described ballast;
The described signal of wherein representing described infrared data comprises described address, and described controller function is used in the described address of described memory storage; With
Wherein when described ballast is connected to described digital communi-cations link, the described ballast of described Address Recognition.
2. the electric ballast of claim 1 wherein, represents that the described signal of described infrared signal comprises first order, and described controller function is used for causing described ballast to enter programming mode when receiving described first order.
3. the electric ballast of claim 2, wherein, described controller function is used for after described ballast has entered described programming mode, causes described change-over circuit that described lamp is glimmered with first rate.
4. the electric ballast of claim 3 wherein, represents that the described signal of described infrared signal comprises second order, and described controller function is used for causing described ballast to enter addressing mode when receiving described second order.
5. the electric ballast of claim 4, wherein, described controller function is used for after described ballast has entered described addressing mode, causes described change-over circuit that described lamp is glimmered with second speed.
6. the electric ballast of claim 5, wherein, described second speed is faster than described first rate.
7. the electric ballast of claim 5 wherein, represents that the described signal of described infrared signal comprises the 3rd order, and described controller function is used for the time causing described ballast to withdraw from described programming mode receiving described the 3rd order.
8. the electric ballast of claim 1, wherein, described infrared communications ports comprises infrared remote receiver.
9. the electric ballast of claim 8, wherein, described infrared communications ports further comprises fluorescent tube, is used to assist the emission of the described infrared data signal to described infrared remote receiver from described infrared transmitter.
10. the electric ballast of claim 9, wherein, described fluorescent tube comprises the polyurethanes pipe.
11. the electric ballast of claim 9, wherein, described fluorescent tube comprises THV ternary polymerization property management.
12. the electric ballast of claim 8, wherein, described infrared communications ports further comprises lens, is used to assist the emission of the described infrared data signal to described infrared remote receiver from described infrared transmitter.
13. the electric ballast of claim 1, wherein, described infrared port operation is used to receive the control signal from the infrared remote receiver of described ballast outside, and described control signal is the expression of described infrared data signal.
14. the electric ballast of claim 1, wherein, described digital communi-cations link is the DALI communication link.
15. a Lighting Control Assembly comprises:
Infrared transmitter, its operation is used to launch infrared data signal;
Load control apparatus, its operation is used to control lighting load, and comprises the memory that is used for memory address; Described load control apparatus operation is used to receive the signal that expression comprises the described infrared data signal of described address, and stores described address in described memory; Described load control apparatus is applicable to and is connected to digital communi-cations link.
16. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 15, wherein, the described signal of representing described infrared data signal comprises first order, and the operation of described load control apparatus is used for entering programming mode when receiving described first order.
17. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 16, wherein, described control appliance causes described lighting load to be glimmered with first rate after described equipment has entered described programming mode.
18. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 17, wherein, the described signal of representing described infrared data signal comprises second order, and the operation of described load control apparatus is used for entering addressing mode when receiving described second order.
19. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 18, wherein, described control appliance causes described lighting load to be glimmered with second speed after described equipment has entered described addressing mode.
20. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 19, wherein, described second speed is faster than described first rate.
21. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 19 wherein, represents that the described signal of described infrared data signal comprises the 3rd order, and described control appliance operation is used for withdrawing from described programming mode when receiving described the 3rd order.
22. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 15 further comprises infrared remote receiver, it is connected to described ballast; Described infrared remote receiver operation is used to receive described infrared data signal.
23. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 22, wherein, described infrared remote receiver operation is used for the control signal to the described infrared data signal of described ballast output expression.
24. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 23, wherein, described infrared remote receiver further comprises fluorescent tube, is used to assist the emission of the described infrared data signal to described infrared remote receiver from described infrared transmitter.
25. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 23, wherein, described infrared remote receiver comprises lens, is used to assist the emission of the described infrared data signal to described infrared remote receiver from described infrared transmitter.
26. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 15, wherein, described load control apparatus further comprises infrared remote receiver, and its operation is used to receive described infrared data signal.
27. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 26, wherein, described load control apparatus further comprises fluorescent tube, is used to assist the emission of the described infrared data signal to described infrared remote receiver from described infrared transmitter.
28. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 26, wherein, described load control apparatus further comprises lens, is used to assist the emission of the described infrared data signal to described infrared remote receiver from described infrared transmitter.
29. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 15 further comprises described digital communi-cations link, and a plurality of load control apparatus is connected to described digital communi-cations link, wherein each described load control apparatus has unique address.
30. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 15 further comprises described digital communi-cations link, and a plurality of load control apparatus is connected to described digital communi-cations link, at least two in the wherein said load control apparatus have identical address.
31. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 15, wherein said load control apparatus is a ballast.
32. the Lighting Control Assembly of claim 15, wherein, described digital communi-cations link is the DALI communication link.
33. a setting is used for the link address method of equipment, this equipment from infrared transmitter via infrared communication with control link communication, this method may further comprise the steps:
Launch described link address from described infrared transmitter to described equipment; With
The described link address of storage in the memory of described equipment.
34. the method for claim 33 further may further comprise the steps:
From described infrared transmitter before described equipment is launched described link address, by sending first order to described equipment, cause described equipment to enter programming mode from infrared transmitter.
35. the method for claim 34, wherein said operation of equipment is used to control lighting load, and described method further may further comprise the steps:
After described equipment has entered described programming mode, cause described equipment that described lighting load is glimmered with first rate.
36. the method for claim 35 further may further comprise the steps:
After described equipment has entered described programming mode,, cause described equipment to enter addressing mode by sending second order to described equipment from described infrared transmitter.
37. the method for claim 36 further may further comprise the steps:
After described equipment has entered described addressing mode, cause described equipment that described lighting load is glimmered with second speed.
38. the method for claim 37, wherein said infrared transmitter has button, and described method further may further comprise the steps:
From described infrared transmitter before described equipment is launched described link address, push described button, to choose described link address.
39. the method for claim 38 further may further comprise the steps:
By sending the 3rd order to described equipment, cause described equipment to withdraw from described programming mode from described infrared transmitter.
40. the method for claim 39, wherein, described infrared transmitter has a plurality of buttons, and described method further may further comprise the steps:
Before sending described the 3rd order, push simultaneously and keep the predetermined combinations in described a plurality of button to continue the preset time section more than a button.
41. the method for claim 37, wherein said second speed is faster than described first rate.
42. the method for claim 36, wherein said infrared transmitter has button, and described method further may further comprise the steps:
Before sending described second order, push described button.
43. the method for claim 34, wherein said infrared transmitter has a plurality of buttons, and described method further may further comprise the steps:
Before sending described first order, push simultaneously and keep the predetermined combinations in described a plurality of button to continue the preset time section more than a button.
44. the method for claim 33, wherein said a plurality of equipment are connected to described control link, and described link address is launched at least two control appliances in described a plurality of control appliance.
45. the method for an addressing and the equipment of control link communication may further comprise the steps:
Cause described equipment to choose random address, described random address significantly greater than may with the maximum number of the equipment of described control link communication;
The binary tree search method of the universe by carrying out possible random address is concluded the described random address of described equipment;
To the described equipment emission at described random address place reach may with the short address of the described maximum number of the equipment of described control link communication; With
The described short address of storage in memory.
46. the method for claim 45, wherein, a plurality of equipment and described control link communication, and described binary tree search method further may further comprise the steps:
(a) whether the described random address of concluding described equipment is in the subclass of possible random address;
(b) reduce the described subclass of possible random address; With
(c) repeating step (a) and (b).
47. a method, its equipment that will have a device address is assigned to the group from the user interface with key lighting control unit of memory, wherein said equipment and described key lighting control unit the two all with control link communication, said method comprising the steps of:
Use the described user interface of described key lighting control unit, choose described equipment,
Use described user interface, choose described group; With
In the described memory of described key lighting control unit, be stored to the distribution of described group's described device address.
48. the method for claim 47 further may further comprise the steps:
Described device address is presented on first display of described user interface.
49. the method for claim 48 wherein, is used described user interface to choose described device address and further be may further comprise the steps:
Push the button on the described user interface.
50. the method for claim 49, wherein, described equipment is load control apparatus, and it is connected to lighting load, and described method further may further comprise the steps:
After the described user interface of use is chosen described device address, cause described equipment to make described lighting load flicker.
51. the method for claim 50 wherein, is chosen described group and is comprised:
Push the region allocation button on the described user interface.
52. the method for claim 51 further may further comprise the steps:
After choosing described group, illuminate second display on the described user interface, so that the vision that is selected about described group indication to be provided.
53. the method for claim 52 further may further comprise the steps:
The zone cancellation of pushing on the described user interface distributes button; With
Described distribution from described memory deletion to described group's described device address.
54. the method for claim 50, wherein, described equipment make described lighting load with per two seconds once the flicker speed glimmer.
55. the method for claim 48, wherein, described first display is 7 n segment display ns.
56. the method for claim 47 further may further comprise the steps:
Before the described user interface of use is chosen described device address, cause described key lighting control unit to enter programming mode.
57. the method for claim 56 further may further comprise the steps:
Make described key lighting control unit withdraw from described programming mode.
58. the method for claim 57, wherein, described user interface comprises a plurality of buttons, and wherein, causes described key lighting control unit to withdraw from described programming mode and comprise:
Push simultaneously and keep continuing the preset time section more than the predetermined combinations of a button in described a plurality of button.
59. the method for claim 56, wherein, described user interface comprises a plurality of buttons, and wherein, causes described key lighting control unit to enter described programming mode and comprise:
Push simultaneously and keep continuing the preset time section more than the predetermined combinations of a button in described a plurality of button.
60. a key lighting control unit comprises:
Controller;
User interface, it is connected to described controller;
Digital communications ports, it is connected to described controller, and the operation be used to be connected to digital communi-cations link, this digital communi-cations link has the control appliance that also is connected thereto; Described control appliance has the address; With
Memory, it is connected to described controller, and operates the described address that is used to store described control appliance;
Wherein said controller function is used for:
Cause described control appliance to select random address, described random address is significantly greater than the maximum number of the equipment that may communicate by letter with described digital communi-cations link;
The binary tree search method of the universe by carrying out possible random address is concluded the described random address of described control appliance;
Reach the short address of the described maximum number of the equipment that may communicate by letter with described digital communi-cations link to the described control appliance emission at described random address place.
61. the key lighting control unit of claim 60, wherein said digital communi-cations link are the DALI communication links.
62. a key lighting control unit comprises:
Controller;
User interface, it is connected to described controller;
Digital communications ports, it is connected to described controller, and the operation be used to be connected to digital communi-cations link, this digital communi-cations link has the control appliance that also is connected thereto; Described control appliance has the address; With
Memory, it is connected to described controller, and operates the described address that is used to store described control appliance;
Wherein said controller function is used for:
Choose the described address of described control appliance;
Choose the group; With
In memory, be stored to the distribution of described address of described group's described control appliance.
63. the key lighting control unit of claim 62, wherein, based on the described address of choosing described control appliance from the input of described user interface.
64. the key lighting control unit of claim 62, wherein, based on choose described group from the input of described user interface.
65. the key lighting control unit of claim 62, wherein, described digital communi-cations link is the DALI communication link.
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