JP2011233481A - Lighting system and light control device for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lighting system capable of changing patch information easily without increasing the patch information by overwriting it when lighting is controlled by dividing a lighting load.SOLUTION: A lighting system 1 of this invention comprises: a plurality of lighting loads S; a plurality of operation terminal units C having a plurality of fader operation units F; and RAM 11 storing the patch information which indicates correspondence relation between each of the plurality of lighting loads S and each fader operation unit F of the plurality of operation terminal units C. The lighting system 1 controls light for the lighting loads S based on the patch information and the operation contents of the plurality of the fader operation unit F in the operation terminal C. RAM 11 comprises a light control device 2 capable of overwriting the patch information to be used for light control by dividing the plurality of lighting loads S.

Description

  The present invention relates to an illumination system used in a conference room, a hall, and the like and a dimming control device used in the illumination system.

Conventionally, lighting systems are installed in indoor facilities such as conference rooms and halls.
This type of lighting system includes a plurality of lighting loads arranged in an indoor facility, and a plurality of fader operations for operating a lighting load to be dimmed to a dimming state of arbitrary brightness. And a dimming control device that controls dimming of the corresponding illumination load based on operations by a plurality of fader operation units of the plurality of operation terminals.

  As a dimming control device for such a conventional illumination system, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, a channel that is a unit for controlling an illumination load using an operation unit having a preset fader is used. There is a light control device in which a scene is assigned to the information and the assigned information is stored in a storage unit as scene reproduction level data.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-132084

  In order to make effective use of indoor facilities such as conference rooms and halls, conventional lighting systems divide multiple lighting loads into groups of a predetermined number in addition to dimming control of multiple lighting loads at once. Then, dimming control may be performed.

  When dimming control of a plurality of lighting loads at once, the setting contents for performing dimming control of the assigned lighting loads are the same in the plurality of operation terminals. This setting content includes patch information indicating the correspondence between each of the plurality of illumination loads and each fader operation unit of the plurality of operation terminals. The patch information is assigned so that the fader operation units and the illumination loads of the respective operation terminals are all in one-to-one correspondence.

  However, in the conventional lighting system, when dimming control is performed by dividing a plurality of lighting loads into a predetermined number of groups, as described above, the fader operation unit of each operation terminal and each lighting load are controlled as described above. Are all assigned one-to-one and fixed, so patch information has been changed, such as assigning a new fader operation unit and corresponding lighting load for each grouped operation terminal. Must. For this reason, the conventional lighting system has problems such as complicated patch information changing work associated with the division of the lighting load and increased patch information.

  The dimming device described in Patent Document 1 assigns a scene to a channel, which is simply a unit for controlling an illumination load, and stores the assigned information in a storage unit as scene reproduction level data. Therefore, the above problem cannot be solved.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and when the lighting load is divided and light control is performed, the patch information is rewritten so that the patch information can be changed without increasing the patch information. It is an object of the present invention to provide an illumination system that can easily perform the above and a dimming control device used therefor.

  A lighting system according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a plurality of lighting loads; and a plurality of operation units for operating a lighting load to be dimmed to a dimming state of arbitrary brightness among the plurality of lighting loads. A plurality of operation terminals; a memory storing patch information indicating a correspondence relationship between each of the plurality of illumination loads and each operation unit of the plurality of operation terminals; a plurality of illumination loads and a plurality of operation terminals And the dimming control of the lighting load based on the operation contents of the plurality of operation units of the operation terminal and the patch information, wherein the memory divides the plurality of lighting loads and performs dimming For this purpose, the patch information can be rewritten, and the patch information is rewritten to divide the plurality of lighting loads to perform dimming, and the patch for dimming the plurality of lighting loads at once. Information rewriting means switching Therefore switch dimming control device and; are provided with.

In the present invention and each invention of the following claims, unless otherwise limited, definitions and technical meanings of terms are as follows.
The operation terminal is, for example, a controller, and the plurality of operation units are configured by slide-type fader switches or touch-panel type fader switches, but are not limited to this, other than fader switches The operation unit may be used. The operation terminal is configured by a wired transmission type controller that transmits a control signal by wire, but may be configured by, for example, a wireless transmission type controller that transmits a control signal wirelessly.

  The memory is, for example, a RAM, but is not limited to this, and may be a memory whose stored contents do not disappear even when the power is turned off.

  The switching means is, for example, a changeover switch, but is not limited to this. The dimming control device is for rewriting patch information for dimming a plurality of lighting loads and dimming the plurality of lighting loads at once based on an operation signal generated by operating the changeover switch. Control to switch between rewriting patch information.

  The illumination system according to claim 2 of the present invention is the illumination system according to claim 1, wherein information necessary for rewriting the patch information in the memory corresponds to a plurality of rooms and each of the plurality of rooms. It is the information which shows the corresponding relationship between the said 1 or 2 or more said illumination load, each of the said 1 or 2 or more illumination load, and each of these fader operation part.

  A plurality of rooms means, for example, a plurality of rooms in which indoor facilities such as conference rooms and halls are partitioned by partition members, but are not limited thereto. For example, it may be configured as a virtual space room partitioned by virtual partition members.

  A dimming control device according to claim 3 of the present invention includes a plurality of lighting loads and a plurality of operations for operating a lighting load to be dimmed to a dimming state having an arbitrary brightness among the plurality of lighting loads. A dimming control device capable of being connected to a plurality of operation terminals having a unit, and storing patch information indicating a correspondence relationship between each of a plurality of lighting loads and each operation unit of the plurality of operation terminals A control unit that controls the dimming of the illumination load based on the patch information based on each operation content of the plurality of operation units of the plurality of operation terminals. And the memory is capable of rewriting the patch information for performing dimming by dividing the plurality of lighting loads, and the control unit divides the plurality of lighting loads to perform dimming. Rewriting the patch information and performing multiple Characterized by switching control based on the operation by the switching means and the rewriting of the patch information for collectively dimming load.

  According to the lighting system of the first aspect of the present invention, when dimming control is performed by dividing the lighting load, the patch information is rewritten, thereby making it easy to change the patch information without increasing the patch information. Can be done.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the same effect as in the first aspect can be obtained, and the patch information changing operation based on the division mode in which the illumination load is divided for each room can be easily performed.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the same effect as in the first aspect can be obtained.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the illumination system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the light control apparatus of FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a patch information storage area in the RAM of FIG. The block diagram which shows the structure at the time of dividing | segmenting the several illumination load of FIG. 1 for every room. The block diagram which shows the structure at the time of dividing the some room of FIG. 2 using the partition member. The figure which shows the structure of the patch information in the case of controlling the several illumination load collectively in the illumination system of FIG. The figure which shows the structure of the patch information of the correspondence of room No, illumination load No, and operation terminal unit No. required for rewriting in the illumination system of FIG. The figure which shows the structure of the patch information of the corresponding relationship of fader No, illumination load No, and operation terminal No. required for rewriting in the illumination system of FIG. The figure which shows the structure of the patch information of the corresponding relationship of fader No, illumination load No, and operation terminal No. required for rewriting in the illumination system of FIG. The figure which shows the structure of the patch information of the correspondence of partition No., room No, lighting load No, and operation terminal No. required for rewriting in the lighting system of FIG. The flowchart which shows the process procedure accompanying the division | segmentation mode setting of the light modulation control apparatus of this Embodiment. The flowchart which shows an example of the control content in CPU of the light modulation control apparatus of this Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  Fig.1 (a) is a typical block diagram which shows the structure of the illumination system which concerns on embodiment of this invention, FIG.1 (b) is a block diagram which shows the structure of an operating terminal, FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the light control apparatus used for the illumination system of FIG.

A lighting system 1 shown in FIG. 1A is installed in an indoor facility 3 such as a conference room or a hall, and includes a plurality of lighting loads S1 to S10 and a plurality of operation terminals (also referred to as controllers) C1 to C5. And the light control device 2.
In addition, although this Embodiment demonstrates about the case where the lighting system 1 is comprised provided with ten lighting load S1-S10 and five operation terminal devices C1-C5, it is not limited to these numbers. Absent.

  The plurality of lighting loads S1 to S10 are connected to the dimming control device 2 that is a dimming control panel by the control signal line 4a. The plurality of operation terminals C1 to C5 are connected to the dimming control device 2 through the control signal line 4b. The control signal lines 4a and 4b are shown as one line in the figure, but are composed of a plurality of signal lines.

As shown in FIG. 1B, each operation terminal C constitutes an operation unit for operating a corresponding illumination load among a plurality of illumination loads S1 to S10 to a dimming state with an arbitrary brightness. A plurality of fader operation units F1 to F8 are provided. The plurality of fader operation units F1 to F8 are configured as fader switches.
The plurality of fader operation units F1 to F8, which are fader switches, are not limited to eight as shown in FIG. 1B, and more may be provided as necessary.

  Further, the plurality of fader operation units F1 to F8 may be configured using a slide-type fader switch, or may be configured using a touch panel type fader switch.

  The plurality of fader operation units F1 to F8 are not limited to fader switches, and may be configured by operation switches other than the fader switches.

  Furthermore, although the plurality of operation terminals C1 to C5 are configured by a wired transmission type controller that transmits a control signal by wire, for example, the operation terminals C1 to C5 may be configured by a wireless transmission type controller that transmits the control signal wirelessly.

  Next, the configuration of the dimming control device 2 used in the illumination system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the dimming control device 2 according to the present embodiment includes a changeover switch 2a, a connection unit 2b, and four interface units (hereinafter abbreviated as I / F) 6 connected to a bus 5. To 9, ROM 10, RAM 11, and CPU 12.

  The changeover switch 2a includes a batch mode for dimming control of the plurality of lighting loads S1 to S10, and a split mode for dimming control by dividing the plurality of lighting loads S1 to S10 into a predetermined number of groups. It is a switch for instructing any of the above.

  The change-over switch 2a is constituted by, for example, a toggle switch or other switches, and outputs a batch mode or split mode operation signal to the I / F 8 by a pressing operation. The I / F 8 converts the input operation signal into an instruction signal and outputs it to the CPU 12 via the bus 5.

  The connection unit 2b is, for example, a connection cable connector to which a personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as PC) 13 that is an external device is connected. The information supplied via the connection unit 2b is converted by the I / F 9 and then output to the bus 5.

  The control signal line 4a connected to the plurality of lighting loads S1 to S10 is connected to the I / F 7. The I / F 7 outputs a control signal from the CPU 12 to the illumination load S. The lighting control means such as a dimmer can be provided on the side of the lighting load S, the dimming control device 2 or other locations, and the dimming control device 2 and each lighting load S depending on the installation location. The wiring between and the form of the signal can be set.

  The control signal line 4b connected to the plurality of operation terminals C1 to C5 is connected to the I / F 6. The I / F 6 outputs control signals supplied from the plurality of terminals C1 to C5 to the CPU 12 via the bus 5.

  The ROM 10 stores a program and the like necessary for the CPU 12 as a control means to perform dimming control of the illumination load S based on the operation of the operation terminal C and the changeover switch 2a. The CPU 12 executes a predetermined program stored in the ROM 10 to perform dimming control of the entire lighting system 1 or, as will be described later, rewrite control of patch information in the RAM 11 required when executing the split mode of the lighting load S. Etc.

  Further, the CPU 12 performs dimming control on the illumination load S based on the patch information based on the operation inputs of the plurality of fader operation units F1 to F8.

  The RAM 11 stores patch information as described later, but the storage area may be configured as a flash memory.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the RAM 11 has at least storage areas of a collective mode area 20 and a divided mode area 30. In the storage area of the collective mode area 20, patch information (collective) indicating the correspondence between the plurality of illumination loads S1 to S10 and the fader operation units F1 to F8 of the plurality of operation terminals C1 to C5 corresponding to the collective mode. (Also referred to as patch information).

An example of batch patch information corresponding to such a batch mode is shown in FIG.
In the lighting system 1 shown in FIG. 1, IDNos of the plurality of lighting loads S are S1 to S10, IDNos of the plurality of operation terminals C are C1 to C5, and each fader of each operation terminal C is further provided. It is assumed that ID Nos. Of the operation unit F are F1 to F8 and assigned ID Nos. Here, the illumination loads S9 and S10 are controlled by individually provided switches (not shown).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the batch patch information indicating the correspondence between each fader operation unit (abbreviated as fader) No and each illumination load No is “F1 → S1”, “F2 → S2”, “F3 → S3 ”...“ F8 → S8 ”, and such batch patch information is stored in the batch mode area 20 of the RAM 11.

  On the other hand, the storage area of the division mode area 30 of the RAM 11 includes a plurality of illumination loads S1 to S10 and fader operation units F1 to F8 of the plurality of operation terminals C1 to C5 corresponding to a predetermined division mode. Stored is patch information (also referred to as divided patch information) indicating a correspondence relationship.

  In the dimming control device 2 of the present embodiment, the RAM 11 performs the dimming by dividing the plurality of lighting loads S1 to S10, that is, in the division mode region 30 in order to correspond to the division mode to be executed. Patch information can be rewritten. Of course, the batch batch information in the batch mode area 20 can be rewritten.

  The split patch information rewrite process procedure and the rewrite process content required when executing such a split mode will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The dimming control device 2 according to the present embodiment uses the division patch information stored in advance in the division mode area 30 of the RAM 11 as a preparation process when executing the division mode, based on the division mode of the desired form. Rewrite processing to rewrite information.

  FIG. 11 shows a flowchart of a processing procedure associated with setting the division mode of the dimming control device according to the present embodiment.

  An operator stores division patch information corresponding to a desired division form of the plurality of illumination loads S1 to S10 in advance in the PC 13 as an external device. And an operator connects PC13 to the connection part 2b of the light control apparatus 2 using a connection cable etc. by the process of step S1.

  Then, the division patch information based on the desired division mode is output to the I / F 9 via the connection unit 2b by the operator's operation on the PC 13 side. The output divided patch information is output to the bus 5 via the I / F 9 (step S2).

Thereafter, the CPU 12 in the light control device 2 is controlled by the operator's operation on the PC 13 side, and the divided patch information output to the bus 5 is written into the storage area of the divided mode area 30 of the RAM 11 and is already stored. The supplied divided patch information is rewritten by overwriting the existing divided patch information (step S3).
In this embodiment, the rewrite of the division patch information in the RAM 11 is performed from the PC 13 side as an external device. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, the operation panel 13 may be used.
In this way, the rewriting process of the divided patch information in the RAM 11 is completed.

Next, the division patch information rewritten as described above includes information corresponding to at least two types of division modes.
The configuration of the illumination load S, the operation terminal C, and the like and the content of the divided patch information in these at least two divided modes will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 5, and 7 to 10.

  First, the first type of division mode will be described. 4A is a configuration diagram showing a configuration when the plurality of lighting loads in FIG. 1 are divided for each room, and FIG. 4B is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of the operation terminal.

  The lighting system 1 in the split mode shown in FIG. 4A is configured to divide the indoor facility 3 by, for example, four movable partition members 3A to 3D to form five rooms R1 to R5. Two corresponding illumination loads are arranged in each of the rooms R1 to R5. Further, in these five rooms R1 to R5, a plurality of fader operation units F1 to F8 (see FIG. 4B) of the operation terminals C1 to C5 respectively corresponding to two illumination loads are arranged.

  In this type of division mode, that is, the room division mode, information necessary for rewriting the division patch information in the RAM 11 is a plurality of rooms R1 to R5 and 2 corresponding to each of the plurality of rooms R1 to R5. This is information indicating a correspondence relationship between one illumination load S (two of S1 to S10), each of the illumination loads S, and each of the plurality of fader operation units F1 to F8.

  An example of the division patch information to be rewritten from the PC 13 in order to execute this type of division mode is shown in FIGS.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of the patch information of the correspondence relationship between the room No, the lighting load No, and the operation terminal No. necessary for rewriting in the lighting system of FIG. 4A. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of patch information of a correspondence relationship between a fader No, an illumination load No, and an operation terminal No. necessary for rewriting in the illumination system of FIG.

  In the lighting system 1 shown in FIG. 4A, in addition to the plurality of lighting loads S1 to S10, the plurality of operation terminals C1 to C5, and the plurality of fader operation units F1 to F8, the respective ID Nos. , R1 to R5 are assigned IDNos.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the divided patch information indicating the correspondence between each room RNo, each lighting load No, and the operation terminal No. is “R1 → S1, S2 → C1”, “R2 → S3, S4 → “C2”, “R3 → S5, S6 → C3”... “R5 → S9, S10 → C5”, and such divided patch information is rewritten in the divided mode area 30 of the RAM 11 as described above.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the division patch information indicating the correspondence relationship between the fader No, each illumination load No, and the operation terminal No. is “F1 → S1 → C1”, “F2 → S2 → C1”, “F1”. → S3 → C2 ”,“ F2 → S4 → C2 ”,“ F1 → S5 → C3 ”“ F2 → S6 → C3 ”,“ F1 → S7 → C4 ”,“ F2 → S8 → C4 ”,“ F1 → S9 → “C5”, “F2 → S10 → C5”, and such divided patch information is rewritten in the divided mode area 30 of the RAM 11 as described above.

  Next, another type of division mode will be described. FIG. 5A is a configuration diagram showing a configuration when the plurality of rooms in FIG. 4A are divided by using partition members, and FIG. 5B is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of the operation terminal. is there.

  The lighting system 1 in the split mode shown in FIG. 5A is divided into a plurality of rooms R1 to R5 shown in FIG. 4A by, for example, two partition members 3A and 3B that can be moved. P1 to P3 are formed. In this case, in the partition room P1, lighting loads S1 to S4 and two operation terminals C1 and C2 corresponding to the rooms R1 and R2 are arranged. The partition room P2 includes lighting loads S5 and S6 corresponding to the room R3, and one operation terminal C3. The partition room P3 includes two lighting loads S7 to S10 corresponding to the rooms R4 and R5. Operation terminals C4 and C5 are arranged.

  In this type of partition mode, that is, the partition room partition mode, in the information necessary for rewriting the partition patch information in the RAM 11, the information of the plurality of rooms R1 to R5 is obtained by dividing the plurality of partition rooms P1 to P3. It is information to show.

  An example of the division patch information to be rewritten from the PC 13 in order to execute such a type of division mode is shown in FIGS.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of patch information corresponding to the fader No, the illumination load No, and the operation terminal No. necessary for rewriting in the illumination system of FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of patch information of a correspondence relationship between a partition No., a room No, an illumination load No, and an operation terminal No. necessary for rewriting in the illumination system of FIG. 5.

  In the lighting system 1 shown in FIG. 5, each of the partition rooms P in addition to the plurality of lighting loads S1 to S10, the plurality of operation terminals C1 to C5, the plurality of fader operation units F1 to F8, and the plurality of rooms R1 to R5. Assume that ID Nos. Are assigned as P1 to R3.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 9, the divided patch information indicating the correspondence between the fader No, each illumination load No, and the operation terminal No. is “F1 → S1 → C1, C2”, “F2 → S2 → C1, C2”. “F3 → S3 → C1, C2”, “F4 → S4 → C1, C2”, “F1 → S5 → C3” “F2 → S6 → C3”, “F1 → S7 → C4, C5”, “F2 → “S8 → C4, C5”, “F3 → S9 → C4, C5”, “F4 → S10 → C4, C5” and the like, and such divided patch information is rewritten in the divided mode area 30 of the RAM 11 as described above.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 10, the patch information of the correspondence relationship between the partition No., the room No., the lighting load No., and the operation terminal No. is “P1 → R1, R2 → S1 to S4 → C1, C2”, “P2”. → R3 → S5, S6 → C3 ”,“ P3 → R4, R5 → S7 to S10 → C4, C5 ”, and the like, and such split patch information is rewritten in the split mode area 30 of the RAM 11 as described above.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration of two different types of division modes as shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 5A has been described. The division patch information can be changed according to the division type to be changed, and the division patch information is also changed according to the changed division type.

Next, a control example of the CPU 12 of the light control device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
In the following description, it is assumed that the divided patch information shown in FIGS. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of control contents in the CPU of the light control device according to the present embodiment.

Now, assume that the lighting system 1 according to the present embodiment is turned on. Then, the CPU 12 of the dimming control device 2 reads the program shown in FIG.
The CPU 12 determines the presence / absence of an operation by the changeover switch 2a by the determination process in step S10. If there is an operation, the process proceeds to step S11. If there is no operation, the determination process is performed until there is an operation. Do.

  In the determination process of step S11, the CPU 12 determines whether or not the operation by the changeover switch 2a is the batch mode. In this case, if the CPU 12 determines that the batch mode is selected, the process proceeds to step S12. If the CPU 12 determines that the batch mode is not selected, that is, if the split mode is determined, the process proceeds to step S13. To do.

  When determining that the mode is the collective mode, the CPU 12 determines whether or not the arbitrary fader operation unit F of the arbitrary operation terminal device C is operated in the determination process of step S12. The process proceeds to S16, and if there is no operation, the process returns to Step S11.

  Thereafter, the CPU 12 determines whether the operated fader operation unit F has been operated based on the patch information (see, for example, FIG. 6) stored in the batch mode area 20 of the RAM 11 set in advance by the process of step S16. The corresponding illumination load S is discriminated, control information such as a light control amount preset for the discriminated illumination load S is acquired, and the process proceeds to step S19. In step S19 ...

  On the other hand, when the division mode is instructed in the determination process of step S11, the CPU 12 determines whether or not the instructed division mode is room division in the determination process of step S13.

  In this case, if the CPU 12 determines that the mode is a division mode that is a room division, the CPU 12 proceeds to the determination process of step S14 and determines that the mode is a division mode that is not a room division, that is, a partition mode for partition room division. The process proceeds to step S15.

  If it is determined that there is a division mode that is a room division, the CPU 12 determines whether or not an operation of an arbitrary fader operation unit F of an arbitrary operation terminal device C is performed in the determination process of step S14. The process proceeds to step S17. If there is no operation, the process returns to step S13.

  Thereafter, the CPU 12 performs the processing in step S17, based on the division patch information (see, for example, FIGS. 7 and 8) stored in the division mode area 30 of the RAM 11 set in advance, and the room R and the fader operation unit. F and the lighting load S are associated with each other, and at the same time, the arbitrary fader operation unit F operated with the room R and the lighting load S corresponding to the fader operation unit F are determined. Control information such as a preset light control amount is acquired, and the process proceeds to step S19.

  When it is determined in the determination process of step S13 that the partition room division mode is selected, the CPU 12 determines whether or not an operation of an arbitrary fader operation unit F of an arbitrary operation terminal C is performed in the determination process of step S15. If there is an operation, the process proceeds to step S18. If there is no operation, the process returns to step S13.

  Thereafter, the CPU 12 performs the fader operation with the partition room P based on the division patch information (for example, see FIGS. 9 and 10) stored in the preset division mode area 30 of the RAM 11 by the process of step S18. The part F and the lighting load S are associated with each other, and at the same time, the arbitrary fader operation unit F operated with the partition room P and the lighting load S corresponding to the fader operation unit F are determined. On the other hand, control information such as a preset light control amount is acquired, and the process proceeds to step S19.

  In step S16 to step S18, control information such as preset light control amount of each illumination load S is stored in another storage area in the ROM 10 or RAM 11, or batch patch information and divided patches. It is stored in association with information.

  Thereafter, in the process of step S19, the CPU 12 performs dimming control so that the corresponding illumination load S is turned on with the dimming amount based on the acquired control information.

  As described above, the dimming control device 2 can determine the batch mode or the split mode by the control process by the CPU 12, and can control the lighting load S based on the determined batch mode or split mode.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the RAM 11 of the dimming control device 2 divides the illumination load and performs dimming control, that is, in order to correspond to the division mode to be executed, the division mode area 30 of the RAM 11 in advance. The divided patch information stored therein can be rewritten to the divided patch information based on the desired form of the division mode, so that the patch information can be easily changed without increasing the patch information.

  For this reason, it is possible to quickly set and execute a division mode in accordance with the purpose of use, as well as to execute a batch mode in which the lighting load is controlled in a batch. It is possible to realize an illumination system that can contribute to enlargement and a dimming control device used therefor.

  In the present embodiment, the illumination load in the division mode is divided into a plurality of rooms R1 to R5 in which an indoor facility 3 such as a conference room or a hall is partitioned by partition members 3A to 3D, or an arbitrary number R of rooms. Although it is arranged according to the partition rooms P1 to P3 partitioned by the partition members 3A and 3B every time, it is not limited to this. For example, a virtual space room R partitioned by virtual partition members or a partition room may be used.

  In the present embodiment, in order to further enhance the effect, for example, a plurality of operation terminal devices C1 to C5 are provided with scene reproduction switches, and each fader operation unit F1 to F1 is pressed by pressing the scene reproduction switch. You may comprise and provide the scene reproduction mode which controls light control so that the light control amount by the illumination load S1-S10 corresponding to F8 may become the light control amount preset for every scene.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

1 ... Lighting system,
2. Dimming control device,
2a ... changeover switch,
2b ... connection part,
3 ... Indoor facilities,
3A-3D ... partition member,
4a, 4b ... control signal line 5 ... bus,
6-9 ... I / F,
10 ... ROM,
11 ... RAM,
12 ... CPU,
20 ... Batch mode area,
30 ... division mode area,
C1 to C5 ... operation terminals,
F1 to F8: Fader operation unit,
R1-R5 ... room,
P1-P3 ... partition room,
S1 to S10: Illumination load.

Claims (3)

Multiple lighting loads;
A plurality of operation terminals having a plurality of operation units for operating a lighting load to be dimmed to a dimming state of an arbitrary brightness among the plurality of lighting loads;
A memory storing patch information indicating a correspondence relationship between each of the plurality of illumination loads and each operation unit of the plurality of operation terminals, wherein the plurality of illumination loads and the plurality of operation terminals are associated with each other; The lighting load is dimmed and controlled based on the operation contents of the plurality of operation units and the patch information, and the memory rewrites the patch information for dimming the plurality of lighting loads. The rewriting of the patch information for performing dimming by dividing the plurality of lighting loads and the rewriting of patch information for performing dimming of the plurality of lighting loads at the same time are performed by a switching unit. Dimming control device to switch;
An illumination system comprising:   Information necessary for rewriting the patch information in the memory includes a plurality of rooms, one or more lighting loads corresponding to each of the plurality of rooms, and each of the one or more lighting loads. The illumination system according to claim 1, wherein the illumination system is information indicating a correspondence relationship with each of the plurality of fader operation units. A plurality of lighting loads and a plurality of operation terminals having a plurality of operation units for operating a lighting load to be dimmed among the plurality of lighting loads to a dimming state having an arbitrary brightness can be connected. A dimming control device,
A memory storing patch information indicating a correspondence relationship between each of the plurality of lighting loads and each operation unit of the plurality of operation terminals;
A plurality of lighting loads and a plurality of operation terminals are associated with each other, and a control unit that performs dimming control of the lighting load based on the patch information is provided based on the operation contents of the plurality of operation units of the plurality of operation terminals. And
The memory is capable of rewriting the patch information for performing dimming by dividing the plurality of lighting loads, and the control unit is configured to perform dimming by dividing the plurality of lighting loads. A dimming control device that performs switching control of patch information rewriting and patch information rewriting for performing dimming of a plurality of illumination loads collectively based on an operation by a switching unit.

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