JPH11214182A - Lighting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lighting system which can perform group setting of a luminaire easily. SOLUTION: When a luminaire 2 receives a third trigger signal between a first trigger signal and a second trigger signal, it recognizes that it belongs to the same group as the luminaire 2 receiving the first trigger signal and memorizes the recognition that it belongs to the group in a memory part 2d. A person who performs group setting work merely lights a desired luminaire without being conscious of a group number and can perform group setting easily merely by operating a remote controller 3 once per luminaire.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lighting device in which a plurality of lighting fixtures are connected to a pair of transmission lines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a lighting control system in which a plurality of lighting devices and a centralized monitoring panel for controlling each lighting device are connected to a pair of transmission lines, a function of controlling the lighting devices in groups is basically provided. Provided.

In these lighting control systems, the group setting of each lighting fixture is performed by storing an address unique to the lighting fixture in a centralized monitoring panel, thereby clarifying the relationship between the installed lighting fixture and the address. , The address of the luminaire belonging to each group must be clarified, the setting work is very time-consuming,
It required considerable expertise.

As a technique for solving the above problem, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
There is a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 35875, in which a group number is set by a remote controller after installation on a lighting fixture for which a group number is not set. In this case, without worrying about the positional relationship at the time of construction of the lighting equipment,
In addition, even a person who does not have specialized knowledge can perform system group setting.

However, there is no difference from the prior art in that a group setting is individually made for each lighting fixture.
For example, when the present system is installed in a large-scale building such as an office building, the number of lighting fixtures becomes enormous, and it becomes a heavy burden for an operator to sequentially perform group setting.

Further, it is conceivable that the number of groups increases as the size of the system increases, and management of group numbers becomes a problem. That is, it is necessary to keep track of which group number is being used.

Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a table or the like in which group numbers are clearly assigned in advance for group setting, and the group setting work is performed while looking at the table or the like, which imposes a heavy burden on an operator.

[0008]

In the above-described conventional lighting control system, a centralized monitoring panel is arranged to store group information in advance, or a group number is individually stored in each lighting fixture by a remote controller. However, there is a problem that the setting work requires a lot of man-hours.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a lighting apparatus which can easily set a group of lighting fixtures.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A lighting device comprising a lamp load and a control unit for controlling the lamp load, wherein the lighting device includes a first trigger signal and a second trigger signal, wherein the first trigger signal and the second trigger signal are provided. A group setting operation is performed in which the luminaires that have received the third trigger signal between the trigger signal and the second trigger signal are placed in the same group.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device of the first aspect, the third trigger signal is a lighting signal of the lamp load.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to the first aspect, the third trigger signal is a signal for turning off the lamp load.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device of the first aspect, the third trigger signal is a dimming signal of the lamp load.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the second trigger signal is a timer signal.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the third trigger signal is a signal for a lighting apparatus for which a group has not been set. Is what you do.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the third trigger signal is a radio signal from a remote controller. .

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the illuminating device according to the first or fifth or sixth aspect, a human sensor is added to the luminaire, and the third trigger signal is supplied to the human body. It is characterized by being an output signal from a sensor.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first or fourth to sixth aspects, an illuminance sensor is added to the luminaire, and the third trigger signal is It is an output signal from the illuminance sensor.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, a group setting change unit is provided in the lighting fixture, and the lighting fixture is
The present invention is characterized in that the set group can be changed.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to tenth aspects, when the lighting fixture receives a group setting signal to start group setting, the group setting operation is performed. Is started, and upon receiving a group setting completion signal indicating completion of group setting, the group setting operation is completed.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to tenth aspects, the group setting operation is performed when power is turned on.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the illuminating device according to any one of the first to twelfth aspects, a storage unit is added to the luminaire, and the luminaire that has received the first trigger signal is Transmitting a signal including a desired group number among the unused group numbers to another lighting apparatus based on the contents of the storage unit, and receiving the third trigger signal from the lighting apparatus that has received the signal. Then, the signal belongs to a group number included in the signal.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to thirteenth aspects, a signal indicating an operation different from that of the other luminaires among the luminaires belonging to the same group is provided. The received luminaire is withdrawn from the group.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the illuminating device according to any one of the first to fourteenth aspects, the used group number stored in the storage unit and each of the luminaires are actually used. The information stored in the storage unit is corrected and updated by comparing with the group number.

[0025]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, each lighting fixture 2 in all the following embodiments does not have an individual address. However, in all of the following embodiments, the present invention can be applied to a case where each lighting fixture 2 has an individual address.

First Embodiment = FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a lighting fixture 2 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a time chart illustrating the operation of the lighting device according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the lighting device according to the present embodiment. The lighting device according to this embodiment includes:
A plurality of lighting fixtures 2 connected to a transmission line 1;
And

The luminaire 2 includes a communication unit 2a, a remote control reception unit 2b, a lamp load 2c, a storage unit 2d, a control unit 2e, and a power supply 2f. Here, the communication unit 2a
Is for receiving a signal from the transmission line 1 or transmitting the signal to another luminaire 2 via the transmission line 1. The remote control receiving unit 2b receives a signal from the remote control 3 and controls the control unit 2e. The storage unit 2d stores various information, and the control unit 2e controls the lamp load 2c by a signal from the remote control receiving unit 2b or a signal from the communication unit 2a, and stores the information. The contents of the section 2d are referred to or rewritten, and the power supply 2f drives each function.

The operation of the lighting apparatus according to the present embodiment when setting a group will be described below with reference to FIGS. Note that, for convenience of explanation, the description will be made using lighting devices A to F as the plurality of lighting devices 2 connected to the transmission line 1. First, the remote control 3 transmits a group setting signal for instructing a group setting operation to a desired lighting fixture (the lighting fixture A in the present embodiment), and the lighting fixture A that has received the signal sets the own operation. The process proceeds to the group setting operation sequence, and all the lighting devices connected to the transmission line 1 (in the present embodiment, the lighting devices B to
A group setting signal is transmitted to F).

Lighting fixtures B to which received the group setting signal
F shifts its own operation to the group setting operation sequence. At this time, the lighting fixtures A to F operating in the group setting operation sequence have the lamp load 2 when there is no instruction.
c is off.

Of the lighting fixtures A to D to be designated as a group,
The remote controller 3 transmits a signal (first trigger signal) indicating a lighting command to a desired one (the lighting fixture A in the present embodiment), and the lighting fixture A that has received the first trigger signal, Is turned on, and an unused group number is checked with reference to the storage unit 2d. In this embodiment, since the group is not set, all the group numbers can be used.

The lighting equipment A transmits a setting start signal to which one of the unused group numbers (in the present embodiment, the group number 1) is assigned, to all the lighting equipments B to B connected to the transmission line 1. The lighting fixtures B to F that have transmitted to F and received the setting start signal recognize that the group 1 is now in the setting state.

In this state, the lighting fixtures (the lighting fixtures B to D in the present embodiment) that have received the signal (third trigger signal) indicating the lighting command from the remote controller 3 themselves belong to the group 1. Is recognized and stored in the storage unit 2d, and the lamp load 2c is turned on. That is, it is determined that each of the lighting devices A to F belongs to the group: reception of the setting start signal + reception of the third trigger signal.

The above operation is repeated, that is, the remote controller 3
By transmitting the third trigger signal to the lighting fixtures (in the present embodiment, the lighting fixtures B to D) to be set in the same group as the lighting fixtures A, the lighting fixtures B to D
Is recognized as belonging to group 1 and stored in storage unit 2d, and lamp load 2c is turned on.

Then, the remote controller 3 outputs a signal (second light) indicating a light-off instruction to a desired one of the lighting devices belonging to the group 1 (the lighting device A in the present embodiment).
The lighting fixture A that has transmitted the trigger signal) and received the second trigger signal turns off its own lamp load 2c and transmits the second trigger signal to the other lighting fixtures B to F connected to the transmission line 1. Send

Lighting fixtures B to F that have received the second trigger signal
Turns off its own lamp load 2c (in the present embodiment, the lighting fixtures B to D) and recognizes that the setting work of the group 1 has been completed.

At this time, for the lighting equipment not belonging to the group 1 (the lighting equipments E and F in the present embodiment), the fact that the group number 1 has been set is stored in the storage unit 2d.

When it is desired to set another group continuously, the above operation is repeated. In this case, a group number that can be used by the lighting equipment is automatically selected, avoiding the group number 1 already set.

When the setting of all groups is completed,
When a group setting completion signal is transmitted from the remote controller 3 to a desired lighting fixture (the lighting fixture A in the present embodiment), and the lighting fixture A receives the group setting completion signal,
A group setting completion signal is transmitted to all the lighting fixtures B to F on the transmission line 1. In the following, lighting fixtures for which group setting has been performed can be controlled to be turned on and off in units of groups.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the person who performs the group setting operation need only turn on the desired lighting equipment without being conscious of the group number, and operates the remote controller 3 once for each lighting equipment. The group setting can be easily performed only by the user.

In this embodiment, the group setting is performed by turning on and off the lamp load 2c. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
Any signal may be used. For example, the signal may be turned off and then turned on, the light may be controlled by a dimming signal, or the lamp load 2c may not be turned on and off.

The reason for changing the state of the lamp load 2c is that the change in the state has an effect that the operator can easily understand the state.

Second Embodiment = FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a lighting fixture 2 according to another embodiment of the present invention. Lighting fixture 2 according to the present embodiment
Has a configuration in which a human sensor 2g is provided in the lighting fixture 2 shown in FIG.

In the first embodiment, the group setting is performed by the third trigger signal from the remote controller 3. In this embodiment, the human sensor 2g detects a human body instead of the third trigger signal. In this configuration, the group setting is performed using the human body detection signal output as a result.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the group setting operator need only pass under the lighting equipment 2 to be grouped (detect the human sensor 2g), and the remote control 3 for each lighting equipment 2 This eliminates the need to perform the operation of (1), and the group setting can be performed more easily.

In this embodiment, the group setting signal and the group setting completion signal are performed by radio signals from the remote controller 3. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A group setting completion signal may be transmitted.

Embodiment 3 = FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a lighting apparatus 2 according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 explains the operation of the lighting apparatus according to the present embodiment. It is a time chart. The lighting fixture 2 according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which a timer 2h is added to the lighting fixture 2 shown in FIG. In the second embodiment, the end of the group setting operation currently being set is indicated by the second trigger signal. However, in the present embodiment, instead of the second trigger signal, the human body is first detected by the human sensor 2g. When detected, timer 2h
And a timer signal (count end signal) indicating the end of the group setting operation is transmitted when a predetermined time has elapsed.

The operation of the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. Note that, for convenience of explanation, the description will be made using lighting devices A to F as the plurality of lighting devices 2 connected to the transmission line 1. First, the remote control 3 transmits a group setting signal for instructing a group setting operation to a desired lighting fixture (the lighting fixture A in the present embodiment), and the lighting fixture A that has received the signal sets the own operation. The process proceeds to the group setting operation sequence, and transmits a group setting signal to all the lighting fixtures (the lighting fixtures B to F in the present embodiment) connected to the transmission line 1.

Lighting fixtures B to which received the group setting signal
F shifts its own operation to the group setting operation sequence. At this time, the lighting fixtures A to F operating in the group setting operation sequence have the lamp load 2 when there is no instruction.
c is off.

Next, the lighting equipment (the lighting equipment A in the present embodiment) which first detected the human body by the human sensor 2g turns on its own lamp load 2c,
An unused group number (group number 2 in the present embodiment) is checked by referring to the storage unit 2d, and a setting start signal with the group number 2 is transmitted to all the lighting fixtures B to B connected to the transmission line 1. F, and starts counting (for example, 30 seconds) by its own timer 2h. At this time, the fact that the self belongs to the group 2 is stored in the storage unit 2d.

When the lighting fixtures B to F receive the setting start signal, they recognize that the group 2 is now in the setting state.

Then, while the timer 2h is counting, the human body sensor 2g of the lighting fixtures (the lighting fixtures B to D in the present embodiment) to be designated as the same group detects the human body, and the lighting fixture B which has detected the human body. ~ D is the lamp load 2c
Is turned on, and that the self belongs to the group 2 is stored in the storage unit 2d.

When the timer 2h finishes counting the lighting equipment A, the lighting equipment A turns off the lamp load 2c and sends a count end signal indicating the end of the group 2 setting work to all the lighting equipment B to B connected to the transmission line 1. The luminaires B to F, which have transmitted to F and received the count end signal, turn off the lamp load 2c, recognize that the setting of group 2 has been completed, and store that group 2 has been set. The information is stored in the unit 2d.

When it is desired to set another group continuously, the above operation is repeated. In this case, the group number that can use the lighting equipment is automatically selected, avoiding the group number 2 that has already been set.

When the setting of all groups is completed,
When a group setting completion signal is transmitted from the remote controller 3 to a desired lighting fixture (the lighting fixture A in the present embodiment), and the lighting fixture A receives the group setting completion signal,
A group setting completion signal is transmitted to all the lighting fixtures B to F on the transmission line 1. In the following, lighting fixtures for which group setting has been performed can be controlled to be turned on and off in units of groups.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the person who performs the group setting work only needs to walk under the lighting fixtures 2 to be grouped (detect the human sensor 2g), and can easily perform the group setting. it can.

In the present embodiment, the group setting signal and the group setting completion signal are performed by a radio signal from the remote controller 3. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A group setting completion signal may be transmitted.

= Embodiment 4 = FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a lighting fixture 2 according to another embodiment of the present invention. Lighting fixture 2 according to the present embodiment
Is the lighting fixture 2 according to the second embodiment.
This is a configuration in which an illuminance sensor 2i is provided instead of g.

Here, the lighting device according to the present embodiment
In the lighting fixture 2 that performs dimming control of the lamp load 2c based on the information of the illuminance sensor 2i, the motion sensor 2g
Instead of detecting a human body, a group setting is performed by giving a sudden change in illuminance by, for example, illuminating each lighting fixture 2 with a flashlight or the like.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the person who performs the group setting operation can easily perform the group setting by illuminating the lighting fixtures 2 to be grouped with a flashlight or the like.

In the present embodiment, the group setting signal and the group setting completion signal are performed by a wireless signal from the remote controller 3. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A group setting completion signal may be transmitted.

Also, in the lighting fixture 2 shown in FIG. 6 as the third embodiment, the same effect as in the present embodiment can be obtained by using the illuminance sensor 2i instead of the motion sensor 2g.

= Embodiment 5 = In all the above-described embodiments, when performing group setting, first, each lighting fixture 2 is shifted to a group setting operation sequence based on a group setting signal from the remote controller 3. However, in the lighting device according to the present embodiment, when the power is turned on, each lighting fixture 2 refers to its own storage unit 2d, and when the group number is not set to its own lighting fixture 2 , The process automatically shifts to the group setting operation sequence.

By doing so, a device or signal for shifting to the group setting operation sequence becomes unnecessary, and
Group setting can be easily performed, and the cost of the lighting device can be reduced.

Embodiment 6 = In this embodiment, a description will be given of a setting change of a group once set. In all the above-described embodiments, when it is desired to change the group, first, all the lighting fixtures 2 are shifted to the group setting operation sequence, and the group lighting instruction for the group to which the changed lighting fixture 2 belongs is issued. The luminaire 2 that has transmitted the indicated signal and received the signal turns on its own lamp load 2c.

Next, a signal indicating an extinguishing command is individually transmitted to the lighting equipment 2 to be removed from the group, the lamp load 2c of the lighting equipment 2 is turned off, and the information that the self belongs to the group is stored from the storage unit 2d. To delete.

Next, the second trigger signal indicating the command to turn off the lamp load 2c is transmitted, the lamp loads 2c of all the lighting fixtures 2 are turned off, and the group setting change is completed by transmitting the group setting completion signal. I do.

Here, the lighting fixture 2 to be removed from the group
As a method of transmitting a signal indicating an individual light-off instruction to the remote controller 3, there are a wireless signal using the remote controller 3 and a wired signal from a centralized monitoring panel (not shown) that monitors the lighting fixture 2. When the individual lighting equipment 2 is turned off by the remote control from the remote controller 3 or the centralized monitoring panel, it is necessary to set an address unique to the lighting equipment 2 and to transmit to the address. When a signal indicating a turn-off command is transmitted from the vicinity of the corresponding lighting fixture 2 by the remote controller 3, it is not necessary to set a unique address to the lighting fixture 2. Must not be transmitted.

By doing so, it is possible to change the group settings, and it is possible to easily cope with a case where a partition of an office or the like is changed.

= Embodiment 7 = In Embodiment 6, the setting of the group is changed by withdrawing the lighting fixture 2 to be removed from the group once set, but in the present embodiment, the setting is changed. In this configuration, the group setting is changed by overwriting the group number.

That is, once a group is set,
When the group setting operation sequence is performed again when the process proceeds to the group setting operation sequence, a new group number is stored in the storage unit 2d, and the previous group number is stored in the storage unit 2d.
Is deleted from the file.

By doing so, it is possible to easily change the setting of the group and to easily cope with the case where the partition of the office or the like is changed.

= Embodiment 8 = In all the above-described embodiments, each lighting fixture 2 individually stores a used / unused group number including a group number to which another lighting fixture 2 belongs. However, it did not know about the number of lighting fixtures 2 belonging to each group.

Therefore, when the group setting is changed by the method as in the sixth and seventh embodiments, even though the number of the luminaires 2 belonging to a group having a certain group number has already become zero, the number of the luminaires 2 has become zero. There is a possibility that the state where the group number is being used is stored.

Therefore, in this embodiment, in all of the above-described embodiments, the group number actually used and the used group number information stored in each lighting fixture 2 can be matched. It is like that.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. The remote controller 3 transmits a signal to which a “group table check command” is attached to a desired one of the lighting fixtures 2, and the lighting fixture 2 that has received the signal shifts to a group table check operation sequence. , And broadcasts a signal indicating the chest to all the luminaires 2 connected to the transmission line 1.

The luminaire 2 which has received the signal indicating the shift to the group table check command via the transmission line 1 shifts to the group table check operation sequence, and transmits the signal with the group number to which the lighting device 2 belongs to the transmission line 1. And broadcast that the group number belonging to the storage unit 2d is being used.

The lighting fixture 2 that has received the signal with the group number stores the fact that the group number included in the received signal is in use in the storage unit 2d.

Here, each lighting fixture 2 broadcasts, via the transmission line 1, a signal with the group number to which it belongs, but has already received the signal including the group number to which it belongs. In this case, a signal with its own group number is not transmitted via the transmission line 1.

By performing the above operation with all the lighting fixtures 2, all the group numbers in use can be confirmed.

Therefore, in this embodiment, all the used group numbers can be confirmed with a small number of signals.

= Ninth Embodiment = FIG. 9 is a time chart for explaining an operation of a lighting device according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the lighting device according to the present embodiment, in all of the above-described embodiments except the sixth and seventh embodiments, after the lighting device 2 is once recognized as belonging to a certain predetermined group during the group setting operation sequence. Until the signal indicating the turn-off command of the lamp load 2c of all the lighting fixtures 2 is received, if the signal indicating the turn-off command to the individual lighting fixtures 2 is received, the group is withdrawn from the group. is there.

As a method of transmitting a signal indicating an individual turn-off command to the lighting equipment 2, a radio signal using the remote controller 3 and a centralized monitoring panel (not shown) for monitoring the lighting equipment 2
There is a wired signal from. When the individual lighting equipment 2 is turned off by the remote control from the remote controller 3 or the centralized monitoring panel, it is necessary to set an address unique to the lighting equipment 2 and to transmit to the address. When a signal indicating a turn-off command is transmitted from the vicinity of the corresponding lighting fixture 2 by the remote controller 3, it is not necessary to set a unique address to the lighting fixture 2. Must not be transmitted.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is possible to easily belong to or leave a group during the group setting operation.

[0084]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an illumination apparatus comprising a plurality of illumination fixtures each having a lamp load and a control unit for controlling the lamp load, connected to a transmission line. Since the lighting apparatus receives the third trigger signal between the first trigger signal and the second trigger signal, the lighting apparatus receives the third trigger signal and performs the group setting operation. It was possible to provide a lighting device capable of easily setting a group of appliances.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to the first aspect, the third trigger signal is a lighting signal of a lamp load. At the time of setting, it is easy to determine which lighting fixture is being set.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to the first aspect, the third trigger signal is a signal for turning off a lamp load. At the time of setting, it is easy to determine which lighting fixture is being set.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to the first aspect, the third trigger signal is a dimming signal of a lamp load. At the time of group setting, it is easy to determine which lighting fixture is being set.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the second trigger signal is a timer signal. In addition to the effect of any of the inventions described above, the second trigger signal can be automatically transmitted.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the third trigger signal is a signal for a lighting apparatus for which a group has not been set. The same effects as the invention according to any one of the first to fifth aspects are obtained.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the third trigger signal is a wireless signal from a remote controller. The present invention has the same effect as the invention described in any one of the above.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to the first or fifth or sixth aspect, a human sensor is added to the lighting fixture, and the third trigger signal is output by the human sensor. Since the signal is a signal, in addition to the effects of the invention described in claim 1, claim 5, or claim 6, group setting can be easily performed by passing under a lighting fixture to be set in the same group.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first or fourth to sixth aspects, an illuminance sensor is added to the luminaire, and the third trigger signal is output from the illuminance sensor. , And in addition to the effects of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4 to 6, it can be easily performed by giving a sudden change in illuminance to lighting fixtures to be set in the same group. Group settings can be made.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, the lighting fixture is provided with a group setting changing means, so that the lighting fixture can change the set group. Therefore, in addition to the effects of the invention described in any one of the first to ninth aspects, the group setting can be easily changed without preparing a special device.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to tenth aspects, when the lighting fixture receives a group setting signal to start the group setting, the group setting operation is started. Then, when a group setting completion signal indicating completion of group setting is received, the group setting operation is completed, so that the same effect as the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 10 is exerted.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to tenth aspects, the group setting operation is performed when the power is turned on. In addition to the effects of the present invention, the operation can automatically shift to the group setting operation.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the illuminating device according to any one of the first to twelfth aspects, a storage unit is added to the illuminating device, and the illuminating device having received the first trigger signal stores A signal including a desired group number among the unused group numbers is transmitted to another lighting apparatus based on the contents of the section, and the lighting apparatus that has received the signal receives the third trigger signal, and receives the signal. Since it is made to belong to the included group number, the same effect as the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 12 is obtained.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to thirteenth aspects, a signal indicating an operation different from that of another lighting fixture among the lighting fixtures belonging to the same group is received. Since the lighting fixture is withdrawn from the group, the setting of the group can be easily changed in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of the first to thirteenth aspects.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the lighting device according to any one of the first to fourteenth aspects, the used group number stored in the storage unit and the number of the lighting equipment actually used are different from those of the lighting apparatus. Since the information stored in the storage unit is corrected and updated by comparing the group number with the group number, it is easy to add the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 14. Used and unused group numbers can be determined.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a lighting device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a time chart illustrating an operation of the lighting device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the lighting device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a lighting fixture according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a lighting fixture according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a time chart illustrating an operation of the lighting device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a lighting fixture according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a time chart illustrating an operation of a lighting device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Transmission line 2 Lighting fixture 2a Communication part 2b Remote control receiving part 2c Lamp load 2d Storage part 2e Control part 2f Power supply 2g Human sensor 2h Timer 2i Illuminance sensor 3 Remote control

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A lighting device having a lamp load and a control unit for controlling the lamp load, wherein the lighting device is connected to a plurality of transmission lines and includes a first trigger signal and a second trigger signal. A lighting device that receives the third trigger signal between the first trigger signal and the second trigger signal, and performs a group setting operation for grouping the lighting devices into the same group. 2. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the third trigger signal is a lighting signal of the lamp load. 3. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the third trigger signal is a turn-off signal of the lamp load. 4. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the third trigger signal is a dimming signal of the lamp load. 5. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the second trigger signal is a timer signal. 6. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the third trigger signal is a signal for a lighting device for which a group has not been set. 7. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the third trigger signal is a wireless signal from a remote controller. 8. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein a motion sensor is added to the lighting apparatus, and the third trigger signal is an output signal from the motion sensor. Lighting equipment. 9. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein an illuminance sensor is added to the luminaire, and the third trigger signal is an output signal from the illuminance sensor. The lighting device according to claim 1. 10. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein a group setting changing means is provided in the lighting device, and the lighting device can change a set group.
The lighting device according to any one of the above. 11. The group setting operation is started when the lighting fixture receives a group setting signal to start group setting, and when the lighting fixture receives a group setting completion signal to end group setting. The lighting device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the lighting device is completed. 12. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said group setting operation is performed when power is turned on.
0. The lighting device according to any one of 0. 13. A lighting device having a storage unit added to the lighting device and receiving the first trigger signal includes a desired group number among unused group numbers based on the contents of the storage unit. A signal is transmitted to another luminaire, and the luminaire that received the signal is made to belong to a group number included in the signal when the third trigger signal is received. Item 13. The lighting device according to any one of Items 12. 14. The lighting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, among the lighting apparatuses belonging to the same group, a lighting apparatus that receives a signal indicating an operation different from that of the other lighting apparatuses is withdrawn from the group. Item 14. The lighting device according to any one of Items 13. 15. A method of comparing a used group number stored in the storage unit with a group number actually used by each lighting fixture to correct information stored in the storage unit. The lighting device according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the lighting device is updated.