CN103941596B

CN103941596B - Configuration method for the controller in home system

Info

Publication number: CN103941596B
Application number: CN201310018753.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: Z.肖; J.冯; T.丁
Original assignee: Honeywell International Inc
Current assignee: Honeywell International Inc
Priority date: 2013-01-18
Filing date: 2013-01-18
Publication date: 2019-06-14
Anticipated expiration: 2033-01-18
Also published as: CN103941596A

Abstract

The present invention provides a kind of configuration method for the controller in home system, comprising the following steps: controll plant enters programming mode；The bar code of controller and controll plant is input in remote controler, the remote controler is using the bar code of controller as the bar code of their own；And the remote controler is communicated with controll plant, and carries out scene configuration automatically.

Description

Configuration method for the controller in home system

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of configuration method for controller, relate more particularly to for the scene control in home system The configuration method of device processed.

Background technique

Smart home system is to fill communication apparatus relevant to information various in family, household electrical appliance and family public security It sets, monitoring concentrated on one family intellectualizing system or strange land, control and family is connected to by home bus technology Front yard transactional management, and keep the harmony of these home amenities and residential environment and coordinate.Smart home system also provides wirelessly Web network panel and wireless handheld PDA, using be wirelessly connected, make user stay at home from anywhere in can be carried out Intercommunication surfs the web, the activities such as home wiring control.

For example, smart home system can control Household illumination system.When going home, " returned on scene control at flicking entry Family " key, preset light and electric appliance scene start automatically, and light is automatically adjusted to preset brightness；When leaving home, flicking " from Family " key, all light and electric appliance are automatically switched off.The feature of system maximum is scenery control, can have multichannel in same interior Lighting loop is known as scene to certain light atmosphere is reached after every primary Ioops brightness adjustment；Different scenes (battalion can be preset Produce different light environments), being fade-in fade-out time when handoff scenario makes the soft variation of light.The system also utilizes clock Controller carries out clock control, makes light that the variation by daily sunrise sunset or having time rule be presented.Utilize various sensings Device and remote controler reach the automatic control to light.

However, user needs to configure it before usage scenario controller in home system.In general, scene The button of controller is seldom, and usually only 2-4, therefore be not enough to define " increase " button, " deletion " button and other function Button.If carrying out scene configuration operation using Macintosh, it is difficult.At the same time, when scene control and controlled When the distance between object is very long, configuration is carried out to them and needs two people.Accordingly, there exist find a kind of readily behaviour for user Scene control is configured as method.

Summary of the invention

In one embodiment of the invention, a kind of configuration method for the controller in home system is provided, including Following steps: controll plant enters programming mode；The bar code of controller and controll plant is input in remote controler, the remote control Device is using the bar code of controller as the bar code of their own；And the remote controler is communicated with controll plant, and automatic Carry out scene configuration.

Detailed description of the invention

Feature described herein can refer to attached drawing as described below and more fully understand.

Fig. 1 shows the structure chart of the common controller in home system and controll plant；

Fig. 2 shows the flow charts for the existing method that scene control and controll plant are configured under the structure of Fig. 1；

Fig. 3 shows the structure chart of the controller in home system and controll plant according to the present invention；With

Fig. 4 shows the stream of the method according to the present invention for configuring scene control and controll plant in the structure in figure 3 Cheng Tu.

Although the present invention allows to have embodiment in many different forms, it is shown in the accompanying drawings and will retouch in detail herein The specific embodiment stated is interpreted as the example that the disclosure is considered as the principle of the invention, be not intended to limit the invention to it is specific The embodiment of explanation.

Specific embodiment

Fig. 1 shows the structure chart of controller and controll plant in home system.In home system, such as scene The controll plant of the controller of controller and such as lighting controller is all fixed on metope.For example, for the photograph of home system For bright system, scene control can be fixed on the metope of entry, and lighting controller can be fixed on parlor or bedroom Metope on.In general, having longer distance between controller and controll plant.It can between scene control and lighting controller It carries out wireless communication.Due to usually there is longer distance between controller and controll plant, they configure past Toward two people's collaborations of needs.

Scene control shown in FIG. 1 has less key, such as four keys, such as is respectively intended to opening for control lamp Pass, the brightness of lamp, Night and day mode.So few key is not enough to define " increase ", " deletion " etc. and defines situation Button.It is cumbersome and difficult if operated using Macintosh.

Fig. 2 shows the flow charts for the existing method that scene control and controll plant are configured under the structure of Fig. 1.In step Rapid S201, controll plant enter programming mode.In step S202, scene control enters programming mode.In step S203, pass through Such as wireless communication of radio frequency (RF), the bar code and controll plant that scene control sends oneself to controll plant are to scene Controller sends the bar code of oneself, to record mutual bar code.In step S204, scene configuration is carried out.In step S205, scene control and controll plant leave programming mode.In one example, by between controller and controll plant The light that controlled plant connects for example can be added to the key of controller by programming, enable the controller to control light unlatching, Closing and scene change.Due to the limitation of the number of keys of controller, scene configuration can be also limited.

In wireless home system, " bar code " is equivalent to " radio address " of scene control and controll plant.Control Device or controll plant processed all have unique radio address.

Since in the conventional method, controll plant and scene control need to respectively enter programming mode, and need to record Mutual bar code, therefore need two people's collaborations to complete in the case where controll plant and scene control apart from each other.

Fig. 3 shows the structure chart of the controller in home system and controll plant according to the present invention.With the knot of Fig. 1 Structure is similar, and in the home system of Fig. 3, the controll plant of the controller of such as scene control and such as lighting controller is also all It is fixed on metope.As previously mentioned, usually having longer distance between controller and controlled plant.Scene control and illumination It can be carried out wireless communication between controller.Equally, scene control shown in Fig. 3 has less key, for example four are pressed Key.These keys are designed for example, by using soft-touch type, gently key, i.e., the opening and closing of manually controllable light or scene become It changes.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, used a kind of removable equipment, such as remote controler that user is helped to match It sets.Remote controler has the various keys of such as number key, directionkeys, determination key, increasing-and-decreasing key, ESC Escape etc..Therefore, the remote control Device has enough keys to allow user to define increasing key, delete key or other function keys for use in configuration to various scenes Control.Sharpest edges using such remote controler are, remote controler be it is removable, allow users to mobile and neatly It is configured.

In one embodiment, it can be carried out wireless communication between controller, controll plant and remote controler.By wireless Their unique radio address are transmitted to remote controler by communication, controller and controll plant, remote controler by controller wirelessly Radio address of the location as their own, and automatically configuration enters the controll plant of programming mode.For example, can automatically by with The lighting loop of the associated controll plant of controller is added to number key or scene key on remote controler, keeps remote controler remote Journey controls the unlatching, closing and scene change of light by control controll plant.It in another example, can also be from remote control The lighting loop of controll plant associated with controller is deleted in number key or scene key on device.

Fig. 4 shows the stream of the method according to the present invention for configuring scene control and controll plant in the structure in figure 3 Cheng Tu.In step S401, controll plant enters programming mode.In step S402, by the bar shaped of scene control and controll plant Code is input in remote controler, and the remote controler is using the bar code of scene control as the bar code of their own.It, should in step S403 Remote controler is communicated with controll plant, and automatically to progress scene configuration.In step S404, controll plant exits programming mode.? In wireless system, " bar code " is equivalent to " radio address " of scene control and controll plant.Controller or controll plant are equal With unique radio address.

In the present invention, controll plant is not limited to Lighting control, can also be airconditioning control in home system, heating control Other controls such as system, curtain control or combinations thereof.

Although above-mentioned have already been described in detail some embodiments, others modification is possible.For example, in order to realize expectation As a result, discribed logic flow does not need shown particular order, or continuous sequence in figure.It can provide others Step, or certain steps can be eliminated from described process, and described system can be increased other components or Component is removed from described system.Other embodiments can be in the scope of the claims later.

From the foregoing, it will be observed that many change and modification can be realized without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It should be understood that, it is intended that or should infer limitation not relative to particular system described herein or method.It is, of course, intended to It is covered by the appended claims all this modifications fallen within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. a kind of for being fixed on the configuration method of the controller of metope in home system, wherein by controller be fixed on The controll plant of other metope and the separate controller can wirelessly communicate carry out scene configuration each other, thus make to control Device can control controll plant, the configuration method the following steps are included:

The controll plant enters programming mode；

The bar code of the controller and the controll plant is separately input in remote controler, the remote controler is by the item of controller Bar code of the shape code as their own, wherein the bar code of the controller and controll plant respectively indicate the controller and by Control the unique radio address of object；And

The remote controler is wirelessly communicated with the controll plant to carry out scene configuration automatically, so that the remote controler energy It is enough that controll plant is controlled.

2. configuration method as described in claim 1, wherein the controller is scene control.

3. configuration method as described in claim 1, wherein the key of the remote controler is more than the key of controller.

4. configuration method as described in claim 1 further comprises the steps of: controll plant and exits programming mode.

5. configuration method as described in claim 1, wherein the controll plant be Lighting control, airconditioning control, heating control, At least one of curtain control.