CN113950184A

CN113950184A - Off-line control system and method for light programs

Info

Publication number: CN113950184A
Application number: CN202111044060.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张家瑞
Original assignee: Strongled Lighting Systems Suzhou Co ltd
Current assignee: Strongled Lighting Systems Suzhou Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-07
Filing date: 2021-09-07
Publication date: 2022-01-18

Abstract

The system comprises a data communication module, a control unit and a display module, wherein the data communication module is used for receiving first program information on an intelligent terminal and transmitting the first program information to the control unit; the control unit is in communication connection with the data communication module and is used for acquiring the first program information and generating first light data; the control unit is connected with a flash memory interface and used for acquiring second program information on an external flash memory through the flash memory interface and generating second light data; the driving module is in communication connection with the control unit and is used for driving a lamp to operate according to the first light data or the second light data issued by the control unit; the control unit is connected with a dial module; the method is realized by the system. The lamp can be flexibly controlled to operate in various occasions, so that the light control is more flexible and convenient.

Description

Off-line control system and method for light programs

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of stage lighting control, in particular to a system and a method for controlling a light program offline.

Background

The traditional stage lighting program based on the DMX512 protocol usually needs to play a flash through a computer, acquire the gray value of RGBW pixels of a display screen through computer software, issue program data according to the DMX512 protocol, and realize the program effect through data processing of controllers such as a main controller and a sub controller. However, the conventional lighting controller is built in with a broadcast program with a fixed lighting effect, and cannot play non-built-in lighting programs according to the field requirements. And the field debugging playing of non-built-in light programs has great limitation, the user-defined program playing cannot be realized, and if a scheme of combining a computer, the main control of the light controller and the sub-control of the light controller is used, the control structure is complicated, and the cost is too high.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, there is a need to provide a system and a method for off-line control of light programs, wherein the system comprises:

the data communication module is used for receiving the first program information on the intelligent terminal and transmitting the first program information to the control unit;

the control unit is in communication connection with the data communication module and is used for acquiring the first program information and generating first light data; the control unit is connected with a flash memory interface and used for acquiring second program information on an external flash memory through the flash memory interface and generating second light data;

the driving module is in communication connection with the control unit and is used for driving a lamp to operate according to the first light data or the second light data issued by the control unit;

the control unit is connected with a dial module and used for determining to send the first light data or the second light data through switching of the dial module.

In one embodiment, the control unit stores a first configuration parameter for generating the first light data; the flash memory stores a second configuration parameter for generating the second light data.

In one embodiment, the control unit is connected with a feedback module, the feedback module is used for acquiring real-time operation data of the lamp and sending the real-time operation data to the control unit, and the real-time operation data comprises one or more of voltage, current and temperature;

the control unit is further used for receiving the real-time operation data synchronously through the feedback module when the driving module issues the first light data or the second light data.

In one embodiment, the driving module is connected to the lamp through a 485 interface line, and the lamp is connected to the feedback module through the 485 interface line.

In one embodiment, the control unit is connected with a network module, the network module includes a WIFI module and a 4G module, and the control unit is configured to transmit the real-time operation data to a remote server through the network module, so that the remote server performs remote monitoring based on the real-time operation data.

In one embodiment, the data communication module is connected with the intelligent terminal through an SPI interface.

In one embodiment, an addressing module is connected to the control unit, and the addressing module is used for editing a logical address space for the luminaire. The addressing module is compatible with various types of lamps for addressing, so that the types of the lamps compatible with the system are increased.

A light program off-line control method comprises the following steps:

responding to selection operation of a playing object, acquiring first program information transmitted by the intelligent terminal when the selection operation is a first selection, and generating first light data according to the first program information;

responding to the selection operation of a playing object, when the selection operation is a second selection, acquiring second program information in the flash memory, and generating second light data according to the second program information;

and driving the lamp to operate according to the generated first light data or second light data.

In one embodiment, the reading the second program information in the flash memory and generating the second lighting data according to the second program information comprises:

and generating second program information according to a preset light program, and storing the second program information in a flash memory, wherein the second program information comprises light RGB data, a protocol message header, a protocol message tail, a frame number and a frame frequency.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

converting the generated first light data or second light data into a plurality of first data packets;

and issuing the first data packet to the lamp according to a set frame frequency, wherein the first data packet is used for controlling the lamp to operate.

In one embodiment, the method further comprises:

reading real-time operation data of the lamp, and generating a plurality of second data packets based on RDM technical standards according to the real-time operation data;

and acquiring the second data packet according to a set frame frequency, inserting the acquired second data packet into a down-sending frame gap of the first data packet, and forming a field by the adjacent first data packet and the second data packet.

The off-line control system and the off-line control method for the light programs have the following beneficial effects:

the intelligent terminal control lamp system has two modes of connecting the intelligent terminal control lamp and controlling the lamp offline by means of the external flash memory and the internal data communication module, is simple and quick to switch, and is convenient for flexibly controlling the operation of the lamp in various occasions; meanwhile, the flash memory is beneficial to directly controlling the lamp according to the user-defined light program, and intelligent terminal intervention and debugging are not needed in the process of controlling the lamp, so that the light control is more flexible and convenient.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments or the conventional technologies of the present disclosure, the drawings used in the descriptions of the embodiments or the conventional technologies will be briefly introduced below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following descriptions are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a light program offline control system provided in an embodiment;

fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an offline light program control method according to an embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart illustrating operation of a lamp according to an embodiment;

fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart illustrating obtaining real-time operating data of a lamp according to an embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a timing diagram of a first packet and a second packet provided in one embodiment;

fig. 6 is a block diagram of a light program offline control apparatus provided in an embodiment.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the present disclosure, the present disclosure will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Embodiments of the present disclosure are presented in the drawings. This disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present disclosure and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the disclosure described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims. The terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, the presence of additional identical or equivalent elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the recited elements is not excluded. For example, if the terms first, second, etc. are used to denote names, they do not denote any particular order.

As described in the background art, in the prior art, a computer, a main control of a lighting controller and a sub-control scheme of the lighting controller are required for controlling lighting programs, and the control structure is complicated and the cost is too high. Based on the above reasons, the present invention provides a scheme capable of controlling light operation in real time without connecting a computer, which is specifically described with reference to the embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1, the present invention provides a light program offline control system X00, including: the intelligent terminal comprises a data communication module X10, a control unit X20 and a driving module X30, wherein the data communication module X10 is used for receiving first program information on the intelligent terminal and transmitting the first program information to the control unit X20. Here, the intelligent terminal generally refers to a computer, and may also refer to other intelligent terminals that can send the first program information to the data communication module. The first program information may be a program file containing light program effects or data for characterizing light program effects. For example, in a flash for playing a light program effect on a computer, the first program information may include an RGBW gray scale value of a computer screen, and the subsequent control unit may control the operating states of the lamp, such as the brightness, according to the RGBW gray scale value.

And the control unit X20 is in communication connection with the data communication module X10, and the control unit X20 is used for acquiring the first program information and generating first light data. The control unit X20 is connected to a flash memory interface, and the control unit is configured to obtain the second program information on the external flash memory 100 through the flash memory interface and generate the second lighting data.

The control unit X20 may process the first program information of the smart terminal and may also process the second program information of the flash memory 100, and the control unit X20 does not need to connect to the smart terminal when processing the second program information.

In this embodiment, the first light data and the second light data are both light data based on the DMX512 protocol. The DMX512 protocol is a data dimming protocol proposed by the american stage light association, which provides a protocol standard for communication between light controllers and light fixtures. In this embodiment, the data communication module X10 may communicate with a Peripheral device, such as an intelligent terminal, in a Serial manner through a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI Interface for short) to exchange information.

And the driving module X30 is in communication connection with the control unit X20, and the driving module X30 is used for driving the lamp to operate according to the first light data or the second light data issued by the control unit X20.

The control unit X20 is used for issuing first light data or second light data to the driving module X30, when the control unit X20 is in on-line operation, namely the control unit X20 is connected with the intelligent terminal through the data communication module X10, the control unit X20 processes the first program information and issues the first light data to the driving module X30 so as to control the lamp; when the control unit X20 operates offline, that is, the control unit X20 directly reads the second program information in the flash memory 100 without connecting to an intelligent terminal, and issues the second light data to the driving module X30, thereby controlling the lamp.

The control unit X20 is connected to a dial module X40, and the control unit X20 is configured to determine to issue the first light data or the second light data by switching the dial module X40. The control unit X20 cannot process the first program information and the second program information at the same time, and the dial module X40 may switch the control unit X20 to select to receive the first program information or the second program information, thereby determining that the control unit X20 issues the first light data or the second light data.

In the embodiment, by configuring the data communication module X10 in communication with the intelligent terminal and reading the signal channel of the flash memory 100, the control unit X20 can process the online first light data and the offline second light data, which is beneficial to the control system to control the lamp in an early-offline state, reduces the control cost of the lamp, and improves the flexibility and convenience of lamp control; in practical application occasions, the first light data can be sent by switching an online mode, and the second light data can also be sent by switching an offline mode, so that the flexibility of lamp control is improved, and the limitation of online operation is reduced.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the control unit X20 stores a first configuration parameter for generating first light data. The first program information cannot be directly issued to control the operation of the lamp, and the control unit is required to process the first program information according to the first configuration parameter to obtain first light data, so that the first light data can be issued to the driving module to control the operation of the lamp. The flash memory 100 stores a second configuration parameter for generating second light data, and similarly, the second program information cannot be directly issued to control the operation of the lamp, and the control unit X20 is required to process the second program information according to the second configuration parameter to obtain the second light data, so that the second light data can be issued to the driving module X30 to control the operation of the lamp.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the control unit X20 is connected to a feedback module X50, and the feedback module X50 is configured to obtain real-time operation data of the lamp, and send the real-time operation data to the control unit X20, where the real-time operation data includes one or more of voltage, current, and temperature. The control unit X20 is further configured to receive the real-time operation data synchronously through the feedback module X50 when the driving module X30 issues the first light data or the second light data. The control unit X20 can query the operation data of the lamp through the feedback module X50, not only can monitor the operation condition of the lamp, but also can adjust the control strategy according to the real-time operation data or provide reference for the subsequent control of the lamp.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the driving module X30 is connected to the lamp through a 485 interface line, the driving module X30 can control a plurality of lamps, and the lamp is connected to the feedback module X50 through the 485 interface line, that is, the light program offline control system provided in this embodiment is connected to the lamp through the same 485 interface line, and no additional communication channel is added.

The light data sending and the feedback signal receiving between the light program offline control system and the lamp are synchronously performed, the defect that the lamp information cannot be synchronously obtained in the prior art is overcome, no additional communication channel is added, and the light data sending and the feedback signal receiving are synchronized by means of improving the baud rate.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the control unit X20 is connected to a network module, the network module includes a WIFI module X60 and a 4G module X70, and the control unit X20 is configured to transmit real-time operation data to the remote server through the network module, so that the remote server performs remote monitoring based on the real-time operation data. The switching of the WIFI module X60 and the 4G module X70 may adopt a dial switch X80.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, an addressing module X90 is connected to the control unit X20, and an addressing module X90 is used to edit the logical address space for the luminaire. In this embodiment, when the driving module 30 needs to control a plurality of lamps, the lamps need to be addressed, that is, each lamp needs to be assigned a logical address space. Different lamps have different addressing protocols and different high and low level requirements, so that the protocol of an addressed object and the high and low level states can be determined through the addressing module X90, the addressing module X90 realizes level conversion by switching the states of an IO port, and different protocol data can be sent by calling different functions to realize addressing.

In the above embodiment, the system further includes a power supply module X100, the power supply module X100 is electrically connected to the control unit X20, and the power supply module X100 is configured to supply power to the control system. The power supply module X100 can be powered by alternating current 220V, and in this embodiment, in order to further improve the convenience of the system, a rechargeable battery is used for supplying power, and charging and discharging are realized by means of the voltage stabilizing module.

Referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for controlling a light program offline is provided, including the steps of:

step S100: and responding to the selection operation of the playing object, acquiring first program information transmitted by the intelligent terminal when the selection operation is a first selection, and generating first light data according to the first program information.

The playing object can be an upper computer or a person, for example, the upper computer can send a control instruction, the control instruction includes information of selection operation, or the selection operation is manually performed. When the selection operation is the first selection, first light data are generated according to first program information by acquiring the first program information transmitted by the intelligent terminal.

Step S200: and responding to the selection operation of the playing object, reading second program information in the flash memory when the selection operation is a second selection, and generating second light data according to the second program information.

Step S300: and driving the lamp to operate according to the generated first light data or second light data.

Here, the first program information and the second program information may be program files containing light program effects or data for characterizing light program effects. By responding to the selection operation of the playing object, for example, responding to the selection of the playing object for the dial switch, it can be determined whether the playing object needs to play the first program information or the second program information. The first program information is obtained through the connected intelligent terminal, and the second program information is obtained through the connected flash memory. And finally, processing the obtained first program information or second program information into lighting data for controlling the lamp based on a DMX512 protocol, and further controlling the lamp to operate.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, before reading the second program information in the flash memory, the method further includes:

Before reading the second program information in the flash memory, the second program information needs to be generated according to the actual light program requirement, and the second program information is stored in the flash memory. The light program can be understood as a light effect program formed by setting the operation of the lamp according to actual requirements. The flash memory has the advantages of small volume, high data transmission speed, hot-pluggable property and the like. In the present embodiment, the flash memory is an SD memory card.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, referring to fig. 3, step S300 includes:

step S302: and converting the generated first light data or second light data into a plurality of first data packets.

The selected first light data or second light data is issued to the lamp to control the lamp to operate, the first light data or the second light data needs to be converted into a first data packet, the data packet is a data unit in protocol transmission, and the first light data or the second light data is divided into a plurality of data blocks, namely the data packet. Data packets, which often contain address information for both the sender and the recipient, travel along different paths through one or more networks and are reassembled at the destination, helping to improve the efficiency of data transmission.

Step S304: and issuing a first data packet to the lamp according to the set frame frequency, wherein the first data packet is used for controlling the lamp to operate.

The first data packet is delivered according to a set frame frequency, where the frame frequency in this embodiment may refer to the number of segments of the first data packet delivered per second.

Referring to fig. 4, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further includes:

step S400: and acquiring real-time operation data of the lamp, and generating a plurality of second data packets based on the RDM technical standard according to the real-time operation data.

The real-time operating data of the lamp comprises one or more of voltage, current, temperature. The operation data of the lamp is read, and the operation data is converted into the second data packet, so that not only can the operation condition of the lamp be monitored, but also the control strategy can be adjusted according to the real-time operation data, or a reference can be provided for the subsequent control of the lamp. Real-time operation data of the lamp are obtained through active triggering, a second data packet is generated according to the obtained real-time operation data according to the RDM technical standard, and the second data packet and the first data packet are data units in protocol transmission. The RDM technology standard is an extended version of the DMX512-a protocol, allowing dimmers and other control devices to discover, configure, condition monitor, and manage intermediate and line-end devices through a DMX512 network. The embodiment can realize bidirectional communication with the lamp through the RDM technical standard.

Step S500: and acquiring a second data packet according to the set frame frequency, inserting the acquired second data packet into the down-sending frame gap of the first data packet, and forming a field by the adjacent first data packet and the second data packet.

When the operation data of the lamp is read, the first data packet is synchronously transmitted to the lamp, so that the acquired second data packet is inserted into the frame transmission gap of the first data packet, the control and the reading can be synchronously realized, the extra port layout is reduced, and the processing efficiency is improved. As shown in fig. 5, where a is a timing diagram of a first data packet to be transmitted, b is a timing diagram of a second data packet to be received, and D is a complete field in a transmission process, a symbol included in the first data packet and a symbol included in the second data packet together form the complete field, so that a baud rate of data transmission is increased.

It should be understood that although the various steps in the flowcharts of fig. 2-4 are shown in order as indicated by the arrows, the steps are not necessarily performed in order as indicated by the arrows. The steps are not performed in the exact order shown and described, and may be performed in other orders, unless explicitly stated otherwise. Moreover, at least some of the steps in fig. 2-4 may include multiple steps or multiple stages, which are not necessarily performed at the same time, but may be performed at different times, which are not necessarily performed in sequence, but may be performed in turn or alternately with other steps or at least some of the other steps or stages.

Based on the foregoing description of the method embodiments, in another embodiment of the apparatus provided in the present disclosure, a computer device is provided, which includes a memory and a processor, where the memory stores a computer program, and the processor implements the steps of the offline light program control method in the foregoing embodiments when executing the computer program.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a light program offline control apparatus S00 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the device S00 may be a server. Referring to FIG. 6, device S00 includes a processing component S20 that further includes one or more processors and memory resources represented by memory S22 for storing instructions, e.g., applications, that are executable by processing component S20. The application program stored in the memory S22 may include one or more modules each corresponding to a set of instructions. Further, the processing component S20 is configured to execute instructions to perform the steps of the off-line light program control method described above.

The device S00 may also include a power supply component S24 configured to perform power management of the device S00, a wired or wireless network interface S26 configured to connect the device S00 to a network, and an input-output (I/O) interface S28. The device S00 may operate based on an operating system stored in the memory S22, such as Windows Server, Mac OS X, Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, or the like.

Based on the foregoing description of the method embodiments, in another embodiment of the apparatus provided in the present disclosure, a computer program product is provided, where the computer program product includes instructions, and the instructions, when executed, can perform the steps of the offline light program control method in the foregoing embodiments.

Based on the foregoing description of the method embodiments, in another embodiment of the apparatus provided by the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, and the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the offline light program control method in the foregoing embodiments.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by hardware instructions of a computer program, which can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium, and when executed, can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. Any reference to memory, storage, database or other medium used in the embodiments provided herein can include at least one of non-volatile and volatile memory. Non-volatile Memory may include Read-Only Memory (ROM), magnetic tape, floppy disk, flash Memory, optical storage, or the like. Volatile Memory can include Random Access Memory (RAM) or external cache Memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM can take many forms, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) or Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), among others.

In the description herein, references to the description of "some embodiments," "other embodiments," "desired embodiments," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, a schematic description of the above terminology may not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features of the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

In the present specification, the embodiments of the system, the method and the storage medium are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are mutually referred to or described with reference to the corresponding method embodiments, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments. Reference is made to the description of the method embodiments. The specific details can be obtained according to the descriptions of the foregoing method embodiments, and all of them should fall within the scope of implementation protected by the present disclosure, and no further description is given to implementation schemes of the embodiments one by one.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present disclosure, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the claims. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the concept of the present disclosure, and these changes and modifications are all within the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. An off-line light program control system, comprising:

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the control unit stores a first configuration parameter for generating the first light data; the flash memory stores a second configuration parameter for generating the second light data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the control unit is connected to a feedback module, the feedback module is configured to obtain real-time operating data of the lamp, the real-time operating data including one or more of voltage, current, and temperature, and to send the real-time operating data to the control unit;

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the driving module is connected to the lamp via a 485 interface line, and the lamp is connected to the feedback module via the 485 interface line.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the control unit is connected with a network module, the network module comprises a WIFI module and a 4G module, and the control unit is used for transmitting the real-time operation data to a remote server through the network module so that the remote server can perform remote monitoring based on the real-time operation data.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the data communication module is connected to the intelligent terminal through an SPI interface.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein an addressing module is connected to the control unit for editing a logical address space for the luminaire.

8. A light program off-line control method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

responding to the selection operation of a playing object, reading second program information in a flash memory when the selection operation is a second selection, and generating second light data according to the second program information;

9. The method of claim 8, wherein reading the second program information in the flash memory and generating the second lighting data based on the second program information comprises:

10. The method of claim 9, wherein driving operation of a luminaire according to the generated first light data or second light data comprises:

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring real-time operation data of the lamp, and generating a plurality of second data packets based on the RDM technical standard according to the real-time operation data;