CN1998270B - Actuator comprising a memory part for a building management system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a building management system (1) for controlling several actuators (10) that are disposed in a distributed manner. Said building management system (1) is composed of a central control unit (2) and at least one actuator (10) that is triggered by said central control unit (2). The actuator (10) is provided with a control device (11) which is configured to receive control commands from the central control unit (2) and operate the actuator (10) in accordance with said control commands, and a memory part (13) for storing functionally relevant data. According to the invention, the memory part (13) is or can be separated from the control device (11).
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of building management system and a kind of actuator, described building management system is used for according to the described a plurality of actuators placed with distribution mode of controlling of claim 1, and described actuator is provided to be used for corresponding building management system and has the memory portion that is used to store with the function relevant information.Particularly, the present invention relates to a kind of illuminator and a kind of corresponding luminaire, described illuminator has central control unit, and it is used to control a plurality of luminaires of placing with distribution mode.
Background technology
Electric ballast (electronic ballast), be used to operate light fixture, particularly gaseous discharge lamp (gasdischarge lamp) is configured to make it can be used to the dissimilar light fixture of control usually, and can be set to be used for different luminaire (luminaire).Correspondingly, the output of electric ballast is very big, and is installed in the luminaire in the latter stage of its production process, makes the mechanism and the electronic installation of luminaire, and promptly electric ballast has formed a unit.In production process after this, adopt the customizing messages of luminaire that ballast is programmed, thereby make the functional adaptation of ballast in this way in described luminaire type.This programming, for example, can be by corresponding information stores be realized in the memory component of ballast.
Adopt above-mentioned programmed method, can guarantee that ballast is come into operation in different luminaires and compatibly controls dissimilar light fixtures, but problem can result from the following fact, and promptly the working life of a part of mechanical organ in the luminaire and reliability are far above ballast.In other words, in the process of the working life of luminaire, ballast is because fault or other consume phenomenon and must be replaced, and this situation is to take place really.Yet in this case, the information that is programmed into original ballast during production can be lost.In addition, the information of being enrolled during the trial run of the luminaire in illuminator (commission), for example be used to the operation address of the illuminator controlled separately or grouping address and at the information of running time of the permission of light-emitting device, in case that ballast is replaced is promptly deleted.Therefore, some known luminaires have appearred, for example, according to US 6,693, the luminaire that is applied to endoscope detecting of 397 B1, a kind of interchangeable lamp unit in this luminaire has the data storage that is used to write down running time.Behind predetermined total run time, the lamp unit of fixedlying connected with described memory is replaced, and described memory also is necessary to be replaced, and makes the side information that keeps in memory, the information that for example relates to the common operation of luminaire must be write again.
Usually also result from the situation of alleged building management system with middle similar problem mentioned above, a plurality of alleged actuator that is wherein had is arranged with distribution mode, and is controlled by central control unit.For described term actuator, it is applicable to two kinds of above-mentioned lighting technology elements, it is also applicable to the emergency light converter, the operating means that is used for light-emitting diode or Halogen lamp LED also is applicable to this, and heat, ventilation or climate regulation element, for example be used to veil that makes the window deepening and so in addition, also be applicable to this.This actuator has a kind of control device usually, and its purpose that is fabricated is the control command that is used to receive from the central control unit or the general building management system of luminaire, orders correspondingly operate actuator according to these then.If these actuators also have been subjected to the control of centralized computer at present for pure order receiver, then increased simultaneously a kind of trend to a certain degree, that is, actuator itself has represented certain intelligence and has handled specific program in response to the control command that receives.Further, various different types of more bus systems mainly are connected in the building with hierarchical approaches.Therefore, for example, the central control unit that forms by computer can be connected with one or more local control units by the TCP-IP bus, described local control unit self is also based on another set of bus system, for example be applied to addressable digital lighting interface (DALI) bus in the lighting industry, and be connected or communication with actuator.Further, different bus systems is connected to each other by alleged gateway or interface module usually.
The increase of this locality " intelligence " by actuator, though provide now even may control more easily, but, for the operator of the supplier of actuator and corresponding building management system, wherein also may have problems and financial risk.These problems can make it be noted, for example delay and the cost overrun in the programming first time of necessity in installation.Moreover, also partly the programming cost with very high is relevant for changing function in the installation after this or expansion.At last, be similar to above-mentioned situation, changing failed ballasts can have problems, that is, under the situation of failure of apparatus or the replacement of employing corresponding device thereof, can lose the information of original programming, and, correspondingly need to carry out reprogramming, produced high fringe cost like this.
The further problem of these conventional actuators also has at last, owing to the function and the possible diversity of operation of these devices, then considers the factor of parameter maximum for possible fault.Therefore, the inefficacy of lamp operation device can be because, for example, the operation of light source in the critical operation parameter region; Yet, also can only be because following situation, that is, the expection service life of device or light source is overstepping the time limit just in time.If now lamp operation device or common actuator in fact lost efficacy, then be difficult to determine the actual cause that lost efficacy usually, and in scope as much as possible, also be difficult to take possible measure to avoid occurring this trouble in future.
Summary of the invention
The present invention promptly, in the situation of illuminator or in the situation of building management system, avoids above-mentioned problem usually now based on following purpose.Further, for example, will point out a kind of possibility, be used for monitoring better the operation conditions of actuator in order to make the possible failure cause of finding described device realize oversimplifying.
Realize above-mentioned purpose, can be by having a kind of building management system according to feature described in claim 1 or 14, with by according to a kind of actuator that is used for building management system described in the claim 15, or according to a kind of actuator described in the claim 27.
According to a first aspect of the invention, can dispose the actuator that is applied in the building management system like this, this actuator has: control device, and it is fabricated the control command that is used to receive from described central control unit, and operates described actuator according to these control commands; And memory portion, it is used to store the information relevant with function, and described memory portion is separated with described control device or is separable.By such structure, represented such possibility, promptly, the control device of actuator, the ballast of luminaire for example, can be replaced discretely from memory portion, in case make that control device is replaced, then new control device can obtain the information that was contained in originally in actuator or the luminaire.And different with previous known solutions be, in case control device is replaced, need not carry out complicated reprogramming, this is because original available information can be preserved as before in actuator or luminaire.Therefore, adopt, can avoid the expense quite a lot relevant with the reprogramming that installs according to solution of the present invention.
In simple change of the present invention, can provide, memory portion is integrated in the actuator regularly, and different therewith be that control device can be removed out actuator discretely from described memory portion, and replaces similar new equipment.Yet moreover, what can also imagine is that the memory portion that structure also can be changed will be brought the further advantage about the programming possibility so for it.Therefore, provide usually, be programmed in the first time of memory portion when producing, just before the actuator trial run, just realize.Yet, if after time in to change programming, can under the removable situation of memory, be achieved in simple mode, adopt this mode, old memory portion is replaced by the new memory part that has been written into new operation information.In this case, similarly, the expense that is used for the reprogramming of device can reduce, this is can be programmed in hub location because have the new memory part of new data, and be placed in the corresponding actuator in simple mode then, wherein said hub location is for example in the manufacturer of actuator, or is responsible for the company place of illumination or building management system.
According to the memory portion of actuator of the present invention, can be provided with like this, that is, it can be set to only be read, and also can be set to both can be read also and can be written into.If single programming is enough for actuator, if perhaps, whole memory portion will be replaced with the new memory part in case actuator is reprogrammed, and so, first kind of change mentioning is just enough.In contrast to this, under the situation of more complicated actuator, the possibility that writes to memory portion is favourable, and this is that promptly, described control device will information be positioned in the memory portion at run duration because produced a kind of possibility like this.For example, conceivablely in this case be, control device can be with about the information of the current operation conditions of actuator for good and all in the write memory, for example makes under the situation that actuator will break down from now on, can determine: what the reason that causes fault is; Perhaps, be that the manufacturer of actuator or user should be responsible for for the appearance of fault; And correspondingly, who must be responsible for bearing the expense of maintenance measures.
Transfer of data between described memory portion and the described control device can realize by inserting mode or wireless mode, and in second kind of situation, memory portion can preferably be formed by alleged RFID (radio-frequency (RF) identification) element.Using alleged SIM (subscriber identification module) card to be used as memory portion, also is conceivable.
Except just carrying out the possibility of exchanges data between the control device of actuator at memory portion and local control device, what can also imagine in addition is that memory portion can utilize central control unit directly to read and/or write.In this case, it is possible from hub location actuator or luminaire being carried out reprogramming in simple mode.
The service data of regular detection actuator mentioned above also is stored in notion in the nonvolatile memory with it, represented a second aspect of the present invention, the content of this respect can be used individually, no matter and whether memory can be separated with control section.By service data is carried out periodic logging, be called " record (log) " at this, there is such possibility, promptly, also be after possible fault appears in described device, obtain more detailed information, and might determine the reason that described device breaks down about previous operation.In addition, adopt this mode, maintenance work is also simplified significantly, this be because, for example, after the information in being stored in described memory is read out, can determine whether to have surpassed specific running time, and correspondingly, should consider whether might carry out the replacing of device.Further, can determine such device in simple mode, that is, for example, wherein said device is controlled with outside can allow the relevant light source of operational factor, and correspondingly should obtain service (for example recalibration) or even be replaced.Here importantly, device automatically (self-actingly) carries out the storage of service data, thereby automatically creates the record of operation, thereby can read the data of collecting by this way for the purpose of safeguarding.
Therefore, reading of data can realize with different modes, for example, can use the interface that actuator is connected with whole system.In addition, also conceivablely be, use the interface that separates, wherein, for example, diagnosis or attending device can on purpose be connected to the interface of described separation, the service data of being stored to read.At last, reading institute's canned data also can adopt wireless mode or be achieved by temporarily removing described memory portion.
Thereby by a second aspect of the present invention, what be improved especially is, is used to monitor the possibility of actuator operation, and the possibility of thereupon determining possible fault state.
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Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings the present invention is made a more detailed description.Accompanying drawing is as follows:
Fig. 1 is the hierarchy of the building management system of complexity;
Fig. 2 is the rough schematic view of building management system, and wherein the actuator of configuration adopts central control unit to control according to the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the configuration according to a kind of actuator of the present invention with reference to the luminaire example;
Fig. 4 is the embodiment with the preferred embodiment of the memory portion of RFID element form; With
Fig. 5 is the embodiment with second embodiment of the control device of electric ballast form, and this electric ballast is fabricated and is used for the separate records service data.
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Before the functional structure and operational mode of more specifically describing the actuator of configuration, the structure of comparatively complicated building management system is described with reference to Fig. 1 at first according to the present invention.Like this, Fig. 1 shows comparatively complicated building management system, and it is provided a plurality of actuators that are used for controlling in the relatively large building.
The building management system of indicating with reference marker 100 on the whole shown in Fig. 1 by classification display, can be divided into three ranks.At this, it comprises according to incremental order: alleged on-the-spot Grade I, automatic control hierarchy II and supervisory level III.For these three ranks, device wherein is different with its operational mode, and this will be described below.
In minimum alleged on-the-spot Grade I, at first mainly be provided with actuator and executive component.Described actuator can be, and for example, places the luminaire 111 or 112 among the chamber 110, and further by the veil (blind) 113 of window 114 deepenings that is used to make chamber 110 of corresponding motor 113a control.These actuators 111-113 realizes manually control by one or more operating means 115 in this locality, and wherein, by operating means 115, the control command that is used for controlling luminaire 110,112 or veil 113 light sources can manually be sent by the user.Actuator 111-113 is connected with operating means 115 by shared bus circuit 118 based on this purpose.
In addition,, can also utilize operating means to pass through the weather control module and regulate its temperature, for this purpose, element 116 that is used to cool off and the element 117 that is used to heat have been installed additionally also in described chamber for chamber 110.These two kinds of elements 116,117 also can be connected to the bus line 118 of building management system expansion in addition, and control jointly by operating means 115.
Described system further expanding in described on-the-spot rank can further include among chamber 110 places transducer, and for example, it determines the existence of the personnel in chamber 110, and opens luminaire 111 and 112 automatically in this case.The brightness regulation of having considered the sunlight incident by window 114 can be achieved by this way.Subsequently, corresponding transducer will then be connected with actuator 111-113 by bus 118.
Further note that, shown in building management system 100 be not only to have an independent chamber with controlled actuators, but have a plurality of such chambers.Therefore, on-the-spot Grade I can be divided into a plurality of alleged buses (bus) zone, so this bus zone has formed minimum logical block among the described system.In the bus zone, the input and output device can be shared shared bus circuit and shared bus supply, thereby the bus line parts that each is different are electrically connected mutually.In the embodiment of the described embodiment of Fig. 1, for example, chamber 100 can be considered to an independent bus zone.Yet what can also imagine fully is, the bus area extension to a plurality of chambers, for example, can be expanded to office or housing unit among the building.
The concrete feature of the building management system 100 that shows in Fig. 1 further is, the bus 118 that in described on-the-spot rank, provides, it is used for input unit 115 is connected with various actuator 110-113, and consider for classification, bus 118 also further is incorporated among the automatic control hierarchy II of higher level of next stage, and is connected with at least one the computer 120 that provided in this rank therein.Be understandable that in the demonstration from Fig. 1 that the maincenter element of control hierarchy II is a multiple computers 120 automatically, is exactly alleged daylight (daylight) computer.The task of these daylight computers 120 is, carries out various services, that is, daylight is controlled automatically, the time is controlled automatically, veil is controlled automatically, perhaps, also carries out statistical monitoring and maintenance test.Term described herein " service " can be construed as usually controlling or all functions of the building management system of operate actuator, and be not limited to the local manually control that the user utilizes operating means that actuator is carried out.For example, come the possibility of the common control that the luminaire to the chamber carries out, represented a kind of service corresponding to desirable pre-programmed luminance or environment.In addition, based on the time described actuator is carried out opening and closing also in this service range.
The further special services that can realize under the help of automatic control hierarchy is, for the control based on daylight of actuator, particularly for the control based on daylight of light source and veil.Automatically the further parts of control hierarchy II correspondingly are daylight gage outfit 121, and it is provided for intensity and the directional dependency (dependence) that detects extraneous light.Handle by daylight computer 120 then from the data that this daylight gage outfit 121 is sent, and, send the control commands corresponding that is used to control described actuator based on these information.In addition, in the situation of other services of execution, the control information from daylight computer 120 to described actuator, perhaps return information in opposite direction is transmitted.And then in other factors, also provide: daylight computer 120 communicates with one another, yet this is not to be to realize by the bus 118 that is provided for the control actuator, but realizes by specific bus system 122.
Classification levels the highest in the building management system 100 finally is shown as supervisory level III, wherein, finally is achieved to the connection of general building control technology.Provide specific computer 130 as interface, it is connected with the daylight computer 120 of automatic control hierarchy II on the one hand, and is connected with each parts of supervisory level III on the other hand for this reason.Further, the parts of interface computer 130 are database 131, wherein comprise all important informations about each parts of automatic control hierarchy II and on-the-spot Grade I.
By further specific bus system 140 and the parts of interconnected supervisory level III are a plurality of computer units 132 to 135, be used for the management of common chamber, veil or time.In addition, procedure service device 136 and Internet/Intranet (internet/intranet) server 137 can be provided in this third level not in.
Generally speaking, in this way, provide a kind of arrangement system of classification, it has represented the possibility of controlling automatically for the center of actuators different in the on-the-spot rank.Yet, meanwhile, for the user, adopt corresponding operating means manually to control each actuator in the respective bus zone, also be fine.
Fig. 2 schematically shows the building management system of simplification now, and by reference marker 1 indication, it has control unit 2, and this control unit 2 is connected to 10-15 with a plurality of actuator 10-1 that place with distribution mode by bus line system 3.Actuator 10-1 to 10-5 can be, for example, and the element of the heating of mentioning previously, ventilation and weather regulation technology.In addition, other the described assembly such as veil or luminaire can utilize central control unit 2 to control.Described central control unit 2 can be, for example, one of them of the daylight computer of the previous automatic control hierarchy of describing by this central control unit 2, realized according to the difference service and control that each actuator 10-1 is carried out to 10-15.Therefore, actuator 10-1 becomes other part of field level of previous description to 10-15, and different therewith be, central control unit 2 has been the part of automatic control hierarchy higher in the described classification, and shown in dotted line, central control unit 2 can be connected to further parts, for example, the parts of supervisory level.
All actuator 10-1 of system 1 are to the common ground of 10-15, they have control device in inside, it can receive control command by the data circuit of bus line system 3 at least, and operates the actuator 10-1 that is associated to 10-15 with corresponding manner.These control commands can, for example, utilize local input unit 30a, 30b or 30c manually to produce, yet especially, they can also be by central control unit 2 transmission.Frequently, the control device of actuator 10-1 in the 10-15 further can also be with transfer of data to central control unit 2, for example, can transmit the information about current operation conditions or possible fault state, by this information, provide the possibility of the function of system being carried out center monitors.
Like this, actuator 10-1 can carry out independent addressing by central control unit 2 to 10-15, and specific operation address is assigned to each actuator, and gets in touch these actuators by this address.Further, additionally,, these actuators can be distributed in the grouping address in order simultaneously a plurality of actuator 10-1 to be carried out addressing to 10-15.For example, the actuator 10-11 of actuator 10-1 to the actuator 10-6 of 10-5, area B to 10-10 and zone C of zone A is to 10-15, can be the luminaire that is arranged in different chamber in the shared bus zone, make that the brightness in the respective compartments can be by to the control of particular group and optionally changed.Yet what can also imagine is that the actuator in these three regional A, B and C defines specific bus zone with situation separately.
About the information of operation address, and if applicable about the grouping address information, when system trial run, must be programmed into actuator 10-1 at the latest in 10-15.And be known that at present this information programming of employing is to enter into the control corresponding device of actuator 10-1 to 10-15; Therefore, for example,, be to be programmed in the ballast for the situation of luminaire, this ballast has suitable memory component at this purpose.Under the situation of having to be replaced owing to fault now for ballast, reprogramming is necessary, because along with the dismounting of out of order old ballast, specific operation information has also been lost.
For fear of above-mentioned shortcoming, the actuator 10-1 that present basis the present invention proposes such configuration promptly, in case control device is replaced, then is retained in information actuator 10-1 in 10-15 to 10-15.Be used to realize a kind of possibility of this scheme, be described in more detail now with reference to Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 shows the enlarged diagram according to the structure of actuator of the present invention, and its reference number is 10, and based on the embodiment of the described embodiment of luminaire.The maincenter element of luminaire is that form is the control device 11 of electric ballast, under the assistance of the interface that does not specifically illustrate, ballast can be connected with central control unit by the circuit of bus system 3, and can receive order from central control unit 2, and, if can use, ballast can return report to control unit 2 with the operating conditions about luminaire.Ballast control light fixture 12, for example gaseous discharge lamp.
Information about the light fixture type can be held in the memory portion 13 that is denoted as TAG now, and memory portion 13 is separated also and can be read out by ballast from ballast.Therefore, be contained in the information in the memory portion 13, not only indicated information about employed light fixture type, and moreover, it also comprised about the operation of luminaire mentioned above and/or grouping address information and other for the very important certain operational parameters information of the operation of luminaire in whole system.Here importantly, particular luminaire information and operating parameter be stored in the memory portion 13 that is separated as the ballast of control device in, it is integrated in the luminaire in the embodiment of described embodiment regularly.Therefore, in case ballast is replaced, described information also is retained in the luminaire, makes this information to use, and need not carry out complicated reprogramming to described device when ballast is replaced.Then, the information in the memory 13 can be read by new ballast at once, thereby makes new ballast be operated luminaire by direct placed in position in original desirable mode.Further, memory portion 13 also can be configured to can write by ballast, and feasible operating data from ballast can be copied in the described memory portion, and is stored safely therein.
Ballast is under the situation of needs, and the information that all can be contained in the memory portion 13 is delivered to single control unit 2.Alternatively, wherein even can realize: control unit 2 can directly be stored in information in the memory portion 13, perhaps reads from this memory portion, and needn't adopt path by ballast for this process.
In order to realize memory component 13, various possibilities all are conceivable.Preferably, use alleged passive (passive) radio-frequency (RF) identification (RFID) label, it can be read out by ballast wirelessly.This RFID element that often is called as " intelligent label (Smart Label) " is found in a recent period of time and is used the memory as passive (passive) day by day.Shown as the exemplary description of carrying out among Fig. 4, this RFID label, or this RFID transponder (transponder), comprising entity with the electronic memory of microchip 20 forms, microchip 20 jointly is positioned in the housing 22 with the coil 21 that is used as antenna.
Therefore, antenna 21 not only is used for Data Receiving and transfer of data, but also can be from from writing/obtain the electromagnetic field of reading device the required energy of electric current supply of microchip 20 accordingly, wherein said writing/reading device is the parts of described control device or is connected with this control device.The advantage of bringing like this is, the RFID element does not need the electric current supply of himself, and owing to be passive (passive) structure, radio signal only produces during data transmit, and because its minimum transmission of power, radio signal only results from the neighbour place.Because the coil 21 as antenna further is built as the flat coil usually, so the RFID element can be produced with form as thin as a wafer, and because its durability and need not safeguarding, make it might be implemented under the situation that does not have data degradation passive (passive) data preservations (retention) at least 10 years.
Use this RFID element and be that as the advantage of described memory portion it can be processed in the mode that is similar to common plastics label or paper label, and do not take the exceptional space in the luminaire.Further, RFID element 13 can be employed in whole logistics chain from start to finish; That is to say, this RFID element 13 is during producing, store, transport and building site management, be used for clearly discerning luminaire, wherein, be stored in the data in the RFID element 13, can also during the whole working life of after this described luminaire, be used, be used for the purpose of inventory by building management system.
The further advantage of application memory part 13 originates from the following fact, promptly, the change quantity that can reduce necessity of described ballast can be lowered, this is because ballast can use the particular luminaire parameter in the memory portion 13, thereby controls the light fixture 12 that is associated with suitable manner.In this case, what can also imagine is to be with described system configuration: the luminaire project number based on being stored in the RFID label 13, can the particular luminaire data be proposed from database, and these data are the basal conditions or the parameter of the operation of guidance lighting device then.Like this, error-prone manual setting for described light fixture type will no longer be needed.
In memory portion 13, can further store unmodifiable unique number, it can the Be Controlled system uses the luminaire that is associated with clear and definite identification and it is controlled separately.Especially, the number of this uniqueness also can carry out address period at luminaire after this and uses in the scope of alleged DALI standard.If luminaire comprises a plurality of ballasts, for all ballasts of unified this luminaire of control, the number of described uniqueness can also further be used as packet numbers.
In order to change the information that is comprised in the memory portion 13, ballast itself can be used, and this ballast writes/can write data in the memory portion 13 under the help of reading device at it.In addition, be, by central control unit RFID label 13 directly programmed by this way conceivable.But, as to this replenish, it also can be provided: the information of memory portion 13 is read and changes under the assistance of portable writing/reading device.Therefore, adopt this mode, in the time after this, the reprogramming of luminaire still can be realized, for example, if the light fixture type is changed, perhaps described luminaire is placed in positions different in the illuminator and operates accordingly, and/or the grouping address must be changed, then the reprogramming of this luminaire is necessary.
In the situation of described change up to now, wherein be shown as: memory portion 13, that is, for example the RFID label is arranged in the actuator 10 that separates with control device 11 regularly.But, the reprogramming of luminaire can be simplified further, and this is because described memory portion itself also is configured to replaceable.For example, memory portion 13 can adopt alleged SIM card form to realize, this SIM card can manually be positioned in the associated socket of luminaire or ballast in simple mode.Here importantly, memory portion 13 can be independent of ballast and be replaced, and especially, might therefore realize changing ballast and needn't worry to be contained in loss of data in the memory component 13.
And the extra convertibility of described memory component has been brought in the management of system and the further advantage aspect the operation, and these advantages will obtain explanation hereinafter.
Therefore, for example, the programming first time of memory component can be implemented when producing, thereby in all manufactured merchant's write memory part of the data that all functions of actuator are correlated with.If building management system is reinstalled now, then at first can adopt device and the actuator setting that suitable manner will be associated and be installed in the building, thereby realized the actual motion of system in simple mode, this is because memory portion is placed in the suitable position in each actuator.Carry out local programming than each independent device, be relevant to the expense of personnel and fund aspect thereby significantly reduced, this is because described memory portion is placed in the corresponding insertion position, can require lower attendant to carry out by qualification.
The another one aspect of described removable memory portion is that also interchangeable memory portion can be used to discharge the specific operation function of actuator.Therefore, for example, can provide, actuator or the control device that is associated can come operate actuator in theory under the different operating environment or according to difference in functionality.But, for the user, only when it had paid suitable license fee for this reason, these functions just can be used.Wish under such situation the user, can perhaps by reprogramming, and will discharge selected function by using the storage card of corresponding programming to described device report for the RFID label, and correspondingly, actuator can react with suitable manner.Otherwise, just may only limit in the scope of basic function, operate, in the scope of this basic function, for example, luminaire only can be unlocked and cut out.
Further, described memory portion is separated with actuator, also guaranteed higher Information Security, this is because as long as control device has the memory of himself, then related data all can be stored in described control device He in the described memory portion, make the information that control device can be installed with reference to inside in common operating period, and under the situation of possible loss of data, can in described actuator, directly realize the fast data recovery.
Further application possibility for described memory portion also is at last, described memory portion is applied to the present situation or the particular event of lasting or periodic logging actuator.Therefore, for example conceivablely be, control device automatically (self-actingly) at the specific temporary position in described memory portion ground, repeat to write current information about the actuator operation conditions, for example report about overtension, temperature is too high, load is excessive etc. fault, make in case described device breaks down, then can be the simple mode of attendant is recognized the reason of fault state.Except this comparatively common operation information, especially, at actuator or control device is to be used under the situation of operating gas discharge lamps, and will be noted be, also will store the information that produces the kind of (for example, overtension, gas fault, the termination that can allow operation lifetime, coil fault) or the quantity of quantity, minimum temperature and maximum temperature and handoff procedure etc. about initial operation time, operation duration, fault.
Here importantly, these recording of informations (1og) and storage realize automatically by described device.Therefore, record can be achieved according to the preset time setting, thereby is recorded in the information about current operation of special time.Therefore, also can come to be scheduled to clearly to this suitable reference time point by the middle armature assembly of described system.But, to this alternatively or additionally, the storage of operation information can also be achieved in the mode of incident control.In case the generation particular event is for example broken down or light source can only be opened or close simply, so then relevant therewith corresponding information is stored in the memory the feasible record fully that has formed in the operation of installing described in the time course.
By like this with memory portion as " record ", actuator thereby automatically produce the record fully of its use, thus the information that is produced can be read out and estimate, to be used to serve purpose.Certainly, under memory portion was installed on situation in the actuator regularly, this possibility also was feasible.
The detection of service data realizes by microprocessor that preferably described microprocessor is the parts of the internal control circuit of described control device.In this, Fig. 5 shows a kind of change of the control device of configuration according to the present invention, and its form is an electric ballast 50, and electric ballast 50 has control circuit 51, it is responsible for operating light source, and monitors and control further parts (describing in detail) in the ballast 50 for this purpose.The microprocessor μ C 52 that is arranged in control circuit 51 is connected with suitable analog interface 53, and interface 53 is used to detect service data.Have flash memory 54 or EPROM (EPROM) in the microprocessor 52, wherein stored collected service data.At the run duration of ballast 50, microprocessor 52 writes down the information about current operation termly; And further, also write down the specific run incident, for example, the unlatching of gaseous discharge lamp LA or igniting and similar incidents are with frequent degree or its time of having moved that can determine that described gaseous discharge lamp LA is unlocked.Therefore, except information about ballast 50 self-operatings, also can be detected about the use information of gaseous discharge lamp LA.
Now, in order to determine that the information that is stored in the described memory can be read out about the more specifically information of the use of ballast 50.First kind of possibility in this respect be, uses the interface 55 that places ballast 50, and by this interface 55, ballast 50 is connected with universal bus system.If described universal bus system is for example, according to the bus system of DALI standard, then can use the DALI interface 55 that has appeared in the ballast 50.
But, optionally possibility is in this respect, uses the separation interface 56 such as serial line interface, the device 110 that is used to read the service data that is write down on purpose can be connected to described interface 56.For example, following conceivable is that for sense data, the attendant is connected to ballast 50 with corresponding reading device 60.What can also imagine is, recorded data uses wireless transmission, and therefore, suitable transmission and receiving system must be installed in the ballast 50.If for example, ballast 50 will be analyzed after the DALI interface breaks down, to find out the reason of described fault, last two kinds of changes of then mentioning just now are suitable especially.Reading out in theory of described data can be achieved under any operation conditions (for example between warming up period, at normal operation period, perhaps at the run duration of awaiting orders), and do not need the correlation function of the device that is affected.
If reading of data is to be achieved by DALI interface 55, for realizing this purpose, can use being connected to the common DALI controller of bus system.In this case, can discharge the ballast that (release) arranges with distributed way, and be used for inquiring about service data by authorization code.
By periodic logging to service data, thereby not only the maintenance of described device obtains simplifying, and moreover, so also might determine possible failure cause, perhaps, the accountability person of this fault and the necessary undertaker of the maintenance work expense of this fault accordingly.Particularly, be greatly simplified by the method according to this invention for the discovery of failure cause, this is because on the basis that information can be used, and can distinguish possible fault state in simple mode.
Focus of the present invention also is the following fact, promptly, service data also is favourable by the automatic record that actuator or ballast carried out when including unit (stand-alone) device, and therefore this stand-alone device works alone and be not connected to relatively large building management system.In addition, under the situation of electric ballast that for example works alone or general light fixture operating means,, be used to safeguard that the possibility of described device is improved by the periodic logging service data.And then, in removable memory portion and be fixedly arranged in the memory in the described device, all can realize the storage of service data.
Generally speaking, provide such possibility, that is, changed the control device of actuator in simple mode, and needn't worry losing of certain operational data by the present invention.In this way, not only the maintenance of described device is simplified, and meanwhile, also provides so a kind of possibility,, changes or use alternatively the functional capabilities of actuator in mode easily that is.Further, by automatic record service data, improved definitely for the device maintenance with for the possibility of failure diagnosis.
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1. a building management system (1), it is used to control the actuator of arranging with distribution mode (10), and described building management system (1) has central control unit (2) and by at least one actuator (10) of described central control unit (2) control,
Wherein, described actuator (10) has:
Control device (11), it is formed with the control command of reception from described central control unit (2), and operates described actuator (10) according to these control commands; With
Memory portion (13), it is used for the information that storage relates to the operation of actuator (10);
Wherein said memory portion (13) is separated with described control device (11), perhaps can separate with described control device (11);
It is characterized in that,
Described memory portion (13) is made of removable memory component; With
Described actuator (10) or described control device (11) have the insertion position at described removable memory component.
2. building management system according to claim 1,
It is characterized in that,
Described memory portion (13) can only be read by described control device (11).
3. building management system according to claim 1 and 2,
It is characterized in that,
Described memory portion (13) can be read and write by described control device (11).
4. building management system according to claim 1,
It is characterized in that,
Described control device (11) has reading device or writes/reading device, perhaps is connected with this device.
5. building management system according to claim 1,
It is characterized in that,
Described control device (11) be fabricated with independent detection or write down the service data of described actuator (10) and with described storage in described memory portion (13).
6. building management system according to claim 5,
It is characterized in that,
The described service data of described record is realized termly.
7. building management system according to claim 5,
It is characterized in that,
The described service data of described record realizes according to the incident of record fully of the operation that is suitable for forming described control device (11).
8. building management system according to claim 1,
It is characterized in that,
Transfer of data between described memory portion (13) and described control device (11) is to realize with wireless mode.
9. building management system according to claim 8,
It is characterized in that,
Described memory portion (13) is formed by the RFID element.
10. building management system according to claim 1,
It is characterized in that,
Described memory portion (13) is formed by SIM card.
11. building management system according to claim 1,
It is characterized in that,
Described memory portion (13) can read and/or can write by described central control unit (2).
12. building management system according to claim 1,
It is characterized in that,
Described actuator (10) is the luminaire of illuminator.
13. building management system according to claim 12,
It is characterized in that,
Described control device (11) is formed by electric ballast, and this electric ballast is used to operate light fixture.
14. building management system according to claim 13,
It is characterized in that,
Described light fixture is gaseous discharge lamp LA.
15. a building management system (1), it is used to control the actuator of arranging with distribution mode (10), at least one actuator (10) that described building management system (1) has central control unit (2) and controlled by described central control unit (2),
Wherein said actuator (10) has:
Control device (11), it is formed with the control command of reception from described central control unit (2), and operates described actuator (10) according to these control commands; With
Memory portion (13), it is used for the information that storage relates to the operation of actuator (10);
Wherein said memory portion (13) is separated with described control device (11), perhaps can separate with described control device (11);
It is characterized in that,
Transfer of data between described memory portion (13) and described control device (11) is to realize with wireless mode; Described memory portion (13) is formed by the RFID element.
16. an actuator (10) that is used for building management system (1), wherein said actuator (10) has:
Control device (11), it is formed receiving the control command from the central control unit (2) of described building management system (1), and according to these control commands operate described actuator (10) and
Memory portion (13), it is used for the information that storage relates to the operation of actuator (10);
Wherein said memory portion (13) is separated with described control device (11), perhaps can separate with described control device (11);
It is characterized in that,
Described memory portion (13) is made of removable memory component; With
Described actuator (10) or described control device (11) have the insertion position at described removable memory component.
17. actuator according to claim 16,
It is characterized in that,
Described memory portion (13) can only be read by described control device (11).
18. actuator according to claim 16,
It is characterized in that,
Described memory portion (13) can be read and write by described control device (11).
19. actuator according to claim 16,
It is characterized in that,
Described control device (11) has reading device or writes/reading device, perhaps is connected with this device.
20. actuator according to claim 16,
It is characterized in that,
Described control device (11) be fabricated with independent detection or write down the service data of described actuator (10) and with described storage in described memory portion (13).
21. actuator according to claim 20,
It is characterized in that,
The described service data of described record is realized termly.
22. actuator according to claim 20,
It is characterized in that,
The described service data of described record realizes according to the incident of record fully of the operation that is suitable for forming described control device (11).
23. actuator according to claim 16,
It is characterized in that,
Transfer of data between described memory portion (13) and described control device (11) is to realize with wireless mode.
24. actuator according to claim 23,
It is characterized in that,
Described memory portion (13) is formed by the RFID element.
25. actuator according to claim 16,
It is characterized in that,
Described memory portion (13) is formed by SIM card.
26. actuator according to claim 16,
It is characterized in that,
Described actuator (10) is a luminaire.
27. actuator according to claim 26,
It is characterized in that,
Described control device (11) is formed by electric ballast, and this electric ballast is used to operate light fixture.
28. building management system according to claim 27,
It is characterized in that,
Described light fixture is gaseous discharge lamp LA.
29. an actuator (10) that is used for building management system (1), wherein said actuator (10) has:
Control device (11), it is formed receiving the control command from the central control unit (2) of described building management system (1), and according to these control commands operate described actuator (10) and
Memory portion (13), it is used for the information that storage relates to the operation of actuator (10);
Wherein said memory portion (13) is separated with described control device (11), perhaps can separate with described control device (11);
It is characterized in that,
Transfer of data between described memory portion (13) and described control device (11) is to realize with wireless mode; Described memory portion (13) is formed by the RFID element.
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