EP1756681A2 - Systeme de commande d'un appareil menager - Google Patents

Systeme de commande d'un appareil menager

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EP1756681A2
EP1756681A2 EP05780396A EP05780396A EP1756681A2 EP 1756681 A2 EP1756681 A2 EP 1756681A2 EP 05780396 A EP05780396 A EP 05780396A EP 05780396 A EP05780396 A EP 05780396A EP 1756681 A2 EP1756681 A2 EP 1756681A2
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function command
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Wilfried Beck
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
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    • H04B3/54—Systems for transmission via power distribution lines
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J13/00—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
    • H02J13/00006—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment
    • H02J13/00007—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment using the power network as support for the transmission
    • H02J13/00009—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment using the power network as support for the transmission using pulsed signals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J13/00—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network
    • H02J13/00006—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment
    • H02J13/00007—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment using the power network as support for the transmission
    • H02J13/0001—Circuit arrangements for providing remote indication of network conditions, e.g. an instantaneous record of the open or closed condition of each circuitbreaker in the network; Circuit arrangements for providing remote control of switching means in a power distribution network, e.g. switching in and out of current consumers by using a pulse code signal carried by the network characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment using the power network as support for the transmission using modification of a parameter of the network power signal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B47/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
    • H05B47/10—Controlling the light source
    • H05B47/175—Controlling the light source by remote control
    • H05B47/185—Controlling the light source by remote control via power line carrier transmission
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B2203/00—Indexing scheme relating to line transmission systems
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    • H04B2203/5429—Applications for powerline communications
    • H04B2203/5458—Monitor sensor; Alarm systems
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
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    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
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  • the invention relates to a domestic appliance control system for switching or controlling at least one domestic appliance, and the smallest possible number of switches, a power provision device and a function command provision device.
  • a system which usually comprises switches which, by actuating one actuating element per switch and per household appliance, open or close a power line and thus provide current to the consumer concerned or Not.
  • more than one domestic appliance can be connected to an actuating element or switch, such as, for example, all the lamps in a room.
  • the term “domestic appliance” is therefore to be understood in the present invention application to mean at least one domestic appliance.
  • a consumer can be connected to the building's power supply either directly or indirectly via a socket.
  • a switch for example as a child safety device, switches the sockets, all consumers connected to the sockets are switched on at the same time, such as a immersion heater, a vacuum cleaner, a lamp or a television set if they are connected there
  • This property can also be provided by consumers if, as is the case in many households, they are connected to the building's electrical network via switchable multiple sockets, so that several or more consumers connected to the building's electrical network can use this or similar routes Help one Switch are switched.
  • switch opening systems In the further course of the application, such systems of the prior art which, by switching, feed a characteristic impedance, which may also include capacitive components, into the building's electrical network are referred to as switch opening systems.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a household appliance control system which uses the existing building power network for data transmission in order to be able to switch different household consumers connected to it.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a household appliance control system which not only switches on or off consumers, but rather, in buildings and households, such as, for example, at least one heating, air conditioning, roller shutter, blind, stereo system of a room or other consumers with the help of which defined functions of these devices can also be controlled.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a domestic appliance control system which switches or controls for switching or controlling various consumers connected to a domestic appliance power system and their functions with a minimal number of actuating elements for switches.
  • Another object is to provide a home appliance control system which switches or controls all home appliances and other consumers, individually or in any definable groups, of an arbitrarily definable residential unit with a minimal number of actuating elements from any location in a previously defined environment.
  • a home appliance control system is understood to mean a system of individual components which are part of a house and, in particular, of a building power supply system, including the consumers connected to it.
  • a domestic appliance control system which comprises at least one domestic appliance switch, at least one function command provision device, at least one power provision device and at least one domestic appliance, which are at least partially arranged in a building electricity network, and which at least partially communicate with one another via the building electricity network, either independently of zero crossings
  • the alternating voltage or alternating current of this or this information which can be read out again in the form of active power, is impressed on the home appliance control system so that the individual components can be produced, used and installed inexpensively and flexibly.
  • each of the modules can be assigned a different function
  • the particular advantages of the individual modules can be combined in such a way that this results in the additional advantage of installation capability even in the case of very small installation spaces available.
  • only a single household appliance switch is required for each defined building unit in order to supply all domestic appliances or other consumers located therein with the electrical power required by them.
  • ideally only a single function command provision device is required per building power network, in which ideally all those functions can be combined and provided that do not have to be individualized and therefore have to be attached and provided in the vicinity of the associated consumer.
  • These include, for example, the device which is used to supply all of the household appliances or other consumers to be switched with their switching information or with their control information.
  • power provision devices can be made available, which are attached individually to or in each household appliance or other consumer of electrical power, and only the power that the consumer is currently allowed to consume or is provided on site at the consumer.
  • the limitation of the functions of the power supply devices to being directly tailored to the respective consumer has the advantage that their size can be reduced to a minimum. For example, in order to be able to install such a power provision device in a small light bulb, it must have a suitable size. For this reason, it is advantageous if in the service provision as few components as necessary are included.
  • the power supply device provides very extensive computing operations.
  • the existing electricity network of the house or building is used as a signal line or transmission medium. This can advantageously take place in that previously defined function commands are transmitted with the aid of the power network.
  • Active power can be stamped on in particular if the building's power grid is briefly decoupled from the energy supplier or power plant during the period of the stamping, so that the building's power grid, which is decoupled from the energy supplier, can be checked so that the faults in the building's power grid can be controlled with their own electrical circuit can be reduced to such an extent that the desired information can be impressed on the voltage or the current and can be read out again at any other point in the building's electrical network.
  • the capacitive or inductive load components introduced by consumers into the building's electricity network, for example when switching, are thus absorbed by the use of the special electrical or electronic circuit so that they have no influence on the information transmitted in the building's electricity network.
  • each phase angle of the sine curve of the current or the voltage or both is available for stamping and both the phase angle and the amplitude or both can be used as information carriers, the amplitude of the information being added to or additive to that original curve shape can be impressed.
  • the building power network controlled on the basis of this principle can thus serve as information forwarding means for a wide variety of information, be it information from a switch, such as the domestic appliance switch, or be it information for operating or controlling one Consumer that comes directly from a source other than the home appliance switch.
  • this principle is referred to below as the "switching control system" because the short-term disconnection from the power supply enables it to be controlled and thus in a position is offset to impress either readable information on either the AC voltage or the AC current.
  • the brief decoupling of the power supply means that reactive and power losses can no longer develop any interference potential and thus only information can be impressed on the pure active power, or, more specifically, that a controlled stamping of active power variation regardless of the load situation of the network or can be carried out on this connected consumer in such a way that it can be read out again at another point.
  • the function commands mentioned are advantageously assigned to two function levels or two groups, so that the building power network comprises at least two function levels and function commands can be transmitted in each of the function levels.
  • a functional level is advantageously the one with the help of which the operating level the operator is located and inputs instructions, such as first user level, second user level, programming level, scenario level, etc.
  • the second group is advantageously the group of the individual function commands with which the operator can use to operate the individual functions of a household appliance or consumer using commands, such as switching on, switching off, etc.
  • the advantage of a home appliance control system in which communication via the existing building power network is undisturbed by non-ohmic consumers, is that the use of a building power network is independent of which or which consumers are connected to this building power network.
  • Another advantage is that the building's electricity network can be used to communicate with the consumers regardless of the connected consumer or consumers.
  • the capacitive or inductive load components introduced into the building's electrical network by consumers, for example when switching, are advantageously absorbed by the use of a special electrical or electronic circuit so that they have no disruptive influence on the information then transmitted in the building's electrical network.
  • the building power network advantageously forwards commands from at least the function command provision device to at least one power supply device.
  • auxiliary devices for controlling the forwarding can also be attached outside the building's electrical network.
  • parts of a building power network in which the transport of information takes place according to the invention can also be bridged by radio.
  • Another such auxiliary device could, for example, be a control line with which, for example, parts of the household appliance switch are connected to the function command providing device. This would have the advantage that parts of the household appliance switch can be operated independently of the house voltage and thus more safely.
  • the function commands transmitted to the power supply device by the function command provision device are always distributed according to the invention at least partially with the aid of the building power supply network (it is also conceivable to divide a building power supply network, with the two subnetworks communicating with one another, for example via radio), thereby resulting in the same
  • a function command is made available to all connected power supply devices in all building power networks.
  • the communication between at least one domestic appliance switch, a function command provision device and a power supply device takes place exclusively via the existing building power supply network.
  • a function command provision device which is arranged in a building power supply network between at least one domestic appliance switch and at least one power supply device, the building power supply system serving for communication, in that, regardless of zero crossings, either the alternating voltage or alternating current of the latter can be read out again
  • Information in the form of active power is impressed on the fact that functions which would otherwise have to be attached to the individual consumer in large numbers, for example, can be combined in this component, which is referred to as a function command provision device.
  • a control center can be created with the aid of the function command provision device are provided, which are desired for the provision of control functions or commands of the entire consumer of the household appliance power network.
  • Active power can be stamped on, in particular, if the building's electricity network is briefly decoupled from the energy supplier or power plant during the period of being imprinted, so that the building's electricity network, which is decoupled from the energy supplier, can be controlled so that the faults in the building's electrical network are included With the help of its own electrical circuit, it can be reduced to such an extent that the desired information is impressed on the voltage or current and can be read out again at any other point in the building's electricity network.
  • the capacitive or inductive load components introduced by consumers into the building's power network, for example when switching, are thus absorbed by the use of the special electrical or electronic circuit so that they have no influence on the information transmitted in the building's power network.
  • each location of the sine curve of the current or of the voltage or both is available for impressing and both the phase angle and the amplitude or both can be used as information carriers, the amplitude of the information being added additive or subtractive original curve shape can be impressed.
  • the building power network controlled on the basis of this principle can thus serve as information forwarding means for a wide variety of information, be it information from a switch, such as the home appliance switch, or be it information for operating or controlling a consumer, which comes directly from a source other than the home appliance switch.
  • this principle is referred to in the following as the "switching control system", because the short-term decoupling from the power supply enables it to be controlled and thereby enabled is impressed on either the AC voltage or the AC current, which can be read out again undisturbed.
  • the short-term decoupling of the power supply has the result according to the invention that reactive and power losses can no longer develop any interference potential and thus information can only be impressed on the pure active power, or more specifically that a controlled stamping of active power variation regardless of the load situation of the network or can be carried out on this connected consumer in such a way that it can be read out again at another point.
  • the function command provision device advantageously comprises at least one function command input module which, as part of the domestic appliance switch, identifies switching commands of at least one domestic appliance switch.
  • the switch state of the domestic appliance switch which emits switch commands due to the switch state, is advantageously converted from switch commands to (standardized) switching commands by normalization in the switch and is transported by a transmitter in the switch via a building power supply to a receiver and there in the receiver to the readability of the switching commands identified and then checked whether this is a known switching state at all.
  • This receiver of the switch is an integral component of the function command input module and thus also of the function command provision device.
  • the function command preparation device also includes a function command state converter which assigns at least one function command to the respective switching commands of the at least one domestic appliance switch.
  • a function command state converter which assigns at least one function command to the respective switching commands of the at least one domestic appliance switch.
  • a stored scenario can also be called up with the help of a special switching state by jumping directly into a matrix position with a special switching state.
  • this assignment is freely programmable. Further possibilities of assignment are described in the exemplary embodiments.
  • the function command state converter accesses programmable memories and is supported in its implementation by a processor.
  • the function command output unit has the function of calming, or more precisely, controlling the building's power network, in particular the part of the consumer supply line, in order to provide the effect that faults can be suppressed to such an extent that the information imprinted in the form of active power can be read out at another point.
  • the part of the building power network can be provided with its own designation consumer supply line from the function command output unit, which does not change the fact that it is still part of the building power network, but states that are modified according to the invention can be found in this part.
  • the described components of the function command provision device do not necessarily all have to be combined in a single physical component, but can, if appropriate, also be located at separate locations.
  • the function commands mentioned are advantageously assigned to two levels or two groups, so that the building power network or more specifically the consumer supply line comprises at least two function levels and function commands can be transmitted in each of the function levels.
  • a functional level is advantageously the one with the help of which the operating level the operator is at and inputs instructions, such as first user level, second user level, programming level, scenario level, etc.
  • the second Group is advantageously the group of the individual function commands with which the operator can use commands to operate the individual functions of a household appliance or consumer, such as switching on and off, switching forward, etc.
  • the advantage of a function command provision device with which the communication via the existing building power network or more specifically via the consumer supply line is undisturbed by non-ohmic consumers, is that the use of a building power network is independent of which or which consumers are connected to this building power network. Another advantage is that the building's electricity network can be used to communicate with the consumers regardless of the connected consumer or consumers.
  • the advantage of a function command provision device in which the function command output unit is a low-impedance voltage source that draws its energy from the consumer supply line, is that the data transmission by means of active power pulses is independent of which or which consumers are connected to this building power network.
  • Another advantage is that the building's electricity network can be used to communicate with consumers regardless of the connected consumer or consumers.
  • the capacitive or inductive load components introduced into the building's electrical network by consumers, for example when switching, are absorbed by the use of a special electrical or electronic circuit so that they have no influence on the communication transmitted in the building's electrical network.
  • each of the power provision devices located on the building's power supply system can simultaneously recognize whether the operating level mode and if so, which of the operating levels is addressed.
  • this characteristic feature consists of a combination of active power pulses that are output by the function command output unit to the domestic power supply system, this has the advantage that the existing power supply system does not have to be modulated with high-frequency vibrations, for the transmission of which the building power supply system is usually not optimal suitable is.
  • One way of introducing these active power pulses into the building's power network or the consumer supply line is to superimpose a controlled voltage at a specific point on the oscillation of the alternating voltage in order to generate a specifically intended variation of the instantaneous value of its active line in connected active power consumers, or more specifically a deviation of the course of the instantaneous value of its active power, which is characteristic of the course caused by the voltage fed in by the energy supplier, ie distinguishable.
  • Such a characteristic change in the course of the instantaneous value of the active power resulting from the voltage fed into the consumer supply line in an active power consumer connected to it is to be described in the following by such a “active power pulse”.
  • a controlled voltage of, for example, -20V is superimposed on an instantaneous voltage of the network of, for example, 80V
  • a new instantaneous value of the output voltage of 60V is created instead of previously 80V on the consumer supply line, which is a normal form of the network sine in consumers connected to the consumer supply line deviates active power that can be recognized by a suitable receiver.
  • Such active power pulses are generally limited in time and in amplitude so that the behavior typical of the consumer does not change significantly as a result.
  • Such a transmission of active power induced by the voltage in consumers is therefore precisely the original task of a building power network, as a result of which such a transmission can also be provided very reliably by the latter (in particular in contrast to HF systems).
  • communication can also take place in the opposite direction, in that the functional command output unit according to the invention detects the consumer current and its Characteristics such as active and reactive current components as well as characteristic harmonics are analyzed and thus gain information about the connected consumers, which in turn can also transmit additional information by generating active power pulses. Both the information itself and the ways of transmission can be independent of one another.
  • a further advantage is if the function command state converter provides the power supply unit with exactly the number of pulse combinations that corresponds to the number of switching states received by the function command input module.
  • each switching state of the domestic appliance switch can be assigned its own pulse combination by a central module, such as the function command preparation device, by means of its function command state converter, these switching states being able to refer to a multiplicity of positions in a switching state matrix.
  • the active power pulses provided can then be read out anywhere in the home appliance network at the same time.
  • the function command provision device uses the function command output unit to define a function command by transmitting the function command within a number of network sine waves defined by a transmission protocol, then each of the power supply devices located on the building's power supply system can simultaneously recognize whether an operating level or a function is being addressed, and if this is the case, which of the possible operating functions is addressed.
  • function command and function level can transmit information separately and this information can be transmitted separated from each other to be read.
  • other groups can of course also be defined, which should be specially identified.
  • the active power pulses are impressed on the oscillations of the alternating voltage by adding information about the amplitude.
  • both the amplitude level and the amount that was impressed can serve as information carriers.
  • both the amplitude level and the phase angle can thereby serve as information carriers, which the bandwidth of the Transferable information to consumer supply increased significantly
  • phase angle or the signal to be impressed serves as information carrier both for the function level and for the function command, this can further increase the bandwidth for the transmission of information.
  • a defined size can advantageously be defined for an information package without having to occupy bandwidth for this.
  • a wide variety of functions can advantageously be addressed, such as the function that at least one domestic appliance is addressed individually, or that groups of domestic appliances are addressed, or that functions of at least one domestic appliance and or the chronological sequence of functions are effected by at least one domestic appliance.
  • the function command defines the interaction of at least one function of a household appliance with at least one function of one or more further household appliances.
  • the function command provision device can be attached to the fuse particularly advantageously. This has the advantage that it can be integrated or attached to or in an already existing component of the existing building power network. Protection against possible defects is also particularly effective in this case if the function command providing device is attached to the fuse.
  • the power supply device is arranged in a building power supply network between a function command supply device and at least one domestic appliance, the building power supply network being used for its communication, in that, regardless of zero crossings, either the AC voltage or the AC current of this or this information can be read out again
  • the power supply device can be used to combine functions which should be attached as close as possible to the consumer in order to provide the latter with individual functions.
  • the power supply device can be used to individually provide the power to the consumer which corresponds to the commands originating from the function command supply device and transmitted via the building power network. For this reason, most of the computing work takes place in this component.
  • Active power can be stamped on, in particular, if the building electricity network is briefly decoupled from the energy supplier or power plant during the period of the stamping, so that the building electricity network decoupled from the energy supplier can be controlled so that the faults in the building electricity network can be checked with the help of its own electrical circuit so far can be adorned that the desired information is impressed on the voltage or the current and can be read out again at any other point in the building's electricity network.
  • the capacitive or inductive load components introduced into the building's electrical network by consumers, for example when switching, are thus absorbed by the use of the special electrical or electronic circuit, so that they have no influence on the communication transmitted in the building's electrical network. For this reason, it is also not necessary to impress information in the zero crossing of the current or the voltage. Rather, due to minimized interference, each location of the sine curve of the current or of the voltage or both is available for impressing and both the phase angle and the amplitude or both can be used as information carriers, the amplitude of the information being added additive or subtractive original curve shape can be impressed.
  • the building power network controlled on the basis of this principle can thus serve as information forwarding means for a wide variety of information, be it information from a switch, such as the home appliance switch, or be it information for operating or controlling a consumer, which comes directly from a source other than the home appliance switch.
  • this principle is referred to in the following as the "switching control system", because the short-term decoupling from the power supply enables it to be controlled and thereby enabled is impressed on either the AC voltage or the AC current, which can be read out again undisturbed.
  • the function command provision device advantageously comprises a function command input module that receives the function command.
  • a function command input module that receives the function command.
  • the switching command received by a separate module part, which forms an interface to the building's electricity network.
  • the function command input module indirectly comprises the receiver part of the switch. More than one function command input module can be used per function command providing device.
  • the function command provision device also includes a power converter that assigns the amount of power corresponding to the function command. This has the advantage that it is on site at the consumer and individually for everyone Consumers can implement the function commands in the individually required power release command in their own module.
  • the function command provision device also includes a power release unit that provides the corresponding amount of power.
  • a power release unit that provides the corresponding amount of power.
  • the function commands mentioned are advantageously assigned to two levels, or two groups, so that the building power supply network comprises at least two function levels and function commands can be transmitted in each of the function levels.
  • a functional level is advantageously the one with the help of which the operating level the operator is located and inputs instructions, such as first user level, second user level, programming level, scenario level, etc.
  • the second group is advantageously the group of the individual function commands with which the operator can use to operate the individual functions of a household appliance or consumer using commands, such as switching on, switching off, etc.
  • the advantage of a power supply device, with which the communication via the existing building power network takes place undisturbed by non-ohmic consumers, is that the use of a building power network is independent of which or which consumers are connected to this building power network. Another advantage is that the building's electricity network can be used to communicate with the consumers regardless of the connected consumer or consumers.
  • the advantage of a power supply device in which the power release unit is a low-impedance voltage source that draws its energy from the consumer supply line, is that the consumer connected to the power release unit can be allocated power in a controlled manner by the entire power supply device and, at the same time, any control information can be received via the consumer supply line who can influence (control) the provision of services in a way that can be programmed by the person skilled in the art. If the power supply device is assigned a functional level and at least one functional command via the building's power network and controls the domestic appliance accordingly with this, an individually adapted operation of the domestic appliance can take place in questions of its switching functions as well as in questions of its operating functions to be controlled.
  • the consumer feed line can be supplied with information about operating states or the consumer itself, which can be read out and processed further at another point in the building's power network.
  • three information carriers come into question from the sine curve: firstly the phase angle, secondly the amplitude and thirdly the period or location at which the sine curve can be briefly changed. It is possible to impress the function level as well as the function command of the sine curve of the current as compactly as possible if either the phase angle or the amplitude serve as information carriers for both the function level and the function command. If, in addition, it is desired that the function level and function command use as little bandwidth as possible for the sinusoidal oscillation in the building's electrical network, it is advantageous if the phase angle or the signal to be impressed serves as information carrier for both the function level and the function command.
  • an emergency switch which can be a bypass switch, has at least one switching or control of a household appliance in its emergency function.
  • the principles according to the invention of using the building power network as an information line can be used at least in part.
  • An advantage of a domestic appliance switch comprising at least one single actuation element, at least one switch element with at least two switch states per switch element, whereby each of the switch elements from the second switch state comprises its own switch obstacle, is that by selecting the switch obstacle, at least one actuation hindrance is provided which prevents unaware operators from accessing the other functional levels provided by the switch.
  • Such an impediment to operation can consist, for example, of a noise, a physical resistance, a light sign or also hidden functions, such as, for example, by means of a bayonet catch, etc. Because different obstacles can always be used, different access hurdles can be set up, behind which different functional levels can be located. If at least two switch states are provided for each switch element, the operational capability of the switch is considerably expanded.
  • the household appliance switch presents itself to the inexperienced operator as a normal switch or toggle switch and for the informed operator as an instrument with which he can switch through different function levels or control and can address the home appliances and / or at least one of their functions that can be reached in the respective functional level.
  • Active power can be stamped on if, during the period of stamping, the building's electricity network is briefly decoupled from the energy supplier or power plant, so that the building's electricity network, which is decoupled from the energy supplier, can be checked so that the faults in the building's electricity network can be checked with the help of your own electrical circuit can be reduced to such an extent that the desired information is impressed on the voltage or current and can be read out again at any other point in the building's electrical network.
  • the capacitive or inductive load components introduced into the building's electrical network by consumers, for example when switching, are thus absorbed by the use of special electrical or electronic circuitry so that they have no influence on the communication transmitted in the building's electrical network.
  • each location of the sine curve of the current or of the voltage or both is available for impressing and both the phase angle and the amplitude or both can be used as information carriers, the amplitude of the information being added additive or subtractive original curve shape can be impressed.
  • the building power network controlled on the basis of this principle can thus serve as information forwarding means for a wide variety of information, be it information from a switch, such as the home appliance switch, or be it information for operating or controlling a consumer, which originate directly from a source other than the home appliance switch.
  • this principle is referred to in the following as the "switching control system", because the short-term switch-off of the power supply enables it to be controlled and thereby enables to impress information that can be read out again either from the AC voltage or the AC current.
  • the short-term decoupling of the power supply has the result according to the invention that reactive and power losses can no longer develop any interference potential and thus information can only be impressed on the pure active power, or more specifically that a controlled stamping of active power variation regardless of the load situation of the network or can be carried out on this connected consumer in such a way that it can be read out again at another point.
  • the reason for this is that in this case the disturbances which can be exerted by such consumers on the building's electrical network do not disturb the communication carried out with the aid of the switch and thus do not make communication impossible.
  • the capacitive or inductive load components introduced into the building's electricity network by consumers for example when switching, can be absorbed by using a special electrical or electronic circuit so that they have no influence on the communication transmitted in the building's electricity network. This could be done, for example, by suppressing undesired interference by superimposing a specifically controllable voltage or by applying a certain impedance, which can include suitable ohmic, inductive or capacitive components, in particular, for example, an interference suppression capacitor.
  • the household appliance switch comprises a delivery unit for switching signals and a receiving unit for switching signals, and if both are separated by the building's electrical network, this has the advantage that information that is physically provided by input at one end of the switch is transmitted through the building's electrical network can and advantageously be received at the location of their further processing.
  • each of the switch states addresses a different functional level of a building power supply network, this has the advantage that the switch can be used to step through the functional levels of the household appliance control system.
  • the domestic appliance switch comprises a single actuating element
  • this has the advantage that all the functions of the domestic appliance control system can be switched with just a single actuating element and the entire building unit to be controlled with all its functions can thus be operated with a single actuating element.
  • a home appliance switch in the first operational state of the first switch element emits a time-limited switch pulse by simply actuating it as a switch signal, then the home appliance switch is not operated as a changeover switch that directly provides the consumer with current for consumption, but rather a switching signal is provided.
  • a switch signal in the form of a pulse can be combined with further switching signals in this way because it does not yet cause the line to be released to be combined into complex switching commands. In this way, it is ultimately possible to operate the line of the building's power network permanently with low resistance, in that the decoupling from the energy supplier defined above is not carried out by opening the consumer circuit, but by applying a controlled, controlled auxiliary voltage.
  • the household appliance switch is an inseparable part of a building power supply system, which switches a building power supply system that is unaffected by low-resistance consumers.
  • the building's electricity network can ultimately be kept free from voltage or capacity-induced voltage influences, such as those that can cause the consumers not listed above. This also makes it possible to use the household appliance power network to transport information.
  • the household appliance switch according to the invention therefore does not represent an immediate switching function, but rather an indirect switching function with the aid of the “power supply device”, in that the relevant power is made available to the consumer in question directly by the “power supply device”, by additionally providing the building power supply with a defined voltage is imprinted, which keeps blind and interference fractions from the household appliance power network low and predictable.
  • a permanently low-resistance feed into the consumer supply brings with it a number of advantages known to the person skilled in the art. This includes, in particular, independence from reactive current components, which would lead to unpredictable voltage states in a high-resistance network, which would suppress the intended communication.
  • a switching pulse has a defined first time period.
  • a switching pulse can be standardized and, for example, be regarded as a standardized switching pulse as the first switching pulse.
  • the switch pulse has at least one further defined different time period.
  • the first switching pulse can be distinguished from at least one further switching pulse.
  • the switching element can be used to emit a large number of different pulses. If, on the other hand, one of the switch pulses lasts as long as the user holds the switch pressed, the switching element can emit another signal in the form of a continuous signal.
  • a standardized command combination is assigned to every same switch pulse or code, this has the advantage that a standardized code can be assigned with the aid of the change in the switch state caused by the operator by actuating the actuating element and the pulse or code caused thereby, which can be recognized elsewhere due to its standardization and thus read out.
  • An assignment can be made, for example, with at least one two-dimensional matrix in which the standardized switching commands are stored.
  • standardized switching commands can be converted from switch commands.
  • a transport of these standardized switching commands can take place in a building power supply system according to the invention, since the standardized switching commands are not disturbed in the case according to the invention and can therefore be read out again at another point, for example at the location of their further processing, in the function command preparation device ,
  • the function level is used to define, for example, the operating level, such as the first user level, second user level, programming level, scenario level, etc., where the operator is and enters instructions.
  • a functional level is characterized in that the operator is provided with a further or different functional dimension of the domestic appliance control system in this functional level.
  • this code for switching back and forth between the functional levels of a building's power supply system consists of two switching impulses of the first time period, that is, double actuation, it is possible to switch between the functional levels with the help of a double actuation.
  • a household appliance switch is advantageous, the first functional level of which enables switching on and off, the further functional level of which allows the selection of devices, the further functional level of which enables operating states of at least one domestic appliance to be addressed, whose further functional level enables the programmability of the functional levels themselves, the latter other levels enable special scenarios.
  • a domestic appliance switch comprises a transmitter element which provides the pulses of the domestic appliance switch and a receiving module which receives the provided pulses for the switch states of the domestic appliance switch
  • the switching status of the domestic appliance switch and the switching command can be provided separately in terms of content and location.
  • a switching command matrix can also be provided at a central location, on which recurring routines can be called up from each switch device.
  • the receiving module which receives the provided pulses for the switch states of the domestic appliance switch, is advantageously integrated in the function command preparation device.
  • Functions of the home appliance switching device is instructed that a simple pulse is always the turning on or off of the home appliance or, if it is in the functional level mode, the switching or controlling of the first home appliance in this mode.
  • So represents the home appliance switch according to the invention for the inexperienced operator, no matter which level he is in, as a normal changeover switch and for the informed operator as an instrument with which he can switch through different functional levels and in this case the home appliances accessible in the respective functional level and or at least one of their functions.
  • At least one of the codes such as the code for switching between the functional levels of the building's electricity network
  • a further switch element which, according to the claims, is operated with only a single actuating element
  • all of the domestic appliance switches located in a residential unit can be actuated from a single control element, which is located in the same place as one of the familiar domestic appliance switches.
  • one of the codes such as the code for switching between household appliance groups
  • a further switch element which, according to the claims, is operated by the same actuating element as the first switching element, this results in a domestic appliance switch with more than one switching element with at least one switching element two switching states.
  • a switching element for switching or controlling, for example, household appliance groups can be added to the already existing ones as a further switching element. The same applies analogously to the functional levels.
  • At least one circuit element comprises an output unit
  • this has the advantage that it can be seen whether the circuit element in question is currently switched or not.
  • the first circuit element is equipped with an output unit such as a red light-emitting diode, for example, it can be recognized that the first circuit element, for example, is active and it can thus be recognized that when the same switch is actuated again, another device group is addressed , such as the shutters. Since the switching element is actuated via the actuating element, the switching state of the switching element is ultimately output indirectly via the actuating element.
  • another circuit element for example, Includes unit, this has the advantage that it can be seen whether the further circuit element in question is currently switched or not.
  • the further circuit element is equipped with a further output unit, such as a blue light-emitting diode, for example, it can be recognized that the second circuit element, for example, is active and it can thus be recognized that if the further switching element is actuated again, for example, another device the same device group is addressed, such as the second lamp. Since the further circuit element is also actuated via the one actuating element, the output of the switching state of the switching element ultimately also takes place indirectly via the actuating element.
  • a further output unit such as a blue light-emitting diode
  • a light-emitting diode is suitable as a simple output unit, which has the advantage that it is inexpensive and robust.
  • a multi-colored light-emitting diode can, for example, indicate which functional level you are currently in.
  • the output unit is a display, this has the advantage that there is great flexibility with regard to the display of the output unit.
  • the output unit is separated from the switch states, for example the emitted pulses
  • this has the advantage that the output unit and the switching elements as well as the actuating element belonging to the operation are mobile and can remain with the operator and the operator there where it is currently located, can both switch and, depending on the equipment of the device, can also recognize the status of the relevant household appliances.
  • the switch states are not tied to the location of the switching element and the output unit and can be stored at any location.
  • the switching states are stored in their own so-called transponder box in the respective room, this has the advantage that if the operator comes into any room with a single mobile switching unit (possibly with an output function), he or she will use his mobile switching unit can switch exactly the switch states or algorithms stored in the transponder box, which were stored there for the respective room as suitable for this room. The operator therefore actuates the at least one switching element at any location with the aid of the actuating element. This transmits the switching commands to the transponder box and the transponder box calls up the switching states associated with the switching commands, which can be specially adapted to the room in which the transponder box is located. The transponder box then sends these individualized commands for the room to the power supply device.
  • parts of the output unit also serve as an actuating element, the operator only needs a single element for displaying and entering.
  • the part of the output unit can serve as an operating element which provides the respective specific output information.
  • the part of the output unit which indicates the state of the first switching element can simultaneously comprise a switching function for the first circuit element and the part of the output unit which indicates the state of the further switching element can simultaneously comprise a further switching function for the further circuit element , Switchable screen elements (touch screen displays) are examples of this.
  • Figure 1 shows a home appliance switch with an operating element.
  • Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the home appliance control system; 3a shows a power supply device which is integrated in a lamp holder;
  • 3b shows a power supply device which is integrated in a luster terminal
  • FIG. 2 A block diagram is shown by way of example in FIG. 2, from which the functional groups of the household appliance control system emerge.
  • the functional group of the household appliance switch (1) comprises, as shown in FIG. 1, an actuating element (2) with the aid of which the operator actuates the domestic appliance switch (1).
  • a domestic appliance switch (1) comprises at least the switch states “quiescent” or “off” and the switch states "impulse” or "on”.
  • An impulse of a duration dependent on the operator is caused in the domestic appliance switch (1).
  • the impulse should be standardized, ie it should correspond to a previously defined value or pattern. This pulse is sent to a switching command conversion unit (4) for normalization.
  • the switching command conversion unit (4) standardized switching commands are stored, for example in a memory, such as an EPROM, which can be changed by a person skilled in the art in the known ways, such as, for example, EPROMS can be reprogrammed in a conventional manner.
  • a memory such as an EPROM
  • EPROMS can be reprogrammed in a conventional manner.
  • other components can be used that provide the function of permanently storing switching states that can be standardized by the operator.
  • the switch command conversion unit (4) assigns a suitable and standardized switching command to the switch state caused by the switch element (3) on the actuating element (2). This can be done with the help of a suitable processor.
  • the switch command conversion unit (4) there are also modules which allow the switch command conversion unit (4) to be connected directly to the building power supply system (90) in order to achieve the effect of being able to issue the standardized switching command to the building power supply system (90) without that the home appliance switch (1) this is damaged.
  • the domestic appliance switch (1) can also be connected to the power provision device (21) and / or to the function command provision device (11).
  • a power provision device (21) is shown as an example in FIG. 3b.
  • the household appliance switch (1) also includes a processor in addition to the memory.
  • the tasks assigned to this processor are combined with another processor-based device, e.g. the function providing device (11) or the power providing unit (21), the processor of which is also used.
  • the switch command conversion unit (4) is part of the relevant device, e.g. Function command provision device (1 1) or power supply unit (21).
  • At least one of the codes according to the claims can be replaced by a further switch element (5) (cf. FIG. 1), which according to the claim can be operated with only a single actuating element (2 ) is operated, this results in a domestic appliance switch which can switch more than one switching element (3) with an operating element, each switching element (3) comprising at least two switching states.
  • a domestic appliance switch which can switch more than one switching element (3) with an operating element, each switching element (3) comprising at least two switching states.
  • all of the domestic appliance switches (1) located in a residential unit can be operated from a single control element, which is located at the same location as one of the familiar domestic appliance switches.
  • Such a switch is shown in FIG. 1, an additional switching element (5) being shown as an example behind the actuating element.
  • Another component of the household appliance switch (1) in all of the exemplary embodiments is, in addition to the components mentioned, which make the domestic appliance switch (1) operable and provide a standardized switching command in the manner described or in a similar manner, the evaluation unit for this switching command, which as a consequence as Function command input module (12) is designated and the purpose of which is to recognize the switching commands normalized when sending when receiving.
  • Function command input module (12) is designated and the purpose of which is to recognize the switching commands normalized when sending when receiving.
  • the building power network (90) serves as the information carrier between the switch command conversion unit (4) and the function command input module (12).
  • this has the advantage that the switching information or the switching information of the household appliance switch (1), which in this way serves as a transmitter of the switching information, can be installed anywhere in the building without additional installation effort.
  • the function command input module (12) serving as the receiver of the switching command in the example shown.
  • the transmission of the switching command via the building's power network (90) presents special and specific challenges in order to impress readable information regardless of zero crossings of the AC voltage.
  • One of the sources of the interference which can impair the transmission of the information via the building's electrical network (90), are the control signals for the network organization in the audio frequency range (so-called ripple control signals) that are stamped by the energy supply companies themselves.
  • the consumers connected to the building's electrical network (90) provide a wide variety of disturbances to the building's electrical network (90) with their specific induction or capacities. For this reason, it has not previously been possible to provide a building power network (90) to which an arbitrary number of consumers is connected in principle. The number of consumers that can be connected depends primarily on the transmission protocol selected. In particular, a protocol is preferred which allows the addressing of 225 individual individual devices, 15 generic (freely assignable) device groups, 15 device class groups (light blinds / audio etc.) and all devices at the same time.
  • Active power can be stamped in this way in particular if, during the period of stamping, the building's electricity network (90) is either temporarily decoupled from the energy supplier or a suitably controlled power supply is superimposed on it, so that the building's electricity network (90 ) can be checked in such a way that the faults in the building's electrical network (90) can be compensated with the help of their own electrical circuit so that the consumer supply line (91) (it describes the part of the building's electrical network (90) between the function command preparation device ( 11) and the power supply device (21)) are imprinted with the desired information and can be read out again at any other point on the consumer feed line (91).
  • the separation of the consumer supply line (91), which is also part of the building's power supply system, is implemented by means of circuits such as those shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b.
  • the schematic representations each show an AC voltage source, symbolically a power plant or more precisely, for example, a house connection, a controllable voltage source which can be impressed on the consumer circuit in series or parallel connection by means of a (preferably electronic) switch and the consumer itself.
  • the designation Ux and Uy then that the voltages on the respective side need not be identical. For this reason, it is also not necessary to impress information in the zero crossing of the current or the voltage.
  • the function command provision device (11) can also read information from the consumer feed line (91) by detecting its power consumption and assigning certain temporal profiles thereof to the switching on and off or switching on and off of certain consumers, the characteristic combination of action - and reactive power as well as features recognizable by the power factor or specific devices intended for this purpose specifically generate such characteristic features, for example due to a briefly pulsed active or reactive power consumption with a characteristic, i.e. recognizable and thus assignable pattern.
  • information can be transmitted to the “modulator” from any point in the consumer feed line (91).
  • Such information need not necessarily be related to the nature of the generating device, but can also be generated by signal converters from other information.
  • the household appliance switches (1) also include switches which are not operated directly by an operator of the actuating element (2), but also those which have a sensor as an actuating element (2) which acts like an actuating element (2) and emits an impulse that can be standardized in a further step, but does not necessarily have to be standardized if it already emits a standardized signal.
  • the function command input module (12) as the receiver module of the switch, has the task, inter alia, of checking the switching commands transmitted via the building's electrical network (90) for their plausibility or correctness and thus ensuring that the communication via the building's electrical network (90) functions correctly , In addition, the function command input module (12) ensures that even after the switching commands have been received, they are available in a clearly readable and thus further processable form for further assemblies or parts of assemblies.
  • the function command input module (12) is thus an integral part of the switch, no matter where it is located in the building's electrical network (90).
  • a further possibility of specifically checking the building's electrical network (90) is to identify the malfunctions typically emitted by the respective household appliance group into the building's electrical network (90) from groups of household appliances such as washing machines or vacuum cleaners or immersion heaters from different manufacturers. This can be done, for example, by storing device group-specific fault patterns in a central memory. After an actual-target comparison between the faults actually located in the building's electricity network (90) and the information stored there, identification, which home appliance group is completed on the building's electrical network (90). This can be provided to the operator as information and, independently of this provision, can also call specific countermeasures for eliminating the relevant faults from a further memory.
  • Fig. 4 shows a state transition diagram as it serves as the basis for programming the home appliance switch (1).
  • the switch, the function command provision device (11) and the power supply unit (21) are freely programmable.
  • Programmability in the home appliance switch (1) is particularly subject to the form of the underlying standardized switching commands, which are then issued to the building's power network (90), and the form of the reaction of the consumer to the command reaching him in the case of the function command providing device (11).
  • each of the switch elements (3) includes a switch obstacle from the second switch state, access to the other operating levels, which the building's power supply network (90) has, is hampered by the domestic appliance switch (1) for uninformed groups of people.
  • the actuation of the upper or lower switch elements (3) could be provided with the obstacle of a counterforce which is opposed to their actuation from the second switch state.
  • the term “obstacle” is also understood to mean any combination of input pulses which the operator of an actuation element is not used to in order to switch a function known to him.
  • an operator of a tactile device switch (1) is not used to actuating it with a double pulse, for example to switch on a light.
  • a double pulse in the present is also an example of a demanding obstacle.
  • Alternative obstacles can also be noises, physical resistance, colors, warning indicators etc.
  • all consumers of a previously defined building unit can thus be set to any state with a single actuating element (2).
  • This can be done by storing in the memory of the domestic appliance switch (1) that, for example, in addition to a single pulse, it also recognizes a second pulse that is different from the first, for example a double pulse.
  • another pulse can be stored that differs from the first two, such as a longer pulse.
  • Further deposits, such as a permanent pulse are also possible.
  • different pulse sequences already stored for standardization can serve a functional purpose.
  • One of these functional purposes can, for example, be the function of walking through the lines of the matrix in which command values are stored.
  • a short-long pulse can be assigned the meaning of going directly into the third y-row of the matrix and a short-long-long pulse into the fourth etc.
  • a function can also be assigned to a double pulse, for example advance the previously selected y-axis in the x-axis, so that every matrix element can be reached in this way and the operator only needs to remember a few pulse sequences. Which these are and which function they provide can, for example, be determined by the operator himself and can be programmed according to the wishes by a specialist. For example, following a prevailing traffic pattern, a simple impulse can be assigned the function of selecting and activating the command reached in the selected matrix cell.
  • a large number of (standardized) switching commands can be activated with a single domestic appliance switch (1) which only comprises one actuating element (2).
  • a shape of a household appliance switch (1) for example, which is under his one actuating element, can be considered (2) comprises more than one switch element (3).
  • Such a switch is shown in Fig. 1.
  • a switch element (3) on the right outer edge or on the left or on the top or on the bottom or any combination of such switch elements (3) is considered.
  • These switch elements (3) can then be programmed in such a way that they cause the possibility of going up, going down, going right or left in the memory matrix and that the simple impulse allows a selection of the commands stored there.
  • a further alternative assignment could be of the type that a switching element located there is addressed with the aid of the actuation of the upper or lower part of the actuating element (2) and a step up or down is thereby effected in the matrix.
  • a household appliance switch (1) designed in this way can, for example, be programmed in such a way that a double pulse leads to the second level, a triple pulse to the third level, a quadruple pulse to the fourth level, etc. Arrived at the desired level, a pulse on the right switch element (3) in the easy level can cause a switch to the right, a pulse on the left switch element (3) can cause a switch to the left. If, for example, the sum of all lamps can then be addressed in that level, it is possible to switch from one lamp to the next.
  • buttons can be assigned so that, for example, the next station to the right and the previous station to the left are called up and the volume is increased upwards and the volume downwards become.
  • a comparable procedure can be used at the level of the roller shutters or another consumer or consumer group.
  • Another function level can be that of programming.
  • this level with the help of the actuating element (2) of the household appliance switch (1), every consumer and beyond each of its functional levels can also be controlled and a selected state can be committed.
  • an assignment could be such that the right and left switch element (3) is used to go through the consumers individually and the consumer of interest is selected. If it has been selected, such as the radio, the transmitter can be set with the right-left switch element (3) described and the volume can be selected with the up or down switch element.
  • a further consumer can then be selected, such as the individual lamps or the roller shutters, the states of which can also be set and confirmed in an analogous manner. If you have set all consumers as desired, the entire scenario can be confirmed with your own code and can then be called up directly as such scenario.
  • Such scenarios are also particularly suitable for reacting to dangerous situations, such as in the event of a fire or break-in, or for various services, such as childcare, etc.
  • the function command input module (12) has the task of receiving or at least processing switching commands, as well as providing function commands in the consumer supply line (91) for all consumers.
  • the function command preparation device (1 1) comprises at least one function command input module (12) which is connected to the building power supply system (90) in order to be supplied with the switching commands of the household appliance switch (1) according to the invention and which identifies switch states of at least one domestic appliance switch (1) ,
  • the function command input module (12) itself does not switch the consumers. It checks the data provided in the building's electrical network (90) to determine whether it is an error contain. For this purpose, it compares, for example, the actual shape of the identified switching states with, for example, target states stored in a memory.
  • the person skilled in the art can enter a threshold value during programming, via which the domestic appliance control system (100) can continue to be operated via an emergency function.
  • the function command input module (12) can also have a correction unit connected to it for support, which, in a manner known to the person skilled in the art, attempts to correct an insufficiently good signal into an identifiable signal.
  • a domestic appliance switch (1) could also be connected directly to the function command input module (12), or the function command input module (12) obtains its commands both from a switch connected directly to it and from the building's power supply network (90), to which in turn the Household appliance switch according to the invention (1) is attached.
  • an emergency switch (15) for emergency operation can be connected directly to the function command preparation device in order to enable switching or control of at least one domestic appliance in its emergency function.
  • the principle according to the invention of using the building power network (90) as an information line can be used at least in part.
  • the switch comprises a function command status converter (13) which assigns at least one function command to the respective switching commands of the at least one domestic appliance switch (1).
  • the associated function commands are assigned to the switch status. This can be done, for example, with the aid of a memory in which the possible function commands were previously stored by programming the memory. Operation can be carried out with the aid of a suitable processor known to the person skilled in the art.
  • the switching command serves to activate the function command, which in turn is implemented by the function command output unit (14).
  • the function command preparation device (1 1) requires an input unit that generates the control signals to the devices to be controlled in accordance with the operator's instructions (or an automatic system). In the simplest case, this can be a button that is placed on the function command ready device (11) in order to implement light control (switching on / off, dimming one or more lamps or lamp groups).
  • a more powerful variant of the function command status converter (13) consists of a small control station with sensors for brightness, temperature, air humidity and multifunction button, with which an entire room can be controlled. This would be a function command status converter (13) for a room.
  • Such function command status converters (13) in rooms are usually also designed as flush-mounted housings, so that they can be easily integrated into existing installations.
  • the usual voltage in European building electrical networks (90) is 230 volts, in American building electrical networks (90) 1 10 volts.
  • the function command input module (12) is able to work in AC networks, which are typically below 690V at normal consumer voltage, in particular at 110/115 / 120V and 220/230 / 240V in the household area.
  • each switching command is accompanied by additional information, for which or which Power provision device (21) the function command is determined.
  • the switching commands can take different forms. Switching commands which are kept as short as possible and which transmit only the simplest commands such as "on” or "off” are so-called implicit switching commands. Its strength lies in the fast transmission. Longer commands, on the other hand, can transmit a value which can be accepted as an operating value or, for example, brings about more complex functions, such as storing or calling up stored operating values or an internal parameter which supplies the power supply device (21) with function commands.
  • the power supply device (21) is arranged in a building power network (90) between a function command supply device (11) and at least one domestic appliance (30). It is the link between the function command preparation device (11) which is responsible for all consumers and in which all functions which can be centralized can be combined. This enables the miniaturization of the power supply device (21) to be unlocked, so that the power supply device (21) can be connected directly to or in every conceivable consumer and is thus directly associated with it. For this purpose, it can be integrated, for example, in a commercially available luster terminal, as shown in FIG. 3a.
  • the power supply device (21) can, however, also be installed in intermediate modules, such as, for example, in dimmer modules, relay modules, etc.
  • the power supply devices (21) can also be installed in the consumer ex works.
  • an energy-saving lamp a power supply device (21) is attached to the inner part of its socket, so that it is not recognizable from the outside that this is an energy-saving lamp which can be operated on the household appliance control system according to the invention.
  • the power supply device (21) includes, among other things, an input module (22) that receives the function command from the function command provision device (11).
  • the power converter (23) shown in FIG. 1 assigns the power amount corresponding to the function command to the consumption. It also includes a power release unit (24) that provides the corresponding amount of benefit so that it can do its job.
  • the power supply device (21) comprises a command which, in this case, causes the function command provision device (11) to switch the necessary power.
  • the function command is transmitted in the manner according to the invention with the help of the building power network (90), but is not understood by other power supply devices (21) in such a way that it concerns them.
  • Each power supply device (21) comprises, for example, a unique, numerical address for addressing. In this exemplary case, 225 different power provision devices (21) can thus be addressed by one function provision device (11). In addition, it is possible, for example, to specifically address 15 individual groups, in which any number of service provision devices (21) are combined. In this way, a selection of power supply devices (21) can be controlled simultaneously with a single function command. In principle, each power supply device (21) can be assigned to one or more of the 15 groups, for example become. A function command can either be sent to a single address or to a group address. In addition, a group, for example group 15, has a special position in that each service provision device (21) is always a member of this group. Membership in this group 15 cannot be revoked. As a result, a command to group 15 always reaches each power supply device (21) that is operated on the relevant function supply device (11).
  • a central variable of a power supply device (21) is the operating value. This always represents the operating state of the consumer (on / off for the switch, 0 ... 100% for the dimmer, 0 ... 100% opening for a blind, etc.). Ultimately, all function commands serve to manipulate this operating value as effectively as possible. There is therefore always exactly one operating value behind each of the addresses.
  • the function command always contains a command that is to trigger a specific action of the power supply device (21). This can be, for example: switching on, switching off, increasing brightness etc.
  • Such standard commands have a direct effect on the operating value.
  • Such special commands are primarily used to configure and integrate a system.
  • a protocol is formed for transmission with the aid of the building power network (90), in particular between the function command provision device (11) and the power provision device (21), which facilitates or enables the transmission.
  • the function commands are given a checksum and in the power supply device (21) extensive filtering and evaluation of the transmission quality is carried out in order not to carry out falsified function commands.
  • the reception of the function commands is only enabled when a so-called start signal, known to the person skilled in the art as the "start flag", has been recognized. This consists, for example, of 4 consecutive one bits and a zero.
  • the instruction part of the function commands then does not include any such "four One bit "in succession, so that the start flag is thereby unique. This is achieved by always inserting an additional zero bit in the content of the function command after three consecutive one bits.
  • the additional zero bit known to the person skilled in the art as the" separating bit ", is inserted even if the three one-bits were already followed by a zero, otherwise the receiver would not know whether this zero, if it was followed by a one, was inserted as a separating bit or is a data bit.
  • state machine 4 shows a state transition diagram, also called “state machine”.
  • the state machine describes the functions of the one-way button according to the invention with the exemplary functions such as dimming, scene change and scene programming with one button, that is to say a single actuating element (2)
  • the state machine uses the following representation:
  • the circle contains the name of the status (e.g. SO) as well as commands that must be executed once when the status occurs.
  • the legend also includes the following terms:
  • TDS Maximum duration of second click when double-clicked (normally: 250 ms)
  • variable msc is increased by the value 1 per millisecond from a unit outside the machine.
  • the send (cmd) or send (adr, cmd) function is not blocking and is used to send commands (cmd) either to all end devices or to a selected end device (in this case, adr contains the address of the end device).
  • the machine uses the following commands:
  • the send () function returns the command sent so that it can be buffered for later use. Variables are shown with lower case letters and constants are shown with upper case letters.
  • FIG. 6a to 6e show examples of active power pulses, namely FIG. 6a: additive pulse in positive half-wave, FIG. 6b: additive pulse in positive half-wave,
  • Fig. 6e Subtractive pulse in negative half wave.
  • the thick line shows the voltage or the current and the thin line the active power.
  • a controlled voltage of, for example, -20V is superimposed on an instantaneous voltage of the network of, for example, 80V
  • a new instantaneous value of the output voltage of 60V is created instead of previously 80V on the consumer supply line, which in consumers connected to the consumer supply line is a normal form of the mains supply - only deviates active power that can be recognized by a suitable receiver.
  • Such active power pulses are generally limited in time and in amplitude so that the behavior typical of the consumer does not change significantly as a result.

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L'invention concerne un système de commande (100) d'un appareil ménager, destiné au branchement et à la commande d'au moins un appareil ménager (30). L'invention concerne également une pluralité, aussi faible que possible, de connexions (3), un dispositif d'actionnement de puissance (11) et un dispositif d'actionnement de commande de fonctions (11) permettant de résoudre le problème posé, un ensemble d'appareils ménagers (30) et d'autres récepteurs d'un appareillage domestique (30), pris individuellement ou en groupes pouvant être définis de façon quelconque, d'une unité d'habitation définie de façon quelconque, dotée d'une pluralité minimale d'éléments d'actionnement (2) de tout emplacement d'un environnement prédéfini, à connecter ou à commander, communiquant entre eux, au moins partiellement, via le réseau de la construction (90), cependant que des informations lisibles par le/ou lesdits éléments sont communiquées sous forme d'une puissance active, indépendamment des passages au point zéro, soit de la tension alternative, soit du courant alternatif de l'élément ou desdits éléments.
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