EP2064685B1 - Method and system for identifying a hazard warning device - Google Patents

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EP2064685B1
EP2064685B1 EP07802190.4A EP07802190A EP2064685B1 EP 2064685 B1 EP2064685 B1 EP 2064685B1 EP 07802190 A EP07802190 A EP 07802190A EP 2064685 B1 EP2064685 B1 EP 2064685B1
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  • the invention relates to a method having the features of the preamble of claim 1 and alarm systems having the features of the preambles of claims 6 and 7.
  • a danger detection system of the type indicated above known.
  • Their detectors can automatically respond to one or more accompanying variables, in particular a fire and / or a break-in.
  • the same system may include manually triggered hazard detectors, eg fire alarms and / or panic buttons.
  • At least individual detectors are in addition to the usual, the Operating state signaling LED equipped with another, very bright LED.
  • Each of these detectors has a driver circuit which, when activated, causes the LED to emit flashes of light, each of which consists of a series of very short flash pulses to minimize the required but limited electrical power supply.
  • Their pulse duration and the pulse / pause ratio are chosen so that these flash pulses for the eye merge into a single flash of light.
  • This alarm system can be operated in such a way that in the event of an alarm not only the LEDs of a detector that has gone into alarm but also the LEDs of a configurable number of further detectors so equipped emit flashes of light, e.g. to identify a danger zone around the detector that went into alarm.
  • the control center sends a corresponding data telegram to the relevant detector whose signal processing circuit then activates the LED via its driver circuit.
  • the position light consists of a large number of annular LEDs arranged one above the other in several levels. It can emit light signals in the form of double blinks. However, these are not a criterion for identifying a particular aircraft under a large on number of aircraft equipped with the same position light in the same airspace.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a method and a system of each of the introductory genus that allow under the conditions mentioned an observer to identify among a plurality of flashes emitting detectors or gone into alarm condition detector without As a result, a significant additional demand for electrical power is created for the detector or detectors.
  • this object is achieved according to the invention in that the alarm that has gone into the alarm state is switched over to the generation of double flashes.
  • Switching to the generation of double flashes may e.g. be effected by a detector-internal, representing the alarm condition signal.
  • the switching to the generation of double flashes can be effected by a data telegram of the central office.
  • the switching can be effected by an AND operation of the detector-internal signal representing the alarm state and a signal derived from a data telegram of the control unit.
  • the clock of the individual flashes is generated inside the detector, it makes sense to generate the double flashes in the same clock, ie with the same repetition frequency as the individual flashes.
  • a detector that has gone into alarm therefore does not switch automatically to the delivery of double flashes but only after receiving the corresponding command represented by the second data telegram from the control center.
  • Both solutions can be combined with each other by appropriate configuration of both the control center and the corresponding detector as an OR operation.
  • a detector that has gone into alarm then emits double flashes when it has detected its own alarm status and either receives the first data telegram from the control center, ie the one that triggers the generation of individual flashes when the detector is not in the alarm state, or receives the second data telegram, ie the one that triggers the generation of double flashes.
  • the pulse duration of a single flash can be between about 5 and about 80 ms, corresponding to a compromise between a physiologically still sufficiently clearly perceptible brightness and the demand for low power consumption requirement.
  • the period of the flash cycle can be between about 0.5 and 8.0 s, corresponding to the usual rhythm for optical warning signals.
  • each of the two flashes of a double flash preferably has about half the pulse duration of the single flash and a pause of about 10 to 150 ms corresponding to a total duration of a double flash of about 15 ms to a maximum of about 225 ms.
  • the driver circuit is preferably designed so that both the individual flashes and each of the two flashes of a double flash consist of a series of short flash pulses whose pulse duration between 5 ⁇ s and 50 ⁇ s and their pulse / pause ratio in the range of about 1:10.
  • the driver circuit is designed so that it compensates for a falling supply voltage by extending the pulse duration of the flash pulses, which are physiologically perceived as a single flash or a double flash.
  • the subjective brightness impression remains within the wide, permissible supply voltage range of a detector regardless of the supply voltage, which can, for example, fall from 42 V at the beginning of a reporting line to 8 V at the end of a reporting line.
  • the invention is also applicable to alarm systems with radio detectors, in which also poses the problem of visual recognizability of gone into alarm detector and at the same time the supply power needs to be kept small with respect to the life of the respective detector supplying battery.
  • FIG. 1 shows a simplified alarm system, here a fire alarm system comprising a fire alarm panel 1 to which a two-wire detection line 2a, 2b, a number of automatic detectors, such as smoke detectors and manual detectors that are triggered by a push button, connected, of which representatively only an automatic fire detector 3 is shown.
  • a fire alarm system comprising a fire alarm panel 1 to which a two-wire detection line 2a, 2b, a number of automatic detectors, such as smoke detectors and manual detectors that are triggered by a push button, connected, of which representatively only an automatic fire detector 3 is shown.
  • the detection lines can, as is known, also be closed annularly.
  • the fire panel 1 includes, as usual, including a supply voltage supply 1.1 for the connected detectors, a detector query part 1.2, a detector control 1.3 and a communication interface 1.4.
  • a supply voltage supply 1.1 for the connected detectors for the connected detectors
  • a detector query part 1.2 for the connected detectors
  • a detector control 1.3 for the connected detectors
  • a communication interface 1.4 for the connected detectors
  • the usual, other components that are not necessary for the understanding of the invention are not shown.
  • the fire panel 1 communicates with the fire detector 3 and all other detectors bidirectional and individually via the respective communication interfaces sent and received, addressed data messages.
  • the fire detector 3 comprises a number of circuits which draw their operating voltage from a voltage regulator 31 connected to the reporting line 2a, 2b. Furthermore, a communication interface 32 is connected to the signaling line 2a, 2b. This is connected to a signal processing circuit 33, usually in the form of a ⁇ -controller, the u.a. As usual, a CPU with RAM, ROM and EEPROM includes and receives signals from a sensor 34.
  • the sensor 34 includes e.g. a temperature sensor, a scattered light measuring chamber and / or a gas sensor and the associated control and evaluation circuits.
  • the sensor e.g. a push-button switch contact.
  • the signal processing circuit 33 controls, among other things, a driver circuit 35 for a high-current LED 36.
  • the driver circuit 35 receives its operating voltage from the voltage regulator 31.
  • the structure and the operation of the driver circuit are from the DE 10 2004 036 743 A1 , Fig. 3 known. If a signal coming from the signal processing circuit 33 control signal or a control pulse train is present at its input 35.1, the driver circuit 35 can radiate the high-current LED 36 intense flashes of light in time with this control signal. In this case, each flash of light consists of a large number of very short flash pulses, which generates the driver circuit self-oscillating when applied at its input 35.1 control signal.
  • the timing of the control signal also corresponds to that of a Viewers subjectively or physiologically perceived light flash or light flashes.
  • the signal processing circuit 33 generates in a first operating state, a control signal S1 with the in Fig. 2 shown time profile when it receives from the fire panel 1 via the communication interfaces 1.4 and 32 derived from a first data telegram first command.
  • the LED 36 therefore emits individual flashes.
  • the signal processing circuit 33 In a second operating state, on the other hand, the signal processing circuit 33 generates a control signal S 2 via the control logic 33 Fig. 2 shown temporal course, in which the place of each pulse, a double pulse occurs, the individual pulses together the same pulse duration as the pulse of the control signal S1 in Fig. 2 to have.
  • the generation of the corresponding double flash therefore does not require more power than the single flashes in Fig. 2 ,
  • the control logic 33.2 In this second operating state, the control logic 33.2 generates the control signal S2 either when it receives the first command from the fire panel 1 via the command processing 33.1 at its first input (as before) and a signal corresponding to the alarm state at a second input from an alarm decision circuit 33.3 , or if it receives at its first input from the fire panel via the command processing 33.1 derived from a second data telegram, second command.
  • the alarm decision circuit 33.3 outputs its output signals only to the command processing 33.1 out.
  • the fire alarm panel 1 in turn sends this second command in the form of the second data telegram only if it has previously received from the fire detector 3 a data telegram representing its alarm state.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren mit den Merkmalen des Oberbegriffes des Anspruches 1 sowie Gefahrenmeldeanlagen mit den Merkmalen der Oberbegriffe der Ansprüche 6 und 7.The invention relates to a method having the features of the preamble of claim 1 and alarm systems having the features of the preambles of claims 6 and 7.

Aus der DE 10 2004 036 743 A1 ist eine Gefahrenmeldeanlage der vorstehend angegebenen Gattung bekannt. Deren Melder können selbsttätig auf eine oder mehrere Begleitgrößen insbesondere eines Brandes und/oder eines Einbruchs ansprechen. Dieselbe Anlage kann von Hand auslösbare Gefahrenmelder, z.B. Feuermelder und/oder Paniktaster, umfassen. Zumindest einzelne Melder sind neben der üblichen, den Betriebszustand signalisierenden LED mit einer weiteren, sehr leuchtstarken LED ausgerüstet. Jeder dieser Melder hat eine Treiberschaltung, die nach Aktivierung die LED in einem Blinktakt Lichtblitze abstrahlen lässt, von denen jeder zur Minimierung der erforderlichen aber nur beschränkt verfügbaren elektrischen Speiseleistung wiederum aus einer Folge von sehr kurzen Blitzpulsen besteht. Deren Pulsdauer und das Puls-/Pausen-Verhältnis sind so gewählt, dass diese Blitzpulse für das Auge zu einem einzigen Lichtblitz verschmelzen.From the DE 10 2004 036 743 A1 is a danger detection system of the type indicated above known. Their detectors can automatically respond to one or more accompanying variables, in particular a fire and / or a break-in. The same system may include manually triggered hazard detectors, eg fire alarms and / or panic buttons. At least individual detectors are in addition to the usual, the Operating state signaling LED equipped with another, very bright LED. Each of these detectors has a driver circuit which, when activated, causes the LED to emit flashes of light, each of which consists of a series of very short flash pulses to minimize the required but limited electrical power supply. Their pulse duration and the pulse / pause ratio are chosen so that these flash pulses for the eye merge into a single flash of light.

Diese Gefahrenmeldeanlage kann so betrieben werden, dass im Alarmfall nicht nur die LED eines in den Alarmzustand gegangenen Melders sondern auch die LEDs einer konfigurierbaren Anzahl weiterer, so ausgestatteter Melder Lichtblitze abgeben, z.B. um einen Gefahrenbereich um den in den Alarmzustand gegangenen Melder herum kenntlich zu machen. Hierzu schickt die Zentrale ein entsprechendes Datentelegramm an die betreffenden Melder, deren Signalverarbeitungsschaltung daraufhin die LED über deren Treiberschaltung aktiviert.This alarm system can be operated in such a way that in the event of an alarm not only the LEDs of a detector that has gone into alarm but also the LEDs of a configurable number of further detectors so equipped emit flashes of light, e.g. to identify a danger zone around the detector that went into alarm. For this purpose, the control center sends a corresponding data telegram to the relevant detector whose signal processing circuit then activates the LED via its driver circuit.

In diesem Fall ist es für einen Beobachter schwierig, unter einer Mehrzahl von Lichtblitze abgebenden Meldern denjenigen visuell zu identifizieren, der in den Alarmzustand gegangen ist und mithin der auslösende Melder ist, denn die intensiven Lichtblitze überdecken durch Blendung das Lichtsignal der üblichen, lichtschwachen Betriebskontroll-LED.In this case, it is difficult for an observer to visually identify, among a plurality of flashing detectors, the person who has gone to alarm and is thus the initiating detector, because the intense flashes of light cover the light signal of the usual, faint operational control by glare. LED.

Aus der US 2002/0101189 A1 ist eine Positionsleuchte für Flugzeuge bekannt. Die Positionsleuchte besteht aus einer Vielzahl ringförmig und in mehreren Ebenen übereinander angeordneter LEDs. Sie kann Lichtsignale in Form von Doppelblinks abgeben. Diese sind jedoch kein Kriterium zu Identifizierung eines bestimmten Flugzeugs unter einer großen An zahl von mit der gleichen Positionsleuchte ausgestatteten Flugzeugen im gleichen Luftraum.From the US 2002/0101189 A1 is a position light for aircraft known. The position light consists of a large number of annular LEDs arranged one above the other in several levels. It can emit light signals in the form of double blinks. However, these are not a criterion for identifying a particular aircraft under a large on number of aircraft equipped with the same position light in the same airspace.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Verfahren und eine Anlage der jeweils einleitend angegebenen Gattung zu schaffen, die es unter den genannten Bedingungen einem Beobachter ermöglichen, unter einer Mehrzahl von Lichtblitze aussendenden Meldern den oder die in den Alarmzustand gegangenen Melder zu identifizieren, ohne dass dadurch für den oder diese Melder ein nennenswerter Mehrbedarf an elektrischer Speiseleistung entsteht.The invention has for its object to provide a method and a system of each of the introductory genus that allow under the conditions mentioned an observer to identify among a plurality of flashes emitting detectors or gone into alarm condition detector without As a result, a significant additional demand for electrical power is created for the detector or detectors.

Bei einem Verfahren der einleitend angegebenen Gattung ist diese Aufgabe erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, dass der in den Alarmzustand gegangene Melder auf die Erzeugung von Doppelblitzen umgeschaltet wird.In a method of the type specified in the introduction, this object is achieved according to the invention in that the alarm that has gone into the alarm state is switched over to the generation of double flashes.

Die Umschaltung auf die Erzeugung von Doppelblitzen kann z.B. durch ein melderinternes, den Alarmzustand repräsentierendes Signal bewirkt werden.Switching to the generation of double flashes may e.g. be effected by a detector-internal, representing the alarm condition signal.

Stattdessen kann die Umschaltung auf die Erzeugung von Doppelblitzen durch ein Datentelegramm der Zentrale bewirkt werden.Instead, the switching to the generation of double flashes can be effected by a data telegram of the central office.

Insbesondere kann die Umschaltung durch eine UND-Verknüpfung des melderinternen, den Alarmzustand repräsentierenden Signals und eines aus einem Datentelegramm der Zentrale abgeleiteten Signals bewirkt werden.In particular, the switching can be effected by an AND operation of the detector-internal signal representing the alarm state and a signal derived from a data telegram of the control unit.

Weil der Takt der Einzelblitze melderintern erzeugt wird, bietet es sich an, die Doppelblitze in dem gleichen Takt, d. h. mit der gleichen Folgefrequenz wie die Einzelblitze zu erzeugen.Because the clock of the individual flashes is generated inside the detector, it makes sense to generate the double flashes in the same clock, ie with the same repetition frequency as the individual flashes.

Bei einer Gefahrenmeldeanlage gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruches 6 ist die oben genannte Aufgabe der Erfindung durch die kennzeichnenden Merkmale des Anspruches 6 gelöst.In a hazard alarm system according to the preamble of claim 6, the above object of the invention is achieved by the characterizing features of claim 6.

Ein in den Alarmzustand gegangener Melder schaltet also auf die Abgabe von Doppelblitzen nicht selbsttätig um sondern erst nach Erhalt des entsprechenden, durch das zweite Datentelegramm repräsentierten Befehls von der Zentrale.A detector that has gone into alarm therefore does not switch automatically to the delivery of double flashes but only after receiving the corresponding command represented by the second data telegram from the control center.

Die gleiche Aufgabe wird bei einer gattungsgleichen Gefahrenmeldeanlage auch durch die im kennzeichnenden Teil des Anspruches 7 angegebenen Merkmale gelöst.The same problem is solved in a generic same hazard alarm system by the features stated in the characterizing part of claim 7.

Beide Lösungen können durch entsprechende Konfiguration sowohl der Zentrale als auch der entsprechenden Melder als ODER-Verknüpfung miteinander kombiniert werden. Ein in den Alarmzustand gegangener Melder gibt dann Doppelblitze ab, wenn er seinen eigenen Alarmzustand erkannt hat und entweder von der Zentrale das erste Datentelegramm erhält, also jenes, das die Erzeugung von Einzelblitzen auslöst, wenn der Melder nicht in den Alarmzustand gegangen ist, oder das zweite Datentelegramm erhält, also jenes, das die Erzeugung von Doppelblitzen auslöst.Both solutions can be combined with each other by appropriate configuration of both the control center and the corresponding detector as an OR operation. A detector that has gone into alarm then emits double flashes when it has detected its own alarm status and either receives the first data telegram from the control center, ie the one that triggers the generation of individual flashes when the detector is not in the alarm state, or receives the second data telegram, ie the one that triggers the generation of double flashes.

Die Pulsdauer eines Einzelblitzes kann zwischen etwa 5 und etwa 80 ms betragen, entsprechend einem Kompromiss zwischen einer physiologisch noch ausreichend deutlich wahrnehmbaren Helligkeit und der Forderung nach geringem Speiseleistungsbedarf.The pulse duration of a single flash can be between about 5 and about 80 ms, corresponding to a compromise between a physiologically still sufficiently clearly perceptible brightness and the demand for low power consumption requirement.

Die Periodendauer des Blinktaktes kann zwischen etwa 0,5 und 8,0 s liegen, entsprechend dem für optische Warnsignale üblichen Rhytmus.The period of the flash cycle can be between about 0.5 and 8.0 s, corresponding to the usual rhythm for optical warning signals.

Um den Bedarf an Speiseleistung nicht zu erhöhen, hat jeder der zwei Blitze eines Doppelblitzes vorzugsweise etwa die halbe Pulsdauer des Einzelblitzes und eine Pulspause von ca. 10 bis 150 ms, entsprechend einer Gesamtdauer eines Doppelblitzes von minimal etwa 15 ms und maximal etwa 225 ms.In order not to increase the power requirement, each of the two flashes of a double flash preferably has about half the pulse duration of the single flash and a pause of about 10 to 150 ms corresponding to a total duration of a double flash of about 15 ms to a maximum of about 225 ms.

Die Treiberschaltung ist vorzugsweise so ausgelegt, dass sowohl die Einzelblitze als auch jeder der zwei Blitze eines Doppelblitzes aus einer Folge kurzer Blitzpulse bestehen, deren Pulsdauer zwischen 5µs und 50µs und deren Puls/Pausen-Verhältnis im Bereich von etwa 1:10 liegen.The driver circuit is preferably designed so that both the individual flashes and each of the two flashes of a double flash consist of a series of short flash pulses whose pulse duration between 5μs and 50μs and their pulse / pause ratio in the range of about 1:10.

Bevorzugt ist die Treiberschaltung so ausgelegt, dass sie eine abfallende Speisespannung durch eine Verlängerung der Pulsdauer der Blitzpulse kompensiert, die physiologisch als ein Einzelblitz bzw. ein Doppelblitz wahrgenommen werden. Durch diese Maßnahme bleibt der subjektive Helligkeitseindruck innerhalb des weiten, zulässigen Speisespannungsbereiches eines Melders unabhängig von der Speisespannung, die z.B. von 42 V am Anfang einer Meldelinie auf 8 V am Ende einer Meldelinie absinken kann.Preferably, the driver circuit is designed so that it compensates for a falling supply voltage by extending the pulse duration of the flash pulses, which are physiologically perceived as a single flash or a double flash. By this measure, the subjective brightness impression remains within the wide, permissible supply voltage range of a detector regardless of the supply voltage, which can, for example, fall from 42 V at the beginning of a reporting line to 8 V at the end of a reporting line.

Die Erfindung ist auch auf Gefahrenmeldeanlagen mit Funkmeldern anwendbar, bei denen sich ebenfalls das Problem der visuellen Erkennbarkeit des in den Alarmzustand gegangenen Melders stellt und gleichzeitig der Speiseleistungsbedarf mit Rücksicht auf die Lebensdauer der den jeweiligen Melder versorgenden Batterie klein gehalten werden muss.The invention is also applicable to alarm systems with radio detectors, in which also poses the problem of visual recognizability of gone into alarm detector and at the same time the supply power needs to be kept small with respect to the life of the respective detector supplying battery.

Das Verfahren und die Gefahrenmeldeanlage nach der Erfindung werden nachfolgend anhand der Zeichnung erläutert, die sich auf ein vereinfachtes Ausführungsbeispiel bezieht. Es zeigt:

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Figur 1 zeigt stark vereinfacht eine Gefahrenmeldeanlage, hier eine Brandmeldeanlage, die eine Brandmeldezentrale 1 umfasst, an die über eine zweiadrige Meldelinie 2a, 2b eine Anzahl von automatischen Meldern, z.B. Rauchmeldern und Handmeldern, die über einen Druckknopf ausgelöst werden, angeschlossen ist, von denen stellvertretend lediglich ein automatischer Brandmelder 3 dargestellt ist. An die Zentrale 1 können weitere Meldelinien angeschlossen sein. Die Meldelinien können, wie an sich bekannt, auch ringförmig geschlossen sein. FIG. 1 shows a simplified alarm system, here a fire alarm system comprising a fire alarm panel 1 to which a two-wire detection line 2a, 2b, a number of automatic detectors, such as smoke detectors and manual detectors that are triggered by a push button, connected, of which representatively only an automatic fire detector 3 is shown. To the central office 1 more reporting lines can be connected. The detection lines can, as is known, also be closed annularly.

Die Brandmeldezentrale 1 umfasst, wie üblich, u.a. eine Speisespannungsversorgung 1.1 für die angeschlossenen Melder, einen Melderabfrageteil 1.2, eine Melderansteuerung 1.3 und eine Kommunikationsschnittstelle 1.4. Die üblichen, weiteren Komponenten, die für das Verständnis der Erfindung nicht notwendig sind, sind nicht dargestellt.The fire panel 1 includes, as usual, including a supply voltage supply 1.1 for the connected detectors, a detector query part 1.2, a detector control 1.3 and a communication interface 1.4. The usual, other components that are not necessary for the understanding of the invention are not shown.

Die Brandmeldezentrale 1 kommuniziert mit dem Brandmelder 3 und allen weiteren Meldern bidirektional und einzeln über von den jeweiligen Kommunikationsschnittstellen gesendete und empfangene, adressierte Datentelegramme.The fire panel 1 communicates with the fire detector 3 and all other detectors bidirectional and individually via the respective communication interfaces sent and received, addressed data messages.

Der Brandmelder 3 umfasst eine Anzahl von Schaltungen, die ihre Betriebsspannung von einem an die Meldelinie 2a, 2b angeschlossenen Spannungsregler 31 beziehen. An die Meldelinie 2a, 2b ist des Weiteren eine Kommunikationsschnittstelle 32 angeschlossen. Diese ist mit einer Signalverarbeitungsschaltung 33, in der Regel in Form eines µ-Controllers verbunden, der u.a. wie üblich eine CPU mit RAM, ROM und EEPROM umfasst und Signale von einer Sensorik 34 erhält.The fire detector 3 comprises a number of circuits which draw their operating voltage from a voltage regulator 31 connected to the reporting line 2a, 2b. Furthermore, a communication interface 32 is connected to the signaling line 2a, 2b. This is connected to a signal processing circuit 33, usually in the form of a μ-controller, the u.a. As usual, a CPU with RAM, ROM and EEPROM includes and receives signals from a sensor 34.

Die Sensorik 34 umfasst z.B. einen Temperaturfühler, eine Streulichtmesskammer und/oder einen Gassensor sowie die zugehörigen Steuer- und Auswerteschaltungen. Im Falle eines Handmelders tritt an die Stelle der Sensorik z.B. ein Druckknopf-Schaltkontakt.The sensor 34 includes e.g. a temperature sensor, a scattered light measuring chamber and / or a gas sensor and the associated control and evaluation circuits. In the case of a hand-held detector, the sensor, e.g. a push-button switch contact.

Die Signalverarbeitungsschaltung 33 steuert u.a. eine Treiberschaltung 35 für eine Hochstrom-LED 36. Die Treiberschaltung 35 erhält ihre Betriebsspannung von dem Spannungsregler 31. Der Aufbau und die Arbeitsweise der Treiberschaltung sind aus der DE 10 2004 036 743 A1 , Fig. 3 bekannt. Wenn an ihrem Eingang 35.1 ein von der Signalverarbeitungsschaltung 33 kommendes Steuersignal oder eine Steuerimpulsfolge anliegt, lässt die Treiberschaltung 35 die Hochstrom-LED 36 intensive Lichtblitze im Takt dieses Steuersignals abstrahlen. Dabei besteht jeder Lichtblitz aus einer großen Anzahl von sehr kurzen Blitzpulsen, die die Treiberschaltung bei an ihrem Eingang 35.1 anliegendem Steuersignal selbstschwingend erzeugt. Der zeitliche Verlauf des Steuersignals entspricht zugleich dem von einem Betrachter subjektiv oder physiologisch wahrgenommenen Lichtblitz bzw. den Lichtblitzen.The signal processing circuit 33 controls, among other things, a driver circuit 35 for a high-current LED 36. The driver circuit 35 receives its operating voltage from the voltage regulator 31. The structure and the operation of the driver circuit are from the DE 10 2004 036 743 A1 , Fig. 3 known. If a signal coming from the signal processing circuit 33 control signal or a control pulse train is present at its input 35.1, the driver circuit 35 can radiate the high-current LED 36 intense flashes of light in time with this control signal. In this case, each flash of light consists of a large number of very short flash pulses, which generates the driver circuit self-oscillating when applied at its input 35.1 control signal. The timing of the control signal also corresponds to that of a Viewers subjectively or physiologically perceived light flash or light flashes.

Die Signalverarbeitungsschaltung 33 erzeugt in einem ersten Betriebszustand ein Steuersignal S1 mit dem in Fig. 2 dargestellten zeitlichen Verlauf, wenn sie von der Brandmeldezentrale 1 über die Kommunikationsschnittstellen 1.4 und 32 einen aus einem ersten Datentelegramm abgeleiteten ersten Befehl erhält. Diesen dekodiert eine Befehlsverarbeitung 33.1 und legt ein Signal an einen ersten Eingang einer Ansteuerlogik 33.2, die daraufhin das Steuersignal S1 generiert, das aus einer Pulsfolge mit einer Pulsdauer von z.B. 40 ms und einer Pulsperiode von z.B. 1 s besteht. In diesem Takt strahlt die LED 36 daher Einzelblitze ab.The signal processing circuit 33 generates in a first operating state, a control signal S1 with the in Fig. 2 shown time profile when it receives from the fire panel 1 via the communication interfaces 1.4 and 32 derived from a first data telegram first command. This decodes an instruction processing 33.1 and applies a signal to a first input of a control logic 33.2, which then generates the control signal S1, which consists of a pulse train with a pulse duration of, for example, 40 ms and a pulse period of, for example, 1 s. In this cycle, the LED 36 therefore emits individual flashes.

In einem zweiten Betriebszustand erzeugt hingegen die Signalverarbeitungsschaltung 33 über die Ansteuerlogik 33.2 ein Steuersignal S2 mit dem ebenfalls in Fig 2 dargestellten zeitlichen Verlauf, bei dem an die Stelle je eines Pulses ein Doppelpuls tritt, dessen Einzelpulse zusammen die gleiche Pulsdauer wie der Puls des Steuersignals S1 in Fig. 2 haben. Die Erzeugung der korrespondierenden Doppelblitze benötigt deshalb nicht mehr Speiseleistung als die Einzelblitze in Fig. 2.In a second operating state, on the other hand, the signal processing circuit 33 generates a control signal S 2 via the control logic 33 Fig. 2 shown temporal course, in which the place of each pulse, a double pulse occurs, the individual pulses together the same pulse duration as the pulse of the control signal S1 in Fig. 2 to have. The generation of the corresponding double flash therefore does not require more power than the single flashes in Fig. 2 ,

In diesem zweiten Betriebszustand generiert die Ansteuerlogik 33.2 das Steuersignal S2 entweder dann, wenn sie an ihrem ersten Eingang (wie zuvor) von der Brandmeldezentrale 1 über die Befehlsverarbeitung 33.1 den ersten Befehl und an einem zweiten Eingang von einer Alarmentscheidungsschaltung 33.3 ein dem Alarmzustand entsprechendes Signal erhält, oder dann, wenn sie an ihrem ersten Eingang von der Brandmeldezentrale über die Befehlsverarbeitung 33.1 einen aus einem zweiten Datentelegramm abgeleiteten, zweiten Befehl erhält. In dieser Konfiguration gibt die Alarmentscheidungsschaltung 33.3 ihre Ausgangssignale nur an die Befehlsverarbeitung 33.1 aus. Die Brandmeldezentrale 1 sendet ihrerseits diesen zweiten Befehl in Form des zweiten Datentelegramms nur dann, wenn sie zuvor von dem Brandmelder 3 ein dessen Alarmzustand repräsentierendes Datentelegramm erhalten hat.In this second operating state, the control logic 33.2 generates the control signal S2 either when it receives the first command from the fire panel 1 via the command processing 33.1 at its first input (as before) and a signal corresponding to the alarm state at a second input from an alarm decision circuit 33.3 , or if it receives at its first input from the fire panel via the command processing 33.1 derived from a second data telegram, second command. In this configuration, the alarm decision circuit 33.3 outputs its output signals only to the command processing 33.1 out. The fire alarm panel 1 in turn sends this second command in the form of the second data telegram only if it has previously received from the fire detector 3 a data telegram representing its alarm state.

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  1. Method for identifying a danger warning device having entered an alarm state from among a plurality of individually addressable warning devices connected by means of a two-wire warning line to a control centre of a danger warning system, at least some of said warning devices comprising a full-load LED which, after activation by data telegram from the control centre, emits flashes of light as single flashes in a predetermined flashing cycle, characterised in that the warning device having entered the alarm state is switched to generate physiologically perceptible double flashes, and the sum of the pulse durations of each double flash is selected to be in the same order of magnitude as the pulse duration of an individual flash.
  2. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that the warning device having entered the alarm state is switched to generate double flashes by a signal within the warning device representing the alarm state.
  3. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that the warning device having entered the alarm state is switched to generate double flashes by a data telegram from the control centre.
  4. Method according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the warning device having entered the alarm state is switched to generate double flashes by an AND-operation of the signal within the warning device representing the alarm state and of a signal derived from a data telegram from the control centre.
  5. Method according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the double flashes are generated in at least substantially the same cycle as the single flashes.
  6. Warning device system, in particular for carrying out the method according to any of claims 1 to 5, comprising a control centre (1) which supplies at least one addressable warning device (3) with its supply voltage via at least one two-wire warning line (2a, 2b) and communicates bidirectionally with said warning device by means of data telegrams, the warning device containing at least one sensor (34) that is sensitive to a physical quantity and a signal processing circuit (33) which, upon receiving a first data telegram from the control centre (1), generates a control pulse sequence (S1) for a drive circuit (35) which makes a luminous LED (36) emit flashes of light in a flashing cycle corresponding to the control pulse sequence, characterised in that upon receiving a second data telegram, the signal processing circuit (33) generates a second control pulse sequence (S2), which causes the drive circuit (35) to make the LED (36) emit physiologically perceptible double flashes instead of single flashes, the sum of the pulse durations of each double flash being selected to be in the same order of magnitude as the pulse duration of a single flash.
  7. Warning device system, in particular for carrying out the method according to any of claims 1 to 5, comprising a control centre (1) which supplies at least one addressable warning device (3) with its supply voltage via at least one two-wire warning line (2a, 2b) and communicates bidirectionally with said warning device by means of data telegrams, the warning device (3) containing at least one sensor (34) that is sensitive to a physical quantity and a signal processing circuit (33) which, upon receiving a first data telegram from the control centre, generates a control pulse sequence (S1) for a drive circuit (35) which makes a luminous LED (36) emit flashes of light in a flashing cycle corresponding to the control pulse sequence (S1), characterised in that the signal processing circuit (33) performs a logical AND-operation on a signal representing the alarm state of the warning device (3) and a signal decoded from the first data telegram, and in that, if the AND-condition is met, the signal processing circuit (33) generates a second control pulse sequence (S2), which causes the drive circuit (35) to make the LED (36) emit physiologically perceptible double flashes instead of single flashes, the sum of the pulse durations of each double flash being selected to be in the same order of magnitude as the pulse duration of a single flash.
  8. Danger warning system according to either claim 6 or claim 7, characterised in the pulse duration of the single flash is approximately 5 to 80 ms.
  9. Danger warning system according to any of claims 6 to 8, characterised in that the period of the flashing cycle is approximately 0.5 to 8.0 s.
  10. Danger warning system according to any of claims 6 to 9, characterised in that each of the two flashes of a double flash has substantially half the pulse duration of the single flash and a pulse pause of approximately 10 to 150 ms, corresponding to a total duration of a double flash of a minimum of approximately 15 ms and a maximum of approximately 225 ms.
  11. Danger warning system according to any of claims 6 to 10, characterised in that the drive circuit (35) generates in a free-running manner each of the single flashes and double flashes from a rapid sequence of short flash pulses between 5 µs and 50 µs at a pulse/pause ratio of approximately 1:10.
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