EP2280585A2 - Procédé de réglage de la commande de plusieurs lampes - Google Patents

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EP2280585A2
EP2280585A2 EP10007311A EP10007311A EP2280585A2 EP 2280585 A2 EP2280585 A2 EP 2280585A2 EP 10007311 A EP10007311 A EP 10007311A EP 10007311 A EP10007311 A EP 10007311A EP 2280585 A2 EP2280585 A2 EP 2280585A2
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Wolfgang Dipl.-Ing. Schallenberg
Stefan Dipl.-Ing. Wieske
Robert Dipl.-Ing. Zapp
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    • 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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    • 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
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/30—Driver circuits
    • H05B45/32—Pulse-control circuits
    • H05B45/325—Pulse-width modulation [PWM]

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  • the brightness and the light color of a modern light source, z. B. on LED basis depending on the specific use in the desired manner and be set independently.
  • the operating element and the lighting means are arranged within a unit or connected to one another via installation lines. Separating the keypad and lamp requires several (at least four) installation leads, which requires relatively high installation requirements.
  • the pulse width modulation PWM usually used for LED brightness control generates a non-negligible radio interference spectrum when using several meters long installation cables.
  • the invention has for its object to provide an optimized method for setting the control of multiple lights.
  • the achievable with the present invention consist in particular in that the full waves of the mains voltage can be used as quasi communication time slots both for addressing and for the information signals regarding the brightness and light color of each individual lamp of the system.
  • the installation costs caused by additional devices or installation cables to be additionally laid is very small and, in comparison to the known state of the art, very reduced; in particular, the control unit does not necessarily have to be connected to the neutral conductor.
  • the method is suitable both for lights with white light as well as for lights with any light color, formed from red / green / blue light colors each with the desired brightness.
  • the information transmission from the control unit to the lights is DC-free, ie it is at all times the conditions of an AC voltage met, in particular, the installation cables are not subjected to pulsating direct currents.
  • the DC components supplied to the phase due to a drive method would be very disturbing for the proper operation of RCCBs used in the installation system.
  • the power supplies of the lights are continuously supplied with full line voltage, only interrupted by the very short time periods during which addressing signal frequencies and information signal frequencies are generated to change the brightness and / or light color of the lights. Accordingly, a good efficiency results.
  • the EMC load electromagtic compatibility
  • the operation by means of actuation of the drive device is simple and clear.
  • the power supply unit, the control module and the power module of the Lights on the one hand and the spatially separate control unit on the other hand can be designed in the form of flush-mounted device sockets (flush-mounted inserts).
  • an addressing signal sequence may be indicated by an incomplete full wave, e.g. B. by a 50% driven solid shaft.
  • the brightness information signal to be transmitted can be generated in the form of the temporal voltage curve of an information power wave by appropriately influencing a full wave.
  • the drive device can influence the phase angle of the mains voltage during this wave in order to generate an information power wave.
  • the control module of the selected luminaire can determine the current flow time occurring during an information grid wave as a measure of the phase angle of this wave.
  • the control unit can block a complete full wave of the mains voltage to generate the synchronization signal.
  • the full waves of the mains voltage following the addressing signal sequence can serve as information network waves for the transmission of separate brightness information signals for the red respectively green respectively blue light color in the form of an information signal sequence.
  • At least one additional full wave for the recharging of the charge capacitor of the power supply can be inserted.
  • the addressing signal sequences can be repeatedly transmitted together with the information network waves or information signal sequences.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram with multiple, connected via at least one installation cable to a common control device, each having a plurality of light sources (preferably LEDs) of different colors exhibiting lights.
  • the control unit 17 (operating unit, operating element) is connected on the input side to phase L and optionally also to the neutral conductor N of an AC voltage network 15 (230 V AC voltage).
  • the output voltage which can be tapped on the drive unit 17 on the output side is referred to below as the conditioned phase L 'and corresponds to the input voltage of three lamps 1, 13, 14.
  • the lamps 1, 13, 14 are furthermore connected to the neutral conductor N.
  • the flush-mounted insert 2 has on the input side an acted upon with the processed phase L 'and the neutral conductor N power supply 3 (AC / DC converter) including charging capacitor whose positive output (DC or DC) to the emitter terminals of a transistor 5 for Supply of a red light, in particular a red LED 9, a transistor 6 for supplying a green light, in particular a green LED 10 and a transistor 7 for supplying a blue light, in particular a blue LED 11 is connected.
  • the collector terminals of these three transistors 5 and 6 and 7 are connected to the anode terminals of the LEDs 9 and 10 and 11, respectively.
  • the cathode terminals of the three LEDs 9, 10, 11 are connected to the negative output (DC or DC voltage) of the power supply 3.
  • the luminaire 1 and here in particular the flush-mounted insert 2 has a control module 4 including evaluation and memory, which is connected to both outputs of the power supply 3 and the input side additionally treated with the phase L 'is applied.
  • an evaluation circuit 29 may be connected on the input side to L 'and N and on the output side to the control module 4.
  • the control module 4 On the output side, the control module 4 is connected to the base terminals of the transistors 5, 6, 7.
  • the flush-mounted insert 2 has a coding switch 12 (DIP switch) connected to the control component 4, so as to provide each luminaire with a fixed luminaire number or luminaire address - referred to below as I, II and III - within the system with several to assign to a common drive device 17 connected lights 1, 13, 14 can.
  • DIP switch 12 coding switch 12
  • controllable semiconductor components or semiconductor switches can be used instead of the transistors shown by way of example.
  • the further lights 13, 14 are formed in the same manner in the form of RGB LED lights as the above-described lamp 1.
  • lights can be provided, and it is also possible to assign the same luminaire number or luminaire address I or II or III (or more) to different luminaires.
  • a parallel connection of lights is to reach the maximum load capacity of the drive unit 17, total power z. B. 400 W, possible.
  • each lamp 1, 13 has its own power supply 3, whose power to supply at least three light sources (LEDs) 9, 10, 11, power per LED z. B. 1 W, is sufficient.
  • These three light sources (LEDs) 9 or 10 or 11 are operated via the transistors 5 and 6 or 7 with a pulse width modulation with a constant current. About the pulse width modulation, the lamps (LEDs) 9, 10, 11 variable power can be supplied. This makes it possible to change the brightness with a constant light color.
  • the control unit 17 controls the mains voltage U on its output line - denoted by L '- in a change of brightness and / or light color desired by the operator, such that the connected lamps 1, 13, 14 receive the information for their desired brightness from the temporal, forced by the control unit 17 voltage waveform (information signal sequence) in the form of the processed phase L 'is transmitted.
  • a well-known dimmer usually provides at its output a phase or phase voltage for the connected loads. Depending on the phase angle, a more or less high brightness is set on the connected luminaire.
  • the connected lamps 1, 13, 14 can detect this phase influence by means of their control modules 4 and convert them via the correspondingly controlled power modules into the corresponding desired brightness and / or light color.
  • the control unit 17 blocks a complete full wave of the mains voltage U - see the synchronization signal T sync in the following figures.
  • the charging capacitors of the power supplies 3 in the connected lights 1, 13, 14 are dimensioned so that they can bridge this voltage fluctuation in time, without causing the user would notice a disturbance.
  • the control module 4 detects this synchronization signal T sync and starts an evaluation routine, which evaluates the following full waves of the mains voltage U.
  • the control unit 17 influences the mains voltage U or processed phase L 'as a function of a brightness and / or light color set by the operator in the form of information signal sequences in such a way that the connected lamps provide the information for their required brightness and / or required light color from the temporal, enforced by the control unit to detect and adjust voltage waveform.
  • the following phase angle must be less than 100% in order not to select the next light with a renewed full wave.
  • the addressing signal sequence always follows the phase angle for the red light source at 50%. this shows the operator which luminaire he has selected.
  • the desired brightness detected via the phase angle or the current flow time is respectively stored for the individual lamps (LEDs) in the respective control module and used for the control of the individual lamps (LEDs) until a renewed adjustment is made by the control unit 17 and so that information network waves are generated again.
  • the information network waves are repeated simply or repeatedly. Thereafter, the voltage is again completely unaffected until the next desired change in brightness and / or light color of the lights set by the control unit 17.
  • the drive unit 17 locks its output voltage L 'complete, which has the advantage that no stand-by losses incurred in the lights when lights are off.
  • the values set for the brightness and the light color of the luminaires at the last switch-off are expediently adopted by the control modules and adjusted by means of the power modules.
  • Fig. 2 are for further explanation in the upper portion of the unprocessed and in the lower portion of the prepared by the driver 17 phase characteristic in a driving example for the first lamp 1 with "red LED OFF / green LED 50% control / blue LED OFF" shown.
  • the addressing signal sequence is T sync + TA 1 .
  • the information signal sequence is T R + T W + T G + T W + T B (this applies to all FIGS. 2 to 5 ).
  • Fig. 3 is the phase characteristic in a driving example for the second light with "red LED off / green LED 50% control / blue LED OFF" shown.
  • the addressing signal sequence is T sync + T A2 .
  • Fig. 4 is the phase characteristic in a driving example for the third light with "red LED 50% control / green LED off / blue LED off” shown.
  • the addressing signal sequence is T sync + T A3 . Again, the below apply Fig. 2 explained specifications.
  • the common switching on all connected to the drive unit 17 lights 1, 13, 14 is done by briefly pressing the control lever of the drive.
  • the drive unit 17 switches through the phase L or L '(supply voltage L', N).
  • Each lamp 1, 13, 14 lights up with the stored in the memory of the control module 4 set brightness and light color.
  • the common switching off all lights 1, 13, 14 is also done by briefly pressing the control lever.
  • the drive unit 17 switches off the phase L.
  • the control module 22 After detection / identification of the luminaire address, the control module 22 then only takes into account the information network wave following the luminaire address, ie the communication time slot T R , while the information of the following information grid waves is ignored.
  • the phase angle of the first information network wave after the luminaire address accordingly indicates the desired brightness information signal of the luminous means (LED) 26, 27, 28. Accordingly, the drive of the transistor 24 via the pulse width modulation, as also explained above.
  • Fig. 5 shows the phase curve for a control example for the first light with "red LED 50% control / green LED OFF / blue LED OFF". While the information transmitted in the time slot T R is used to drive the transistor 24, the information transmitted in the time slots T G and T B is ignored.
  • Fig. 7 a schematic diagram of a lamp is shown with the use of potential-free phase detection, wherein the embodiment according to Fig. 6 Reference is made.
  • an optocoupler 30 with a series resistor 31 connected in series is connected on the primary side between the processed phase L 'and the neutral conductor N.
  • the optocoupler 30 is connected between the negative output of the power supply 21 and the input of the control module 22 intended for phase detection.
  • this development is also according to the embodiment Fig. 1 can be used in an analogous manner for the evaluation circuit 29.
  • the adjustable power depends on the driving device and not on the lights.

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