JP2000286062A - Illumination control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten a process by constructing the supervisory control data before the connection of terminals by comprising a pseudo terminal for generating a state transmitting signal by detecting a switch for pseudo connection on the basis of a kind of control terminals to an address of a terminal for monitoring the load on the basis of a state requirement signal to an input and output control means of receiving and transmitting a signal between a central monitoring unit and an external setting unit. SOLUTION: A central monitoring unit 31 not having a means for inputting, outputting and displaying the data is connected to an external setting unit 12 storing the grouping data on control terminals on the basis of starting signals from a plurality of illumination and power load monitoring terminals and a pseudo terminal 11 by means of transmission lines 32. The pseudo terminal 11 consisting of a power source terminal, a microcomputer, a group of setting switches, a transmission signal input and output part and its terminal, generate various pseudo transmission signals transmitted and received between the central monitoring unit 31 and various terminals for on/off control and light modulation control for monitoring. The grouping allocating section data is produced before the connection of terminals and transmission lines 32.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lighting control system for performing centralized lighting load control from a central monitoring device through a plurality of control terminals through a plurality of control terminals. Before the enforcement, a lighting load control condition of the control terminal by the central monitoring device is set.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a lighting control system includes a plurality of control terminals for controlling on / off and dimming of a large number of lighting loads, and a plurality of lighting loads via the control terminals previously assigned to a group. A monitoring terminal having a switch for controlling ON / OFF of the lighting device, and a central monitoring device that transmits and receives a transmission signal via the control terminal, the monitoring terminal, and a transmission line, and The operation of the load can be centrally managed.

[0003] A specific configuration of the lighting control system will be described with reference to FIG.

The central monitoring device 31 in the figure is generally installed, for example, in a disaster prevention management room for centralized disaster management of a building, and has a monitoring terminal 33 and an on / off control terminal described later. It is assumed that there is no data input means for performing the group allocation division of the light control terminal 35 and the dimming control terminal 37 and no display means for displaying the data. From this central monitoring device 31, transmission lines 32 are laid in each floor room of the building. In the transmission line 32, a number of lighting loads installed on each floor are divided into several groups, and a wall switch installed on a wall or the like at a key point in the room for turning on / off the lighting load for each group. 33a to 33n;
A monitoring terminal 33 which is provided in the room and includes an external signal 34 of a disaster prevention monitoring signal such as fire alarm, smoke monitoring, and intrusion monitoring is connected. These wall switches 33a to 33
The n and the external signal 34 have a built-in monitoring terminal for monitoring the operation state of the switch and the supply contents of the external signal.
Further, the transmission line 32 is connected to on / off control terminals 35a to 35n for assigning and dividing a plurality of lighting loads for each group and for controlling on / off of the lighting loads for each group. The terminals 35a to 35n have lighting loads 36 assigned to the respective groups.
a to 36z are connected, and in the example in the figure, lighting loads 36a to 36d are connected to the on / off control terminal 35a (hereinafter, referred to as on / off control terminal 35). Furthermore, lighting loads 38a to 38n for dimming are connected to the transmission line 32 via dimming control inverters 37a to 37e for controlling dimming of the lighting load (hereinafter, dimming control terminals). (Referred to as a vessel 37).

In the lighting control system having such a configuration, the individual wall switches 33a to 33a of the monitoring terminal 33 are arranged.
33n or the on / off control terminal 35 and the dimming control terminal 37, which are grouped and classified for each external signal 34
Are grouped into groups. The group assignment section performs the group assignment section by using an external setting device (not shown), and the assignment section data is stored in a storage unit incorporated in the central monitoring device 31. .

[0006] By using this lighting control system, for example, on / off lighting control and dimming control of lighting of a specific place in a room are performed as required, or
It is possible to change the lighting lighting range according to the time zone, or to combine the place where the lighting is required and the time zone to achieve the optimal lighting.

[0007]

However, in the conventional lighting control system, the central monitoring device 31 includes the monitoring terminal 33, the control terminal 35, and the dimming control terminal 37, And the central monitoring device 31
After the connection with the transmission line 32 is completed, a group assignment of the control terminal 35 and the dimming control terminal 37 for each of the monitoring terminals 33 is performed using the external setting device. The result can be stored and stored in the central monitoring device 31.

For this reason, the group assignment division data stored in the central monitoring device 31 is transmitted to the transmission line 32 through the monitoring terminal 33, the on / off control terminal 35, and the dimming control terminal 37. Data generation work cannot be performed until is connected. However, the central monitoring device 31 is quickly brought in and installed when the installation place in the building can be secured, but the monitoring terminal 33, the on / off control terminal 35, In addition, since the dimming control terminal 37 is installed in accordance with the progress of the interior work in the living room, the installation work of these terminals 33, 35, 37 takes a considerable time from the installation time of the central monitoring device 31. Since the group assignment division work is performed after the lapse of time, there has been a problem that the work efficiency of the lighting control system is deteriorated and the construction period of the building is delayed.

In view of the problems of the conventional lighting control system, the present invention provides a monitoring terminal, an on / off terminal, on a transmission line of a central monitoring device.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a lighting control system capable of generating group assignment division data even when an off control terminal and a dimming control terminal are not connected.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a central monitoring apparatus having no data input / output means and data display means,
A control terminal having control means for controlling a plurality of lighting loads and power loads connected to the central monitoring device via a transmission line; and A monitoring terminal that controls the operations of the plurality of lighting loads and power loads via control means of the control terminal; and, via the transmission line, a start signal from the monitoring terminal, Grouping control terminals,
An illumination control system having an external setting device for storing the grouping data in the central monitoring device; and an input / output device connected to the transmission line for transmitting and receiving a transmission signal between the central monitoring device and the external setting device. Control means, setting switch means for simulating a connection state corresponding to the type of the control terminal corresponding to addresses of the plurality of monitoring terminals connected to the transmission line, and the input / output Detecting a setting state of the setting switch means based on a state request signal from the central monitoring device input to the means,
And a state signal generating means for generating a state return signal for outputting the detected setting state from the input / output means.

[0011] The pseudo terminal is connected to the transmission line of the central monitoring device, the address of various control terminals connected to the address set in the pseudo terminal is set, and the control to be connected is performed. By being able to generate a connection state signal according to the type of terminal, before installing the monitoring terminal and each control terminal and the lighting load, the monitoring terminal and various control terminal by the central monitoring device. Group assignment classification is now possible.

[0012] Further, the setting switch means of the pseudo terminal used in the lighting control system may include the presence or absence of the control terminal connected to each address of a plurality of monitoring terminals connected to the transmission line. The setting state for distinguishing the type of the control terminal to be connected can be appropriately set and selected.

The setting switch means of the pseudo terminal includes:
The selection is switched for each control terminal to be connected, so that a control signal can be generated according to the type of the connected control terminal.

[0014] Further, the pseudo terminal used in the lighting control system may include the monitoring terminal and the control terminal via the transmission line to the central monitoring device using the external setting device and the pseudo terminal. Before the connection is performed, grouping data of the monitoring terminal controlled by the central monitoring device and the control terminal is generated.

Still further, the status signal generating means of the pseudo terminal used in the lighting control system includes an address of the monitoring terminal requested by the central monitoring device via the transmission line and the input / output means. And generating a control signal indicating a type and an operation state of the monitoring terminal or the control terminal corresponding to.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a lighting control system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a central monitoring device and a pseudo terminal. FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating transmission and reception of a transmission signal between terminals. The same parts as those in FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 1, the central monitoring device 31
The pseudo terminal device 11 and the external setting device 1
2 are connected. The pseudo terminal 11 simulates various transmission signals transmitted and received between the monitoring terminal 33, the on / off control terminal 35, and the dimming control terminal 37 and the central monitoring device 31 described in FIG. The external setting device 12 sets the group allocation division of the on / off control terminal 35 and the dimming control terminal 37 to the central monitoring device 31 via the transmission line 32. It is.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the central monitoring device 31 includes a power supply terminal 21, a microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as a CPU) 23, a nonvolatile memory 24, a transmission control unit 25, and a transmission signal input / output. It is composed of a terminal 26. A commercial power supply is supplied to the power supply terminal 21, and a power supply unit 22 generates a predetermined power supply for driving the CPU 23 and the transmission control unit 25 based on the commercial power supply supplied to the power supply terminal 21. The CPU 23 generates and decodes data of various transmission signals transmitted to and received from the pseudo terminal 11 via the transmission line 32, and the data is stored in the nonvolatile memory 24. The nonvolatile memory 24 may be a memory other than the nonvolatile memory as long as the stored data is not erased due to a power failure or the like, or may be a RAM provided in the CPU 23. The transmission control unit 25 is connected to the CPU 23 and the pseudo terminal 1 through a transmission signal input / output terminal 26.
1 to control various data transmission signals transmitted and received via the transmission line 32.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the pseudo terminal 11 has a power supply terminal 13 and a microcomputer (hereinafter, referred to as a microcomputer).
The CPU 15 includes a setting switch group 16, a transmission signal input / output unit 17, and a transmission signal input / output terminal 18. The power unit 14 is connected to the CPU 15 and the transmission signal input / output unit 17 based on the commercial power supplied to the power terminal 13.
To generate a predetermined power supply for driving. The CPU 15
It generates and decodes data of various transmission signals transmitted to and received from the central monitoring device 31 via the transmission line 32. The setting switch group 16 includes a plurality of switches # 0 to #n, and the monitoring terminal 3 shown in FIG.
A number of switches corresponding to the three wall switches 33a to 33n and the external signal 34 are provided, and each switch includes a connection position of the on / off terminal, a connection position of the dimming terminal, and an unconnected state. The position can be switched in three stages. The transmission signal input / output unit 17 includes a transmission signal input / output terminal 1
8 controls various data transmission signals transmitted and received between the CPU 15 and the central monitoring device 31 via the transmission line 32.

The setting switch group 1 of the pseudo terminal 11
6 has a plurality of switches # 0 to #n as described above. For example, the switch # 0 corresponds to the wall switch 33a in FIG. 4, and the wall switch 33a is an on / off control terminal. Assuming that the on / off control terminal 35a of the device 35 is to be turned on / off, the switch # 0 is turned on / off.
Set to OFF terminal position. That is, when the wall switch 33a is operated, the on / off control terminal 35a
On / off control is performed, and the on / off control terminal 3
A transmission signal having the same operation content as when the lighting loads 36a to 36d connected to 5a are on / off controlled is output. Next, switch # 1 is a wall switch 3
3b, this wall switch 33b sets the switch # 1 to the dimming terminal position, assuming that the operation of the dimming control inverter 37a of the dimming control terminal 37 is controlled. That is, by operating the wall switch 33b,
The drive control of the dimming control inverter 37a is performed,
A transmission signal having the same operation content as when the lighting loads 37a to 37d connected to the dimming control inverter 37a are controlled to the predetermined dimming is output. After the switch # 2, the wall switch 33c of the monitoring terminal 33 is similarly set.
Thereafter, for each of the external signals 34, the on / off control terminal 3
5 and the dimming control terminal device 37 are allocated.

That is, the same contents as when the on / off control terminal 35 and the dimming control terminal 37 are allocated and connected for each of the wall switches 33a to 33n of the monitoring terminal 33 and the external signal 34 are set in the setting. Of the switches # 0 to #n of the switch group 16 for use.

In this way, the setting switch group 16
Sets the positions of the switches # 0 to #n so that the same conditions as those of the monitoring terminal 33, the on / off control terminal 35, and the dimming control terminal 37 that are actually installed are set. The CPU 15 generates a response signal corresponding to the set position, and supplies the response signal from the transmission signal input / output unit 17 to the transmission signal input / output terminal 18 as a status return signal.

The switches # 0 to #n of the setting switch group 16 of the pseudo terminal 11 and a plurality of on / off control terminals 35a to 35n of the on / off control terminal 35
In addition, individual address numbers are set for the plurality of dimming control inverters 37a to 37e of the dimming control terminal 37, thereby facilitating data transfer between the central monitoring device 31 and the pseudo terminal 11 described later.

Next, the data transfer operation between the central monitoring device 31 and the pseudo terminal 11 will be described with reference to FIG.

In response to a control instruction from the external setting device 12, the central monitoring device 31 operates the setting switch group 1
The connection state is sequentially searched from the switch # 0 of No. 6 in the address order. That is, when a state request signal of the switch # 0 of the setting switch group 16 is generated from the central monitoring device 31 and transmitted through the transmission line 32, the pseudo terminal 11 And transfers it to the CPU 15. The CPU 15 detects the closing position of the switch # 0, which is the designated address of the setting switch group 16, based on the transferred state request signal. It is confirmed that the switch # 0 is connected to the address # 1 of the on / off control terminal 35. Next, a status request signal for the switch # 1 is generated and supplied, and it is confirmed that the address # 2 of the on / off control terminal 35 is connected to the switch # 1. Next, a state request signal for the switch # 2 is generated and supplied, and it is confirmed that the control terminal is not connected to the switch # 2. Thus, the switches # n0 to #n of the setting switch group 16
The connection contents up to n are confirmed, and the confirmation results of the switches # are stored in the nonvolatile memory 24 of the central monitoring device 31.

Thus, the setting switch group 1
When the addresses of the ON / OFF control terminals 35 and the dimming control terminals 37 to which the switches # 0 to #n of No. 6 are connected are set, for example, the external setting device 12 sends the address to the central monitoring device 31. When a pseudo signal that turns on the switch # 0 of the setting switch group 11 of the pseudo terminal 11 is input, that is, the wall switch 33a of the monitoring terminal 33 is input.
Is turned on, and the monitoring terminal incorporated in the wall switch 33a sends the wall switch 33a to the central monitoring device 31.
Is transmitted and supplied. This switch #
0 is transmitted to the C control unit via the transmission control unit 25.
It is supplied to PU23. Based on the ON information of the switch # 0, the CPU 23 reads the data of the switch # 0 stored in the nonvolatile memory 24, and based on the read data, the ON / OFF connected to the switch # 0. A state request signal of the address # 1 of the off control terminal 35 is generated and supplied to the pseudo terminal 11. Based on the supplied state monitoring request signal of the switch # 0, the pseudo terminal device 11 detects the setting position of the switch # 0 of the setting switch group 11 from the CPU 15 and generates the state return signal data. Then, the signal is returned from the transmission signal input / output unit 17 to the central monitoring device 31. That is, the ON / OFF control terminal 3 which is the corresponding address of the ON / OFF control terminal 35 in conjunction with the ON operation of the wall switch 33a.
The ON / OFF control terminal 35a is also turned on, and the ON / OFF control terminal 35a generates a status return signal and returns it to the central monitoring device 31 so that the operation of the ON / OFF control terminal 35 can be confirmed. Become.

That is, by using the pseudo terminal 11, before the monitoring terminal 33, the ON / OFF control terminal 35, and the dimming control terminal 37 are implemented, the central monitoring device 31 monitors. Construction of data to be controlled becomes possible.

Before the monitoring terminal 33, the ON / OFF control terminal 35, and the dimming control terminal 37 are installed using the pseudo terminal 11, the wall switches 33a to 33
In addition to the lighting on / off of the lighting load by n, the lighting control based on the planning table of the lighting load lighting on / off operation control from the external setting device 12 at a predetermined cycle such as one day, weekly, or monthly. It is also possible to generate data and store it in the nonvolatile memory 24 of the central monitoring device 31.

According to the present invention, the installation of the central monitoring device 31 is completed, and the lighting load monitoring terminal device 33, the on / off control terminal device 35 and the dimming control terminal device 37 controlled by the central monitoring device 31 are provided. Before the construction, the pre-construction of the monitoring control data of the lighting load of the central monitoring device 31 is performed by using the pseudo terminal 11 in which the setting conditions of the monitoring terminal and the control terminal to be constructed are pseudo-set. After the installation and installation of the monitoring terminal 33 and the various control terminals 35 and 37 are completed, the monitoring operation of the lighting load can be promptly performed and the construction period can be shortened.

[0030]

According to the lighting control system of the present invention, after the central monitoring device is installed at a predetermined installation place, before the various monitoring terminals and control terminals connected to the central monitoring device are put into operation, the central monitoring device can be used. This makes it possible to construct the monitoring and control data, and has the effect of shortening the construction period of the lighting monitoring and control system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a lighting control system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a lighting control system according to the present invention;
2A is a block diagram of a central monitoring device, and FIG. 2B is a block diagram of a pseudo terminal.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the operation of the lighting control system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional lighting control system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Pseudo terminal device 12 ... External setting part 13, 21 ... Power supply terminal 14, 22 ... Power supply part 15, 23 ... Microcomputer 16 ... Setting switch group 17 ... Transmission signal input / output part 18, 26 ... Transmission signal input / output terminal 25: Transmission control unit 31: Central monitoring device 32: Transmission line

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A central monitoring device having no data input / output means and no data display means, and a control means for controlling a plurality of lighting loads and power loads connected to the central monitoring device via a transmission line. Control terminal, and a monitoring terminal that controls the operations of the plurality of lighting loads and power loads via control means of the control terminal previously assigned and set via the central monitoring device and the transmission line. And an external setting device for grouping the control terminals based on an activation signal from the monitoring terminal via the transmission line, and storing the grouping data in the central monitoring device. In the control system, an input / output control unit connected to the transmission line to transmit and receive a transmission signal between the central monitoring device and the external setting device, and the plurality of monitoring terminals connected to the transmission line Setting switch means for artificially setting a connection state according to the type of the control terminal device corresponding to the address of, based on a state request signal from the central monitoring device input to the input / output means, A lighting control system comprising: a pseudo-terminal device comprising: a state signal generating unit configured to detect a setting state of the setting switch unit and generate a state return signal for outputting the detected setting state from the input / output unit. 2. The setting switch means of the pseudo terminal device, the presence or absence of the control terminal connected to each address of a plurality of monitoring terminals connected to the transmission line, and the control to be connected. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein a setting state for distinguishing the type of the terminal device can be appropriately set and selected. 3. The connection between the monitoring terminal and the control terminal via a transmission line to the central monitoring device by using the external setting device and the pseudo terminal device by the central monitoring device before the connection execution. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein grouping data of the monitoring terminal to be controlled and the control terminal is generated. 4. The status signal generating means of the pseudo terminal,
Via the transmission line and the input / output means from the central monitoring device, a control signal indicating the type and operation state of the monitoring terminal or control terminal corresponding to the requested address of the monitoring terminal. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein
3. The lighting control system according to 1.