JP2002260881A - Illumination control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a monitoring control device that makes it unnecessary to install a service switch separately, by equipping a setting device with the function of performing setting process for the control device on an operating button for controlling lighting on/off of the illumination device, and that makes it unnecessary to install a setting-state display part for displaying the setting state by a service switch and also a setting process part for performing setting process. SOLUTION: The control process part 10 performs control of lighting on and off of the illumination device B1, when the operating button 1 is pushed down for less than a prescribed time, and when the operating button 1 is pushed down for a prescribed time or more, transmits a prescribed row of data to the setting device C in order to set a control device A1 for controlling the illumination device B1 on the setting device C.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a control device for a lighting control system for controlling a lighting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional lighting control system is shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), among the plurality of lighting devices, for example,
An operation button 1 for controlling ON / OFF of turning on / off the lighting of the lighting device B1;
There is a service switch 80 that performs a setting process for setting as a control device for controlling the control device 1.

Lighting ON / O, which is a control of the lighting device B1
The FF has been performed by an operation such as pressing the operation button 1. The setting device C is for setting the lighting device B1 so as to be controlled by the control device A1, but in order to actually set the control device A1, the control device A1 is used to control the lighting device B1. In addition, the fact that the lighting device B1 is controlled by the operation button 1 must be set in a database provided in the setting device C. For this setting process, the control device A1 is provided with a service switch 80. The setting of the control device A1 to the setting device C using the service switch 80 is performed when the setting device C transmits data inquiring about the actual control device A1 on the communication line. By pressing the service switch 80 provided in the device A1, response data is transmitted from the control device A1 to the setting device C.

[0004] However, the service switch 80 is usually
It is provided in a place that cannot be seen from the front when constructed, such as on the back surface of the control device A1 so as not to be operated. Therefore, once the setting is performed by the service switch 80 and then the setting is performed again, the installed control device is removed, and the service switch 80 on the rear surface is pressed to perform the setting. After the setting, the operation is very troublesome, such as the necessity of performing the construction again. In addition, a service switch 80 must be separately provided in the control device A1 in addition to the operation buttons for controlling the lighting device. Further, as shown in FIG.
When the service switch 80 is pressed, a setting process for setting the control device in the database of the setting device C is performed. Since this setting is performed in units of the control device, the setting process is performed on the individual devices provided in the control device A1. The lighting device controlled by the operation button is automatically set according to the combination registered in the database of the setting device C. That is, in the control device A1, the operation button 1 is
1. When the control device A1 is registered in the setting device C such that the lighting device B2 is controlled and the operation button 2 controls the lighting device B1, the lighting device that can be controlled by the individual operation buttons of the control device A1 is set in the setting device C. The combination registered in the database of the device C is determined. Therefore, when performing re-registration, registration can be performed only in the control device unit in the database of the setting device C, and the registration work is troublesome.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide an operation button for controlling ON / OFF of a lighting device and a control device for controlling a lighting device. By providing the function of a service switch that performs setting processing of the device, it is not necessary to separately provide a service switch, and when the operation button for controlling the lighting device is reset to the setting device, the installed control device must be removed and re-installed. It is another object of the present invention to provide a control device that can save the trouble of performing setting and can perform registration in a database of a setting device not for each control device but for each operation button provided in the control device.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, a control device according to the present invention has the following arrangement. That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the first operation is performed on the operation unit, the control processing unit controls turning on and off the illumination of the illumination device, and performs the second operation on the operation unit. When the operation is performed, a predetermined data string is transmitted to the setting device in order to set the control device for controlling the lighting device as the setting device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the control device includes a time measuring means, wherein the first operation is an operation for less than a predetermined time on the operation means, and the second operation is a predetermined time or more on the operation means. It is a continuous operation.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the operation means is an operation button, and the first operation and the second operation on the operation button are pressing the same operation button. .

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. A first embodiment of a control device constituting a lighting control system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the configuration of a control device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. A control unit configured to receive and process a signal from a communication line;
As operation means for controlling ON / OFF of lighting of a lighting device to which unique data is given and which can distinguish each lighting device, operation buttons 1 and 2, to which individual data is given,
Operation button 3, operation button 4, and corresponding to each operation button,
A display unit 5, a display unit 6, for displaying a state of the lighting device;
A display unit 7 and a display unit 8 are provided. Hereinafter, only the operation button 1 will be described, but the same applies to the other operation buttons 2, 3, and 4. When the lighting device controlled by the operation button 1 is the lighting device B1, the operation button 1
Setting storage unit 5 for storing the operation setting of lighting device B1 according to
0, and a control processing unit 10 that performs processing of a control signal by the operation button 1 and the like. Also, the lighting O of the lighting device B1
The first operation for controlling the N / OFF is performed by pressing the operation button 1 for less than a predetermined time, and the second operation for performing the setting process is performed by keeping the same operation button 1 for a predetermined time or more. And press it. In the present embodiment, as a setting process, data indicating a combination of the control device and the operation buttons is transmitted to the setting device C, so that the setting device C recognizes the combination of the control device and the operation buttons.

A setting processing operation for setting the control device A1 for controlling the lighting device B1 in the setting device C according to the present embodiment will be described. When performing the setting process, the setting device C having a database in which data unique to the lighting device is described transmits a signal for calling a control device that actually controls the lighting device over a communication line. By sending a response signal to the control device A1 that wants to control the actual lighting device B1 having unique data described on the database,
Among the plurality of control devices, the operation button 1 of the control device A1 that has transmitted the response signal is set as the operation button 1 that actually controls the lighting device B1 described on the database. In the present embodiment, the response signal is transmitted by continuously pressing the operation button 1 for a predetermined time or longer.

Thus, the operation button 1 of the control device A1
Since the response signals are individually sent to the setting device C, as shown in FIG. 1B, the combination of the lighting devices to be controlled set in the setting database can be individually selected. .

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. When the processing in the lighting control system is started, it is detected whether or not the operation button 1 has been pressed (step SA1). With this moment as time 0, measurement of the pressing duration of the operation button 1 is started (step SA2). If the operation button 1 has not been pressed, the detection of the operation button 1 in step SA1 is repeated. If the operation button 1 has been pressed, ON / OFF control of lighting is performed at time T1 (step SA).
3). After performing the lighting control, it is detected whether the operation button 1 is kept pressed (step SA4). If the operation button 1 has been released, the process returns to step SA1 for detecting whether the operation button 1 has been pressed. Operation button 1
Is not released, and it is determined whether the pressing is continued even at time T2 (step SA5). If the time T2 has not elapsed, the flow returns to step SA4, and the pressing of the operation button 1 is detected. If the time T2 has elapsed, the lighting device B1
And setting processing for setting the control device A1 (Step S
A6), the processing ends. The above is the operation of the control device A1 in the present embodiment.

The operation timing of the control device A1 in the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7A, the operation button 1 is pressed (step SA1), and at time T1, the lighting of the lighting device B1 is turned on / off.
OFF control is performed (step SA3). If the pressing of the operation button 1 is continued even at the time T2, the time T2
Is started (step SA6). That is, if the pressing of the operation button 1 is continued beyond the time T2, the process can be automatically shifted to the setting process at the predetermined time T2.

According to this embodiment, the function for setting the lighting device and the control device is provided in the operation button for controlling ON / OFF of the lighting device. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide a service switch, and the control device can be provided. It is possible to simplify the work of construction when setting without removing.

A control device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Note that the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the above-described first embodiment, and therefore only the operation will be described, and a detailed description of the configuration will be omitted. FIG.
As shown in (b), the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the operation automatically shifts to the setting process at time T2 after the operation button 1 is pressed. When the operation button 1 is released at a certain time T4, the processing shifts to the setting processing for the first time.

Next, the operation of the control device A1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Only the steps different from the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 will be described, and detailed description of the same steps will be omitted. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, the same processing as in the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 is performed up to step SA5. At step SA5, time T2
Has elapsed, it is detected whether or not the operation button 1 has been released at the current time (step SB1). If it is not released and remains pressed, step SB is performed again.
Returning to step 1, the release of the operation button 1 is detected. If operation button 1
Is open, a setting process is performed (step SB
2), end the process. The above is the operation of the control device A1 in the present embodiment.

According to the present embodiment, the setting process is started after the operation button is released, and ON / OFF of the lighting device depends on how long the operation button is continuously pressed.
The setting process can be automatically discriminated, and each operation can be performed with one operation button, so that there is no need to separately provide a service switch for the setting process, and at the time of setting, the work of construction is simplified. It becomes possible.

A third embodiment of the control device according to the present invention will be described below. Note that the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the above-described first embodiment, and therefore only the operation will be described, and a detailed description of the configuration will be omitted. FIG.
As shown in (a), in the present embodiment, if the operation button 1 is continuously pressed after being pressed, the operation button 1 is pressed at time T2 without controlling the lighting device B1 at time T1. Is detected, and if the pressing is continued at this time, the setting process is started at time T2.

Next, the operation of the control device A1 in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Only the steps different from the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 will be described, and detailed description of the same steps will be omitted. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, the same processing as in the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 is performed up to step SA2. After step SA2, the process proceeds to step SC1. If the operation button 1 has not been released, the process returns to step SA2 and continues to measure the press detection time.
If it has been released, the time at the time of release is the time T2
It is determined whether it is earlier or later (step SC2). If it is before time T2, the lighting is controlled (step SC).
3). If it is after time T2, the setting process is started (step SC4). The above is the description of the control device A in the present embodiment.
1 is an operation description.

According to the present embodiment, the function for setting the control device in the setting device is provided in the operation button for controlling ON / OFF of the lighting device. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide a service switch, and the setting is performed. At this time, it is possible to simplify the work of construction.

A fourth embodiment of the control device A1 according to the present invention will be described below. Note that the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the above-described first embodiment, and therefore only the operation will be described, and a detailed description of the configuration will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 8B, in the present embodiment, if the operation button 1 is continuously pressed after being pressed, the operation button is not controlled at time T2 without controlling the lighting device B1 at time T1. If the continuation of the pressing of the button 1 is detected, the setting process is started at a time T8 after the opening time T7 of the operation button 1.

Next, the operation of the control device A1 in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG.
Only steps that are different from the flowchart shown in
A detailed description of the same steps will be omitted. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, the same processing as in the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 is performed up to step SA2. After step SA2, it is determined whether the pressing time of the operation button 1 exceeds the time T2 (step SD1). After time T2,
The process proceeds to the setting process (step SD4), and if it is before time T2, it is detected whether the operation button 1 has been released (step SD2). If the operation button 1 has not been released, the process returns to step SD1 again, and the pressing time is compared and determined.
If the operation button 1 is released, the lighting device B1 is controlled (step SD3). According to the present embodiment which is the description of the operation of the control device A1 in the present embodiment, the function for setting the control device as the setting device is set to ON of the lighting device.
Since the operation button for controlling / OFF is provided, it is not necessary to separately provide a service switch, and it is possible to simplify the work of construction when setting.

A control device A1 according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described below. As shown in FIG. 9, in the present embodiment, when the operation button 1 is continuously pressed down until time T2,
The mode automatically shifts to the setting processing mode. After shifting to the setting processing mode, the operation button 1 is once released at time T9,
By pressing the operation button 1 again at time T10, time T1
1 actually performs the setting process. Note that the present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the above-described first embodiment, and therefore only the operation will be described, and a detailed description of the configuration will be omitted.

Next, the operation of the control device A1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Only the steps different from the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 will be described, and detailed description of the same steps will be omitted. In the flowchart shown in FIG. 6, the same processing as in the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 is performed up to step SA5. At step SA5, time T2
Has elapsed, the process proceeds to a setting processing mode in which the setting process is performed (step SE1). After time T2, measurement of the elapsed time from the transition to the setting processing mode is started (step SE2), and the second press of the operation button 1 is detected (step SE3). If the operation button 1 has not been pressed, it is determined whether or not a time T3 has elapsed since the shift to the setting processing mode (step SE5). If the time T3 has elapsed, the processing is terminated. If the time T3 has not elapsed, the process returns to step SE3. Step SE3
If the operation button 1 is depressed, the setting process is actually started (step SE4), and the process proceeds to step SE5.
The above is the description of the operation of the control device A1 in the present embodiment.

According to the present embodiment, the ON / OFF control function of the lighting device and the setting processing function can be used for different durations of pressing the call button. It is not necessary to provide a switch, and it is possible to simplify the work of construction when setting.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment but can be implemented in various forms.

[0028]

As described above, in the control device according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the ON / OFF control function of the lighting device and the setting processing function can be used for the operating means, it is necessary to separately use the setting processing function. It is not necessary to provide a service switch, and it is possible to easily perform the setting without resetting the work when resetting the control device.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the operation for controlling the lighting device and the operation for performing the setting process are distinguished by the operation duration of the operation means, so that the setting can be easily performed. It is possible to do.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since a push-button-type operation button is provided as the operation means, a function of controlling ON / OFF of the lighting device according to a difference in the duration of pressing the operation button and a setting function The function to be processed can be distinguished, and the two functions can be shared by the same operation button.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of a control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation related to the control device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation of a control device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation of a control device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation of a control device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation of a control device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing operation timings of the control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing operation timings of the control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing operation timings of the control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a conventional control device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 control processing unit 1 operation button 2 operation button 3 operation button 4 operation button 5 display unit 6 display unit 7 display unit 8 display unit 40 status storage unit 50 setting storage unit 60 setting processing unit 70 communication processing unit 80 service switch 90 status display Part A1 Control device A2 Control device B1 Lighting device B2 Lighting device C Setting device

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kazunari Morita 1048 Kazuma Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture F-term in Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (reference) 3K073 AA75 AB02 AB04 AB07 BA36 CA01 CF14 CG06 CG15 CG21 CH21 CJ11

Claims (3)

[Claims] A control device for monitoring the state of the lighting device; a control device for monitoring and controlling the lighting device; and a control for controlling the lighting device. And a setting device for setting the device, wherein the control processing unit controls lighting and extinguishing of the lighting of the lighting device when the first operation is performed on the operating means. Transmitting a predetermined data string to the setting device in order to set the control device that controls the lighting device to the setting device when a second operation is performed on the operation means. Control device. 2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit includes a timer unit, wherein the first operation is an operation for less than a predetermined time on the operation unit, and the second operation is a predetermined time or more on the operation unit. A control device, which is a continuous operation. 3. An operation button according to claim 1, wherein said operation means is an operation button, and said first operation and said second operation on said operation button are pressing the same operation button. Item 3. The control device according to any one of Items 2.