JP5532710B2 - Road lighting system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a road lighting system that controls a plurality of lighting fixtures arranged along a road or a tunnel with a controller.

A plurality of lighting fixtures are arranged in the tunnel, and basic illumination, entrance illumination, and exit illumination are usually performed as tunnel illumination. The basic illumination is illumination corresponding to the case where the driver of the automobile is in a substantially normal visual state, and the lighting state is set in advance according to time, traffic volume, and design speed. Entrance lighting and exit lighting are used to compensate for the delay in adaptation of the driver's eyes due to the difference in brightness between inside and outside the tunnel, and the lighting state is adjusted by detecting a change in outdoor brightness near the tunnel entrance. ing.
In addition, in order to realize fine entrance lighting and exit lighting with respect to changes in outdoor brightness, addresses are set for each of the lighting fixtures, and a plurality of illuminance patterns and lighting fixture addresses determined according to the outdoor brightness are set. A technique is known in which the lighting fixtures are individually dimmable by associating with each other (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-4-118892

By the way, when dimming by designating a lighting fixture by an address so that a predetermined illuminance pattern can be obtained, it is necessary to keep the correspondence between the mounting position of the lighting fixture and the address. Therefore, at the time of attaching the luminaire, it is necessary for the operator to manually set an appropriate address corresponding to the attachment position for each luminaire, but setting the address manually may cause a setting error.
Such a problem is not limited to tunnel lighting, but is a problem common to road lighting systems in which a number of road lights with addresses set are arranged along a road such as an expressway, and these are controlled by a controller.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a road lighting system in which an address can be easily set during an installation operation.

To achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a plurality of lighting fixtures arranged along a road or a tunnel, and a controller that controls each of the lighting fixtures, and the controller is set for each of the lighting fixtures. In the road lighting system controlled based on the received address, each of the lighting fixtures is connected in series to the controller, and the communication method with the controller can be switched to a bucket relay method and a multi-drop method. The controller transmits an address setting instruction for instructing address setting to itself together with an address to be subjected to communication relay operation to the head lighting apparatus, and each of the lighting apparatuses transmits the address setting instruction to the bucket relay. received by the system, it received the order and the address satisfies a predetermined relationship Sets its address, the controller, if the setting of the address to each of the luminaire has been completed, and transmits a switching instruction to the multi-drop system in each of the luminaire, to the relay operation The communication method of other lighting fixtures excluding the lighting fixture for which a power address is set is switched to the multi-drop method .

  In the road lighting system according to the present invention, the last lighting fixture notifies the controller of the address set to the controller, and the controller is based on the notified address and the number of the lighting fixtures. It is characterized in that it is detected whether or not the address is normally set for all the lighting fixtures.

  In the road lighting system according to the present invention, the controller communicates with each of the lighting fixtures every predetermined period, and stores a history of the communication result in association with an address.

In the road lighting system according to the present invention, each of the lighting fixtures transmits and receives communication data between the upstream side and the upstream side via a transmission signal line, and another transmission between the upstream side and the downstream side. The downstream transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving communication data via a signal line, and the transmission signal line for the downstream side, the transmission signal for the downstream side transmission / reception unit and the upstream side connected to the upstream side transmission / reception unit A switch that switches a connection destination to and from a line, and when the address to be relayed is not set in itself, according to the switching instruction to the multi-drop method, The transmission signal line is connected to the transmission signal line on the upstream side, and the controller itself is connected in parallel with another lighting fixture.

  Further, in the road lighting system according to the present invention, any lighting fixture arranged at a position where a signal line length from the controller does not exceed a communicable distance of the controller, the transmission signal line to the downstream side is It connects with a downstream transmission / reception part, It operate | moves as a repeater which relays communication between the said controller and each lighting fixture of a downstream.

Further, in the road lighting system according to the present invention, when a communication failure occurs between the lighting fixture operating as the repeater and the controller, the downstream and upstream transmission signal lines are connected by the switch. In addition, the controller sends an instruction to a lighting fixture closer to the controller than the lighting fixture in which the communication failure has occurred, and operates as the repeater.

  In the road lighting system according to the present invention, each of the lighting fixtures is lit with 100% brightness when communication with the controller is disabled.

According to the present invention, each of the lighting fixtures is connected in series to the controller, and transmits the address setting instruction from the controller in order from the head toward the downstream, and the order and address in which the address setting instruction is received are predetermined. Set its own address to satisfy the relationship. Thereby, since an address can be automatically set to each lighting fixture, an address setting error can be prevented.
Furthermore, since the addresses are set so that the order in which the address setting instructions are received and the addresses satisfy the predetermined relationship in each lighting fixture, the number of connections from the controller based on the address of each lighting fixture is set. You can identify the equipment that you have. Furthermore, since the address also corresponds to the mounting position, it is possible to specify the mounting position of the luminaire based on the address, facilitating maintenance and inspection work.

It is a figure which shows typically the structure of the tunnel illumination system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of a tunnel controller. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the lighting fixture for entrance illumination. It is a figure which shows the construction procedure of the lighting fixture for entrance illumination. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of operation | use of a tunnel illumination system. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of failure generation | occurrence | production of a tunnel illumination system. It is a figure which shows arrangement | positioning of the lighting fixture of a tunnel lighting system, and the design brightness | luminance in a tunnel, (A) shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the lighting fixture for basic lighting and entrance lighting in a tunnel, (B) is in a tunnel. Indicates the design brightness. It is a figure which shows the arrangement | positioning of the lighting fixture of a conventional tunnel lighting system, and the design brightness | luminance in a tunnel, (A) shows the example of arrangement | positioning of the lighting fixture for basic lighting and entrance lighting in a tunnel, (B) is a tunnel. The design brightness is shown. It is a figure which shows the light control pattern in one group of the entrance illumination of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the group light control of entrance illumination. It is a flowchart which shows the light control control of the entrance illumination at the time of outdoor brightness fall. It is a transition diagram of the lighting state at the time of outdoor luminance fall. It is a flowchart of a light extinction delay process. It is a flowchart of a delay process at the time of a significant decrease. It is a flowchart which shows dimming control of the entrance illumination at the time of outdoor brightness rise. It is a transition diagram of the lighting state at the time of outdoor brightness rise. It is a flowchart of a lighting fixture selection process. It is a flowchart of a delay process at the time of a significant increase. It is a figure which shows the correspondence of the outdoor brightness | luminance and the number of lighting in the dimming group. It is a figure which shows the light control rate when carrying out initial stage illumination intensity correction with respect to a lighting fixture. It is a figure which shows the light control rate when initial illuminance correction | amendment is separately carried out to each of several lighting fixtures. It is a figure which shows the whole light control rate in FIG. It is a figure which shows the light control rate when carrying out initial stage illumination intensity correction | amendment with respect to several lighting fixtures as a whole. It is a figure which shows the whole light control rate in FIG. It is a flowchart of an initial illuminance correction process within a group. It is explanatory drawing of the average of the initial stage illumination intensity correction | amendment of a several lighting fixture. It is explanatory drawing of the light control rate determination based on the difference in the output of a lamp, (A) shows the difference in the output (light beam) based on the magnitude of cumulative lighting time, (B) is the light control for obtaining a predetermined light beam Indicates a combination of rates.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a tunnel illumination system 1 according to the present embodiment.
The tunnel illumination system 1 shown in this figure is a system for illuminating a tunnel 2 facing in two ways. In the following description, the tunnel pit on the left side in the figure, which is the side where the tunnel controller 2 described later is installed, is defined as the origin side, and the tunnel pit on the right side is defined as the end point side. The tunnel lighting system 1 includes a large number of luminaires 4 for basic illumination and a large number of luminaires 6 for entrance illumination on the start and end sides in order to perform basic illumination and entrance illumination as tunnel illumination. . Further, the tunnel lighting system 1 includes an outdoor luminance sensor 10, a tunnel controller 12, and a management terminal 14 for controlling entrance lighting and managing tunnel lighting.

The outdoor brightness sensor 10 is provided at both the start side and the end side or at one of the tunnel wells (both in the illustrated example), detects the outdoor brightness near the tunnel well, and outputs it to the tunnel controller 12 via the transmission signal line 16. . As this outdoor brightness, the average brightness of a 20 degree visual field when the wellhead is viewed at a point 150 m away from the tunnel wellhead is used. An illuminance sensor may be used instead of the outdoor luminance sensor 10.
The tunnel controller 12 is installed in the electrical room 3 provided alongside the tunnel 2 and controls the lighting fixtures 4 and 6 and performs dimming control of the lighting fixture 6 according to the outdoor luminance to perform entrance lighting. The management terminal 14 is installed in the remote management office 5 and is connected to the tunnel controller 12 through the intranet 7 so that they can communicate with each other. The lighting device 6 is monitored for failure or abnormality. The tunnel controller 12 and the management terminal 14 are not limited to the intranet 7 but can be any telecommunications line such as the Internet.

  The luminaires 4 for basic illumination are arranged at predetermined intervals along the tunnel 2 and are always lit to perform basic illumination. Each of the lighting fixtures 4 is connected to the tunnel controller 12 through the power line 18 and has a function of receiving a voltage signal from the tunnel controller 12 and performing lower limit dimming. By providing this function, it is possible to save power by dimming in the nighttime when traffic volume is low. These lighting fixtures 4 are configured such that the power can be turned on and off collectively by a relay provided in the tunnel controller 12. Note that any light source (type and output) satisfying the performance of the basic illumination can be used as the light source for the lighting fixture 4 for basic illumination.

Further, the lighting fixture 4 for basic lighting includes an integrating circuit that integrates the power-on time on each basic board, a dimming control circuit that performs dimming control based on the integrating time of the integrating circuit, and lamp replacement A reset button that is operated from time to time to initialize the accumulated time, and the dimming control circuit controls the dimming so as to suppress excessive brightness due to the characteristics of the lamp at the beginning of the installation of the luminaire 4 and the replacement of the lamp. The so-called initial illuminance correction is performed. As a result, the brightness of the basic illumination can be maintained within an appropriate range at the time of installation or lamp replacement, and the maintenance cost can be reduced.
Note that the lighting fixture 4 may have a communication function for communicating with the tunnel controller 12, and the tunnel controller 12 may control each lighting fixture 4 individually, so that the lighting is thinned out in a time zone where the brightness can be lowered such as midnight. .

The lighting fixtures 6 for entrance illumination are arranged on both side walls of the tunnel 2 at predetermined intervals from the wellhead, and the respective lighting fixtures 6 are dimmed and controlled according to the outdoor brightness at the wellhead of the tunnel 2. Entrance lighting is performed at.
Among these lighting fixtures 6, the leading lighting fixtures 6 on both wall surfaces viewed from the starting side of the tunnel 2 are connected to the tunnel controller 12 via the transmission signal line 20, respectively, and the remaining lighting fixtures 6 on each wall surface are respectively Are connected in series (so-called daisy chain state) in the order of the mounting positions. In addition, in order to shorten the communication distance between the tunnel controller 12 and the lighting fixture 6, the shortest lighting fixture 6 as viewed from the tunnel controller 12 is connected. In addition, the same in-appliance unit 56 (FIG. 3) is mounted on each of the lighting fixtures 6 on the start side and the end point side.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the tunnel controller 12. As described above, the tunnel controller 12 controls the basic illumination and the entrance illumination. In this figure, only functions necessary for controlling the entrance illumination are shown.
The tunnel controller 12 is roughly divided into an outdoor luminance input unit 32, a lighting fixture communication unit 34, an intranet communication unit 36, a terminal connection unit 38, and a control unit 30 for centrally controlling them. The unit 30 includes a dimming control unit 40, an address setting unit 42, and a state detection unit 44.

  The outdoor luminance input unit 32 functions as an input interface of the outdoor luminance sensor 10 provided at both the starting point side and the ending point side or at one of the tunnel wells, and controls a detection signal (outdoor luminance) from the outdoor luminance sensor 10. Output to 30. The lighting fixture communication unit 34 communicates bidirectionally with the lighting fixture 6 connected to the transmission signal line 20 under the control of the control unit 30. The intranet communication unit 36 communicates bidirectionally with the management terminal 14 via the intranet 7 under the control of the control unit 30. The terminal connection unit 38 functions as a connection interface with the computer terminal. The terminal connection unit 38 is connected to an operator terminal 22 such as a notebook computer used by an operator during construction or maintenance / inspection. In the following description, a configuration in which various data is transmitted from the operator terminal 22 to the tunnel controller 12 will be described. However, an operation unit provided in the tunnel controller 12 is operated, or a recording disk such as a CD or a DVD is read. Then, data may be input directly to the tunnel controller 12.

The dimming control unit 40 performs dimming control of the lighting fixture 6 for entrance illumination according to the outdoor luminance. In the present embodiment, addresses unique to the lighting fixtures 6 are assigned in the arrangement order in the tunnel 2. When the lighting fixture 6 is dimmed and controlled, the dimming control unit 40 designates the lighting fixture 6 to be dimmed with an address and performs dimming control.
The address setting unit 42 receives an instruction from the worker terminal 22 and automatically sets an address for each of the lighting fixtures 6. That is, in this embodiment, after the worker installs the lighting fixture 6 in the tunnel 2, the worker terminal 22 is connected to the tunnel controller 12, whereby the address can be set from the worker terminal 22. At this time, the address is automatically set to each of the lighting fixtures 6 so as to satisfy a predetermined relationship with the arrangement position in the tunnel 2, which will be described in detail later.

  The state detection unit 44 periodically communicates with each lighting fixture 6 via the lighting fixture communication unit 34 (for example, 30 minutes) and associates a history of communication results including the presence / absence of a response with an address as a communication history. It accumulates as data 45. The state detection unit 44 has a function of transmitting the communication history data 45 in response to a request from the management terminal 14. Thereby, the administrator of the tunnel 2 can detect a failure or abnormality of each lighting fixture 6 of the tunnel 2 in a remote place based on the communication history data 45 received by the management terminal 14.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the lighting fixture 6 for entrance illumination.
As shown in this figure, the lighting fixture 6 includes a lamp 50 as a light source, an electronic ballast 52, a control power source DC54, and an in- fixture unit 56 incorporating various electric circuits.
As the lamp 50, a high-pressure metal vapor discharge lamp such as a high-pressure sodium lamp, a ceramic metal halide lamp, or a mercury lamp is used. The electronic ballast 52 is configured so that the brightness of the lamp 50 can be continuously varied. Under the control of the in-appliance unit 56, the brightness is adjusted from the minimum dimming rate (50% in this embodiment) to the maximum dimming. It varies between light rates (100% in this embodiment). This minimum dimming rate is a lower limit value for maintaining the lamp 50 in a stable lighting state, and the value varies depending on the type and characteristics of the lamp 50. The maximum dimming rate corresponds to the set upper limit value. In addition, the concrete light control of each lighting fixture 6 is demonstrated later.
The control power source DC 54 is connected to the illumination power source AC 9 provided in the tunnel 2, converts AC power supplied from the illumination power source AC 9 into DC power, and supplies it to the in-appliance unit 56 as operating power.

The in-appliance unit 56 includes a CPU 60 as a control means for centrally controlling each part, an upstream transmission / reception unit 62 and a downstream transmission / reception unit 64, an astigmatism detection unit 66, a dimming output unit 68, and a relay output unit. 70 and a communication switch 72.
The upstream transmission / reception unit 62 is connected to the upstream lighting device 6 or the lighting device 6 at the head (starting side) when viewed from the tunnel controller 12 via the transmission signal line 20. When the lighting fixture 6 or the tunnel controller 12 on the upstream side functions as a so-called parent device, it functions as a child device and communicates with this parent device in a one-to-one relationship. The downstream transmission / reception unit 64 is connected to the downstream lighting fixture 6 via the transmission signal line 20 and functions as a master unit when the downstream lighting fixture 6 functions as a slave unit. Communicate one-on-one. When the upstream transmission / reception unit 62 receives communication data from the upstream side, the CPU 60 causes the communication data to be transmitted from the downstream transmission / reception unit 64 toward the downstream side, and conversely, the downstream transmission / reception unit 64. When the communication data is received from the downstream side, a so-called relay operation is performed in which the communication data is transmitted from the upstream transmission / reception unit 62 toward the upstream side. As a result, the communication data transmitted from the tunnel controller 12 is sent in order from the head (starting side) lighting fixture 6 to the downstream side (ending point side) lighting fixture 6 in the bucket relay system as viewed from the tunnel controller 12. (Hereinafter referred to as “one-to-one feeding method”).

  A communication switch 72 is provided between the downstream transmission / reception unit 64 and the transmission signal line 20 connected to the downstream lighting fixture 6. The communication switch 72 switches the connection destination of the transmission signal line 20 connected to the downstream side between the downstream transmission / reception unit 64 or the transmission signal line 20 connected to the upstream side under the control of the CPU 60. That is, the transmission signal line 20 connected to the downstream side is connected to the transmission signal line 20 connected to the upstream side, so that the transmission signal line 20 provided between the respective lighting fixtures 6 is straight. The lighting fixtures 6 are connected in parallel to the tunnel controller 12. Thereby, the tunnel controller 12 can transmit a transmission signal to each lighting fixture 6 simultaneously by what is called a multidrop system instead of a one-to-one sending system. During operation, the CPU 60 sets the communication switch 72 to perform communication in the multi-drop method instead of the one-to-one sending method, except when address setting is performed or when the relay device 6A operates as described later. Control. Thereby, at the time of an operation | movement, the tunnel controller 12 and each lighting fixture 6 will perform the high-speed communication by a multidrop system.

The astigmatism detection unit 66 detects the astigmatism of the lamp 50 under the control of the CPU 60. When the CPU 50 detects an incongruity of the lamp 50, the CPU 60 transmits an incongruity notification that informs the incongruity together with the address set to the tunnel controller 12 from the upstream transmission / reception unit 62. The tunnel controller 12 records this defect notification together with the address in the communication history data 45 so that the management terminal 14 can detect the defect of the lighting fixture 6.
Based on the dimming command from the tunnel controller 12, the dimming output unit 68 drives the electronic ballast 52 so that the brightness of the lamp 50 is dimmed between 50% dimming and 100% dimming. . The relay output unit 70 turns on / off the lamp 50 by controlling the power supply to the electronic ballast 52 under the control of the CPU 60.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a construction procedure of the lighting fixture 6 for entrance illumination.
As shown in this figure, the worker first attaches each luminaire 6 to a predetermined position of the tunnel 2 (step Sa1). As described above, each of the lighting fixtures 6 has the same configuration, and since no address is set, the operator can attach the lighting fixtures 6 to the mounting position without distinguishing them. In addition, it is good also as a structure which attaches | subjects an address etc. to the lighting fixture 6 in advance, and suggests an attachment position to an operator.

Next, the worker connects the worker terminal 22 to the tunnel controller 12 and sets data in the tunnel controller 12 (step Sa2). In this data setting, a dimming table setting for the tunnel controller 12 and a relay combination point address setting are performed. The dimming table setting and the relay combination point address setting may be directly input to the tunnel controller 12 without operating the operator terminal 22 by operating the operation unit of the tunnel controller 12 or the like.
The dimming table 80 shows the dimming pattern of the entrance lighting, and defines the correspondence between the outdoor luminance and the brightness of each lighting fixture 6. As shown in FIG. 2, the setting data of the dimming table 80 is stored in the dimming control unit 40 and is referred to when the dimming control unit 40 performs dimming control. This light control pattern will be described in detail later.

The relay combination point address 82 defines an address of the lighting fixture 6 to operate as the relay 6A. More specifically, during operation, the tunnel controller 12 communicates with each lighting fixture 6 in a multidrop manner. However, when the tunnel 2 becomes longer, as shown in FIG. 1, the total signal path length of the transmission signal line 20 from the tunnel controller 12 to the luminaire 6 on the end point side may exceed the communicable distance R of the tunnel controller 12. .
Therefore, in the present embodiment, the last lighting fixture 6 among the lighting fixtures 6 attached at a position not exceeding the communicable distance R of the tunnel controller 12 operates as the relay 6A, and from the relay 6A. Communication with the downstream luminaire 6 is performed by the multidrop method with the repeater 6A. This enables communication between the tunnel controller 12 and each luminaire 6 even in the long tunnel 2 exceeding the communicable distance of the tunnel controller 12, and the relay 6A and the luminaire 6 on the downstream side High-speed communication can be maintained by communicating with the multi-drop method.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since each lighting fixture 6 is set with a correspondence between the address and the mounting position, the communicable distance of the tunnel controller 12 based on the mounting position of each lighting fixture 6. The address of the luminaire 6 attached to the farthest in R can be known in advance. This address is stored in the address setting unit 42 shown in FIG. 2 as the relay combination point address 82 and is referred to when setting the address to each lighting fixture 6.

As shown in FIG. 4, the worker performs an address automatic setting operation from the worker terminal 22 to the tunnel controller 12 after completing the installation of the lighting fixture 6 and various wirings (step Sa <b> 3). When an address automatic setting operation is performed, the address setting unit 42 starts address setting for the lighting fixture 6 (step Sa4).
That is, after an instruction is sent from the tunnel controller 12 to each lighting fixture 6 and the communication method is switched to the one-to-one sending method, the address setting unit 42 is the leading lighting fixture as viewed from the starting side of these lighting fixtures 6. 6 sends an address setting instruction to instruct address setting to itself. As a result, the address setting instruction is sequentially sent to the downstream side (end point side) between the respective lighting fixtures 6 in a bucket relay system. At this time, the tunnel controller 12 transmits the initial value of the address included in the address setting instruction. In addition, each of the luminaires 6 includes an address value set by itself when transmitting an address setting instruction to the downstream side. On the other hand, the luminaire 6 that has received the address setting instruction sets an address obtained by adding (or subtracting) a predetermined value (for example, “1”) to the address value included in the address setting instruction. As a result, each lighting fixture 6 is automatically set to each lighting fixture 6 so that the address monotonously increases or decreases sequentially from the tunnel controller 12 side.

  Further, when transmitting the address setting instruction in Step Sa4, the tunnel controller 12 includes the relay combination point address 82 and transmits it. In each luminaire 6, when the address set to itself is the same as the relay combination point address 82, the lighting fixture 6 operates thereafter as the above-described repeater 6 </ b> A.

In addition, when sending and receiving an address setting instruction between each lighting fixture 6 by a one-to-one sending method, the lighting fixture 6 that has received the address setting instruction transmits a reception response to the upstream lighting fixture 6, The upstream (starting side) lighting fixture 6 is configured to be able to determine whether another lighting fixture 6 is connected to the downstream side (end point side) based on the presence or absence of a reception response. That is, when a reception response is not obtained from the downstream side, each lighting device 6 regards itself as the tail and transmits an address setting completion notification to the upstream side together with its own address.
The lighting fixture 6 may be provided with a dip switch or the like for setting the last fixture, and each lighting fixture 6 may detect the setting to determine whether or not it is the last fixture.

When receiving the address setting completion notification, the tunnel controller 12 completes the address automatic setting operation as shown in FIG. 4 (step Sa5). At this time, the tunnel controller 12 determines whether or not the address of the last lighting fixture 6 on the end point side received together with the address setting completion notification is an address as planned, and the address is normally set to all the lighting fixtures 6. Detect whether it is set or not. In other words, in the present embodiment, since a fixed number of lighting fixtures 6 connected in series are set with addresses that monotonously increase or decrease sequentially from the beginning on the starting side, the last lighting fixture on the end side is set. The address set to 6 is uniquely determined based on the number of installed lighting fixtures 6 connected in series.
That is, when the address received together with the address setting completion notification is different from the predetermined value, it is considered that the lighting fixture 6 did not return a reception response due to, for example, a transmission signal line 20 or a wiring line mistake or initial failure. Thereby, the failure, abnormality, and construction defect of the lighting fixture 6 can be discovered. In addition, since it is possible to know the number of the lighting fixture 6 that has operated as the last tail based on the address of the lighting fixture 6 that has transmitted the address setting completion notification, it is easy to identify the lighting fixture 6 at a failure, abnormality, or defective construction location. Can be specified.

  Next, after completing the address automatic setting without any problem, the worker performs a switching operation of the communication method from the worker terminal 22 to the tunnel controller 12 (step Sa5). When this switching operation is performed, the address setting unit 42 transmits a communication method switching instruction to the leading lighting device 6 on the starting side, and the communication method switching instruction is a one-to-one sending method, and the downstream lighting device 6. Are sent in order. And each lighting fixture 6 will switch a communication system from a one-to-one sending system to a multidrop system according to a communication system switching instruction | indication. At this time, in the lighting fixture 6 in which the address of the relay combination point address 82 is set to itself, the one-to-one sending communication is continued and operates as the relay 6A.

As described above, after the address setting is completed, the communication method is switched from the one-to-one sending method to the multi-drop method, so that high-speed communication is possible during operation. Thereby, when a disaster such as a fire occurs in the tunnel 2, it is possible to quickly turn on all the lighting fixtures 6.
Further, since the lighting fixture 6 on the way operates as the repeater 6A, each lighting fixture separated from the tunnel controller 12 by the communicable distance R or more even in the long tunnel 2 exceeding the communicable distance R of the tunnel controller 12. 6, and the lighting fixture 6 of the repeater 6 </ b> A and the lighting fixture 6 on the downstream side of the repeater 6 </ b> A communicate with each other by the multi-drop method, so that high-speed communication can be maintained.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram of the tunnel lighting system 1 during operation.
When each lighting device 6 starts lighting the lamp 50, the lighting device 6 measures the lighting time of the lamp 50 for initial illuminance correction, and accumulates the cumulative lighting time (step Sb1). The lighting time of the lamp 50 is measured by the ON time of the relay output unit 70.
On the other hand, the tunnel controller 12 performs entrance illumination by controlling the lighting of each lighting fixture 6. That is, the tunnel controller 12 acquires the outdoor luminance of the tunnel wellhead from the outdoor luminance sensor 10, and the dimming control unit 40 determines the dimming rate of each lighting fixture 6 based on the outdoor luminance and the dimming table 80. Then, the dimming rate is transmitted to the address of these lighting fixtures 6 (step Sb2).
When each lighting fixture 6 receives the dimming rate from the tunnel controller 12, it adjusts the brightness of the lamp 50 according to the dimming rate (step Sb <b> 3). Specifically, each lighting fixture 6 calculates the dimming rate by adding the dimming rate based on the cumulative lighting time of the lamp 50 to the dimming rate indicated by the tunnel controller 12 and taking the initial illuminance correction into account. Dimming at light rate. Thereby, the predetermined brightness without excess and deficiency is maintained irrespective of the cumulative lighting time of the lamp 50.
Instead of the configuration in which each luminaire 6 calculates the dimming rate considering the initial illuminance correction, the tunnel controller 12 calculates the dimming rate taking the initial illuminance correction into account, and the dimming rate is calculated for each luminaire 6. It is good also as a structure which transmits to.

  During operation, the state detection unit 44 of the tunnel controller 12 communicates with each lighting fixture 6 periodically (for example, every 30 minutes), acquires the ON / OFF state and the dimming rate of the relay output unit 70, The communication history data 45 is accumulated (step Sb4). Further, the lighting device 6 for which no response is obtained is also recorded in the communication history data 45. Thereby, the administrator of the tunnel 2 obtains the communication history data 45 of the tunnel controller 12 at the management terminal 14, thereby changing the operation state (lighting state and dimming rate) of each lighting fixture 6 of the tunnel 2 in the remote place. Monitor and detect faults and abnormalities.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram when a failure of the tunnel illumination system 1 occurs.
During operation, when an abnormality or failure occurs in the operation of the tunnel controller 12 (step Sc1), each luminaire 6 is lit at 100% brightness in order to maintain the brightness in the tunnel 2 and avoid danger. To do. An abnormal operation or failure of the tunnel controller 12 is detected by monitoring whether or not each luminaire 6 has transmitted communication data (for example, communication data for checking the state of step Sb4) from the tunnel controller 12. The In each lighting fixture 6, even when communication data from the tunnel controller 12 is not received due to malfunction of the upstream transmission / reception unit 62 and the downstream transmission / reception unit 64, the CPU 60 detects this. And lights up with 100% brightness.

  Next, when an abnormality or failure occurs in the luminaire 6, the processing differs depending on whether or not the luminaire 6 is operating as the repeater 6A. That is, when an abnormality or the like occurs in the repeater 6A operating in the one-to-one transmission method (step Sc2), all of the lighting fixtures 6 on the downstream side of the repeater 6A are uncontrollable. Serious failure occurs. In order to avoid this serious failure, the tunnel controller 12 performs the following process (step Sc3).

That is, the tunnel controller 12 transmits an instruction to the lighting fixture 6 immediately before the lighting fixture 6 that has detected an abnormality or the like (on the side close to the tunnel controller 12) to operate as the relay 6A. The lighting fixture 6 is configured to always switch its communication method to the multi-drop method when a communication failure occurs with the tunnel controller 12. That is, since the relay device 6A in which an abnormality or the like has occurred is switched to the multi-drop method, communication data between the upstream side and the downstream side is bypassed, so that the luminaire 6 that has become the new relay device 6A is connected to the previous relay device. It is possible to communicate with the lighting fixture 6 on the downstream side of the lighting fixture 6 of the fixture 6A, a serious failure is avoided, and the lighting fixture 6 that cannot be controlled by the tunnel controller 12 can be limited to only the lighting fixture 6 in which an abnormality or the like has occurred. (Step Sc4).
In addition, when abnormality etc. generate | occur | produce in the lighting fixture 6 of 6 A of relays, and the downstream lighting fixture 6 becomes incommunicable with the tunnel controller 12, until communication with the tunnel controller 12 is started As described in Step Sc1, the lighting fixtures 6 are turned on with 100% brightness, and the tunnel 2 is prevented from becoming dark.

  On the other hand, when an abnormality or the like occurs in the lighting fixture 6 that is operating in the multi-drop communication method (step Sc5), control of other lighting fixtures 6 other than the lighting fixture 6 is performed without taking any countermeasures. Is not disabled (step Sc4). However, in the lighting fixture 6 in which this abnormality or the like has occurred, the lighting is performed with 100% brightness by the above-described step Sc1.

When the tunnel controller 12 detects the occurrence of an abnormality or the like of the lighting fixture 6, the occurrence of the abnormality or the like and the address of the lighting fixture 6 are displayed on the display panel or the like, and the management terminal 14 is abnormal. Is sent to the management office 5.
When the operator replaces the control board of the luminaire 6 in which an abnormality or the like has occurred, or the luminaire 6 itself, auto setup is performed again to set an address for the luminaire 6 (step Sc6). In this auto setup, the tunnel controller 12 gives an instruction to each lighting fixture 6 to switch the communication method to the one-to-one sending method, and then the automatic setting of the address described in step Sa4 at the time of construction is performed. It becomes.

Next, dimming control of the entrance illumination during operation will be described in detail.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the arrangement of the lighting fixtures 4 and 6 of the tunnel lighting system 1 and the design brightness in the tunnel 2. FIG. 7A shows the lighting fixture 4 for basic lighting and the entrance lighting in the tunnel 2. An arrangement example with the lighting fixture 6 is shown, and FIG. 7B shows the design brightness in the tunnel 2.
7 is designed with a design speed of 60 km / h, an outdoor brightness of 3300 cd / m ² , a road width of 7 m, a mounting height of 5 m, a lamp spacing (basic span) of the lighting fixture 4 for basic lighting of 19 m, and a concrete road surface. The case where it went is shown.
As shown in FIG. 7 (A), in the tunnel 2, lighting fixtures 4 for basic illumination are arranged at a predetermined interval M from the tunnel pit side, and one or a plurality of units (illustrated example) are arranged during the predetermined interval M. 1 to 8) lighting fixtures 6 for entrance illumination are arranged. A group G is formed for each of one or a plurality of lighting fixtures 6 arranged between the basic lighting fixtures 4, and each lighting fixture 6 belonging to the same group G illuminates the road surface of each group G. All the lighting fixtures 6 belonging to the same group G are configured to include the lamps 50 having the same output.
As shown in the figure, every other lighting fixture 4 for basic lighting is turned off at night, thereby saving energy.

  The design brightness T is set in advance on the road surface of each group G according to the tunnel extension, the design speed, and the distance from the tunnel wellhead. The design brightness T of each group G increases as the distance from the tunnel wellhead increases. It is set to be low. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7B, in the entrance illumination of the tunnel 2, the boundary portion (I), the transition portion (II), and the relaxation portion (III ) Are defined, and the design luminance T is set so as to decrease stepwise over the boundary portion (I), the transition portion (II), and the relaxation portion (III).

In order to realize appropriate entrance illumination according to the level of outdoor brightness, the design brightness T includes a design brightness T1 suitable when the field brightness is high, and a design brightness T2 suitable when the field brightness is low. Is set. In each group G, dimming of the luminaire 6 is performed so that the luminance is suitable for the outdoor luminance between the design luminance T1 and the design luminance T2.
Prior to the description of the light control of this embodiment, the conventional light control will be described.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the arrangement and design brightness of lighting fixtures when designed under the same conditions as in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, conventionally, the same group G is provided with a combination of lighting fixtures Q for entrance lighting having different wattages, and these lighting fixtures Q are appropriately thinned to light the design brightness T1. , T1A, T2, and T2A, the luminance is variable (four-step dimming).
However, in the conventional dimming, in order to realize four levels of design brightness T1, T1A, T2, and T2A, the illumination of each group G includes a plurality of types with different wattages (five types in the example of FIG. 8A). It is necessary to use the lighting fixture Q (excluding basic lighting)), and the number of lamps is increased as the number of types increases (122 in the example of FIG. 8A), so that the apparatus cost increases. There is a problem. Moreover, since it is necessary to connect these lighting fixtures Q with a wiring cable for every thing which lights / extinguishes with the same design brightness T1, T1A, T2, and T2A, there exists a problem that the number of wiring cables increases.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, since each of the lighting fixtures 6 includes the electronic ballast 52 and the like, and is configured to be dimmable individually, the lighting fixtures 6 having the same wattage are used for the lighting of each group G. Can be realized. For this reason, since the kind of lighting fixture 6 can be reduced compared with the past (three types in the example of FIG. 7 (A)), and also the number of required lights can be reduced compared with the past (FIG. 7 (A)). In the example, 90 units), the apparatus cost can be greatly reduced, and the number of wiring cables can be reduced.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating a dimming pattern in one group G of entrance illumination according to the present embodiment. In the figure, the outdoor luminance is shown by a bar graph, and linear dimming, which is dimming according to the present embodiment in accordance with the outdoor luminance, is shown by a solid line. For reference, the conventional 4-step dimming and 2-step dimming are shown. The light is indicated by a dashed line and a dotted line, respectively.
As described above, in each group G, dimming according to the field luminance is performed between the design luminance T1 and the design luminance T2 set for each group G. At this time, in this embodiment, since each lighting fixture 6 is configured to be dimmable linearly (steplessly), in each group G, the road surface brightness is linearly (steplessly) adjusted in accordance with a change in outdoor luminance. Can be changed. Thereby, for example, for four-stage dimming, useless brightness is reduced by the amount indicated by the shaded portion in the figure, and energy saving and cost saving can be realized. In particular, when the annual electricity charge required for tunnel lighting is compared between the configuration of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 7 and the conventional configuration shown in FIG. 8, the conventional annual electricity charge is 2.29 million yen. The annual electricity charge is 920,000 yen, and the annual electricity charge can be reduced to about 40%.
The linear dimming pattern shown in FIG. 9 is defined in the dimming table 80 shown in FIG. 2 and is referenced by the dimming control unit 40 of the tunnel controller 12.

Here, a high pressure metal vapor discharge lamp such as a high pressure sodium lamp, a ceramic metal halide lamp, or a mercury lamp is used as the lamp 50 of the lighting fixture 6. This type of high-pressure metal vapor discharge lamp cannot normally be re-lit until a certain time has elapsed after it has been extinguished. Accordingly, when the outdoor brightness decreases due to the sun being hidden by the clouds, etc., if the lighting fixture 6 is turned off in accordance with this reduction, the lighting fixture 6 is turned on when the cloud is cleared and the outdoor brightness is restored. The brightness of the entrance illumination does not follow the outdoor brightness.
Furthermore, a high-pressure metal vapor discharge lamp usually cannot be lit with a dimming rate lowered, and dim unless it has been stabilized for a certain period of time after being lit at 100% brightness. I can't. Therefore, if the lighting fixture 6 is turned on in accordance with the increase in outdoor brightness, the brightness of the entrance illumination becomes too high.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, in order to realize entrance illumination with appropriate brightness according to the change in outdoor luminance, lighting / extinguishing of the lighting fixture 6 is controlled as follows.

  In the following description, as shown in FIG. 10, the dimming of this embodiment will be described for a group G composed of eight lighting fixtures 6 arranged on both wall surfaces. The same dimming control is performed. Further, in this figure, the brackets written in the lighting fixtures 6 indicate the addresses set for the respective lighting fixtures 6, and each lighting fixture 6 of the group G is the same fixture and the same as described above. The same light source of W (watt) is used.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing dimming control when the outdoor luminance is reduced. In addition, the delay process (step Sd11) and the turn-off delay process (step Sd10) at the time of significant decrease in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11, when the outdoor brightness decreases, the tunnel controller 12 decreases the brightness of the entrance illumination by decreasing the dimming rate of any lighting fixture 6 in the group G. At this time, the tunnel controller 12 determines whether there is a lighting fixture 6 that is lit other than the minimum dimming (50% in the present embodiment) (step Sd1), and if it exists (step Sd1). : YES), the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 is lowered to lower the brightness of the entrance illumination (step Sd2). In the example shown in FIG. 12A, the dimming rate of the lighting fixture 6 of any of the addresses (3), (4), and (8) is lowered.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12B, when all the lighting fixtures 6 that are lit are at the minimum dimming (step Sd1: NO), any one of the lighting fixtures 6 is used to reduce the brightness of the entrance illumination. It needs to be turned off. At this time, if the lighting fixture 6 is simply turned off, the lighting fixture 6 cannot be turned on when the outdoor brightness immediately increases. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the lighting fixture 6 is turned off, first, the lighting fixture 6 is maintained so that the total brightness in the group G by each lighting fixture 6 being turned on is maintained (same). Other illuminations that are lit to include one or more of the lighting fixtures 6 with a dimming rate that can be raised according to the outdoor luminance and a lighting fixture 6 with the dimming rate that can be lowered according to the outdoor luminance The dimming rate of a part or all of the fixture 6 is adjusted, and thereafter, the dimming rate of the lighting fixture 6 that is turned on is lowered by an amount corresponding to a decrease in outdoor brightness. As a result, when the outdoor brightness immediately increases, it becomes possible to respond by increasing the dimming rate of the lighting fixture 6 that can be raised without newly lighting the lighting fixture 6, and when the outdoor luminance is reduced. This can be dealt with by lowering the dimming rate of the lighting fixture 6 that can be lowered without turning off the lighting fixture 6 anew.

In this embodiment, when the lighting fixture 6 is turned off, the dimming rate of all the other lighting fixtures 6 that are turned on is set to the maximum dimming so that the brightness of the group G is maintained before and after the lighting fixture 6 is turned off. It is decided that the both are always present in either the rate or the minimum dimming rate. That is, in this embodiment, since the maximum dimming rate of the lighting fixture 6 is 100% and the minimum dimming rate is 50%, as shown in FIG. When the number of units is three or more (step Sd3: YES), about 1/3 of the lighting fixtures 6 that are turned on is turned off, and about 1/3, which is the same number, is maximally dimmed, The remaining light of about 1/3 is subjected to minimum light control (step Sd4). Then, in order to cope with the decrease in outdoor luminance, the brightness of the entrance illumination is lowered by reducing the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 having the maximum dimming (step Sd5).
In the example of FIG. 12 (B), since eight units are lit with the minimum light control, as shown in FIG. 12 (C), three units (addresses (2), (5), (7)) goes off, and the same number of 3 units (address (3), (6), (8)) is set to maximum dimming (100% dimming), and the remaining 2 units (address (1)) , (4)) is set to the minimum dimming (50% dimming).

  In step Sd5, about 1/3 of the lighting fixtures 6 that are turned on is turned off, and the remaining about 2/3 is a dimming rate between the maximum dimming and the minimum dimming (75 in this embodiment). %). Thus, the uniformity of the road surface illuminated by the group G can be favorably maintained by equalizing the dimming rates of the lighting fixtures 6 that are lit.

  When the number of lighting fixtures 6 that are lit is two (step Sd6: YES), the tunnel controller 12 turns off one and turns on the remaining one with maximum light control (step Sd7). ) The brightness of the entrance illumination is lowered by lowering the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 having the maximum dimming (step Sd4). When the number of lighting fixtures 6 that are turned on is one (step Sd6: NO), the tunnel controller 12 turns off the lighting fixtures 6 (step Sd8).

  Here, once the lighting fixture 6 is turned off, a certain time is required until it is turned on again. For example, when the outdoor brightness immediately returns, for example, when the sun is temporarily hidden in the clouds, the lighting fixture 6 is not turned off. Better. Therefore, when the tunnel controller 12 needs to turn off the luminaire 6 as the outdoor brightness decreases (that is, step Sd1: NO in FIG. 11), a turn-off delay process is performed (step Sd10).

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the turn-off delay process.
In this turn-off delay process, the tunnel controller 12 determines whether or not the lighting fixture 6 needs to be turned off (step Sf2) when the outdoor luminance is reduced (step Sf1). When it is not necessary to turn off the luminaire 6 (step Sf2: NO), that is, when the luminaire 6 other than the minimum dimming exists in the same group G, the processing procedure is moved to step Sd2 in FIG. The dimming rate of the lighting fixture 6 is lowered to cope with a decrease in outdoor luminance. On the other hand, when it is necessary to turn off the lighting fixtures 6 (step Sf2: YES), the tunnel controller 12 does not immediately turn off the lights, but maintains the dimming rate of each lighting fixture 6 as it is (step Sf3). If the outdoor brightness does not return while the set time (for example, 20 minutes) elapses, dimming of the lighting fixture 6 is started (step Sf4). In this light control, the process after step Sd3 shown in FIG. 11 is performed.
With this turn-off delay process, for example, when the outdoor brightness is restored immediately after the sun is temporarily hidden by the clouds, the lighting fixture 6 that requires a certain time to turn on again can be maintained in the lit state.

In addition, it is not preferable to rapidly change the brightness of the entrance illumination in accordance with the rapid change in the outdoor luminance. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, the dimming control when the outdoor luminance is reduced is provided with a delay process at the time of significant decrease corresponding to the significant decrease in the outdoor luminance (step Sd11).
FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the delay process at the time of significant decrease.
In the delay process at the time of significant decrease, when the outdoor brightness decreases (step Sg1), the tunnel controller 12 determines whether or not the decrease in outdoor brightness is significant based on the amount of decrease in outdoor brightness per time ( Step Sg2). If the outdoor luminance drop is not significant (step Sg2: NO), the processing procedure is shifted to step Sd1 in FIG. 11, and dimming according to the outdoor luminance drop is performed. On the other hand, when the outdoor luminance drop is significant (step Sg2: YES), the tunnel controller 12 maintains the dimming rate of each lighting fixture 6 as it is without performing dimming immediately (step Sg3). If there is no change in the outdoor brightness during the set time (for example, 20 minutes), the dimming of the lighting fixture 6 is started (step Sg4). Also in this light control, the process after step Sd1 shown in FIG. 11 is performed.
Thereby, the change of the brightness of entrance illumination can be made slow with respect to the sudden change of the detected value of outdoor luminance. Further, even when the outdoor luminance sensor 10 is shielded by something and the outdoor luminance temporarily changes abruptly, the brightness of the entrance illumination does not change in accordance with the change in the outdoor luminance.
In the turn-off delay process and the significant drop delay process, an arbitrary time can be set as the set time in consideration of the followability with the outdoor luminance. Further, the turn-off delay process and / or the delay process at the time of a significant drop may be omitted to improve the follow-up performance of the entrance illumination with respect to the outdoor luminance.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the dimming control when the outdoor luminance is increased. In addition, the delay process (step Se11) and the lighting fixture selection process (step Se10) at the time of significant increase in FIG.
When the outdoor brightness increases, the tunnel controller 12 increases the brightness of the entrance lighting by increasing the dimming rate of any of the lighting fixtures 6 in the group G. At this time, the tunnel controller 12 determines whether there is a lighting fixture 6 that is turned on except for the maximum dimming (100% in the present embodiment) (step Se1), and if it exists (step Se1). : YES), the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 is increased to increase the brightness of the entrance illumination (step Se2). In the example shown in FIG. 16A, the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 at the address (5) is increased.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 16B, when all of the lighting fixtures 6 that are lit are at maximum dimming (step Se1: NO), one of the lighting fixtures 6 is turned on to increase the brightness of the entrance illumination. There is a need to. At this time, since it is necessary to light at 100% brightness at the beginning of lighting of the lighting fixture 6, if the lighting fixture 6 is simply turned on, the entrance illumination becomes discontinuously bright. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the lighting fixture 6 is newly turned on, one or a plurality of lighting fixtures 6 being turned off are set to 100 so that the total brightness in the group G is substantially the same before and after lighting. Other lighting fixtures that are lit to include a lighting fixture 6 with a dimming rate that can be turned on according to outdoor brightness and that can be lowered according to outdoor brightness Then, the dimming rate of the lighting fixture 6 that is turned on is increased by an amount corresponding to the increase in outdoor luminance. Thereby, even when the lighting fixture 6 is turned on with 100% brightness, the brightness of the entrance illumination can be continuously changed. In addition, even if the outdoor brightness immediately decreases after the lighting fixture 6 is turned on, or even when the outdoor brightness continues to increase, it is possible to dimm the lighting fixture 6 without turning it on / off. it can.

  In the present embodiment, when the lighting fixture 6 is newly turned on, one or more lighting fixtures 6 that are turned off are 100% so that the total brightness in the group G is substantially the same before and after lighting. And turn on some of the other lighting fixtures that are lit. Specifically, in this embodiment, since the maximum dimming rate of the lighting fixture 6 is 100% and the minimum dimming rate is 50%, the tunnel controller 12 is lit as shown in FIG. When the number of lighting fixtures 6 is two or more (step Se3: YES), when there is a lighting fixture 6 that is extinguished (step Se4: YES), one lighting fixture 6 that is extinguished is turned on and turned on. One of them is set to the minimum light control (step Se5). Then, in order to cope with the increase in the outdoor luminance, the brightness of the entrance illumination is increased by increasing the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 with the minimum dimming (step Se6). In the example of FIG. 16B, since two units (addresses (4) and (5)) are lit at maximum dimming, one unit (address (3)) is lit and at maximum dimming. The two units (addresses (4) and (5)) that have been set to the minimum dimming (50% dimming).

  In Step Se5, instead of setting some of the other lighting fixtures 6 that are lit to minimum dimming, the dimming rate of the lighting fixture 6 is set to a dimming rate between the maximum dimming and the minimum dimming ( In this embodiment, it may be adjusted so as to be 75%. At this time, the uniformity of the road surface can be increased by setting all the lighting fixtures 6 in the group G to the same dimming rate.

  When the number of lighting fixtures 6 that are lit in step Se3 is one (step Se3: NO), the tunnel controller 12 lights one with 100% brightness, and the remaining one is the minimum light control. Then, the brightness of the entrance illumination is increased by increasing the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 with the minimum dimming (step Se6). Further, when there is no lighting fixture 6 that is turned off in step Se4 (step Se4: NO), the tunnel controller 12 performs maximum dimming (100% dimming) for all the lamps (step Se9).

Here, once the lighting fixture 6 is turned off, a certain time (for example, 30 minutes) is required until it is turned on again. Therefore, in step Se5 or step Se7, when the lighting fixture 6 that is turned off is turned on, a lighting fixture selection process (step Se10) for turning on the appropriate lighting fixture 6 is performed.
FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the lighting device selection process.
In this lighting device processing, when the outdoor brightness of the tunnel controller 12 increases (step Sh1) and a lamp lighting command is transmitted to the lighting device 6 (step Sh2), the lighting device 6 to be turned on has the lamp 50 turned off. Then, it is determined whether or not a certain time (for example, 30 minutes) has passed (step Sh3). When the fixed time has elapsed (step Sh3: YES), a lamp lighting command is transmitted to the address of the lighting fixture 6 to light it (step Sh4), and when the fixed time has not elapsed. (Step Sh3: NO), a lamp lighting command is transmitted to the address of the lighting fixture 6 that has passed for a certain period of time or longer (Step Sh5).
For example, as shown in FIG. 16C, when the lighting fixture 6 at address (3) is to be turned on by this lighting fixture selection processing, when a predetermined time has not passed since the lighting fixture 6 was turned off. The other lighting fixture 6 (address (6)) is turned on instead.

Here, as described above, since it is not preferable to rapidly change the brightness of the entrance illumination in accordance with the sudden change in the outdoor luminance, the dimming control accompanying the increase in the outdoor luminance is also effective as shown in FIG. A delay process at the time of significant increase corresponding to a significant increase in luminance is provided (step Se10).
FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the delay process at the time of significant increase.
In this large increase delay process, when the outdoor brightness increases (step Si1), the tunnel controller 12 determines whether or not the increase in outdoor brightness is significant based on the increase in outdoor brightness per hour ( Step Si2). When the increase in outdoor luminance is not significant (step Si2: NO), the processing procedure is shifted to step Se1 in FIG. 15, and light adjustment is performed in accordance with the increase in outdoor luminance. On the other hand, when the outdoor luminance increase is significant (step Si2: YES), the tunnel controller 12 does not immediately perform dimming, and maintains the dimming rate of each lighting fixture 6 as it is (step Si3). If there is no change in the outdoor brightness during the set time (for example, 20 minutes), dimming of the lighting fixture 6 is started (step Si4). Also in this light control, the process after step Se1 shown in FIG. 15 is performed.
In the lighting device selection process and the significant rise delay process, an arbitrary time can be set for the time until the lighting device 6 starts dimming in consideration of the followability with the outdoor luminance and the like. Moreover, the follow-up property of the entrance illumination with respect to the outdoor luminance may be improved by omitting the lighting device selection process and / or the delay process at the time of significant increase.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence relationship between the outdoor luminance and the number of lighting in the group G.
As described above, when all of the lighting fixtures 6 that are turned on are at the minimum dimming level, when one or more lighting fixtures 6 are turned off as the outdoor brightness decreases, the light in the group changes before and after the lights are turned off. As shown in FIG. 19, the number of lighting units decreases in a stepwise manner with respect to the decrease in outdoor luminance, so that the remaining lighting fixtures 6 are set to the minimum dimming while the plurality of lighting fixtures 6 are set to the maximum dimming. It will be.
On the other hand, when all of the lighting fixtures 6 that are turned on are at maximum dimming, when one or a plurality of lighting fixtures 6 are turned on as the outdoor brightness increases, In order to keep the lighting fixture 6 to be lit to the maximum dimming while keeping the other lighting fixtures 6 being lit to the minimum dimming so that the light does not change, the number of lighting increases as shown in FIG. On the other hand, it will increase stepwise.
At this time, when the lighting fixtures 6 are turned off, the lighting fixtures 6 are turned off with reference to the state where all the lighting fixtures 6 are in the minimum dimming state. The lighting is performed on the basis of the state in which the fixture 6 is in the maximum dimming, and the number of lighting is increased or decreased. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 19, a so-called hysteresis relationship is generated in the correspondence curve between the outdoor luminance and the number of lights when the lighting fixture 6 is turned off and when it is turned on.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
According to the present embodiment, each of the lighting fixtures 6 is connected in series to the tunnel controller 12, and transmits the address setting instructions from the tunnel controller 12 in order from the head toward the downstream, and receives the address setting instructions. The address is set to itself so that the address increases or decreases monotonously in order.

With this configuration, since it is not necessary for the operator to manually set an address for each lighting fixture 6, an address setting error can be prevented.
Furthermore, since the address is set so that the order in which the address setting instruction is received and the address satisfy a predetermined relationship (in this embodiment, monotonously increase or decrease) in each lighting fixture 6, Based on the address, it is possible to identify the number of appliances connected from the tunnel controller 12. Furthermore, since the address also corresponds to the mounting position, it is possible to specify the mounting position of the luminaire 6 based on the address, and the maintenance inspection work becomes very easy.
Furthermore, if the one-to-one feeding method is used as the communication method between the lighting fixtures 6, it is possible to extend the arrangement interval of the lighting fixtures 6 to the full communicable distance, and the number of connected devices can be reduced.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the last lighting fixture 6 directly connected notifies the tunnel controller 12 of the address set to itself, and the tunnel controller 12 also notifies the notified address and the number of the lighting fixtures 6. Based on the above, since it is configured to detect whether or not the address is normally set for all the lighting fixtures 6, it is possible to find a failure, abnormality, or construction failure of the lighting fixture 6 based on the detection result. . In addition, since it is possible to know what number of lighting fixtures 6 have been operated as the last tail based on the address of the lighting fixture 6 that has been notified, it is possible to easily identify the lighting fixture 6 at the failure, abnormality, or poorly constructed location. Can do.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the tunnel controller 12 communicates with each of the lighting fixtures 6 every predetermined period, and the history of the communication result is stored in the communication history data 45 in association with the address. Based on the communication history data 45, it is possible to detect a failure or abnormality of each lighting fixture 6. In particular, since the tunnel controller 12 is connected to the remote management terminal 14 through a telecommunication line such as the intranet 7 so as to be capable of bidirectional communication, and the management terminal 14 can acquire the communication history data 45, the remote controller 12 An abnormality of each lighting fixture 6 in the tunnel 2 can detect a failure.

Moreover, according to this embodiment, each of the lighting fixtures 6 transmits and receives other transmission signals between the upstream transmission / reception unit 62 that transmits and receives communication data via the transmission signal line 20 and the downstream side. The downstream transmission / reception unit 64 that transmits / receives communication data via the line 20 and the transmission signal line 20 on the downstream side are switched between the downstream transmission / reception unit 64 and the transmission signal line 20 on the upstream side. After the address is set in itself, the communication switch 72 connects the transmission signal line 20 on the downstream side to the transmission signal line 20 on the upstream side by the communication switch 72, and communicates with the tunnel controller 12. Are configured to be connected in parallel with other lighting fixtures 6.
With this configuration, after the address is set, the tunnel controller 12 and each lighting fixture 6 perform communication by a multi-drop method capable of transmitting and receiving communication data at a higher speed than the one-to-one transmission method, and can follow the outdoor luminance change. High dimming control is possible.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, any one of the lighting fixtures 6 (the farthest in the present embodiment) disposed at a position where the signal line length from the tunnel controller 12 does not exceed the communicable distance of the tunnel controller 12 is downstream. The transmission signal line 20 is connected to the downstream transmission / reception unit 64, and operates as a relay 6A that relays communication between the tunnel controller 12 and each lighting device 6 on the downstream side. This enables communication between the tunnel controller 12 and each luminaire 6 even in the long tunnel 2 exceeding the communicable distance of the tunnel controller 12, and the luminaire 6 of the repeater 6A and the downstream side. The lighting fixture 6 communicates by the multi-drop method, and high-speed communication can be maintained.

Further, according to the present embodiment, when an abnormality or failure such as a communication failure with the tunnel controller 12 occurs in the luminaire 6 operating as the repeater 6A, the luminaire 6 transmits the downstream and upstream transmission signals. The line 20 is connected by the communication switching device 72, and the lighting fixture 6 closer to the tunnel controller 12 than the lighting fixture 6 operates as the relay 6A.
With this configuration, the repeater 6A in which an abnormality or the like has occurred is switched to the multi-drop method and the communication data is bypassed to the downstream side. Therefore, the new repeater 6A is located on the downstream side of the repeater 6A before the occurrence of the abnormality or the like. Communication with the lighting fixture 6 becomes possible. Thereby, the lighting fixture 6 which the tunnel controller 12 cannot control can be restrict | limited to the repeater 6A before abnormality etc. generate | occur | produced.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, each of the lighting fixtures 6 is configured to light up with 100% brightness when communication with the tunnel controller 12 becomes impossible. Thereby, when abnormality or failure occurs in the tunnel illumination system 1, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the inside of the tunnel 2 becomes dark.

Moreover, according to this embodiment, each of the lighting fixture 6 in the group G of entrance illumination was comprised so that light control was possible between the maximum light control and the minimum light control.
With this configuration, linear dimming according to the outdoor luminance is possible as entrance illumination. Thereby, in the conventional thinning-out lighting, in order to increase the number of dimming steps, it is necessary to use a combination of a plurality of lighting fixtures having different wattages, but according to this embodiment, the same wattage Stepless dimming is possible with only the lighting fixture 6. As a result, the number of appliances required for entrance illumination can be reduced, thereby reducing costs. Further, in the conventional thinning-out lighting, it is necessary to wire each group with a cable in order to group and turn on / off the lighting fixtures at each dimming stage. On the other hand, in this embodiment, since each of the lighting fixtures 6 is individually dimmed to realize linear dimming, the number of cables can be reduced.

Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the tunnel controller 12 needs to turn off the lit lighting fixtures 6 because the outdoor luminance is reduced when all of the lit lighting fixtures 6 in the same group G are at minimum dimming. In order to maintain the brightness of each lighting fixture 6 that is turned on, the dimming of the remaining lighting fixtures 6 that are lit is maximized while turning off one or more lighting fixtures 6 that are turned on. The dimming and minimum dimming are arranged so that at least one unit exists, and the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 dimmed at the maximum dimming is reduced according to the decrease in outdoor luminance. .
With this configuration, when the outdoor brightness immediately increases, it is possible to cope with the problem by increasing the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 with the minimum dimming without newly turning on the luminaire that is turned off. On the other hand, when the outdoor luminance is lowered, it can be dealt with by reducing the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 having the maximum dimming.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the tunnel controller 12 needs to turn on the lighting fixtures 6 that are turned off when the lighting fixtures 6 in the group G are all lit up and the outdoor brightness increases. When the lighting occurs, one or a plurality of lighting fixtures 6 that are turned off are turned on with 100% brightness so that the total brightness in the group G is maintained by each lighting fixture 6 that is turned on. The dimming of one or a plurality of luminaires 6 is set to the minimum dimming, and the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 dimmed with the minimum dimming is increased in accordance with the increase in outdoor luminance.
As a result, when a new lighting fixture 6 that requires a certain period of time until it can be dimmed immediately after lighting is lit up, the lighting device 6 is always lit at 100% brightness, and the lighting in the group G is always turned on. The brightness can be continuously changed without a sudden change.

Further, according to the present embodiment, when the outdoor brightness is reduced, the tunnel controller 12 performs a significant decrease delay process and a turn-off delay process, so that it is necessary to turn off the lighting fixture 6 that is turned on. When the outdoor luminance does not recover during a certain period, or / and when the amount of decrease in the outdoor luminance per hour is equal to or less than a predetermined amount, the lit lighting fixture 6 is turned off.
With this configuration, for example, when the outdoor brightness immediately returns such as when the sun is temporarily hidden in the clouds, or / and when the outdoor brightness changes due to the outdoor brightness sensor 10 being shielded by something, It can prevent that the lighting fixture 6 turns off.

Moreover, according to this embodiment, when lighting the lighting fixture 6 in the tunnel controller 12 and being turned off, the lighting fixture 6 is turned on by performing a lighting fixture selection process. did.
With this configuration, the lighting fixture 6 can be reliably turned on in a sufficiently stable state, and the entrance illumination does not become unstable.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the tunnel controller 12 detects the respective cumulative lighting times of the lighting fixtures 6, and performs the initial illuminance correction of each lighting fixture 6 according to the cumulative lighting times to determine the dimming rate. It was. With this configuration, entrance illumination is not performed with excessive brightness, and the brightness is suppressed to a necessary and sufficient range, so that energy saving can be achieved.

  The above-described embodiment is merely an aspect of the present invention, and can be arbitrarily modified and applied within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

  For example, although the tunnel lighting system 1 is illustrated as a road lighting system according to the present invention, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the present invention is applied to an arbitrary road lighting system including a large number of lighting devices (road lights) installed along a road and a controller that controls each lighting device with an address set in each lighting device. be able to. As an example of such a road lighting system, there is a road lighting system that controls each of the road lights arranged along a highway or an automobile exclusive road.

  For example, the tunnel controller 12 transmits a communication method switching instruction to the luminaire 6 to switch the communication method of each luminaire 6 from the one-to-one sending method to the multi-drop method. The communication method may be manually switched on the substrate of each lighting fixture 6.

  In addition, for example, the initial illuminance correction has been described as the illuminance correction of each lighting fixture 6, but in addition to this, the dirt of the globe is estimated based on the installation time of each lighting fixture 6, and the illuminance reduction due to the dirt is corrected. The dimming rate may be calculated. Further, each lamp 6 or the tunnel controller 12 may be provided with a function of automatically resetting the cumulative lighting time of the lamp 50 when replacing the lamp, and automatically resetting the installation time when cleaning the globe.

  Here, in embodiment mentioned above, the case where the tunnel controller 12 considered each initial illuminance of each lighting fixture 6 and calculated each light control rate was illustrated. At this time, depending on the combination of the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 and the initial illuminance correction factor, the dimming rate after the initial illuminance correction may be lower than the minimum dimming of the luminaire 6. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 20, the dimming rate after the initial illuminance correction is limited by the minimum dimming, and the initial illuminance correction does not function. Therefore, for example, when the two illuminating devices 6 are individually individually corrected for the initial illuminance, for example, as shown in FIG. 21, in the luminaire 6 having a high dimming rate before the initial illuminance correction (device 1 in the figure). In the lighting fixture 6 (the fixture 2 in the figure) having a low dimming rate, although the initial illuminance correction is taken into account, the dimming rate after the initial illuminance correction is limited to the minimum dimming. Region W occurs. For this reason, even in the total dimming rate of these two units, as shown in FIG. 22, the dimming rate in the region W is fixed to 60% and does not follow the change in the outdoor luminance.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 23, in the region W where the dimming rate after the initial illuminance correction of the instrument 2 is limited to the minimum dimming, the dimming of the instrument 1 by the amount that the instrument 2 is limited to the minimum dimming. By further reducing the rate from the dimming rate after the initial illuminance correction shown in FIG. 21, as shown in FIG. 24, the overall dimming rate is also reduced in accordance with the decrease in outdoor luminance in the region W as shown in FIG. Can be reduced.
In the example shown in FIG. 23, the dimming rate of the instrument 2 is fixed to the minimum dimming (50% in the present embodiment), but the instrument 1 and the instrument 2 are improved in order to improve the road surface uniformity. The dimming rate of the appliance 1 and the appliance 2 may be lowered or raised so that the dimming rate becomes a similar value.

When the lighting fixtures 6 belonging to the same group G make up for the lack of dimming rate taking into account the initial illuminance correction, in order to calculate the overall initial illuminance correction rate in the group G, the tunnel controller 12 In-group initial illuminance correction processing is performed.
FIG. 25 is a flowchart of the intra-group initial illuminance correction process.
The tunnel controller 12 determines the accumulated lighting time of the individual lighting fixtures 6 until the previous day when the lighting fixtures 6 of the entrance lighting are turned off (in the illustrated example, midnight) (step Sj1). Based on this, as shown in FIG. 26, an initial illuminance correction factor is calculated for each lighting fixture 6 (step Sj2). Next, the tunnel controller 12 calculates the average of these initial illuminance correction factors as an average correction coefficient (step Sj3). Then, the tunnel controller 12 multiplies the dimming rate of each lighting fixture 6 in the group G by this average correction coefficient, thereby calculating the dimming rate taking into account the initial illuminance correction for each lighting fixture 6. At that time, if the dimming rate after multiplying by the average correction coefficient is less than the minimum dimming, the dimming rate of the other lighting fixtures 6 in the same group G is lowered by this amount.

Moreover, in embodiment mentioned above, although each lamp | ramp 50 of the lighting fixture 6 was made into the same wattage, you may use it not only in this but in a different wattage. In this case, the brightness at the time of 100% lighting of each lighting fixture 6 is converted into a luminous flux, and the dimming rate of each lighting fixture 6 is easily calculated based on the luminous flux and the design luminance corresponding to the outdoor luminance. can do. Further, since the difference in the initial illuminance correction rate can be regarded as the difference in the lamp output, the dimming rate of the luminaire 6 having a different initial illuminance correction rate can be easily calculated by converting it into a luminous flux.
For example, as shown in FIG. 27A, the luminous flux at the time of factory shipment (when the initial illuminance correction rate is 70%) is 41400 lm, and the initial illuminance correction rate has reached 100% as the cumulative lighting time increases. A case will be described in which two luminaires 6 each having a 360 W Celerx lamp with a luminous flux of 29800 lm in the lamp 50 are used.
The cumulative lighting times of the two lighting fixtures 6 are different, one fixture A is in a state where the cumulative lighting duration is long and the initial illumination correction rate has reached 100%, and the other fixture B is short in cumulative lighting duration and initial illumination correction. When the rate is 70%, the luminous flux at the time of 100% lighting is 29800 lm and 41400 (lm), respectively.
On the other hand, by converting the brightness (design luminance) necessary for the entrance illumination into a light flux, the light flux necessary for the entrance illumination can be calculated. Therefore, if the dimming rate of each of the fixtures A and B is determined between the maximum dimming and the minimum dimming so as to satisfy this luminous flux, a dimming rate appropriate for entrance illumination can be calculated. For example, as shown in FIG. 27B, when the required light flux is 54300 (lm), (the dimming rate of the device A, the dimming rate of the device B) = (100%, 50%), (50 %, 100%), (75%, 75%), (about 90%, about 65%).

At this time, by setting (the dimming rate of the appliance A, the dimming rate of the appliance B) = (about 90%, about 65%), the luminous fluxes of the appliance A and the appliance B are both 26700 (lm), As described above, the uniformity can be increased by calculating the dimming rate so that the luminous fluxes of the instruments A and B are the same.
Of course, even when lighting fixtures 6 having different outputs from the lamps 50 coexist, the dimming rate can be calculated based on the luminous flux of each lighting fixture 6 and the necessary luminous flux.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the tunnel controller 12 turns on / off the lighting fixture 6, each lighting fixture 6 in the group G is maintained while maintaining a light distribution adapted to the eyes of the driver traveling in the tunnel 2. The lighting fixture 6 to be turned on / off may be selected so that the accumulated lighting time is leveled.

  In the above-described embodiment, the high-pressure metal vapor discharge lamp is exemplified as the lamp 50 of the luminaire 6. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a fluorescent lamp, LED, or incandescent lamp capable of dimming from 100% to 0% is used as the light source. The lighting fixtures 6 may be used together.

  For example, although the entrance illumination of the tunnel 2 is illustrated, the present invention can be similarly applied to the exit illumination.

1 Tunnel lighting system (road lighting system)
2 Tunnel 6 Lighting fixture 6A Repeater 10 Outdoor brightness sensor 12 Tunnel controller (controller)
16, 20 Transmission signal line 30 Control unit 40 Dimming control unit 42 Address setting unit 44 Status detection unit 45 Communication history data 50 Lamp 52 Electronic ballast 62 Upstream transmission / reception unit 64 Downstream transmission / reception unit 72 Communication switch 80 Dimming table 82 Relay point address G group

Claims (7)

In a road lighting system comprising a plurality of lighting fixtures arranged along a road or a tunnel and a controller for controlling each of the lighting fixtures, the controller controlling based on an address set for each of the lighting fixtures ,
Each of the lighting fixtures is connected in series to the controller, and configured to be able to switch the communication method with the controller to a bucket relay method and a multi-drop method,
The controller transmits an address setting instruction for instructing address setting to itself together with an address to be relayed for communication to the head lighting equipment,
Each of the lighting fixtures
The address setting instruction is received by the bucket relay method, and the address is set so that the order of reception and the address satisfy a predetermined relationship ,
The controller is
When the setting of the address to each of the lighting fixtures is completed, the switching instruction to the multi-drop method is transmitted to each of the lighting fixtures, and the lighting fixtures other than the lighting fixtures set with the address to be relayed A road lighting system that switches a communication method of a lighting fixture to the multi-drop method . The last lighting fixture notifies the controller of the address set to itself,
2. The road lighting according to claim 1, wherein the controller detects whether the address is normally set for all the lighting fixtures based on the notified address and the number of the lighting fixtures. system.   3. The road lighting system according to claim 1, wherein the controller communicates with each of the lighting fixtures and stores a history of the communication result in association with an address every predetermined period. Each of the lighting fixtures
An upstream transmission / reception unit that transmits and receives communication data to and from the upstream side via a transmission signal line;
A downstream transmission / reception unit that transmits / receives communication data to / from the downstream side via another transmission signal line;
The transmission signal line with the downstream side includes a switch that switches the connection destination between the downstream transmission / reception unit and the transmission signal line with the upstream side connected to the upstream transmission / reception unit,
When the address to be relayed is not set in itself, the transmission signal line on the downstream side is connected to the transmission signal line on the upstream side by the switch according to the switching instruction to the multi-drop method. The road lighting system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the controller is connected to the controller in parallel with another lighting fixture.   Any lighting fixture arranged at a position where the signal line length from the controller does not exceed the communicable distance of the controller connects the transmission signal line with the downstream side to the downstream side transmission / reception unit, and the controller The road lighting system according to claim 4, wherein the road lighting system operates as a relay that relays communication with each lighting device on the downstream side. The lighting fixture that operates as the repeater, when communication failure occurs between the controller and the transmission signal line on the downstream side and the upstream side is connected by the switch,
The road lighting system according to claim 5, wherein the controller sends an instruction to a lighting fixture closer to the controller than the lighting fixture in which the communication failure has occurred, and operates as the repeater.   The road lighting system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein each of the lighting fixtures is turned on with 100% brightness when communication with the controller is disabled.

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