JP6069864B2 - Monitoring terminal and lighting control system using the monitoring terminal - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to, for example, a monitoring terminal that remotely controls a plurality of lighting fixtures arranged on a ceiling surface in a building, and a lighting control system using the monitoring terminal.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in office buildings and various facilities, an illumination control system that remotely controls an illumination load such as a luminaire installed in each illumination area such as each floor or each area has been adopted.

  In this lighting control system, a plurality of lighting devices are communicably connected to a central processing unit, which is a lighting control device, via a transmission line, and each lighting device is controlled by a control signal from the central processing unit. The Further, the central processing unit and the plurality of lighting devices communicate with each other via a transmission line, so that the central processing unit can manage the lighting devices in an integrated manner.

  In addition, in the plurality of lighting fixtures in this lighting control system, an operation signal is output to the transmission line in response to a manual operation of a monitoring terminal such as a wall switch that can be remotely operated, and is turned on by the central processing unit that receives the operation signal / Off is controlled.

  The conventional monitoring terminal has, for example, a plurality of touch operation units for remotely operating each lighting device for each group, and turns on / off the lighting devices of the group corresponding to the operated touch operation unit. The operation signal thus generated is output to the central processing unit via the transmission line (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-21987

  In recent years, a plurality of lighting fixtures arranged on a ceiling surface in a building are arranged for each of a large number of groups according to the usage pattern of the floor, while energy saving is achieved in a lighting control system having the plurality of lighting fixtures. It is hoped that

  However, since the conventional monitoring terminal has a small number of touch operation units assigned to each group, in order to instruct to turn on / off a plurality of lighting fixtures assigned to many groups, a plurality of touch operation units are provided. The number of monitoring terminals must be increased, and the cost becomes expensive.

  In addition, the conventional monitoring terminal is configured to simply instruct on / off operation of a plurality of luminaires assigned to each grape and to display that the on / off operation instruction has been given by an LED or the like. For this reason, in conventional monitoring terminals, in which area of the building, which group of lighting fixtures is lit with how much dimming, or the dimming and power consumption of the power consumption Cannot be notified to the user, and energy saving of the entire lighting control system cannot be achieved.

Therefore, the present embodiment has been made in view of the above problems, and it is possible to turn on / off lighting fixtures for a plurality of groups without adding a plurality of monitoring terminals, and lighting for each group. An object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive monitoring terminal that can save energy by displaying the dimming rate of the appliance and an illumination control system using the monitoring terminal.

The monitoring terminal according to the embodiment includes a first operation button display unit that displays a plurality of operation buttons for each group including at least one lighting device on a display screen of a touch panel, and the plurality of operation buttons Is switched to at least two display states of the plurality of lighting fixtures in an on state and an off state, and the dimming rate for each group is displayed on the first operation button display unit separately from the two display states. and said that you have been displayed together with the operation buttons for each group.

The illumination control system embodiment, a plurality of lighting fixtures and; that comprising a; and a control unit for controlling the plurality of lighting fixtures; monitoring terminal device according to claim 1 for communicating with the control unit It is characterized by.

According to the monitoring terminal according to the embodiment and the lighting system using this monitoring terminal, it is possible to turn on / off the lighting fixtures for each of a plurality of groups without adding a plurality of monitoring terminals. By displaying the dimming rate of the luminaire for each group, an inexpensive monitoring terminal capable of saving energy and an illumination control system using the monitoring terminal can be realized.

The block diagram which shows the whole structure of an illumination control system provided with the monitoring terminal device which concerns on embodiment The top view of the floor for demonstrating the structural example by which the lighting fixture in the lighting control system of FIG. 1 was allocated to the group for every area The block diagram which shows the structure of the monitoring terminal of FIG. The figure which shows the example of a display of the monitoring terminal unit display-switched to the power consumption display by operation of the display switching tag of FIG. The figure which shows the example of a display of the monitoring terminal at the time of switching the display to the integral power consumption display which shows the modification of the power consumption display of FIG. The flowchart which shows the example of control in CPU of the central processing unit of FIG. The flowchart which shows the power consumption amount and consumption power consumption calculation routine in CPU of the central processing unit of FIG.

The monitoring terminal according to the embodiment includes a first operation button display unit that displays a plurality of operation buttons for each group including at least one lighting device on a display screen of a touch panel, and the plurality of operation buttons each of the at least two switches to a display state, the operation button display unit dimmer rate is the first of each separately of the groups from the two display states of oN and oFF states of the plurality of lighting fixtures and said that you have been displayed together with the operation buttons for each group.

  In the embodiments of the present invention and the following claims, the definitions and technical meanings of terms are as follows unless otherwise specified.

  The lighting fixture is, for example, a lighting fixture using an LED as a light source, but is not limited thereto. However, considering the response speed of the light source, if the light source is an illuminator that uses an LED as a light source rather than a normal lamp, the dimming control can be performed quickly even when many luminaires are installed. It is.

  The operation button display unit is a touch panel type operation button displayed on one display screen constituting the operation screen of the monitoring terminal, but is not limited thereto. For example, the operation screen of the monitoring terminal may be composed of two display screens, an on-state operation button display portion is displayed on one display screen, and an off-state operation button display portion is displayed on the other display screen. Good.

The monitoring terminal according to claim 2 is the monitoring terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first operation button display unit communicates between the control unit that controls the plurality of lighting fixtures and the monitoring terminal. By performing this, the first operation button display unit is displayed.

  According to this configuration, the electrical configuration of the monitoring terminal can be simplified by displaying the plurality of operation button display units based on the display data transmitted from the control unit and received. Can be realized.

The monitoring terminal according to claim 3 is the monitoring terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an all-on switch for instructing an on operation to turn on all of the plurality of lighting fixtures in the display screen of the touch panel. further comprising a second operation button display unit for displaying, the all-on switch is dimming status of all luminaires is turned previously stored by the all-on switch, the oN operation, storage The ON operation is instructed to be in the dimming state of all the previous lighting fixtures, or the dimming rate of all the plurality of lighting fixtures is set to a predetermined limit value, and the set predetermined An on operation is instructed so as to reach a limit value.

  The all-on switch of the operation button display unit instructs the on operation to be in the dimming state of all the previous lighting fixtures stored in the on operation, or the dimming rate of all the plurality of lighting fixtures Is set to a predetermined limit value, and the ON operation is instructed so that the set predetermined limit value is reached. Therefore, it is possible to turn on all the lighting fixtures with one operation, and of course, to save energy. All lighting fixtures can be turned on in a lighting state effective for making the energy efficient, which greatly contributes to energy saving.

The monitoring terminal according to claim 4 is the monitoring terminal according to claim 3, wherein the second operation button display unit instructs an off operation to turn off all of the plurality of lighting fixtures. further comprising a, an operation button to the off-state, including the all-off switch, and displaying in a color different from that of the operation button to the on-state, including the all-on switch.

  A group that is lit or extinguished to the operator by displaying the operation button display part including the all-off switch in the off state and the operation button display part including the all-on switch in the on state in different colors. The lighting / extinguishing state of the lighting fixture for each (area) can be notified smoothly. For example, it is desirable to display the operation button display part in the on state including the all-on switch in red and to display the operation button display part in the off state including the all-off switch in green. However, the display is limited to this color. is not.

The illumination control system embodiment, a plurality of lighting fixtures, and a control unit for controlling the plurality of lighting fixtures, by comprising a monitoring device as claimed in claim 1 for communicating with the control unit Features.

  The terminal device is, for example, a control terminal device that controls a plurality of lighting fixtures, but is not limited thereto, and includes a sensor terminal device and the like. The control terminal is configured to be able to connect, for example, a four-circuit lighting fixture, but is not limited thereto, and may be configured to be capable of connecting an eight-circuit lighting fixture, for example.

  Further, the terminal is configured by a wired transmission type controller that transmits a control signal or the like in a wired manner, but may be configured by a wireless transmission type controller that transmits a control signal wirelessly, for example.

  According to the illumination control system having such a configuration, it is possible to construct an illumination control system including a monitoring terminal that can achieve energy saving with a simple configuration and low cost.

(Embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a lighting control system including a monitoring terminal according to the present embodiment.
A lighting control system 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a central processing unit 2 that remotely controls lighting fixtures installed in each lighting area such as each floor or each area such as an office building or various facilities.

  This central processing unit 2 includes a wall switch 4 constituting a monitoring terminal of this embodiment via a two-wire transmission line (hereinafter referred to as a transmission line) 3, and a plurality of control terminals S1, S2, S3 described later. ,... Sn (n is an integer), sensor terminal 5, wireless receivers 6 and 7, and human sensor 8 are connected. Further, a wireless transmitter 9 that transmits signals to the wireless receiver 6 by infrared rays and a wireless transmitter / receiver 10 that transmits and receives signals to and from the wireless receiver 7 by infrared rays are provided.

The wall switch 4, the plurality of control terminals S, the sensor terminals 5, the wireless receivers 6 and 7, the human sensor 8, the wireless transmitter 9, and the wireless transmitter / receiver 10 are illumination devices connected to the transmission line 3. The plurality of lighting devices are controlled by the central processing unit 2 via the transmission line 3. That is, the central processing unit 2 comprehensively controls this system.
And the said control terminal S is connected to the central processing unit 2 via the transmission line 3, and can control a corresponding lighting fixture.

  The lighting fixture connected to the control terminal S connected to the transmission line 3 includes a lighting fixture that is turned on / off by a relay circuit (hereinafter referred to as a relay).

 The wall switch 4 has an on / off switch corresponding to each lighting fixture or a group which is a set of a plurality of lighting fixtures, and includes a corresponding lighting fixture or a plurality of lighting fixtures based on a user's switch operation. An on / off operation signal for turning the group on or off is output to the central processing unit 2. The specific configuration of the wall switch 4 will be described later.

  The plurality of control terminals S 1, S 2, S 3,... Sn can be connected to, for example, four-circuit lighting fixtures, and such a plurality of control terminals S 1, S 2, S 3,. Has been. In addition, as a lighting fixture, the lighting fixture using light sources, such as a lamp | ramp and a light emitting diode (LED), is used, for example.

  Further, in the configuration in which the relay is provided, the relay performs lighting and extinguishing control with respect to a plurality of connected lighting fixtures, and the corresponding lighting by receiving the lighting control signal from the central processing unit 2. The appliance is turned on and off.

  The sensor terminal device 5 is, for example, a terminal device for dimming control of a lighting fixture in order to constantly control the illuminance on the desk surface. The sensor terminal 5 is connected to the transmission line 3 via a transmission interface. The sensor terminal 5 includes a sensor unit that detects light, a display unit, and a memory that stores address data of the sensor terminal 5.

  The wireless transmitter 9 transmits information on lighting / extinguishing of the luminaire to the wireless receiver 6 by infrared rays, for example. The wireless transmitter 9 includes a transmission interface that can be connected to the transmission line 3, an infrared transmitter that transmits illumination control information by infrared rays, a memory that stores address data of the wireless transmitter 9, and the like. It is configured.

  The wireless transmitter / receiver 10 is a terminal device for transmitting / receiving information on lighting / extinguishing of lighting equipment to / from the wireless receiver 7 by infrared rays. This wireless transmitter / receiver 10 includes an infrared transmitter that transmits infrared rays, an infrared receiver that receives infrared rays, an operation button for controlling lighting on / off, and a memory that stores address data of the wireless transmitter / receiver 10. It is configured.

  The human sensor 8 is a terminal device for detecting the presence of a person and controlling lighting of the lighting apparatus. The human sensor 8 is connected to the transmission line 3 via a transmission interface. Further, the human sensor 8 includes an infrared detecting unit that detects an infrared ray radiated from a person, and a memory that stores address data of the human sensor 8.

  The wireless receiver 6 receives an infrared signal transmitted from the wireless transmitter 9. The wireless receiver 6 is connected to the transmission line 3 via a transmission interface. In addition, the wireless receiver 6 is provided with an address setting unit for storing address data of the wireless receiver 6 and an infrared receiving unit for receiving infrared rays. Note that the wireless receiver 6 has an infrared transmission unit for enabling infrared transmission.

  The wireless receiver 7 receives an infrared signal transmitted from the wireless transceiver 10. This wireless receiver 7 is connected to the transmission line 3 via a transmission interface. In addition, the wireless receiver 7 is provided with an address setting unit for storing address data of the wireless receiver 7 and an infrared receiving unit for receiving infrared rays. The wireless receiver 7 has an infrared transmission unit for enabling transmission of infrared rays.

  In such an illumination control system 1, the central processing unit 2 and the plurality of lighting devices communicate with each other via the transmission line 3, so that the central processing unit 2 manages the lighting fixtures in an integrated manner, The lighting fixtures connected to the control terminals S1, S2, S3,... Sn can be turned on and off, and the light control can be performed.

  In the illumination control system 1 shown in FIG. 1, the central processing unit 2 includes a CPU 2a, a ROM 2b, and an operation unit (not shown) that constitute a control unit, which are connected via a bus (not shown). .

  The CPU 2 a generates a control signal for controlling a plurality of lighting fixtures based on the on / off operation instruction signal from the wall switch 4, and the generated control signal is transmitted to the plurality of control terminals via the transmission line 3. Output to S1, S2, S3,... Sn.

  The ROM 2b performs communication with a lighting device such as the control terminal S or a program necessary for the CPU 2a as a control unit to perform dimming control of the lighting fixture based on the operation of the control terminal S and the wall switch 4. It stores programs and the like necessary for outputting control signals to the lighting fixtures and monitoring the operating state.

  In addition, the ROM 2b has control information indicating a control state such as a dimming rate of lighting fixtures in groups for each preset area, a set value such as a limit value of the dimming rate, and the wall switch 4 and the control terminal. The correspondence (allocation) information with the lighting fixtures connected to the fixture S, the schedule information of the lighting fixtures of the group for each area, and the like are stored.

  The CPU 2a executes a predetermined program stored in the ROM 2b, thereby performing dimming control of the entire lighting control system 1, or generating display data of the wall switch 4 and transmitting the wall data via the transmission line 3 as will be described later. The output to the switch 4 is used for display control or monitoring control of the wall switch 4.

  The operation unit (not shown) is used for setting the address of the wall switch 4, the control terminal S, the sensor terminal 5, etc., setting the data stored in the R0M2a, RAM, or turning on the lighting fixture via the control terminal S. This is an operation means for inputting an operation instruction for performing a light-off control, a dimming control, or the like.

Next, the structure of the wall switch 4 which comprises the monitoring terminal of this embodiment is demonstrated using FIGS.
2 is a plan view of a floor for explaining a configuration example in which the lighting fixtures in the lighting control system of FIG. 1 are allocated to groups for each area, and FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the monitoring terminal in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of the monitoring terminal device that has been switched to the power consumption display by operating the display switching tag of FIG.

  On the ceiling of the floor 20 shown in FIG. 2, for example, a plurality of control terminals S <b> 1 to S <b> 67 constituting the groups 21 to 40 connected to the central processing unit 2 are arranged. Each control terminal S is connected to a plurality of lighting fixtures.

  In this layout, for example, the control terminals S1 to S4 constituting the group 21 are arranged in an area on the east side of the corridor in the floor 20, and the control terminals S5 to S8 constituting the group 22 are arranged on the west side of the corridor in the floor 20. The control terminals S9 to S11 which are arranged in the area and constitute the group 23 are arranged in the area on the south side of the corridor in the floor 20, and further, the control terminals S12 to S14 which constitute the group 24 are in the corridor in the floor 20 Located in the north area.

  Furthermore, the entire floor 20 is divided into two large floors, the north side and the south side, through the elevator hall, and the south side floor is divided into six areas including, for example, two locker rooms, and the north side floor is, for example, 2 It is divided into five areas including one locker room.

  In the south floor layout, for example, control terminals S15 to S18 constituting the group 25 are arranged in the area of the floor 1, and control terminals S19 to S22 constituting the group 26 are arranged in the area of the floor 2. The control terminals S23 to S26 constituting the group 27 are arranged in the area of the floor 3. Further, control terminals S27 to S30 constituting the group 28 are arranged in the area of the floor 4, and control terminals S31 to S34 constituting the group 29 are arranged in the area of the floor 5 to control the group 30. Terminals S35 to S38 are arranged in the area of the floor 6.

  In the north floor layout, for example, control terminals S39 to S41 constituting the group 31 are arranged in the area of the floor 7, and control terminals S42 to S44 constituting the group 32 are arranged in the area of the floor 8. The control terminals S45 to S47 constituting the group 33 are arranged in the area of the floor 9. Further, control terminals S48 to S53 constituting the group 34 are arranged in the area of the floor 10, and control terminals S54 to S59 constituting the group 35 are arranged in the area of the floor 11.

Further, the control terminals S60 to S63 constituting the group 36 are arranged in the area of the elevator hall arranged between the two large floors on the north side and the south side.
A locker room 1 is adjacent to the east side of the floor 1, and a locker room 2 is adjacent to the east side of the floor 2. In the locker room 1 area, a control terminal S64 constituting the group 37 is arranged, and in the locker room 2 area, a control terminal S65 constituting the group 38 is arranged.

Further, the locker room 3 is adjacent to the west side of the floor 9, and the locker room 4 is adjacent to the west side of the floor 11. In the locker room 3 area, a control terminal S66 constituting the group 39 is arranged, and in the locker room 4 area, a control terminal S67 constituting the group 40 is arranged.
In addition, in FIG. 2, the boundary of each area provided in two floors, and the boundary with a locker room are shown with the dashed-two dotted line.

  And the wall switch 4 of this embodiment is each arrange | positioned in the doorway vicinity of each floor, for example. In the layout of FIG. 2, two wall switches 4 are arranged. However, for example, when one doorway is a large floor, one wall switch 4 may be arranged.

  Even if the wall switch 4 constituting the monitoring terminal of this embodiment is a lighting control system in which there are many groups to which a plurality of lighting fixtures are assigned as shown in the layout shown in FIG. It is possible to instruct to turn on / off the lighting fixtures of the group for every area with one wall switch 4 without adding a fixture.

  In the present embodiment, the wall switch 4 constituting the monitoring terminal has a plurality of operation button display units 12 and 13 for displaying operation buttons for each area where a plurality of lighting fixtures are arranged. Reference numerals 12 and 13 denote touch panel type operation buttons, which communicate with the CPU 2a which is a control unit for controlling the plurality of lighting fixtures, and thereby display at least two display states of the plurality of lighting fixtures in an on state and an off state. And the dimming rate or the power consumption amount of the plurality of lighting fixtures is displayed.

  The display data of the operation button display units 12 and 13 is the display data transmitted from the CPU 2a that is the control unit of the central processing unit 2, and the wall switch 4 has a plurality of display data based on the received display data. The operation button display units 12 and 13 are displayed.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the wall switch 4 constitutes a touch panel type input device such as a liquid crystal display type, and an operation screen 4 </ b> A is provided on the display screen. Is displayed.

  The operation screen 4 </ b> A includes a switch tag 11, operation button display units 12 and 13, and a display switching tag 14 displayed adjacent to the switch tag 11. The switch tag 11 is a display unit that notifies the user that the operation screen 4A is a switch.

  The operation button display unit 12 includes an all-on switch 12a and an all-off switch 12b. The all-on switch 12a is a switch that instructs an on operation to turn on the lighting fixtures in all areas. The all-off switch 12b is a switch for instructing an off operation for turning off the luminaires in all areas.

  An information display unit 12c is displayed near the all-on switch 12a. This information display part 12c displays the light control rate [%] of all the lighting fixtures which are turned on. The information display unit 12c switches the display mode of the information display unit by pressing the display switching tag 14, and, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the power consumption [kw] of all lighting fixtures that are turned on. Is switched to the information display unit 12x.

The operation button display unit 13 includes group operation buttons 13A to 13T for each area where a plurality of lighting fixtures are arranged.
That is, the operation button 13A is a switch assigned to turn on / off the lighting fixtures in the area of the group 21 on the east side of the corridor, and an information display unit that displays the dimming rate of the lighting fixtures in that area inside. 13a.

  The operation button 13B is a switch assigned to turn on / off the lighting fixtures in the group 22 area on the west side of the corridor, and an information display unit 13b that displays the dimming rate of the lighting fixtures in the area inside is provided. Have.

  The operation button 13C is a switch assigned to turn on / off the lighting fixtures in the area of the group 23 on the south side of the corridor, and an information display unit 13c that displays the dimming rate of the lighting fixtures in the area inside the operation button 13C. Have.

  The operation button 13D is a switch assigned to turn on / off the lighting fixtures in the area of the group 24 on the north side of the corridor, and an information display unit 13d that displays the dimming rate of the lighting fixtures in the area inside. Have.

  Similarly, the operation buttons 13E to 13O are switches assigned to turn on / off the lighting fixtures in the respective areas of the groups 25 to 35 of the respective floors 1 to 11, and correspond to the inside thereof. It has information display parts 13e-13o which display the light control rate of the lighting fixture of an area.

  The operation button 13P is a switch assigned to turn on / off the lighting fixtures in the area of the elevator hall group 36, and an information display section for displaying the dimming rate of the lighting fixtures in that area inside. 13p.

  Further, the operation buttons 13Q to 13T are switches assigned to turn on / off the lighting fixtures in the respective areas of the groups 37 to 40 of the respective lockers 1 to 4, and each of the areas corresponding to the inside thereof. It has the information display parts 13q-13t which display the light control rate of a lighting fixture.

  Note that the information display units 13a to 13t of the plurality of operation buttons 13A to 13T are displayed for each area as shown in FIG. 4 when the display mode of the information display unit is switched by pressing the display switching tag 14, for example. The power consumption amount [kw] of the lighting fixture is switched to the information display units 13a1 to 13t1 that are respectively displayed.

  In addition, the information display unit 12x illustrated in FIG. 4 further presses the display switching tag 14, so that, for example, as illustrated in Modification 1 in FIG. kwh] may be switched to the information display unit 12y.

  In this case, when the display mode of the information display unit is switched by pressing the display switching tag 14, the information display units 13a1 to 13t1 of the plurality of operation buttons 13A to 13T are illuminated for each area as shown in FIG. Switched to the information display units 13a2 to 13t2 in which the accumulated power consumption [kwh] of the appliance is displayed, respectively. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of the monitoring terminal when the display is switched to the integrated power consumption display showing a modification of the power consumption display of FIG.

  In this embodiment, the wall switch 4 is displayed in a different color from the operation button in the on state including the all-on switch 12a and the operation button in the off state including the all-off switch 12b.

  In the example shown in FIG. 3, the all-on switch 12a, the operation buttons 13A, 13B, 13C, 13E, 13H, 13I, 13J, 13K, 13M, 13P, and 13T are in the on state, and are displayed in red, for example.

On the other hand, the all-off switch 12b and the operation buttons 13D, 13F, 13G, 13L, 13N, 13O, 13Q, 13R, and 13S are in an off state, and are displayed in green, for example.
The color indicating the on / off state is not limited to red and green, but can be appropriately changed to a color that the user can recognize at a glance. Further, the operation button indicating the ON state may be displayed in a blinking manner so as to be easily understood.

  Therefore, by displaying the operation button display parts 12 and 13 of the wall switch 4 in different colors according to the on / off state in this way, the user can see at a glance which area of the lighting fixture is on / off. Can recognize.

  Display data of the operation button display units 12 and 13 constituting the operation screen 4A of the wall switch 4 is transmitted from the CPU 2a of the central processing unit 2. Then, the wall switch 4 receives this display data, and displays the plurality of operation button display sections 12 and 13 on the operation screen 4A based on the received display data.

  The wall switch 4 has a well-known touch panel type switch structure, and includes an input device such as a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, a touch pad for performing display control based on at least the received display data, and further, It has a communication function with CPU2a which is a control part.

  Next, a control example of the central processing unit that performs display control of the wall switch 4 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of control in the CPU of the central processing unit in FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a routine for calculating the integrated power consumption in the CPU of the central processing unit in FIG.

  The CPU 2a of the central processing unit 2 always executes the routine shown in FIG. 6 read from the ROM 2b. That is, the CPU 2a determines whether or not there is a change in the operation by the wall switch 4 that is a monitoring terminal or the schedule information stored in the ROM 2b in the process of step S100.

  In this case, if the CPU 2a receives the operation signal from the wall switch 4 or determines that the schedule information has changed, the CPU 2a moves the process to step S101. The determination process in step S100 is continued.

  In the process of step S101, the CPU 2a generates a control signal for lighting the designated group of lighting devices at the designated dimming rate, that is, the preset dimming rate stored in the ROM 2b, This control signal is output to the control terminal S of the group based on the received on / off operation signal.

  In this case, if the all-on switch 12a is turned on, the CPU 2a uses the control information of the luminaires stored in the ROM 2b to generate a control signal so that all previous luminaires are dimmed. And output. The dimming state of all the previous lighting fixtures is the dimming state of all the lighting fixtures turned on by the all-on switch 12a, and all the lighting fixtures immediately before being turned off by the OFF operation of the all-off switch 12b. Dimming state.

  Or CPU2a sets the light control rate of all the some lighting fixtures to the predetermined limit value memorize | stored in ROM2b, and produces | generates and outputs the control signal which becomes this set predetermined limit value.

  Note that, depending on the setting, the CPU 2a generates and outputs a control signal for lighting only the lighting fixtures in the group with the dimming rate equal to or higher than the predetermined limit value, and outputs the control signal of the lighting fixture with the dimming rate less than the predetermined limit value. It is also possible to control the group so that it does not light up. In this case, the CPU 2a performs control so that it does not light even if it is turned on by an individual operation button.

  After the output control of the control signal, the CPU 2a displays the on / off display of the operation button, the dimming rate, or the power consumption corresponding to the control signal output in step S101 by the processing in the subsequent step S102. Next, the display data generation processing of the operation button display units 12 and 13 of the wall switch 4 is performed.

Thereafter, the CPU 2a outputs the generated display data of the wall switch 4 to the wall switch 4 through the transmission line 3 in the subsequent process of step S103. As a result, the wall switch 4 receives the display data output via the transmission line 3 and performs display based on the received display data, so that the current control state is displayed on the screen of the wall switch 4. The operation screen 4A having the operation button display units 12 and 13 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed.
Thereafter, the CPU 2a returns the process to step S100, and continues the process of step S100 until there is an operation by the wall switch 4 or a change in the schedule.

  Further, the CPU 2a of the central processing unit 2 always executes the calculation processing routine of the power consumption amount and the consumption power consumption amount shown in FIG. 7 while executing the processing routine shown in FIG.

That is, the CPU 2a detects the current output status of all lighting fixtures using the control information such as the control signal in the process of step S200, and in the subsequent processing of step S201, detects all the detected lighting fixtures. Using the output state, the power consumption and the integrated power consumption are calculated, the calculated power consumption and the integrated power consumption data are stored in the ROM 2b, and the display data of the wall switch 4 is appropriately created. Used when.
The accumulated power consumption data is, for example, data that is calculated every hour, every day, or every month, and may be set as needed.

  As described above, in the wall switch 4 according to the present embodiment, the operation button display units 12 and 13 that are touch panel type operation buttons communicate with the CPU 2a of the control unit, whereby a plurality of lighting fixtures for each area are provided. It is possible to display the dimming rate or power consumption of a plurality of lighting fixtures for each area while switching to at least two display states of an on state and an off state.

  With this configuration, in the wall switch 4 of the present embodiment, it is possible to turn on / off the lighting fixtures in groups for each of the 20 areas, so there is no need to provide a wall switch that is a separate monitoring terminal, Costs in the lighting control system can be reduced.

  Moreover, since the dimming rate or power consumption of a plurality of lighting fixtures for each area is displayed on the operation button display sections 12 and 13 of the wall switch 4, the control information of the lighting fixtures for each area is notified to the user. Therefore, it greatly contributes to energy saving.

Further, the wall switch 4 is displayed in different colors on the operation button in the on state including the all-on switch 12a and the operation button in the off state including the all-off switch 12b. Therefore, according to this embodiment, it is possible to turn on / off lighting fixtures for a plurality of groups without adding a plurality of monitoring terminals, and for each group. By displaying the dimming rate or power consumption of the lighting fixture, an inexpensive monitoring terminal capable of saving energy and an illumination control system using the monitoring terminal can be realized.

  In the present embodiment, the control terminal S is configured so that, for example, a four-circuit lighting fixture can be connected. However, the control terminal S is not limited to this. For example, the control terminal S is configured so that an eight-circuit lighting fixture can be connected. It may be.

  In the present embodiment, the operation button display unit 13 of the wall switch 4 is configured to include the operation buttons 13A to 13T corresponding to 20 areas, but is not limited thereto. The number of areas and the number of operation buttons may be set as appropriate according to the layout of the floor.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Lighting control system 2 ... Central processing unit 3 ... Transmission line 4 ... Wall switch (monitoring terminal)
4A ... Operation screen 5 ... Sensor terminal 6 ... Wireless receiver 7 ... Wireless receiver 8 ... Human sensor 9 ... Wireless transmitter 10 ... Wireless transmitter / receiver 11 ... Switch tags 12, 13 ... Operation button display unit 12a ... All-on Switch 12b ... All-off switches 12c, 12x, 12y ... Information display units 13A to 13T ... Operation buttons 13a to 13t ... Information display unit 14 ... Display switching tag 20 ... Floors 21-40 ... Group S ... Control terminal

Claims (5)

Having a first operation button display unit for displaying a plurality of operation buttons for each group composed of at least one lighting device on the display screen of the touch panel;
Each of the plurality of operation buttons is switched to at least two display states of an on state and an off state of the plurality of lighting fixtures,
Monitoring terminal device characterized that you have been displayed together with the operation buttons of each group in the operation button display unit dimmer rate is the first of separately each group and the two display states.   The first operation button display unit displays the first operation button display unit through communication between a control unit that controls the plurality of lighting fixtures and the monitoring terminal. Item 2. The monitoring terminal according to Item 1. A second operation button display unit that displays an all-on switch that instructs an on operation to turn on all of the plurality of lighting fixtures in the display screen of the touch panel;
The all-on switch stores the dimming state of all the lighting fixtures previously turned on by the all-on switch, and the on-operation includes the dimming state of all the previous lighting fixtures stored. The ON operation is instructed so that the dimming ratio is set to a predetermined limit value, and the ON operation is instructed to be the set predetermined limit value. The monitoring terminal device according to claim 1 or 2.   The second operation button display unit further includes an all-off switch that instructs an off operation to turn off all of the plurality of lighting fixtures. The operation button in an off state including the all-off switch; The monitoring terminal according to claim 3, wherein the monitoring terminal is displayed in a color different from that of an operation button in an on state including a switch. Multiple lighting fixtures;
A control unit for controlling the plurality of lighting fixtures;
The monitoring terminal according to claim 1, which communicates with the control unit;
An illumination control system comprising:

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