JP7394378B2 - lighting system - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to a lighting fixture system that allows multiple lighting fixtures to be individually operated using wireless communication.

In recent years, lighting systems that control lighting equipment using wireless communication have become popular in medium to large facilities such as offices and stores. With such a lighting system, it is possible to provide an appropriate space to the people staying within the facility through detailed lighting control based on condition settings such as date and time and area. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses that schedule information is sent from an operating terminal to a lighting controller that controls the lighting of the lighting equipment, thereby controlling the lighting of the lighting equipment.

JP2019-91637A

Here, in order to enable detailed lighting control as described above, the number of necessary setting items increases. Therefore, many settings must be made during initial settings during construction. For example, as settings such as date, time, and area become more detailed, the settings become more complex, such as determining which area's lighting fixtures will operate at what time, so it is important to be able to enter this information on a control terminal that communicates wirelessly. There is a need.

In particular, when exchanging information with the operating terminal for each lighting fixture via wireless communication, registration work (pairing, etc.) is required to permit individual communication, so if there are many lighting fixtures to be targeted, the initial settings may take a long time. It takes time. When a tablet is used as an operation terminal, it is possible to facilitate operation by displaying graphics, but communication problems such as connection between the lighting equipment and the tablet become a problem.

It is also possible to connect via a gateway instead of communicating with the lighting fixtures individually, but in this case the cost for the gateway will be high.

Ideally, it would be possible to autonomously build a network between lighting fixtures, but each lighting fixture would have to store a variety of data, which would raise costs due to increased memory.

The present disclosure provides a lighting fixture system in which a network is formed between lighting fixtures and each lighting fixture can be operated by an operation terminal while suppressing an increase in memory capacity in each lighting fixture.

The present disclosure is a lighting fixture system including a plurality of lighting fixtures and an operation terminal that can individually operate the plurality of lighting fixtures using wireless communication, wherein the plurality of lighting fixtures transmit their own fixture information. There are a plurality of unregistered appliances before the power is turned on, and when the power is turned on, communication is performed between the plurality of unregistered appliances, and each unregistered appliance stores its own appliance information. from the administrator appliance to the operating terminal. On the other hand, by transmitting appliance information about the administrator appliance and registered appliances, the plurality of lighting appliances can be operated by the operation terminal.

The process of changing the unregistered device to the administrator device or the registered device is performed when a plurality of unregistered devices transmit beacon signals and one unregistered device receives a beacon signal from another unregistered device. , one unregistered appliance transmits its own appliance information to the other unregistered appliance and becomes the registered appliance, and the other unregistered appliance stores the one appliance information and becomes an administrator appliance, and 1 The method may include, when one administrator device receives a beacon from the unregistered device, receiving and storing device information of the unregistered device, and changing the unregistered device to the registered device.

Each administrator device and each registered device stores a network key, and when multiple administrator devices transmit beacon signals and one administrator device receives a beacon signal from another administrator device, one By changing the network key of one administrator device to the same as the network key of the other administrator device, you can make the network key of each administrator device the same and change the network key of the registered device that you manage. It is also a good idea to make them the same.

Each administrator appliance transmits its own appliance information, the appliance information of the registered appliances registered to itself, and the network key to the operating terminal, and the operating terminal transmits the appliance information of the lighting appliances sent from the administrator appliance. It is a good idea to register your information.

The operating terminal transmits a beacon signal, the administrator device that receives the beacon signal from the operating terminal registers the operating terminal, and the administrator device transmits the device information of itself and the registered devices. It is best to send it to the operating terminal.

The present invention also provides a lighting equipment system including a plurality of lighting equipment connected via a network and each having a communication function, and an operation terminal for operating the plurality of lighting equipment, wherein the plurality of lighting equipment includes: a plurality of registered appliances storing their own appliance information; and a plurality of administrator appliances storing their own appliance information and appliance information of at least one registered appliance; The operation terminal receives appliance information of the plurality of administrator appliances and the registered appliances registered in each administrator appliance from the plurality of administrator appliances, stores the received appliance information, and stores the appliance information stored in the appliance information. It is possible to individually operate the plurality of lighting fixtures using the .

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a lighting fixture system in which a network can be formed between lighting fixtures and each lighting fixture can be operated by an operation terminal while suppressing an increase in memory capacity in each lighting fixture.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a lighting fixture system 100 according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a lighting fixture. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an operating terminal. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the construction of a network, in which (a) shows an initial state, (b) shows a state in the middle of construction, and (c) shows a state at the end of construction. It is a figure which shows the state of appliance information registration to an operation terminal. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a lighting equipment registration sequence in which an administrator equipment registers an unregistered equipment as a registered equipment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operating terminal registration sequence in which an administrator instrument registers an operating terminal and the operating terminal acquires an instrument list. It is a flowchart which shows the process in an unregistered appliance at the time of power-on. 12 is a flowchart showing processing in the administrator device when the power is turned on.

Hereinafter, embodiments (embodiments) of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

"System configuration"
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a lighting fixture system 100 according to this embodiment. The lighting fixture system 100 includes a lighting fixture group 12 made up of a plurality of lighting fixtures 10. The lighting fixture 10 outputs illumination light by power supply. For example, an LED is used as the light source, and it is preferable that the illumination intensity, wavelength, etc. can be controlled. Furthermore, each lighting fixture 10 has a wireless communication function.

The lighting fixture group 12 is connected to a power distribution unit 16 via a switch 14. The power distribution unit 16 distributes power from the power supply, and includes a breaker that turns on and off power supply to the lighting equipment group 12, and the breaker turns off when an abnormal current is output. Switch 14 turns on and off power from power distribution unit 16 .

The operation terminal 20 controls each lighting fixture 10, and in this example, a mobile terminal having a wireless function is used. The user can individually control the lighting fixtures 10 by operating the operating terminal 20. Here, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark) is used for wireless communication between the lighting fixture 10 and the operation terminal, but other wireless communication may also be used, such as WiFi, ZigBee, specified low power wireless, or infrared Communication can also be used.

In the figure, one lighting fixture group 12 is connected to one power distribution unit 16 through one switch 14, but the lighting fixture group 12 is connected to one power distribution unit 16 through a plurality of switches 14. You can. In this case, each switch 14 can turn on and off the divided lighting fixture group 12.

Furthermore, in the lighting fixture system 100, one network is autonomously formed through communication between the lighting fixtures 10, and the lighting fixtures 10 within the network have a common network key. The operating terminal 20 then stores individual information about the lighting fixtures 10 having a common network key. Therefore, the operating terminal 20 can directly communicate with the lighting fixtures 10 existing in the target network and individually operate them.

"Lighting equipment configuration"
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the lighting fixture 10. The power supply section 30 receives power supplied from the power distribution unit 16 via the switch 14, and supplies the power to each member as an appropriate voltage. The power-on determination unit 32 determines that the power supply unit 30 is powered on. The light source section 34 outputs illumination light using power from the power supply section 30. Further, a control section 36 is connected to the light source section 34, and the output of illumination light from the light source section 34 is controlled by the control section 36. A storage unit 38 is connected to the control unit 36, and various data are stored here. Further, a calculation section 40 and a judgment section 42 are connected to the control section 36, and various necessary calculations and judgments are performed in the control section 36 here. Furthermore, a communication unit 44 is connected to the control unit 36, and wireless communication is performed with the operation terminal 20 via this communication unit 44. The control unit 36 controls the dimming and color adjustment state of the light source unit 34 based on the information acquired through communication. Note that the power-on determination unit 32, the control unit 36, the storage unit 38, the calculation unit 40, the determination unit 42, etc. may be realized as functions of one microcomputer.

"Configuration of operation terminal"
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the operating terminal 20. As shown in FIG. The control unit 52 controls each internal member. A communication unit 60 is connected to the control unit 52, and wireless communication is performed with the lighting fixture 10 via this communication unit 60. A display unit 54 is connected to the control unit 52, and various displays are performed. The acquisition unit 50 acquires information input by the user. Note that it is preferable that a touch sensor is arranged in front of the display unit 54 to form a touch panel, and the acquisition unit 50 acquires user operations on the touch panel.

Connected to the control unit 52 are a storage unit 56 that stores various data, and a calculation unit 58 that performs necessary calculations. The control unit 52 performs various processes using these. Note that the acquisition section 50, the control section 52, and the calculation section 58 may be functions of a microcomputer.

The operation terminal 20 can operate each lighting fixture 10 individually.

"Building a network"
<Lighting equipment condition>
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the construction of a network, in which (a) shows an initial state, (b) shows a state in the middle of construction, and (c) shows a state at the end of construction.

In this embodiment, one network is constructed by a plurality of lighting fixtures 10 connected to a breaker of a power distribution unit 16 via a switch 14.

The lighting equipment 10 has three states: an unregistered state (unregistered equipment 10a), an administrator state (administrator equipment 10b), and a registered state (registered equipment 10c).Which state is each lighting equipment 10 in? is registered as a device status (unregistered status by default).

The unregistered appliance 10a has default appliance information and does not belong to any network. The default device information includes a Mac address given at the time of shipment from the factory and a randomly given default network key. Note that the MAC address is an ID unique to the device, and is registered unchanged whether the unregistered device 10a becomes the administrator device 10b or the registered device 10c. On the other hand, the network key is a key for performing limited communication within the network, and since it is unified into one key in the constructed network, it is overwritten later.

The administrator device 10b has a device ID, a network key, and a device list. The device ID is an ID for individually recognizing the lighting equipment 10 and the operation terminal 20 in the network, and is given by the administrator equipment 10b itself when constructing the network. Regarding the network key, as described above, the lighting fixture 10 initially has a default network key, but each lighting fixture 10 within one constructed network has the same network key. The fixture list is a list that includes its own fixture information and the fixture information of the registered fixtures 10c that it manages. Contains information for Note that a unicast address or the like may be used as long as it can be individually identified.

The registered appliance 10c has its own appliance information. This lighting equipment information includes a Mac address, device ID, network key, scene information, etc. The device ID of the registered device 10c is given by the administrator device 10b at the time of network registration. Further, the network key is unified by overwriting the one supplied from the administrator device 10b. The scene information is information indicating the dimming and color adjustment state corresponding to the scene number of the lighting equipment, and is provided by default, but may be set separately later.

<Status of operating terminal>
The operation terminal 20 has operation terminal information including a Mac address, a device ID, and a network key. The device ID is an ID for individually identifying the operating terminal 20 within the network, and is given by the administrator device 10b when it is registered in the administrator device 10b. The network key is a key that is unified in the registered network, and is given from the administrator device 10b at the time of registration to the administrator device 10b. Note that the operating terminal 20 is preferably registered in all administrator devices 10b within the network. In this case, it is preferable to use the first device ID given as the device ID. In each administrator device 10b, the same device ID is registered for one operating terminal 20.

<Start of network construction>
First, a user such as a construction contractor sets each lighting fixture 10 with the power distribution unit 16 and switch 14 turned off.

In the initial state, as shown in FIG. 4(a), all the lighting fixtures 10 are in an unregistered state where they are not registered in the network, and the lighting fixtures 10 in the unregistered state are referred to as unregistered fixtures 10a, and are indicated by white circles in the figure. Indicated by The unregistered appliance 10a has default appliance information, as described above.

(i) Turn on the corresponding breaker and switch 14 of the power distribution unit 16;

(ii) When power is supplied to the lighting fixture 10, the power-on determination unit 32 detects this and notifies the control unit 36. The control unit 36 reads out the instrument status stored in the storage unit 38. In the initial state before the power is turned on, it is in an unregistered state, and the communication unit 44 transmits an unregistered state beacon signal. Furthermore, the communication unit 44 starts scanning the received signal. Since each unregistered appliance 10a transmits a beacon signal, each unregistered appliance 10a normally receives beacon signals from a plurality of other unregistered appliances 10a. When the communication unit 44 receives at least one unregistered beacon, the control unit 36 reads the appliance information of the unregistered appliance 10a included in the beacon signal and stores it in the storage unit 38.

The period for transmitting the unregistered state beacon is determined in advance. Note that the light source unit 34 may emit light in a lighting state indicating a predetermined unregistered state.

(iii) The determining unit 42 selects one of the unregistered appliances 10a from the beacon signal received in (ii). For example, unregistered appliances to be paired are selected under predetermined conditions (such as having the strongest RSSI (received signal strength)). For example, a nearby unregistered appliance 10a is selected. By selecting one unregistered appliance 10a, an unregistered appliance pair p (indicated by a broken line) is formed, and default appliance information (MAC address, network key, etc.) is obtained from the beacon signal of the selected unregistered appliance 10a. This is compared with the own default appliance information read from the storage unit 38 under predetermined conditions (such as the checksum value of the MAC address), and one of them is changed to the administrator appliance 10b.

(iv) The administrator device 10b registers the other party's unregistered device 10a compared in (iii) using a registration sequence (described separately). By being registered in the administrator appliance 10b, the unregistered appliance 10a is changed to a registered appliance 10c, and the administrator appliance 10b acquires the appliance information of the registered appliance 10c and registers it in its own appliance list. In this way, among the pair of unregistered devices 10a, one is the administrator device 10b (indicated by diagonal hatching), and the other is the registered device 10c (indicated by sand) registered in the administrator device 10b. Become. The device state of the administrator device 10b becomes the administrator state, and the device state of the registered device 10c becomes the registered state, which are stored in the storage unit 38.

This state is shown in FIG. 4(b), where in the four pairs p, one is the administrator device 10b, the other is the registered device 10c, and two unregistered devices 10a remain.

(iv) The unregistered appliance 10a that could not become a pair p transmits the beacon signal again. The administrator device 10b that has received the beacon signal from the unregistered device 10a communicates with the target unregistered device 10a and registers the device information of the unregistered device 10a in the device list by executing a registration sequence. . As a result, the unregistered appliance 10a becomes the registered appliance 10c. In this way, as shown in FIG. 4(c), there are no unregistered appliances 10a, and the registered appliance 10c is registered in one of the administrator appliances 10b, and one administrator appliance 10b and its administrator appliance A management group g (indicated by a dashed line) of the registered instruments 10c registered in the device 10b is formed.

(v) Next, each administrator device 10b transmits a beacon signal indicating that it is an administrator. Also, the administrator device 10b simultaneously starts scanning and receives a beacon signal from at least one administrator device 10b.

(vi) The determining unit 42 selects one administrator device 10b from the beacon signal received in (v) under predetermined conditions (such as the strongest RSSI and the number of registered devices owned by the administrator device 10b). Then, predetermined information (mac address, etc.) of the default device information of the selected administrator device 10b and predetermined information (device ID, etc.) of the device information are read out, and the information is exchanged between the own information and the target administrator device 10b. A comparison is made under predetermined conditions (checksum value, etc.), and a superior administrator device 10b and an inferior administrator device 10b are determined.

(vii) The dominant administrator device 10b transmits the network key to the inferior administrator device 10b. The inferior administrator device 10b overwrites its own network key with the received network key, and also overwrites the network key of the registered device 10c that it manages.

(viii) By repeating the process in (vii) above, the network keys of all the lighting fixtures 10 in the network are unified into one network key, and the registration is completed. Note that the states (ii) to (viii) may be expressed by the lighting level, color, blinking, etc. of the lighting fixture 10.

<Registering the operating terminal>
(ix) Next, the operation terminal 20 receives the user's operation through the acquisition unit 50, enters the scan mode, and displays this on the display unit 54. As a result, the communication unit 60 of the operating terminal 20 transmits a beacon signal for network settings.

When the administrator device 10b receives a beacon signal from the operating terminal 20, it registers the operating terminal 20 according to an operating terminal registration sequence described later.

(x) The registered operation terminal 20 communicates with each administrator appliance 10b and acquires the appliance information list of each administrator appliance 10b and the registered appliances 10c registered therein.

(xi) By performing the above (ix) and (x) with each administrator device 10b, the operating terminal 20 obtains information about the entire network. Note that in (ix), the operation terminal 20 can sequentially select the destination administrator devices 10b to be registered according to predetermined conditions (for example, Mac address).

(xii) In this way, the operation terminal 20 can store information about each lighting fixture 10 in the lighting fixture group 12 having one network key, and can control each lighting fixture 10 individually. .

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the state of appliance information registration to the operation terminal 20 in (ix) to (xi) above. In this way, the operating terminal 20 communicates with each administrator appliance 10b, acquires and registers information about the lighting appliance 10.

<Lighting equipment registration sequence>
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a lighting fixture registration sequence in which the administrator fixture 10b registers the unregistered fixture 10a as a registered fixture 10c. This sequence uses an authentication key to ensure a secure registration operation.

1. A registration start signal is transmitted from the administrator device 10b to the unregistered device 10a.
2. When the unregistered appliance 10a receives the registration start signal, it transmits a registration start signal ACK, which means acknowledgment of receipt.
3. The authentication key is transmitted from the administrator device 10b to the unregistered device 10a.
4. After receiving the authentication key, the unregistered appliance 10a confirms the sent authentication key by decoding it in the calculation unit 40 and referring to the key it owns (checking to see if it matches).
5. After confirming that the authentication keys match, the unregistered device 10a transmits the authentication key ACK to the administrator device 10b.
6. After receiving the authentication key ACK, the administrator device 10b decodes it in the calculation unit 40 and references it to its own key (checks to see if it matches), thereby confirming the sent authentication key ACK.
7. After confirming that the authentication key ACK matches, the network key is transmitted from the administrator device 10b to the unregistered device 10a.
8. Unregistered appliance 10a receives the network key and sends network key ACK. It also overwrites the received network key with its own network key.
9. Through the above process, the appliance information of the unregistered appliance 10a is registered in the appliance list of the administrator appliance 10b, and the network key of the unregistered appliance 10a is made the same as that of the administrator appliance 10b. The unregistered appliance 10a becomes the registered appliance 10c, and registration is completed. The device state of the registered device 10c becomes the registered state.

Note that by performing the above operation when the power is turned on or when commanded by the user, if a new unregistered fixture 10a is generated due to replacing or adding a lighting fixture 10, the unregistered fixture 10a can be changed to one of the unregistered fixtures 10a. It can be registered in the administrator device 10b.

<Operation terminal registration sequence>
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operating terminal registration sequence in which the administrator instrument 10b registers the operating terminal 20 and the operating terminal 20 acquires the instrument list. The registration operations 1 to 9 in this sequence are the same as the registration operations for the unregistered appliance 10a shown in FIG. 6 (only the unregistered appliance 10a is replaced with the operating terminal 20).

1. A registration start signal is transmitted from the administrator device 10b to the operating terminal 20.
2. When the operation terminal 20 receives the registration start signal, it transmits the registration start signal ACK.
3. The authentication key is transmitted from the administrator device 10b to the operating terminal 20.
4. After receiving the authentication key, the operation terminal 20 decodes it in the calculation unit 58 and refers to the key it owns.
5. After matching, the operating terminal 20 transmits the authentication keyACK to the administrator device 10b.
6. After receiving the authentication key ACK, the administrator device decodes it in the calculation unit 40 and refers to it as its own key.
7. After matching, the network key is transmitted from the administrator device 10b to the operation terminal 20.
8. When the operating terminal 20 receives the network key, it transmits a network key ACK.
9. Registration completed 10. The operating terminal 20 transmits an appliance list request signal to the administrator appliance 10b.
11. The device list is transmitted from the administrator device 10b to the operating terminal 20.

In this way, the operating terminal 20 is registered in the administrator device 10b, and the device list of the administrator device 10b can be obtained on the operating terminal 20. The appliance list includes appliance information of the administrator appliance 10b and registered appliances 10c registered therein. Therefore, by sequentially selecting each administrator appliance 10b in the network and performing the processes 1 to 11 above, appliance information about all the lighting appliances 10 in the network can be obtained. Here, when the operating terminal 20 receives the network key for the first time, it only needs to memorize it, and thereafter, it only needs to confirm that it is the same. Further, during the first communication with the administrator device 10b, the operation terminal 20 receives the device ID transmitted from the administrator device 10b and registers it. Therefore, the administrator equipment 10b assigns a device ID to the operating terminal 20 only once, and thereafter the device ID is included in the information from the operating terminal 20, and the administrator equipment 10b assigns the device ID to the operating terminal 20. is registered as the device ID of the other party's operating terminal. Further, the information on the operation terminal 20 can be updated by performing the above-mentioned operation at the time of a command from the user.

<Processing on unregistered equipment>
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing in the unregistered appliance 10a when the power is turned on.

When the power is turned on, it confirms whether or not it is unregistered, and if it is unregistered, it transmits a beacon signal and receives the beacon signal (S11). At this time, other unregistered appliances 10a are also transmitting, so beacon signals from other unregistered appliances 10a can be received. When receiving beacon signals from multiple other unregistered devices 10a, determine the other party (connection destination) by selecting the one with the strongest reception strength, and form a connection by communicating with the other party (communication destination). establishment) (S12). For example, a connection is established by performing the authentication procedure described above.

Then, it is determined whether the connection formation was successful (S13). If the beacon signal cannot be received, the process returns to S11 and the beacon signal is received again.

If the connection is successful in S13, it is determined whether the connection destination or the self is superior (S14). This determination is made based on the MAC address, etc., as described above.

If the device itself is superior, the device status is changed to the administrator state and the device is registered as the administrator device 10b (S15). Next, a registration sequence is executed to register the connection destination as the registered device 10c that is managed by the device itself (S16). On the other hand, in S14, if it is inferior, the registration state is registered as the appliance information, and the appliance becomes the registered appliance 10c (S17).

<Processing in administrator equipment>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the processing in the administrator device 10b when the power is turned on. Note that it is not necessary to perform the process every time the power is turned on, and the process may be performed using the operation of another switch as a trigger. Furthermore, it is preferable to give top priority to the processing for the unregistered device 10a, then perform the processing for the administrator device 10b, and then perform the processing for the operating terminal 20 in a state where these are completed.

First, the received signal is scanned to determine whether a beacon signal has been received from the lighting equipment 10 or the operation terminal 20 (S21), and if it has been received, it is decoded to determine whether the received beacon is an unregistered equipment or not. It is determined whether the device is an operator's device or an operating terminal (S22). If the transmission timing is different for each device or terminal, only the beacon signal from one of the devices will be received.

If the received beacon signal is from the unregistered device 10a and is received from multiple unregistered devices 10a, the communication partner (connection destination) is determined based on the reception strength etc. (S23), and it is determined whether the connection was successful. (S24). If the connection is successful, the above-described registration sequence for unregistered appliances is executed, information on the unregistered appliances is registered, and a network key is sent to the unregistered appliances. As a result, the network key is overwritten in the unregistered appliance 10a, and it becomes the registered appliance 10c.

In the judgment in S22, if the other party is the administrator device 10b and reception is received from multiple administrator devices 10b, the communication partner (connection destination) is determined using a MAC address etc. (S26), and whether the connection was successful or not. is determined (S27). If the connection is successful, it is determined whether the user or the other party is superior (S28). If the self is superior, the network key is transmitted to the other party (S29). Therefore, the network key is overwritten at the other party.

If it is determined in S28 that the party is in a disadvantageous position, the network key from the other party is received (S30). Then, it overwrites the network key that it has registered with the received network key (S31). Furthermore, the network key is transmitted to the registered appliance 10c under its own management (S32). The registered device 10c that receives the network key overwrites the network key.

If it is determined in S22 that the beacon signal is from the operating terminal 20, a connection is attempted with that operating terminal 20, and it is determined whether the connection is successful (S33). If the connection is successful, an operation terminal registration sequence is executed (S34). As a result, the operating terminal information of the operating terminal 20 is registered in the administrator device 10b.

In addition, the administrator appliance 10b transmits the network key and also transmits an appliance list that includes appliance information about itself and the registered appliances 10c that it manages.

"Effect of embodiment"
According to this embodiment, after constructing a small-scale network (management group g) consisting of several lighting devices 10, network keys of adjacent management groups g are overwritten and unified, and finally Build one network that shares one network key. Since the administrator device 10b that manages the management group g only needs to store the registration information of several registered devices 10c, it is possible to build a network only between the lighting devices 10 without increasing the memory of the lighting devices 10. Can be completed. Therefore, the worker's effort in initial setting can be saved, and the construction time can be shortened.

In addition, in the initial settings, the operation terminal 20 can obtain information on all the lighting fixtures 10 simply by communicating with the administrator equipment 10b, and the number of touch points is reduced compared to when communicating with each lighting fixture 10. The probability of communication failure occurring can be reduced.

Since a single network can be constructed by turning on the power, bulk group registration can be performed simply by operating a breaker or wall switch, making this task easier.

When the network construction is completed, the operating terminal 20 acquires the appliance list from the administrator appliances 10b of each management group g, and registers information on each lighting appliance 10 in the network. Therefore, the operating terminal 20 has information on all the lighting fixtures 10 in the network and can control them individually.

The operation terminal 20 can access each lighting fixture 10 individually, and can operate each lighting fixture 10 individually.

Reference Signs List 10 lighting equipment, 10a unregistered equipment, 10b administrator equipment, 10c registered equipment, 12 lighting equipment group, 14 switch, 16 power distribution unit, 20 operation terminal, 30 power supply unit, 32 power-on determination unit, 34 light source unit, 36 control section, 38 storage section, 40 calculation section, 42 judgment section, 44 communication section, 50 acquisition section, 52 control section, 54 display section, 56 storage section, 58 calculation section, 60 communication section, 100 lighting fixture system.

Claims (4)

A lighting equipment system including a plurality of lighting equipment and an operation terminal that can individually operate the plurality of lighting equipment using wireless communication,
The plurality of lighting fixtures store their own fixture information, and are a plurality of unregistered fixtures before power is turned on;
Communicate between the plurality of unregistered devices using power-on as a trigger,
Each unregistered device,
Registered equipment that remembers its own equipment information,
or Administrator equipment that stores its own equipment information and also stores the equipment information of registered equipment that is other lighting equipment;
Change it to
transmitting appliance information about the administrator appliance and registered appliances from the administrator appliance to the operation terminal, thereby enabling the operation terminal to operate the plurality of lighting appliances ;
The process of changing the unregistered device to the administrator device or the registered device includes:
When multiple unregistered devices transmit beacon signals and one unregistered device receives the beacon signal, one unregistered device sends its own device information to the other unregistered device. and becomes the registered device, and the other unregistered device stores the device information of one device and becomes the administrator device, and
When one administrator device receives a beacon from the unregistered device, receiving and storing device information of the unregistered device, and changing the unregistered device to the registered device;
including;
In the middle of network construction, there is one or more pairs in which one becomes the administrator device and the other becomes the registered device registered with the administrator device, and there are two or more pairs of devices that cannot be paired. If an unregistered device exists, the unregistered device that could not be paired with the unregistered device transmits the beacon signal .
Lighting system. A lighting equipment system including a plurality of lighting equipment and an operation terminal that can individually operate the plurality of lighting equipment using wireless communication,
The plurality of lighting fixtures store their own fixture information, and are a plurality of unregistered fixtures before power is turned on;
Communicate between the plurality of unregistered devices using power-on as a trigger,
Each unregistered device,
Registered equipment that remembers its own equipment information,
or
An administrator appliance that stores its own appliance information and also stores appliance information of registered appliances that are other lighting appliances;
Change it to
transmitting appliance information about the administrator appliance and registered appliances from the administrator appliance to the operation terminal, thereby enabling the operation terminal to operate the plurality of lighting appliances;
Each administrator device and each registered device stores a network key,
When multiple administrator devices transmit beacon signals and one administrator device receives a beacon signal from another administrator device, the network key of one administrator device is changed to the network key of the other administrator device. By changing to the same one, the network key of each administrator device will be the same, and the network key of the registered devices that it manages will also be the same.
Lighting system. The lighting fixture system according to claim 1 or 2 ,
Each administrator device transmits its own device information, device information of registered devices registered to itself, and a network key to the operation terminal,
the operation terminal registers equipment information of the lighting equipment transmitted from the administrator equipment;
Lighting system. A lighting equipment system including a plurality of lighting equipment and an operation terminal that can individually operate the plurality of lighting equipment using wireless communication,
The plurality of lighting fixtures store their own fixture information, and are a plurality of unregistered fixtures before power is turned on;
Communicate between the plurality of unregistered devices using power-on as a trigger,
Each unregistered device,
Registered equipment that remembers its own equipment information,
or
An administrator appliance that stores its own appliance information and also stores appliance information of registered appliances that are other lighting appliances;
Change it to
transmitting appliance information about the administrator appliance and registered appliances from the administrator appliance to the operation terminal, thereby enabling the operation terminal to operate the plurality of lighting appliances;
Each administrator device transmits its own device information, device information of registered devices registered to itself, and a network key to the operation terminal,
The operation terminal registers the equipment information of the lighting equipment transmitted from the administrator equipment,
The operating terminal transmits a beacon signal, and the administrator device that receives the beacon signal from the operating terminal registers the operating terminal,
the administrator device transmits device information of itself and registered devices to the operating terminal;
Lighting system.

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