JPH03194897A - Dimmer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate executing the button-installing work of a light adjuster by having an up light dimming switch, a down light dimming switch, etc., and arranging an operating button for each of the switches on the front surface of a case having the size of a serial module of standardized wiring accessories, wherein a load control unit is received. CONSTITUTION:Devices which make the on-off control of a lighting load as well as making the dimming control thereof, i.e., operating buttons for an up dimming switch SWa, a down dimming switch SWb and an on-off switch SWc are arranged respectively on the front surface of a case having the size of a serial module of standardized wiring accessories, wherein a load control unit 1 is received. The load control unit 1 is formed of a dimming control sub-unit 2, on detection sub-unit 3a, an off detection sub-unit 3b, a diode bridge DB1 and light emitting diodes LDa, LDb for operational state display, and outputs control signals to a load drive unit via signal conductors 4. The operating buttons can thus be installed simply in their relevant switch boxes respectively by the use of installing frames for the standardized wiring accessories so as to facilitate executing the button-installing work of a dimmer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a dimmer that performs dimming control and on/off control of a lighting load.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, this type of dimmer has been equipped with an up dimmer switch and a down dimmer switch that control the lighting load, and an on/off switch that controls the lighting load on and off. There was one placed on the front of the case where the parts were stored.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, the case dimensions were not set in consideration of the standardized module dimensions of the wiring device, so it was difficult to easily attach it to the mounting frame. The problem was that I couldn't do it.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its purpose is to provide a wiring device that can be easily installed on a switch box using a standardized wiring device mounting frame and that can be easily installed. Our goal is to provide light equipment.

[Means for Solving Problems] The dimmer according to claim 1 of the present invention includes an up dimmer switch and a down dimmer switch that control the dimming state of the lighting load, and an on switch that turns the lighting load on and off. , an off switch, and a load control unit that controls the lighting load using operation signals from each switch.
The J51 section is housed in a standardized wiring device that is placed on the front of a case with the dimensions of a single module.

The dimmer according to claim 2 further includes an up dimmer switch and a down dimmer switch that control the dimming state of the first lighting load, and a first on switch that controls on and off the first lighting load. an off switch, a second on/off switch that controls on and off the second lighting load, an optical wireless receiver that receives control signals for both lighting loads transmitted from the optical wireless transmitter, and a second on/off switch that controls the second lighting load on and off; It consists of a load control section that controls both lighting loads based on the operation signal and the reception signal of the optical wireless receiver. Disposed on the front side of a case formed to the dimensions of a double module of a standardized wiring device, one half of the case has operation buttons for an up dimmer switch, a down dimmer switch, and a first on/off switch. The second on/off switch operation button and the light receiving section of the optical wireless receiver are arranged in the other half.

[Function] The present invention is configured as described above, and in the dimmer according to claim 1, the load control section houses the operation buttons for the up dimmer switch, the down dimmer switch, and the on and off switches. It is installed on the front of the case with the dimensions of a single module of a standardized wiring device, and can be easily attached to a switch box using the mounting frame of a standardized wiring device, making installation easy. It has become.

The dimmer according to claim 2 further includes an up dimmer switch and a down dimmer switch that control the dimming state of the first lighting load; An on/off switch, a second on/off switch operation button for controlling on/off of a second lighting load, and a light receiving section of an optical wireless receiver are housed in a standardized wiring device that houses a load control section. It is installed on the front of a case formed with the dimensions of a two-module module, and can be easily installed on a switch box using a standardized wiring equipment mounting frame, making installation easier. There is. Also, 2
The up dimmer switch, down dimmer switch, and operation buttons for the on and off switches of the first lighting load are arranged in one half of the case formed to the same module dimensions, and the second half is arranged in the other half. The on/off switch operation buttons for the lighting load and the light receiving section of the optical wireless receiver are arranged, and each switch has a rational arrangement that corresponds to the lighting load, so there is no confusion when operating it.
Moreover, it is designed to prevent operational errors from occurring.

[Embodiment] Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which the up dimmer switch SWa controls the dimming state of the lighting load.
and turn on the lighting load, with the dimmer switch swb down,
On and off switches S and Wc to turn off, and each switch S
It is composed of a load control section 1 that controls the lighting load by operation signals Wa to SWc, and each switch SW a -S
In this embodiment, the load control unit 1 is arranged on the front side of a case with the dimensions of a single module of a standardized wiring device in which the load control unit 1 is housed. Light control section 2, on detection section 3a, and off detection section 3b
, a diode bridge D B +, and operation display light emitting diodes LDa and LDb, and a control signal is outputted to a load drive unit (not shown) via a signal line 4. Here, when an alternating current flows through the signal line 4 by turning on the on/off switch S W c, the on/off state of the lighting load is reversely controlled by the load driving section. Furthermore, when the up dimmer switch SWa is turned on, a current of one polarity flows and the up dimmer signal is input to the load drive section via the signal line 4, and when the down dimmer switch SWb is turned on, the current of the other polarity flows. A polar current flows and a down dimming signal is input to the load drive unit via the signal line 4, and the dimming state is maintained for a certain period of time while an up dimming signal or a down dimming signal is input to the load driving unit. It is designed to step up or step down each time. Furthermore,
The voltage level output from the load drive unit via the signal I14 is changed according to the operating state of the lighting load, and by detecting the signal line voltage with the on detection unit 3a and the off detection unit 3b, the lighting The light emitting diode LDa determines whether the load is on or off.

The operating status is displayed by lighting LDb (green → off, red →
On).

Now, in this embodiment, the up dimmer switch SWa
, the down dimmer switch swb, and the on/off switch Swc are arranged independently in the vertical direction, making the operation easier and less likely to cause operational errors. In addition, each switch SWa
~The case in which the SWc is placed on the front and the load control unit is housed has the dimensions of a single module of standardized wiring equipment, so the switch can be embedded in the wall using the mounting frame of the standardized wiring equipment. Easy to attach to the box
Construction is now easy.

3 and 4 show other embodiments, in which an up dimmer switch SWa and a down dimmer switch SWb control the dimming state of a first lighting load 18 made of an incandescent lamp.
a first on/off switch SWC that controls on/off the first lighting load 18; and a second on/off switch SWd that controls on/off the second lighting load 19 made of a fluorescent lamp. , an optical wireless receiver Z that receives control signals for both lighting loads 18 and 19 transmitted from an optical wireless transmitter Y, and an optical wireless receiver Z that receives control signals for both lighting loads 18 and 19 transmitted from an optical wireless transmitter Y; The load control section 10 controls the lighting loads 18 and 19, and the operation buttons of the switches SWa to 5Wcl and the light receiving section of the optical wireless receiver 2 are controlled by the load control section 10 that controls the lighting loads 18 and 19.
! An up dimmer switch SWa, a down dimmer switch SWb, and a first on/off switch are disposed on the front side of a case formed to the dimensions of a double module of a standardized wiring device, and one half of the case includes an up dimmer switch SWa, a down dimmer switch SWb, and a first on/off switch. In addition to arranging the operation button for SWc, the other half includes the operation button for the second on/off switch SWd and the optical wireless receiver Z.
A light receiving section 11 is arranged.

In the embodiment, the load control unit 1 shapes the waveform of the light receiving signal output from the light receiving unit 11 of the optical wireless receiver Z, and the arithmetic processing unit 10 formed using a CPU. A waveform shaping section 12, a code decoding section 13 that decodes the control code transmitted in the received light signal, and an arithmetic processing section 1
A relay drive unit that drives a two-winding latching relay Ry that has a set winding and a reset winding L8 and turns on and off the lighting load 18 at a contact r using an on/off control signal output from 0. 14, and a phase control unit 1 that controls the phase control element to dim, turn on, and turn off the lighting load 18 according to the dimming/on/off signal output from the arithmetic processing unit.
5, a zero-crossing signal generator 16 that generates a zero-crossing signal synchronized with the zero-crossing point of the commercial power source, and a commercial power source (
AClooV) is rectified by a diode bridge DB, and a DC voltage is made into a constant voltage to form a circuit power supply V, and a DC power supply section 17 forming a relay power supply (2).

Here, in the arithmetic processing unit 10, each switch SWa to SW
Based on the operation signal of d and the control signal received by the optical wireless receiver Z, a dimming/on/off signal for the lighting load 18 is formed, and an on/off control signal for the lighting load 19 is formed. It looks like this. In addition, in the embodiment, the A knob dimmer switch SWa and the down dimmer switch S
The Wb operation buttons are integrated so that pressing the right side performs up dimming and pressing the left side performs down dimming, but similar to the embodiment described above, independent operation buttons may be provided for each. The optical wireless transmitter X also includes a switch S corresponding to the switches S W a - S W c.
W a ′ to S W c ′ are provided, and a load selection switch SWe is provided, and when the load selection switch S We is set to “1” on the lighting load 18 side, the up dimmer switch S W a ′ or By operating the down dimmer switch SWb'', the lighting load 18 is controlled to dim, and by operating the on/off switch SWc', the lighting load 18 can be controlled to turn on or off. On the other hand, by setting the load selection switch SWe to "2" on the lighting load 19 side and operating the on/off switch SWC°, the lighting load 19 can be controlled on/off.

Now, in this embodiment, the up dimmer switch SWa
and a down dimmer switch SWb, a first on, off switch SW c , a second on, off switch SWd
and the light receiving section 11 of the optical wireless receiver Z are connected to the standard wiring device 2 in which the load control section 1 is housed.
Since it is arranged on the front of the case formed to the same module dimensions, it can be easily attached to the switch box using a standardized wiring device mounting frame, similar to the previous embodiment.
Construction is now easy.

In addition, one half of the case formed in the double module dimensions is provided with an up dimmer switch SWa, a down dimmer switch SWb, and an on/off switch SWc of the lighting load 18.
At the same time, the operation button for the on/off switch SWd of the lighting load 19 and the light receiving section 11 of the optical wireless receiver Z are arranged in the other half, so that each switch can control the lighting load 18.19. It has a rational layout that corresponds to the following, so there is no confusion during operation, and it is difficult to make operational errors.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention is constructed as described above, and in the dimmer of claim 1, the up dimmer switch, the down dimmer switch, and the on/off switch operation buttons are controlled by the load. The control unit is housed on the front of the case, which has the dimensions of a single module of standardized wiring equipment, and can be easily attached to a switch box using the mounting frame of standardized wiring equipment, making installation easy. It is now easy to do.

The dimmer according to claim 2 further includes an up dimmer switch and a down dimmer switch that control the dimming state of the first lighting load, and a first dimmer switch that controls the first lighting load on and off. a second on/off switch operation button for controlling on/off of the second lighting load;
The light receiving section of the optical wireless receiver is placed on the front side of a case that houses the load control section and is formed to the dimensions of a double module of a standardized wiring device, making it easy to install the standardized wiring device. It has the effect of being easy to install and easy to install using a frame.

In addition, the up dimmer switch, down dimmer switch, and operation buttons for the on and off switches of the first lighting load are arranged in one half of the case formed to the dimensions of a double module, and in the other half. turning on the second lighting load;
The operation button for the off switch and the light receiving part for the optical wireless receiver are arranged, and each switch has a rational arrangement that corresponds to the lighting load, so there is no confusion in operation, and there is no chance of operation errors. It has the effect of being difficult to do.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of the same, FIG. 3 is a front view of another embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram of the same. SWa is the up dimmer switch, SWb is the down dimmer switch, SWc, SWd are the on and off switches, X is the dimmer, Y is the wireless transmitter, 2 is the wireless receiver, 1
8.19 is the lighting load.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) An up dimmer switch and a down dimmer switch that control the dimming state of the lighting load, an on/off switch that turns the lighting load on and off, and a load control unit that controls the lighting load using the operation signals of each switch. 1. A dimmer comprising: a dimmer, characterized in that the operation buttons for each switch are arranged on the front surface of a case of a single module size of a standardized wiring device in which a load control section is housed. (2) An up dimmer switch and a down dimmer switch that control the dimming state of the first lighting load, a first on/off switch that controls on/off the first lighting load, and a second lighting a second on/off switch for controlling the loads on and off, an optical wireless receiver for receiving control signals for both lighting loads transmitted from the optical wireless transmitter, and operation signals for each switch and for the optical wireless receiver. A load control unit that controls the re-lighting load based on the received signal, and a double series of standardized wiring equipment that houses the load control unit and connects the operation buttons of each switch and the light receiving unit of the optical wireless receiver. The upper dimmer switch, the lower dimmer switch, and the operation buttons for the first on and off switch are arranged in one half of the case, and the operation buttons for the first on and off switch are arranged in one half of the case, and the other half is arranged on the front side of a case formed to have module dimensions. second on,
A dimmer characterized in that an off switch operation button and a light receiving part of an optical wireless receiver are arranged.