JPH053084A - Switch device fork remote control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a switch device for remote control system which can convert the address, and the setting of the sort of the terminal unit and the like simply without using dip switches. CONSTITUTION:A switch unit 8 has a built-in printed base 31 mounting a circuit as a terminal unit for control, an EEPROM 83 to write the set data of the proper address and the sort, and furthermore, a light receiving element 81 to receive the data to be written to to the EEPROM 83 by the optical wireless signal from the outside, a luminous element 80 to transmit the written data to the outside, and the like, inside a main body 30. At the side of the main body 30, a light transmitting and receiving hole 33 for the luminous element 80 and the receiving element 81 to be the optical wireless luminous circuit and the optical wireless receiver circuit is opened. And a transparent window 82 to allow to transmit the wireless signals is provided on a face plate 48A stuck to the side surface of the main body 30 at the position corresponding to the above light transmitting and receiving hole 33.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a switch device for a remote control system in which a plurality of operation switches for remotely controlling loads such as lighting fixtures arranged in various places of a building are collectively arranged.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a system for remotely controlling loads such as lighting fixtures arranged in various places of a building, a central controller 60 and a unique address are set as shown in FIG.
There is a remote control system of a time division multiplex transmission system in which a monitoring terminal 61 for monitoring the operation switches S ₁ ... And a control terminal 62 for controlling the loads L ₁ ... Are connected to a signal line 63. ..

This remote control system comprises a central control unit 60.
From the start pulse signal S as shown in FIG.
T, mode data signal MD indicating signal mode, terminal device 6
Address data signal AD for calling ₁ , 62, load L ₁
14 shows a transmission signal Vs including a control data signal CD for controlling the ..., A checksum data signal CS, and a return signal period WT for setting a signal return period from the terminals 61 and 62.
As shown in (b), transmission is performed by a bipolar signal by the baseband system, and in each of the terminals 61 and 62, the data of the address data signal AD of the transmission signal Vs received via the signal line 63 is transmitted. When it matches with its own unique address, the control data of the control data signal CD is taken in, and in synchronization with the return signal period WT, the monitoring data signal (operating state monitoring data of the operating switch S _1, ..., Load L ₁
The operation status monitoring data of ...) is sent back.

Then, the central control unit 60 normally sends out a dummy transmission signal in which the mode data signal MD is set to the dummy mode, and starts from one of the monitoring terminals 61 in response to the operation of the operation switch S ₁ . Pulse signal S
When the interrupt signal Vi is returned as shown in FIG. 14C in synchronism with the transmission period of P, each group is accessed by the group address, and the unique address is given from the terminal unit 61 which has made an interrupt at the time of this access. It is returned in the return signal period WT, the interrupt generation terminal device 61 is detected by the returned unique address, and after this detection, the transmission signal Vs for accessing the unique address is transmitted to access the terminal device 61 and the operation switch Control data for sending the control input data for the operation state of S ₁ ... Is transmitted based on the operation state monitoring data, and is transmitted to the control terminal device 62 corresponding to the terminal device 61 in advance. As a transmission signal Vs shown in FIG.
The by transmitting to the control terminal 62 to control the load L ₁ ... via the load L ₁ returned from the該制patronage terminal 62 ...
A control data signal C for controlling blinking of an operation display element (not shown) of the monitoring terminal 61 based on the operating state monitoring information of
D is transmitted.

By the way, the operation switch S and the monitoring terminal 6
There is provided a switch device for a remote control system in which 1 is unitized into one switch unit, and the switch units are collectively arranged so that a plurality of loads can be controlled at one place.

[0006]

However, in the switch device for the remote control system as described above, the DIP switch for setting the address unique to each switch unit and the type of the terminal is provided. The unit itself is small, and it is difficult to set because the DIP switch is small, and there are drawbacks such as poor contact at the contact portion of the DIP switch.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a remote control system for easily changing settings such as an address and a type of a terminal device without using a DIP switch. It is to provide a switch device.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To achieve the above object, the present invention connects a plurality of individually addressed terminals to a central control unit via a signal line consisting of a pair of lines. , A signal from the central control unit to each terminal unit, which sets address data for individually specifying the terminal unit, transmission data to each terminal unit, and a period for receiving reply data from the terminal unit to the central control unit The transmission signal including the return period is time-division multiplexed, and the load connected to the other terminal is controlled according to the monitoring input that is input to one of the paired terminals with the corresponding relationship set by the address. In the switch device used in the remote control system, a frame unit having a plurality of switch insertion holes formed in a matrix and an operation section are provided on the front surface, and A switch unit that is detachably inserted, a blank chip that is formed in substantially the same shape as the front portion of the switch unit and that is detachably inserted into the switch insertion hole, and is covered on the front side of the frame unit. At least a layout sheet, and in the switch unit for the remote control system, the switch unit has a built-in terminal circuit unit for returning the monitoring input data of the operating state of the operating unit to the central control unit by time division multiplexing transmission. EEPROM for setting address and terminal type
And a light receiving unit for receiving an optical wireless signal from outside for writing data to be written in the EEPROM, and a unit for rewriting the stored contents of the EEPROM with the data received by the light receiving unit. The light receiving port is opened.

[0009]

In the remote control system switch device of the present invention, the address, type, etc. of the switch unit can be changed simply by transmitting an optical wireless signal to the light receiving port of the switch unit, and the switch unit is set like a dip switch. There is no problem that it is difficult to remove, and there are no problems such as poor contact
Further, since the setting data is written in the EEPROM, a backup power source for the memory is unnecessary.

[0010]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 1
12 shows an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the frame unit A is made of sheet metal and is formed into a substantially U shape, and a plurality of switch insertion holes 1 are formed in the center piece.
And a synthetic resin plate frame 5 mounted on the surface of the central piece of the mounting frame 2 by fastening fixing screws 4 to screw holes 3 provided in the central piece of the mounting frame 2. And a back plate 6 covering the rear of the mounting frame 2.
And the terminal block 7 shown in FIG. 7 attached to the front surface of the back plate 6. The switch unit 8 and the blank chip 9 are removably inserted in arbitrary positions in the switch insertion hole 1 of the attachment frame 2.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the switch unit 8 has a circuit and a unique address as a control terminal in a main body 30 formed into an outer dimension that can be inserted into the switch insertion hole 1 of the mounting frame 2. EE to write type setting data
The PROM 83, and the light receiving element 8 for receiving the data to be written in the EEPROM 83 from the outside by an optical wireless signal.
1. A printed circuit board 31 on which a light emitting element 80 for transmitting the written data to the outside is mounted, and an operation switch S composed of a tight switch and a motion display element La which are fixed to the front end of the printed circuit board 31. Of the optical wireless light emitting circuit 78 and the light emitting element 80 of the optical wireless light receiving circuit 77 which will be described later.
The light transmitting / receiving port 33 of the light receiving element 81 is opened. The lead wire 3 for connecting the signal line connected to the printed circuit board 31 is also provided.
5 is led out from the rear surface of the main body 30 via the groove 36.

The operation button 37, which is the operation portion of the operation switch S, is formed of a light-transmissive resin, and the side surface opening accommodates the operation display element La in the internal space 38, and the bottom wall of the operation button element La. And the drive button 38 of the operation switch S, and is constantly urged forward by the push-up force of the drive button 39 of the operation switch S. In this state, the operation display element La
There is a gap 40 between the head of the control button 37 and the ceiling wall of the operation button 37. Due to this gap 40, even if the operation button 37 is pressed, the drive button 39 of the operation switch S is operated without pressing the operation display element La.
The operation switch S can be operated by pushing.

A cover 41 is provided at the front opening of the main body 30.
And a window hole 4 provided in the center of the front surface of the cover 41.
2, the head of the operation button 37 is exposed.
The cover 41 is provided integrally with elastic pieces 44 having locking projections 43 on both side surfaces. When the switch unit 8 is inserted into the switch insertion hole 1, the elastic piece 44 bends inward and the switch insertion hole 1 The locking projection 43 passes through the inside, and after this locking projection 43 and the peripheral portion of the rear surface of the collar piece 41a provided on the front peripheral edge, the mounting frame 2 around the opening of the switch insertion hole 1
And the switch unit 8 is detachably fixed to the switch insertion hole 1. Elastic piece 4
Locking holes 46 for fixing the cover 41 to the main body 30 by engaging the locking convex portions 45 provided on the side surfaces of the main body 30 are formed on both side surfaces on the side orthogonal to the both side surfaces provided with 4. The elastic piece 47 is provided. On the side surface of the main body 30, a nameplate 48A,
A nameplate 48A is attached with 48B attached thereto so as to cover the light transmitting / receiving port 33, and a transparent window 82 through which an optical wireless signal can be transmitted is provided at a position corresponding to the light transmitting / receiving port 33.

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the mounting frame 2 is used to mount the mounting frame 20 in the mounting screw hole 22 of the switch box 10 for mounting with the fixing screw 23 and the mounting hole drilled in the wall plate. Locking holes 21 for metal fittings are formed respectively, and convex holes 24 are formed in the frame pieces 5b of the plate frame 5 corresponding to these holes 20 and 21 so that the plate frame 5 side can be attached. It is set up. Further, the mounting frame 2 is provided with long holes 49, which are long in the height direction, at the centers of the lower ends of the both side pieces 2a. The long holes 49 are rotatable and movable in the longitudinal direction of the long holes 49. A support piece 6b shown in FIG. 7 having a screw hole for screwing and supporting a shaft 50 made of a screw inserted in is provided at both front ends of the flat piece 6a of the back plate 6. Further, locking pieces 53 are bent and projected in opposite directions at the centers of the rear end edges of both side pieces 2a of the mounting frame 2, and on the other hand, at the center of both side edges of the back plate 6 so as to correspond to the locking pieces 53. Forms a notch 54 through which the locking piece 53 can move in and out,
An L-shaped locking receiving piece 55 that restricts the rearward rotation of the back plate 6 by locking the locking piece 53 that has entered the notch 54 by the downward movement of the back plate 6 is provided. It is formed by cutting and raising the plate 6.

As shown in FIG. 4, the layout sheet 11 covers the plate frame 5 so as to cover the opening 5a of the plate frame 5.
Made of a transparent resin fitted to the front side of the mounting frame 2 and fitted to the front side of the mounting frame 2 through the opening 5a, using a transparent film sheet that can be printed or copied, such as a transparent film sheet for overhead projectors. Depending on whether the segmented area map created with a word processor is printed directly on the printer, or whether the segmented area map once printed on paper or the name of the place is entered with a pen or copied by a copying machine, In the case where the color chips 27a and 27b formed on the surface of the switch unit 8 and the blank chip 9 are attached to the surface of the switch unit 8 and the blank chip 9 respectively to set the divided areas with the colors of the color chips 27a and 27b. Is used as it is with a transparent plain color, and the position of the operation button 37 of the switch unit 8 arranged at the position corresponding to each divided area and the operation display The light of the child La can be visually recognized by the light transmittance of the layout sheet 11, the control range of the switch unit 8 can be clearly displayed, and the operation button 37 can be pressed through the layout sheet 11. You can do it.

Color chip 27 for switch unit 8
A circle is marked on the surface of the a to indicate the operating portion, and the color chip 27b for the blank chip 9 is plain. The makeup sheet 25 is a translucent one with lines drawn in a grid pattern.
The layout sheet 11 is superposed on the front surface of the layout sheet 11 and covered with the layout sheet 11.

As shown in FIG. 5, the blank chip 9 has an outer shape substantially the same as that of the cover 41 of the switch unit 8, and has locking projections 56a of elastic pieces 56 provided on both side surfaces.
By sandwiching the mounting frame 2 around the opening of the switch insertion hole 1 with the rear peripheral portion of the collar piece 9a, the switch insertion hole 1 can be detachably inserted. As shown in FIG. 8, the terminal block 7 has a post 13 for detachably connecting the female connector 12 provided at the tip of the lead wire 35 for connecting the signal line derived from the switch unit 8 as shown in FIG. The printed circuit board 14 includes a plurality of printed circuit boards 14 arranged in a row. The printed circuit board 14 is fixed to a bending piece 6c that is bent forward from the upper end portion of the back plate 6, and has a post 13 of the same polarity.
10, the lead wires 15 connected to the pair of circuit patterns 80, 80 connected in common are
It is connected to a terminal fitting 19 of a terminal plate 18 attached to a mounting base 17 on the lower front surface of the back plate 6 so as to face the back plate 6.

The back plate 6 is attached to the mounting frame 2 by 90.
In the state in which the flat piece 6a is rotated, the flat piece 6a is held in contact with the rear surface of the lower end of the mounting frame 2 and held in an open state. 11 as shown in FIG. 11, and the lead wire 35 for connecting the signal line of each switch unit 8 is attached.
The female connector 12 at the tip of is connected to the pair of posts 13 of the terminal block 7 by insertion.

When the back plate 6 is vertically rotated about the shaft 50 with this work completed, the engaging piece 53 of the mounting frame 2 enters the notch 54, and in this state, along the elongated hole 49. When the shaft 50 is moved in the downward direction, that is, the back plate 6 is moved in the downward direction, the locking piece 53 locks the lateral piece of the locking receiving piece 55 to support the back plate 6. Even if the back plate 6 is rotated about the shaft 50 in this state, the vertical piece of the locking receiving piece 55 hits the locking piece 3 and the rotation is restricted. In this way, the back plate 6 is supported by the mounting frame 2 while covering the rear of the mounting frame 2. Of course, when the back plate 6 is tilted, the reverse operation to the above operation may be performed.

The switch unit 8 as shown in FIG. 11 is inserted into the switch insertion hole 1 located at the proper position in the corresponding section of the section area map drawn on the layout sheet 11 of the load L, and the switch unit 8 is inserted. A blank chip 9 is inserted into the switch insertion hole 1 where no is attached. The layout sheet 11 covers the plate frame 5 on the front side,
Finally, the plate 51 is fitted into the plate frame 5 and the layout sheet 11 is pressed and fixed to complete the mounting. FIG. 6 is a front view of the completed state.

When changing the layout of the load L,
The plate 51 is removed, the decorative sheet 25 and the layout sheet 11 are removed, and the switch unit 8 is inserted into the switch insertion hole 1 at the predetermined position after the layout change, and the blank chip 9 is inserted into the switch insertion hole 1 that has become a blank. Insert or attach and print or copy the segmented area map corresponding to the new layout on the new layout sheet 11 using a word processor, or shape the segmented area by dividing the map or color by using the color chips 27a and 27b. After that, by covering the layout sheet 11 and the decorative sheet 25 and pressing and fixing the layout sheet 11 with the plate 51, the layout of the load L can be easily changed. When removing the switch unit 8 and the blank chip 9, a switch remover 28 is used. In this switch remover 28, the rear portions of the switch unit 8 and the blank chip 9 are fitted between the both side pieces 28a, and the elastic pieces 44 and 56 are pressed by the both side pieces 28a to release the locked state with respect to the switch insertion hole 1. It is detachably attached to the front side of the back plate 6, and is removed from the back plate 6 if necessary.

When the address and type of the switch unit 8 are changed, it is necessary to change the setting contents written in the EEPROM 83. The operation switch device for the remote control system thus configured is housed and fixed in the switch box 10. The switch box 10 is formed with a notch 26 for forming a hole for introducing a signal line or the like by knocking out.

The terminal circuit built in each switch unit 8 includes a constant voltage circuit 70 for obtaining a stabilized DC voltage after rectifying the transmission signal Vs by the full-wave rectifier DB as shown in FIG. The transmission signal Vs is transferred to the transistor Q.
_In order to return the current mode return signal to the central control unit 60 by short-circuiting the signal line 63 via the receiving circuit 71 which is extracted by switching ₁ and the resistor R ₁ and the full-wave rectifier DB by switching the transistor Q _2. Transmission circuit 7
2, a signal transmitting / receiving unit 73, an optical wireless light receiving circuit 77 that receives an optical wireless signal from the outside by the light receiving element 81 and extracts the data of the received light signal, and further drives the light emitting element 80 to output the optical wireless signal to the outside. The optical wireless light emitting circuit 78 for transmission, the transmission signal Vs extracted by the transistor Q ₁ are input, the data of the transmission signal Vs is read, the comparison judgment of the set address and the address data AD written in the EEPROM 83 and the control data are performed. The determination of CD, etc., return of the interrupt signal Vi based on the operation of the operation switch S, the control of the transistor Q ₂ when the operation data of the operation switch S is sent back as monitoring data, and further the central control 2 based on the control data of the operation display of the load L transmitted and received from the device 60
Operation display element La including color light emitting diodes Lr and Lg
Lighting control of the optical wireless light receiving circuit 77.
The rewriting control of the EEPROM 83 is performed based on the data received and extracted by the control circuit 74 for transmitting the writing data of the EEPROM 83 through the optical wireless light emitting circuit 78, the oscillation circuit 75 for giving the basic clock to the control circuit 74, and the control circuit at the system start. A reset circuit 76 for giving a reset signal to 74 is provided, and each switch unit 8 has a function equivalent to that of the conventional monitoring terminal 61. The data to be written in the EEPROM 83 is the address unique to the switch unit 8, the load number to be controlled by the operation of the switch unit 8, or the type data when the load L is group-controlled or pattern-controlled. Performed using an optical wireless signal transmitter (not shown).

In this case, the optical wireless signal transmitter transmits an optical wireless signal in the data rewriting mode to set the operation of the control circuit 74 to the data rewriting operation, and the data is transmitted in this state. The control circuit 74 which takes in the transmitted data through the optical wireless light receiving circuit 77
The data in the ROM 83 is rewritten to the received data.
Further, the rewritten data is sent back to the optical wireless signal transmitter by the control circuit 74 through the optical wireless light emitting circuit 78 so that the optical wireless signal transmitter can confirm reception.

When the optical wireless signal in the data confirmation mode is transmitted from the optical wireless signal transmitter, the EEPR
The control circuit 74 returns the data written in the OM 83 to the optical wireless signal transmitter through the optical wireless light emitting circuit 78 so that the data can be confirmed by the optical wireless signal transmitter. The load number setting determines a load L to be turned on / off by operating the switch unit 8 among a plurality of loads L connected to the control terminal 62 corresponding to the switch unit 8. This data is used as the operation switch S. Will be returned as operation data.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the switch device for the remote control system configured as described above, the terminal circuit section is provided with the setting section including the EEPROM for setting the address and the type of the terminal, and the data to be written in the EEPROM. The switch unit is provided with a light receiving means for receiving an optical wireless signal from the outside, and a means for rewriting the stored contents of the EEPROM with the data received by the light receiving means, and the light receiving opening of the light receiving means is opened in the switch unit. You can change the address, type, etc. of the switch unit simply by sending the setting data by optical wireless signal to the light receiving port of the switch unit, and there is a problem that it is difficult to set like the DIP switch and contact failure of the contact. No setting data is EEPR
Since the data is written in the OM, there is an effect that a backup power source for the memory is unnecessary.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of a switch unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a switch unit.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged exploded perspective view in which a main part of the frame unit is partially omitted.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a blank chip.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a frame unit.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an open state of a back plate of the frame unit.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of using the terminal block.

FIG. 9 is a front view in which a part of the terminal block can be omitted.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged perspective view, partially omitted, showing a mounting state of a terminal plate for connecting signal lines.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of inserting a blank chip and a switch unit.

FIG. 12 is a circuit configuration diagram of a terminal circuit.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of a remote control system.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a transmission signal of the remote control system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 8 Switch Unit 30 Main Body 31 Printed Circuit Board 33 Transmitting / Receiving Port 48A Name Plate 80 Light Emitting Element 81 Light Receiving Element 82 Transparent Window 83 EEPROM

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A plurality of terminals, each of which has an address set individually, is connected to a central control unit via a signal line consisting of a pair of lines, and the central control unit provides each terminal unit with a signal. Transmission signals including address data for specifying each terminal device, transmission data for each terminal device, and a signal return period for setting a period for receiving reply data from the terminal device to the central control unit. A switch used in a remote control system for multiplex transmission and controlling a load connected to the other terminal in response to a monitoring input input to one of the terminal units that are paired with a corresponding relationship by address. A device,
A frame unit having a plurality of switch insertion holes formed in a matrix shape, a switch unit provided with an operation portion on the front surface and detachably inserted in the switch insertion hole, and a front portion of the switch unit being substantially the same as the switch unit. At least a blank chip that is formed in a shape and that is detachably inserted into the switch insertion hole, and a layout sheet that is attached to the front side of the frame unit, and monitors the operation state of the operation unit inside the switch unit. In a switch device for a remote control system having a built-in terminal circuit section for returning input data to a central control apparatus by time division multiplex transmission, in the terminal circuit section, a setting section including an EEPROM for setting an address and a terminal type, Data to be written in the EEPROM, light receiving means for receiving an optical wireless signal from the outside, and data received by the light receiving means And means for rewriting contents stored in the EEPROM, a remote control system for a switching device, characterized in that formed by opening the light receiving opening of the receiving means in the switch unit.