KR20110107071A - Wireless scenery lighting controller - Google Patents

Abstract

There is provided a landscape lighting wireless control device capable of monitoring the operating state of the lighting device by a wireless communication method, remotely controlling the lighting device, and implementing the rendering of the landscape lighting pattern. The remote control server receives and displays an operation state of a lighting device composed of a plurality of landscape lights and displays them on a monitoring screen, wirelessly transmits a remote control command to the lighting device, and turns on / off each of the lighting devices of the lighting device. Set the off time and transmit wirelessly, selectively set on / off for the plurality of landscape lights or set on / off time intervals for the plurality of landscape lights, and request the lighting pattern to be able to express various dynamic images. . The plurality of wireless flashing detectors wirelessly transmit the operating state of each lighting device to the remote control server in response to a status request command of the lighting device from the remote control server, and to the remote control command from the remote control server. In response to flashing control of the lighting device, control the lighting device to blink at an on / off time set for each of the lighting lights of the lighting device from the remote control server, and each landscape lighting according to the lighting pattern rendering request. By controlling the on / off or the on / off time interval of, the lighting pattern is produced.

Description

Landscape lighting wireless controller {Wireless scenery lighting controller}

The present invention relates to lapse lighting control, and more particularly to a landscape lighting radio control device for wirelessly remote control of landscape lighting.

Landscape lighting refers to the creation of a pleasant light environment by focusing on the formation of scenery by light and systemizing the relationship of various lights that make up a city. In other words, many local governments are now trying to discover the charm of the city, which could not be found in the daytime scenery, and to realize the pleasant, safe and vitality of the city by comprehensively and deliberately designing the whole city using the material of light. Construction in

The domestic landscape lighting market is in the early stages of forming a market, but the necessity of directing the landscape to enhance the image of public facilities and buildings is increasing. Furthermore, it is showing rapid growth due to the development of night scenery projects by local governments. The prospect of expansion of the landscape lighting market will be brighter when high value-added lighting market is realized due to the emergence of new technology and progress of convergence.

Currently installed landscape lighting facilities have a problem that can be confirmed only after the on-site inspection of the manager of the lighting or the cause of the lighting failure. In particular, in the case of a lighting device, it is necessary to check the lighting abnormality directly through the power supply, and it is difficult to check whether the cause of unlighting is a lamp problem or a ballast problem before opening the lighting device. Moreover, the maintenance of the lighting device by touring the site requires a lot of time and manpower, which is accompanied by an additional cost burden that causes the landscape lighting market to shrink.

In order to solve this problem, some lighting-related companies have proposed an integrated control system solution including the building lighting control function, but it is mainly integrated with additional functions such as crime prevention and parking management. It is limited to basic functions such as: Therefore, in order to solve the problems in the landscape lighting field and manage the high-quality unified landscape lighting with efficiency and convenience, real-time monitoring of the landscape lighting facility, periodic analysis of electrical property data, and individual status check and failure of the light source It is necessary to develop a wireless control system with functions specific to landscape lighting such as diagnosis, lighting and turn off time setting, power saving function through automatic illumination control of lighting, group control and individual control through lighting identification, and lighting pattern production.

The present invention is to solve the conventional problems, to provide a landscape lighting wireless control device that can monitor the operating state of the lighting device, wirelessly control the lighting device, and implement the rendering of the landscape lighting pattern in a wireless communication method. There is this.

In order to achieve the above object, the wireless landscape lighting control apparatus according to the present invention receives the operating state of the lighting device consisting of a plurality of landscape lights, and displays and monitors on the monitoring screen, the wireless control command for the lighting device wireless Transmit and wirelessly transmit by setting on / off times for each of the landscape lights of the lighting device, and selectively set on / off for the plurality of scenery lights or set on / off time intervals of the plurality of scenery lights. And a remote control server requesting a light pattern presentation capable of representing various dynamic images; And wirelessly transmitting an operating state of each lighting device to the remote control server in response to a status request command of the lighting device from the remote control server, and in response to the remote control command from the remote control server. Flashing control, and control the lighting device to blink at the on / off time set for each of the lighting of the lighting device from the remote control server, turn on / off each of the lighting according to the lighting pattern direction request or By controlling the on / off time interval, it characterized in that it comprises a plurality of wireless flashing detector for directing the lighting pattern.

The landscape lighting wireless control system and control unit of the present invention maintains the rapid initial measures for failures and obstacles and the collective real-time monitoring of the entire landscape lighting, improving the stability of the landscape lighting system due to an immediate alarm system, and providing a unified management system. It is expected to contribute significantly to the reduction of maintenance costs, energy saving by lighting control, and landscape lighting by pattern lighting control.

1 is a block diagram showing a landscape lighting radio control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a monitoring screen displayed on the remote control server illustrated in FIG. 1.
3 is a view showing an individual landscape light unit in the monitoring screen shown in FIG.
4 is a block diagram of the monitoring screen shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control screen displayed on the remote control server illustrated in FIG. 1.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the control screen shown in FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a time scheduling screen displayed on the remote control server shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a pattern lighting screen displayed on the remote control server illustrated in FIG. 1.
9 is a serial communication block diagram between the remote control server and the wireless blinking detector shown in FIG.
FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram illustrating the wireless caking detector shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram of the wireless caking detector shown in FIG. 9.
12 is a circuit diagram of the wireless caking detector shown in FIG. 11.
FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of the LED display for checking the state indicated by 12 of FIG. 12.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a landscape lighting wireless control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The remote control server 100 receives and monitors an operation state of a lighting device composed of a plurality of landscape lights and displays them on a monitoring screen, wirelessly transmits a remote control command to the lighting device, and transmits the lights to the landscape lights of the lighting device. Set the on / off time for the wireless transmission, selectively set the on / off time for the plurality of landscape lights, or set the on / off time intervals for the plurality of landscape lights, and display a variety of dynamic image patterns. Ask.

The remote control server 100 collects information on the lighting device from the wireless blinking detector 200 and controls the lighting device to unify and efficiently manage the management system of the landscape lighting facility.

The software for the remote control server 100 was developed by LabVIEW of National Instruments and consists of a monitoring screen, a control screen, a time scheduling screen, and a pattern lighting screen.

The monitoring screen analyzes the status of each lighting device and implements a function that indicates the cause of failure in the event of a lighting device failure.

The communication protocol between the remote control server 100 and the wireless flashing detector 200 includes a 2-byte landscape light number and a 1-byte control code. Individual landscape lamps can be numbered from No. 1 (0x0001) to up to 65535 (0xffff). If you select 0 (0x0000), it means all the landscape lights.

division The whole scenery Individual scenery The scenery number 0x0000 0x0001 to 0xffff

The control code is 1 byte, and the control code setting values, which mean each bit, are shown in Table 2 below.

Bit position Bit value meaning Remarks 8 One Status request Send code
(Based on remote control server)
7 One Demand 6 One Off demand such as scenery 5 One
0 The summit
Breakdown and error such as scenery

Send code
(Based on remote control server)

4 One
0 State such as scenery
Scene lights off state 3 One Landscape light error Cause Lamp defective 2 One Policeman, error cause ballast defect One 0 Policeman causes error

 Bits 6 to 8 are codes for transmitting to the wireless flashing detector 200 from the remote control server 100 to request the current state of the landscape light and on / off, and bits 1 to 5 are landscape lights as the reception code. Receive various states of. If bits 4 and 5 are 1 (000110002: 2410), the policeman lights are operating normally and is on, and if 5 is 0 and 1 is 1 (000000012: 110), the policeman lights are faulty and error. It is a short circuit.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a monitoring screen displayed on the remote control server illustrated in FIG. 1. 3 is a view showing an individual landscape light unit in the monitoring screen shown in FIG.

The remote control server 100 transmits an operation state request command of a lighting device to the wireless caking detector 200 according to a monitoring request for the lighting device to receive an operating state of each lighting device from the wireless caking detector 200. Individual with a plurality of individual landscape light units, each consisting of a lamp, ballast, and a short circuit LED, each indicating a state of the lighting device, a blinking state indicating a blinking state of the lighting device, and a cause of failure in the event of a lighting device failure. Units such as landscapes are monitored by displaying them on the monitoring screen.

The individual landscape light unit is composed of a lamp indicating a state of the lighting device, a blinking state indicating a blinking state of the lighting device, and a lamp, a ballast, and an earth leakage LED indicating the failure cause of the lighting device as shown in FIG. 3. If the lighting device is normal, the LED in the light state turns on a blue light, and in case of a failure, the LED turns off, and one of the lamps, ballasts, and a short circuit LED on the bottom is turned on depending on the cause of the failure. When the lamp is turned on when the lighting device is in a normal state, the blinking status LED turns on a green light, and when the lamp is turned off, the LED turns off.

As shown in FIG. 2, the monitoring screen is an aggregate of individual landscape lighting units, and all lighting devices managed by the central control system are displayed on the screen, indicating the current state of each lighting device. The first landscape lamp operates normally and the lamp is turned on. The second landscape lamp is a fault condition and the lamp is bad. The third landscape lamp is when the ballast is out of order, and the fourth landscape lamp shows a state in which an error occurs in the landscape lamp due to a short circuit. The fifth police lamp is operating normally and the lamp is off. When the refresh button is clicked, the screen is updated when a command for requesting the current state of the lighting device is sent to the wireless blinking detector 200 and the current state of each lighting device is received from the wireless blinking detector 200.

4 is a block diagram of the monitoring screen shown in FIG. It manages the lighting status of each landscape lamp and the flashing status of the landscape lamps, lamps and ballasts in case of failure, and faulty leakage information in an array, and presses the refresh button of FIG. Indicates.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a control screen displayed on the remote control server 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 and shows a state of a current lighting device and a blinking state. The control screen implements a control that remotely flashes the entire lighting device and individual lighting devices. 5 is a control screen, the initial on / off toggle switch is positioned downward when the lighting device is turned on, such as a blinking state of the lighting device, and downward when the lighting device is turned on. In each police unit, turn on / off toggle switch upwards to turn on or turn off the lighting unit and turn off the lighting unit. Press OK button to turn on / off the lighting unit adjusted by each police station number and toggle switch. The status code is transmitted to the wireless flashing detector 200. After a certain time, when the command for requesting the current state of the lighting device is sent to the wireless blinking detector 200 and the current state of each lighting device is received from the wireless blinking detector 200, the screen is updated. If you want to turn on or off all the lighting devices, click the full on / off toggle switch at the bottom, and the toggle switch of all the lighting unit will be adjusted to the state of the full on / off toggle switch. When the Cancel button is pressed, the on / off toggle switch of all officers' light units returns to the initial state as the flashing state before the adjustment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the control screen shown in FIG. 5. This function reads the current state of the lamp and the blinking light on the screen and displays the information adjusted by the toggle switch to update the blinking state of the light.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a time scheduling screen displayed on the remote control server illustrated in FIG. 1. The on / off time of each landscape lamp may be set in units of 5 minutes. The time scheduling screen implements a function of setting a time and controlling a lighting device so that all and individual lighting devices can blink at a specific time. Each policeman's number appears in front, the time in front can set the time the police lights turn on, and the time in the back sets the time the police lights turn off. If you select None in the AM / PM enumeration box, the time scheduling function is not selected. If you select AM or PM, select hours and minutes and press the OK button. The on / off control code is transmitted. Pressing the Cancel button resets all values in the enumeration box.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a pattern lighting screen displayed on the remote control server 100 shown in FIG. 1. The pattern lighting screen implements a lighting pattern display function and a lighting pattern setting function for displaying a dynamic image of lighting. If you select the function of lighting pattern that can express various dynamic images and press the OK button, the selected pattern lighting is realized. In the present invention, in consideration of the fact that the light source mainly used in the landscape lighting equipment is a heat radiation lamp, the pattern lighting for this has been implemented. In the case of a heat radiation lamp, only five types of pattern lighting may be implemented in consideration of the fact that the flashing control is not performed in real time, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Communication between the remote control server 100 and the wireless flashing detector 200 may use serial communication using an RS-232 port. RS-232 communication is a one-to-one communication that can communicate with equipment in an inexpensive way. For serial communication, several things, such as information transmission rate, data bit, parity stop bit, and flow control, must be set. In serial communication using VISA function, you can input the command to control the device in buffer write and check the data received through buffer read. The serial communication block diagram between the remote control server 100 and the wireless flashing detector 200 is shown in FIG. 9.

The plurality of wireless blinking detectors 200 wirelessly transmits an operation state of each lighting device to the remote control server in response to a status request command of the lighting device from the remote control server 100. In response to the remote control command from 100) flashing control of the lighting device, controlling the lighting device to flash at an on / off time set for each of the lighting of the lighting device from the remote control server, The lighting pattern is produced by controlling the on / off or on / off time intervals of the respective landscape lights according to the request of the lighting pattern creation.

The plurality of wireless flashing detector 200 is connected to each landscape light on the lighting device 300 side to collect the state information of the lighting device or control the illuminator in accordance with the flashing control signal transmitted from the remote control server 100 It is connected to the remote control server 100 wirelessly.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram illustrating the wireless caking detector shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 11 is a block diagram of the wireless caking detector shown in FIG. 10.

The plurality of wireless point detectors 200 each include a LED display unit 210 for checking the status, a short circuit detecting circuit 220, a high pressure detector 230, a current detector 240, and a wireless communication unit 250. do.

The status checking LED display 210 includes a power on state, channel output on / off, battery charge / discharge, an operation state of a flasher, a status LED indicating a reset state of a board, and a first mode state of a flasher, and a second mode state. And four LEDs respectively indicating the third mode state and the fourth mode state. FIG. 12 is a circuit diagram of the wireless caking detector shown in FIG. 11. FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of the LED display unit 210 for checking a state indicated by 12 in FIG. 12. The use of the LED display unit 210 for checking the status of part 12 is shown in Table 3 below.

No. function One Power on / off 2 Channel output on / off 3 Battery charge and discharge 4 Operation status of the flasher 5 Reset state of the board 6 First mode state of flasher 7 First mode state of flasher 8 First mode state of flasher 9 First mode state of flasher

The ground fault detection circuit 220 detects a ground fault for an input power source. The high pressure detector 230 detects the secondary high pressure signal of the ballast 310. The current detector 240 detects the secondary side current of the ballast. The wireless communication unit 250 exchanges data so that the wireless caking detector wirelessly communicates with the remote control server, and wirelessly transmits an operation state of each lighting device to the remote control server. The MCU 260 controls the operation of the ballast 310 and the lamp 320 of the lighting device according to the detection result of the high pressure detector 230 and the current detector 240.

100: remote control server 200: wireless flashing sensor
210: LED display for status check 220: short circuit detection circuit
230: high pressure detection unit 240: current detection unit
250: wireless communication unit 300: lighting device
310: ballast 320: lamp

Claims (3)

Receives the operation status of a lighting device composed of a plurality of landscape lights and displays them on a monitoring screen for monitoring, wirelessly transmits a remote control command to the lighting device, and sets on / off times for each of the lighting lights of the lighting device. A remote control server for wireless transmission, selectively setting on / off for the plurality of landscape lights, or setting on / off time intervals for the plurality of landscape lights, and requesting lighting patterns for directing various dynamic images; And
Wirelessly transmitting an operating state of each lighting device to the remote control server in response to a status request command of the lighting device from the remote control server, and responsive to the remote control command from the remote control server. Flashing control, and control the lighting device to blink at the on / off time set for each of the lighting of the lighting device from the remote control server, on / off or on of each lighting in accordance with the lighting pattern direction request A wireless landscape lighting control device comprising a plurality of wireless flashing detector for directing the lighting pattern by controlling the on / off time interval. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the remote control server receives an operating state of each lighting device from the wireless caking detector by transmitting an operation state request command of a lighting device to the wireless caking detector according to a monitoring request for the lighting device. Individual landscape light unit with a number of individual landscape light units each consisting of a lamp, ballast, and a short-circuit LED, each of which indicates a flashing state indicating the state of flashing, the flashing state of the lighting device, and the cause of the failure in the event of a lighting device failure. Landscape lighting radio control device to display the aggregates on the monitoring screen for monitoring. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of wireless caking detectors, respectively,
Status LED indicating power on state, channel output on / off, battery charge / discharge, flasher operation status, board reset status, and flasher first mode status, second mode status, third mode status and fourth mode A status indicator LED display including four LEDs each indicating a status;
A short circuit detecting circuit detecting a short circuit to an input power source;
A high pressure detector for detecting a high pressure signal on the secondary side of the ballast;
A current detector for sensing a secondary side current of the ballast;
A wireless communication unit for exchanging data such that the wireless caking detector wirelessly communicates with the remote control server, and wirelessly transmitting an operating state of each lighting device to the remote control server; And
Landscape lighting wireless control device including a MCU for controlling the movement of the ballast in accordance with the detection result of the high pressure sensor and the current sensor.

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