WO2014082859A2 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zur fehleroffenbarung bei einem lichtsignal - Google Patents
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- WO2014082859A2 WO2014082859A2 PCT/EP2013/073789 EP2013073789W WO2014082859A2 WO 2014082859 A2 WO2014082859 A2 WO 2014082859A2 EP 2013073789 W EP2013073789 W EP 2013073789W WO 2014082859 A2 WO2014082859 A2 WO 2014082859A2
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
- G01R31/00—Arrangements for testing electric properties; Arrangements for locating electric faults; Arrangements for electrical testing characterised by what is being tested not provided for elsewhere
- G01R31/44—Testing lamps
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B61—RAILWAYS
- B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
- B61L5/00—Local operating mechanisms for points or track-mounted scotch-blocks; Visible or audible signals; Local operating mechanisms for visible or audible signals
- B61L5/12—Visible signals
- B61L5/18—Light signals; Mechanisms associated therewith, e.g. blinders
- B61L5/1809—Daylight signals
- B61L5/1881—Wiring diagrams for power supply, control or testing
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B61—RAILWAYS
- B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
- B61L5/00—Local operating mechanisms for points or track-mounted scotch-blocks; Visible or audible signals; Local operating mechanisms for visible or audible signals
- B61L5/12—Visible signals
- B61L5/18—Light signals; Mechanisms associated therewith, e.g. blinders
- B61L5/189—Light signals; Mechanisms associated therewith, e.g. blinders using flashing light sources
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B39/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for operating incandescent light sources
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B39/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for operating incandescent light sources
- H05B39/09—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for operating incandescent light sources in which the lamp is fed by pulses
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B61—RAILWAYS
- B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
- B61L1/00—Devices along the route controlled by interaction with the vehicle or train
- B61L1/20—Safety arrangements for preventing or indicating malfunction of the device, e.g. by leakage current, by lightning
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B61—RAILWAYS
- B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
- B61L2207/00—Features of light signals
- B61L2207/02—Features of light signals using light-emitting diodes [LEDs]
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B61—RAILWAYS
- B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
- B61L29/00—Safety means for rail/road crossing traffic
- B61L29/24—Means for warning road traffic that a gate is closed or closing, or that rail traffic is approaching, e.g. for visible or audible warning
- B61L29/28—Means for warning road traffic that a gate is closed or closing, or that rail traffic is approaching, e.g. for visible or audible warning electrically operated
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B61—RAILWAYS
- B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
- B61L7/00—Remote control of local operating means for points, signals, or track-mounted scotch-blocks
- B61L7/06—Remote control of local operating means for points, signals, or track-mounted scotch-blocks using electrical transmission
- B61L7/08—Circuitry
- B61L7/10—Circuitry for light signals, e.g. for supervision, back-signalling
Definitions
- the invention relates to a method for error disclosure in a light signal, in particular for railway safety systems, with an eventual error reversible shutdown electronic signal transmitter and designed for incandescent actuator for controlling and monitoring the signal generator and a related device.
- Actuators designed for incandescent signals typically provide a signal current to detect a fault or the proper functioning of the light signal.
- Electronic-based light signals such as LED signals, take some time to detect a fault. After switching on the light signal, the switching functions are checked in a self-test. For this
- Verification is a current flow necessary, the part of the part is rated as a valid signal stream.
- the signal generator is switched off and the error is disclosed to the control unit.
- the signal current is changed in such a way, for example switched off, that the control unit via this
- the invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide a method and apparatus of the generic type, which allow a safe and unambiguous error disclosure in a flashing mode of the signal generator.
- the object is achieved in that when control of the signal generator in a flashing mode, in whose blink pauses no signal voltage is applied, a timer connected to a voltage source measures the length of the blinking breaks and detects the flashing mode.
- the object is also achieved by a device in which a connected to a voltage source timer both for measuring the length of blink breaks in a flashing mode of the signal transmitter for the detection of the flashing mode as well as in the
- Error case for maintaining the shutdown is provided for at least one flashing cycle and thus to signal the shutdown of the actuator.
- the blink break is included in the normal operation of the auto switch without a signal current flowing in the blink pauses to energize the timer.
- a blinking term becomes an evaluable function of the signal generator, which is also implemented in the self-test.
- the electronic signal generator switches off automatically and memorizes the error with the help of the timer over the blink break and remains after the blink break for one to several blinking cycles in the Shutdown. After expiration of the signaling of the error, the timer ends the switch-off time, so that a restart of the reversibly switch-off electronic signal transmitter is enabled.
- the same timer is used as for the signaling of the error.
- the actuator recognizes the error as a defective bulb based on the change of the signal current at a current pulse of a flashing cycle and the subsequent, extended by the timer to at least one flashing cycle off time. This can reliably realize an error signaling via a shutdown function.
- the voltage source of the timer is formed as connected to the signal voltage of the signal generator capacitor circuit or as a battery or accumulator circuit.
- the capacitor circuit ensures that the voltage source of the timer is recharged every time it blinks, ie every time the flashing cycle pulses.
- the signaling of a fault by switching off is possible by recharging the voltage source of the timer by means of the capacitor circuit also over several flashing cycles, without a current valid for the control part signal flow.
- the timer is multi-channel. This ensures the highly safety-relevant signaling of an error even in the event of a defect in a timer or its associated voltage source.
- the timer has two channels for measuring the length of the blinking breaks, the measured values of the channels being compared and an error being signaled in the case of differences. The values of the time Over at least two channels are compared and evaluated in each flashing cycle. The detection of a blink break is sufficient to conclude that the timer is working.
- a channel can not measure or detect the switch-off time, in particular due to a timer defect, this channel is no longer able to signal a detected fault, that is to say a switch-off, to the control unit beyond a turn-off pause. Due to the multi-channel detection of the flashing cycle and the comparison of the measured values of the individual channels, a fault in a flashing cycle can thus still be detected via the faultless channel and signaled beyond the flashing pause in a channel.
- At least one microcontroller is provided, which assumes a sleep mode in the pauses between flashing and at the beginning of the first sleep mode after the triggering of the signal generator in FIG Blinking mode on
- the microcontroller acts as a timer during its sleep mode, with little energy being consumed so that the blink break can be bypassed.
- a plurality of microcontrollers are used as measuring channels for detecting the flashing mode. In the one-phase of the flashing cycle, the flashing bits of the channels are compared with each other in the self-test. If there are differences between the channels, a faulty self-test is detected and the failure signaling is triggered by disconnection.
- the single FIGURE shows a timing diagram for flashing detection and shutdown in case of failure in a flashing mode operated light signal.
- the time curves for flashing cycles A to H, voltage of a power source 1, timer / sleep mode 2, flashing bit 3, switch-off 4 and fault counter are shown.
- the time curves 1 to 5 illustrate the error disclosure in a reversible turn-off electronic signal transmitter in flashing mode, which is connected to an incandescent lamp interface of a control part.
- a microcontroller is provided for each channel K1 and K2.
- the channel K1 is error-free and in the channel K2 the energy source 1 for the sleep mode / timer 2 from the flashing cycle D is faulty.
- the flashing bit 3 of the two channels K1 and K2 is compared. Both channels Kl and K2 have the same state.
- the microcontroller switches on in the blinking pauses
- Flashing bit 3 is set in blink cycles B and C for both channels K1 and K2. Due to the error of the power source 1 of channel K2 this can no longer measure the pauses in blinking. The flashing bit 3 of channel K2 is therefore reset after the blinking break of the flashing cycle D.
- an error counter 5 is used, which triggers the shutdown 4 for error signaling from a significance 3, even if the signal generator continues to follow its external function of the flashing.
- the channel K2 can no longer increment the error counter 5 because its energy buffer is defective. This channel K2 restarts several times from flashing cycle D and thus deletes its error counter.
- Channel Kl is also able to maintain the shutdown 4 over at least one flashing cycle H and thus signals the error at least during a whole flashing cycle H to the control part, which is a wrong Signal current detects. After the error signal has expired, a restart can take place.
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- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Circuit Arrangement For Electric Light Sources In General (AREA)
- Train Traffic Observation, Control, And Security (AREA)
- Measurement Of Unknown Time Intervals (AREA)
- Photometry And Measurement Of Optical Pulse Characteristics (AREA)
- Electric Propulsion And Braking For Vehicles (AREA)
- Arrangements For Transmission Of Measured Signals (AREA)
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AU2013351411A AU2013351411B2 (en) | 2012-11-30 | 2013-11-14 | Method and device for revealing a light signal error |
EP13792337.1A EP2900538B1 (de) | 2012-11-30 | 2013-11-14 | Verfahren und vorrichtung zur fehleroffenbarung bei einem lichtsignal |
ES13792337.1T ES2605390T3 (es) | 2012-11-30 | 2013-11-14 | Procedimiento y dispositivo para la revelación de errores mediante una señal luminosa |
CN201380057575.0A CN104768829B (zh) | 2012-11-30 | 2013-11-14 | 用于揭示光信号中的错误的方法和装置 |
US14/647,932 US9562952B2 (en) | 2012-11-30 | 2013-11-14 | Method and apparatus for revealing errors in the case of a light signal |
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