Method for Remote Control of an Electric Equipment Unit and Control Device for Implementation of Such a Method

• US 20120256736A1
• Filed: 03/27/2012
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Schneider Electric SE)
• Inventors: Vigouroux, Didier
• Application Number:
  US13/431,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20120256736A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/12.22
• CPC Class Codes: H02N 2/181 Circuits; Control arrangements or methods
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/202 by remote control

Abstract

A method for remote control of an electric equipment unit, and device therefor, that includes a first actuation sequence of a generator and a second actuation sequence of that generator, wherein, in the first sequence, actuation stores energy of the first actuation and information of a control order to be sent to the equipment unit, and in the second sequence, actuation stores energy of this second actuation and enables the stored control order to be sent to the equipment unit and enables information of effective transmission of the control order to be sent to indicating means. The device mainly includes a control interface to be placed in the equipment unit, a remote control having two actuating buttons, a dongle which can be detached and temporarily inserted in the control interface, and means for forcing the operator to reposition the dongle inside the housing of the remote control after use.

Claims

1. A method for remote control of an electric equipment unit, comprising a first sequence called first actuation sequence of a generator and a second sequence called second actuation sequence of said generator, wherein, in the course of the first sequence, actuation of the generator stores the energy of the first actuation and stores the information of a control order to be sent to the equipment unit, and in the course of the second sequence, second actuation of the generator stores the energy of this second actuation and enables the control order to be sent to the equipment unit via the information of a control order to be sent stored in the first sequence, and enables the information of effective transmission of the control order to be sent to indicating means.

2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the energy produced during the first actuation of the generator being E1, the energy necessary for storing this energy and for storing the information of a control order to be sent being E2, the energy produced during the second actuation of the generator being E3, the energy necessary for sending the control order being E4, and E5 being the energy necessary for sending the information of effective transmission of the order, we have E1+E3 =E2+E4+E5.

3. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the above-mentioned power generator comprises a push-button and this generator is actuated when this button is pushed and is actuated again when this button is released.

4. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the above-mentioned energy is stored in a capacitor.

5. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the control order to the electric equipment unit and the information of effective transmission of this order to the equipment unit are transmitted by means of a wireless system.

6. A control device for implementation of a method according to claim 1, comprising a local control unit located inside the equipment unit and comprising two buttons for respectively commanding opening or closing of the equipment unit, a two-position switch designed to authorize either local control or remote control of said equipment unit, and a connector designed to receive a dongle enabling remote control of the equipment unit by means of a remote control.

7. The control device according to claim 6, wherein the above-mentioned indicating means of information of effective transmission of the control order comprise a LED belonging to the housing accommodating the remote control.

8. The control device according to claim 6, comprising means for performing unique pairing between the remote control and its dongle.

9. The control device according to claim 6, wherein the housing designed to accommodate the remote control comprises means for forcing the operator to reposition the dongle inside the housing after use.

10. The control device according to claim 6, wherein the housing of the remote control is formed by a case opening of which both releases the dongle and enables the buttons of the remote control to be actuated.

11. The control device according to claim 10, wherein the above-mentioned case comprises means for preventing closing of said case if the dongle is not previously replaced in its location inside the case.

12. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the equipment unit is a medium-voltage cubicle or a power circuit breaker.