CONTROL SYSTEM FOR LOADS WITH A DISTRIBUTED ARRANGEMENT, MORE PARTICULARLY FOR LAMP-OPERATING DEVICES AND METHOD FOR PUTTING THE SYSTEM INTO OPERATION

• US 20150264778A1
• Filed: 10/09/2013
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH (Zumtobel Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH (Zumtobel Group AG)
• Inventors: Mayr, Gregor
• Application Number:
  US14/435,162
• Publication Number:
  US 20150264778A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00001 characterised by the display of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition systems [SCADA] or graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00002 characterised by monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00007 using the power network as support for the transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00016 using a wired telecommunication network or a data transmission bus
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2213/10 using simultaneously two or more different transmission means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/165 following a pre-assigned programmed sequence; Logic control [LC]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/18 via data-bus transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/195 the transmission using visible or infrared light
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/40 Display of information, e.g. of data or controls
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/246 the system involving the remote operation of lamps or lighting equipment
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/121 using the power network as support for the transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/124 using wired telecommunication networks or data transmission busses

Abstract

A method for putting into operation a control system for a plurality of loads with a distributed arrangement, particularly for lamp-operating devices, positional information relating to an arrangement and/or position of the load is determined by a sensor unit and the positional information is transmitted by the sensor unit to the load and stored by same.

Claims

1. A method for commissioning a control system for a plurality of distributed loads, in particular for lighting control gear, wherein a sensor unit is used to determine position information relating to the arrangement or position of the load, and the sensor unit transmits the position information to the load, which stores said position information.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in order to determine the position information, the sensor unit is positioned close to the relevant load, and the position of the sensor unit is determined.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the loads are connected to a central controller and are designed to identify themselves to the controller by means of an individual original or random address.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the central controller requests as part of an initialization of the system the loads to identify themselves by means of their corresponding original or random address, wherein the original or random address contains at least in part the position information stored in the load, or the loads transmit the position information jointly with their original or random address, or the loads, after transmitting the original or random address, transmit the position information when contact is subsequently made by the controller by means of the original or random address.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the central controller assigns operating addresses to the loads on the basis of the position information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controller is designed to provide, on the basis of the collected position information, a graphical representation of the arrangement of the loads.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the position information is transmitted wirelessly to the loads.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the position information is transmitted to the load using a cable.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the loads are lighting control gear, and daylight information is determined jointly with the position information, preferably likewise by the sensor unit, and transmitted to the lighting control gear, wherein during operation of the system the lighting control gear takes into account the daylight information in implementing received commands, or the daylight information is taken into account in generating commands transmitted to the lighting control gear.

10. A control system for a plurality of distributed loads, in particular for lighting control gear, which control system has at least one controller, which is preferably connected to each load via a control line, wherein the loads are designed to receive and to store information relating to the position of the particular load and determined by a separate sensor unit, and to transmit the position information to the controller.

11. The control system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the central controller as part of an initialization of the system is designed to request the loads to identify themselves by means of a corresponding original or random address, wherein the original or random address contains at least in part the position information stored in the load, or the loads are designed to transmit the position information jointly with their original or random address, or the loads are designed to transmit, after transmitting the original or random address, the position information when contact is subsequently made by the controller by means of the original or random address.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the central controller is designed to assign operating addresses to the loads on the basis of the position information.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller is designed to provide, on the basis of the collected position information, a graphical representation of the arrangement of the loads.

14. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the position information is transmitted wirelessly to the loads.

15. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the position information is transmitted to the load using a cable.

16. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the loads are lighting control gear and are designed to receive and to store daylight information determined jointly with the position information, wherein during operation of the system the lighting control gear takes into account the daylight information in implementing received commands, or the daylight information is taken into account in generating commands transmitted to the lighting control gear.

17. The sensor unit for use in a system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the sensor unit is designed to determine position information relating to the arrangement or position of a load, and to transmit said position information to the load.

18. The sensor unit as claimed in claim 17, wherein the sensor unit also comprises means for acquiring daylight information and for transmitting this daylight information to the load.