Allocation of an operating address to a bus-compatible operating device for luminous means

• US 8,996,733 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2009
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tridonic GmbH & Co. KG (Zumtobel Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Tridonic GmbH & Co. KG (Zumtobel Group AG)
• Inventors: Zueger, Patrick, Mitterbacher, Andre, Sprenger, Reto, Kuenzli, Markus, Boeckle, Reinhard, Kistler, Roger
• Primary Examiner(s): Unelus, Ernest
• Application Number:
  US13/056,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20120102235A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,077 Days
• Field of Search: 340/3.5, 361/91.6, 315/152
• US Class Current: 710/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4282 on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0052 Assignment of addresses or identifiers to the modules of a bus system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/00 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/18 via data-bus transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/195 the transmission using visible or infrared light

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for allocating an operating address to an operating device for luminous means, in which the operating address is transmitted to the operating device in digitally coded form via an interface which is configured to connect a light sensor. The operating address is allocated by a user using a handheld device to transmit optical digital signals to a light sensor or infrared sensor which is connected to the interface.

Claims

1. A method for the allocation of an operating address to an operating device for luminous means using a hand-held device and a daylight sensor, wherein the operating device is communicatively coupled to the daylight sensor, the method comprising:

allocating an operating address to the operating device by transmitting the operating address in digitally coded form from the hand-held device to the daylight sensor connected to the operating device, wherein the operating address is encoded into and transmitted entirely over a visible light spectrum.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising switching the operating device to a programming mode that allows the daylight sensor to receive digitally coded data.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein directly transmitting the operating address to the daylight sensor comprises spotlighting the daylight sensor repeatedly for a certain time.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein directly transmitting the operating address to the daylight sensor comprises darkening the daylight sensor repeatedly for a certain time.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, in which the operating device confirms the successful address allocation and address storage optically, acoustically and/or via a connected bus.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, in which the handheld device that transmits the optical digital signals is a learning remote control.

7. A system that is configured for carrying out a method as claimed in claim 1.

8. A system comprising an operating device with a light sensor interface configured to perform a method according to any one of claims 1-6, when set into a programming mode.

9. An operating device for luminous means with a daylight sensor that can be set selectively into a programming mode in order to carry out a method as claimed in claim 1.

10. The operating device as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the operating device can provide a voltage for supplying the daylight sensor.