JP2007287682A - Equipment management device, equipment setting instrument, lighting control system and control system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select a specific luminaire out of a plurality of luminaires without going through procedure of gradually narrowing a selection range. <P>SOLUTION: A lighting controller 100 lights the luminaires 300 one by one in different lighting methods from the other luminaires 300. For instance, the luminaires 300 are lighted in a blinking manner or with different luminosity from the other luminaires 300. An operator can thereby recognize one luminaire 300 and select the specific luminaire from the recognized luminaire 300. A remote controller 200 inputs information such as a group number specified to the luminaire 300 selected by the operator, and transmits it to the lighting controller 100. The lighting controller 100 can store the information specified by the operator and control the luminaire 300 selected by the operator, based on the information specified by the operator. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to, for example, a device management apparatus, a device setting device, a lighting control system, and a control system that control a lighting fixture.

Conventionally, there have been a method of limiting an appliance in which the selection range is narrowed in order when selecting addresses of a plurality of lighting fixtures, and a method of sequentially selecting with one button to specify one fixture.
JP 2001-313183 A

  In the selection method of narrowing the selection range in order or the method of specifying one device, it is inefficient to set a plurality of instruments in the same group.

  An object of the present invention is to make it possible to select a specific lighting fixture from a plurality of lighting fixtures, for example, without going through a procedure for narrowing the selection range in order.

  The device management apparatus of the present invention is identified by an individual information acquisition unit that acquires one piece of individual information from a storage device that stores a plurality of pieces of individual information that individually identify electric devices, and the individual information acquired by the individual information acquisition unit. A device notification unit for notifying an operator of the electrical device by causing the electrical device to operate differently from the other electrical devices, and additional information for inputting the operator-specified additional information for the electrical device notified by the device notification unit from the input device And an additional information setting unit that sets additional information for an electrical device by storing the additional information input by the additional information input unit in association with individual information in a storage device. To do.

  According to the present invention, since the operator sets additional information for the electrical device notified by the device notification unit, for example, a specific lighting device can be selected from a plurality of lighting devices without following the procedure of narrowing the selection range in order. Can be selected.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a device management system 101 according to the first embodiment.
The device management system 101 in the first embodiment includes a device controller 100, a remote controller 200, a lighting fixture 300, a human sensor 400, an illuminance sensor 410, and a wall switch 420.
The equipment controller 100 (equipment management apparatus) has additional information (for example, group number [group information] specified by an operator) for electrical equipment such as a lighting fixture 300, a human sensor 400, an illuminance sensor 410, and a wall switch 420 that are arbitrarily arranged. ]) To control and manage the electrical equipment based on the additional information.
The remote controller 200 (device setting device) requests the device controller 100 to set additional information for the electric device and control management of the electric device based on an operator designation.
The lighting fixture 300 uses an inverter circuit (control circuit) to light a discharge lamp, the human sensor 400 detects the presence or absence of a person based on a change in the amount of infrared rays, a temperature change, and the like, and the illuminance sensor 410 is based on the amount of light. Measure the illuminance in the room.
In addition, the human sensor 400 and the illuminance sensor 410 have LEDs (display lamps) that turn on and notify when a failure occurs during startup, stoppage, and the like.
The remote controller 200 requests the device controller 100 to set additional information, and the electrical devices that are subject to control management by the device controller 100 are, for example, the lighting fixture 300, the human sensor 400, the illuminance sensor 410, and the wall switch 420. .

  In the electric appliances such as the lighting fixture 300, the human sensor 400, the illuminance sensor 410, and the wall switch 420, individual information for individually identifying each electric appliance such as a MAC (Media Access Control) address is set at the time of production. Depending on the size of the individual information, it is arbitrarily arranged by the trader. In addition, an operator who uses an electric device cannot freely set the individual information. That is, since the operator does not know the individual information about each electric device that has been arranged, it is not possible to control each electric device in units of groups.

  Therefore, the device controller 100 and the remote controller 200 in the first embodiment function so that each arbitrarily arranged electric device can be controlled in units of groups.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a device management method of the device management system 101 according to the first embodiment.
Device management processing executed by the device controller 100 and the remote controller 200 in the first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

<S101: Individual information acquisition process / apparatus notification process>
The device controller 100 controls one electric device to perform operations different from those of other electric devices.
For example, the device controller 100 may change the brightness of the discharge lamp or change the brightness (increase the dimming rate or decrease the dimming rate) in a place where a plurality of lighting fixtures 300 are installed and each lighting fixture 300 is lit. A signal to be instructed is output to one luminaire 300. When the device controller 100 outputs a signal, the lighting fixture 300 blinks or lights up with a different brightness from the other lighting fixtures 300.
Thereby, the operator using this system can recognize one electric device that the device controller 100 has operated differently from other electric devices. That is, the device controller 100 can notify the operator of one electric device.
<S102: Additional information input process>
The remote controller 200 inputs additional information designated by the operator.
For example, when it is desired to control and manage the lighting fixture 300 in units of groups, such as each room, each section partitioned by a partition, a bright place into which sunlight is inserted, and a dark place into which sunlight is not inserted. Is specified as additional information. At this time, the operator inputs from the remote controller 200 a group number to be set for one lighting apparatus 300 recognized in S101. The remote controller 200 uses the input group number as additional information.
<S103: Additional Information Setting Process>
The device controller 100 sets additional information specified by the operator for an electric device that has been operated differently from the other electric devices.
For example, when the device controller 100 causes one lighting fixture 300 to turn on differently from the other lighting fixtures 300 in S101, and the remote controller 200 inputs an operator-specified group number in S102, the remote controller 200 inputs in S102. The group number is transmitted to the device controller 100, and the device controller 100 stores the individual information (for example, MAC address) of the lighting fixture 300 that is turned on differently from the other lighting fixtures 300 in S101 and the group number in association with each other. .
<S104: Device control processing>
The device controller 100 controls and manages each electric device based on the additional information.
At this time, it is assumed that the processing of S101 to S103 is performed on each electrical device.
For example, when the operator wishes to change the brightness of a certain group of lighting fixtures 300, the operator operates the remote controller 200 or the wall switch 420 to change the brightness change amount and the group number of the group whose brightness is to be changed. input. The device controller 100 acquires the brightness change amount and group number specified by the operator from the remote controller 200 or the wall switch 420, and acquires the individual information of each luminaire 300 stored in S103 in association with the acquired group number. Then, a signal for instructing the amount of change in brightness is output to each luminaire 300 of the group identified by the acquired individual information. When the device controller 100 outputs a signal, only the lighting fixtures 300 belonging to the group designated by the operator change the brightness.

  Through the above processing, the operator and device controller 100 can control each electrical device individually or in groups.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating hardware of the device controller 100 and the remote controller 200 according to the first embodiment.
In FIG. 3, the device controller 100 and the remote controller 200 include a CPU 911 (central processing unit) that executes a program. The CPU 911 is connected to the display 901, the input button 902, the ROM 913, the RAM 914, the communication device 915, and the magnetic disk device 920 via the bus 912, and controls these hardware devices.
The RAM 914 is an example of a volatile memory. The storage medium of the ROM 913 and the magnetic disk device 920 is an example of a nonvolatile memory. These are examples of a storage device, a storage device, or a storage unit. Hereinafter, it is assumed to be a storage device.
The communication device 915, the input button 902, and the storage device are examples of the input device, the input device, or the input unit.
The communication device 915, the display 901, and the storage device are examples of an output device, an output device, or an output unit.

The communication device 915 performs wired or wireless communication among the device controller 100, the remote controller 200, the lighting fixture 300, the human sensor 400, the illuminance sensor 410, and the wall switch 420.
The magnetic disk device 920 stores an OS 921 (operating system), a program group 923, and a file group 924. The programs in the program group 923 are executed by the CPU 911 and the OS 921.

FIG. 4 is a functional configuration diagram of the device controller 100 according to the first embodiment.
The device controller 100 (device management apparatus) in the first embodiment includes an individual information acquisition unit 110, a device operation unit 120, an additional information setting unit 130, and a device controller storage device 190.

  The device controller storage device 190 stores the addresses (identification information), group numbers (additional information), control information, and the like of the lighting fixture 300, the human sensor 400, the illuminance sensor 410, and the wall switch 420. The control information indicates, for example, turning on / off the lighting fixture 300, changing the brightness, starting / stopping the human sensor 400 and the illuminance sensor 410, turning on / off the LED lamp included in the illuminance sensor 410, and the like.

The individual information acquisition unit 110 receives one address from the device controller storage device 190 that stores a plurality of addresses (for example, MAC addresses) that individually identify the lighting fixture 300, the human sensor 400, the illuminance sensor 410, and the wall switch 420. Select and get.
In the device controller storage device 190, addresses acquired from the lighting fixture 300, the human sensor 400, the illuminance sensor 410, and the wall switch 420 are stored.
The device operation unit 120 notifies the operator of one electric device by causing the one electric device identified by the address acquired by the individual information acquisition unit 110 to operate differently from the other electric devices. Further, the device operation unit 120 controls the lighting fixture 300, the human sensor 400, the illuminance sensor 410, and the wall switch 420 based on the group number and control information stored in the device controller storage device 190.
The additional information setting unit 130 (additional information input unit) receives from the remote controller 200 the operator-specified group number for the electrical device notified by the device operation unit 120. Further, the group number is set for each electric device by storing the received group number in the device controller storage device 190 in association with the address.

FIG. 5 is a functional configuration diagram of the remote controller 200 according to the first embodiment.
The remote controller 200 (device setting device) in the first embodiment includes an information input unit 210, an information output unit 220, an individual information selection unit 230, and a remote controller storage device 290.

  The remote controller storage device 290 stores information such as a group number, an electric device address, and an input button 902 pressed by the operator.

The information input unit 210 (group information input unit, additional information storage unit, individual information reception unit, setting request input unit, group information storage unit), for example, inputs a group number designated by an operator for an electric device from the input button 902 and remotely The data is stored in the controller storage device 290.
The information output unit 220 (individual information request transmission unit, operation request transmission unit, setting request transmission unit) uses, for example, a communication device 915 to send an operation request for causing one electric device to perform an operation different from that of another electric device. It transmits to the controller 100. Further, for example, the information output unit 220 acquires the group number stored in the remote controller storage device 290 and transmits a setting request for setting the group number to the electric device to the device controller 100 using the communication device 915.
The individual information selection unit 230 selects and acquires one address from a plurality of addresses stored in the remote controller storage device 290.

In the following, three examples of the individual information acquisition processing / device notification processing (S101) to additional information setting processing (S103) of the device management processing (S101 to S104) of the device management system 101 in the first embodiment will be shown. .
An example of the device control process (S104) is to change the brightness of the luminaire 300 belonging to a specific group.

<Example 1>
The device controller 100 changes the brightness of the luminaire 300 and notifies the luminaires 300 one by one (S101), and an operator designation indicating that the remote controller 200 “sets” the group “G1” is assigned to each luminaire 300. Example 1 in which the device controller 100 sets the group number “G1” for each lighting fixture 300 (S103) will be described below.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating details of the device management process (S101 to S103 [see FIG. 2]) in the first embodiment.
The device controller 100 and the remote controller 200 use the CPU 911 to execute each process (S201 to S215) described below based on FIG.

“Additional Information Input Process 1 (S102)”
<S201: Group information input process>
The operator presses the input button 902 of the remote controller 200 and designates the group number.
The information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 inputs the operator-specified group number from the input button 902 and stores it in the remote controller storage device 290.

“Individual Information Acquisition Processing / Device Notification Processing (S101)”
<S202: Individual information request transmission process>
The information output unit 220 of the remote controller 200 generates an address request for requesting the address of each lighting fixture 300 and transmits it to the device controller 100 using the communication device 915.
<S203: Individual information transmission process>
The individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100 acquires the address of each lighting fixture 300 from the device controller storage device 190 when receiving an address request from the remote controller 200 using the communication device 915. Then, the individual information acquisition unit 110 transmits the address of each lighting fixture 300 to the remote controller 200 using the communication device 915.
<S204: Individual information reception process>
The information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 receives the address of each lighting fixture 300 from the device controller 100 using the communication device 915 and stores it in the remote controller storage device 290.
<S205: Individual Information Existence Determination Process>
The individual information selection unit 230 of the remote controller 200 determines whether the addresses of all the lighting fixtures 300 have been selected in S206. If there is an unselected address, the process proceeds to S206. If all addresses have been selected and there is no unselected address, the process proceeds to S213. <S206: Individual information selection process>
The individual information selection unit 230 of the remote controller 200 selects the unselected address and the previously selected address one by one from the addresses aligned in the order of the lighting fixtures 300 stored in the remote controller storage device 290, and outputs them to the information output unit 220. To do.
<S207: Operation Request Transmission Process>
The information output unit 220 of the remote controller 200 transmits the set of addresses selected by the individual information selection unit 230 to the device controller 100 using the communication device 915.
<S208: Individual information acquisition process>
The device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 receives a set of addresses from the remote controller 200 using the communication device 915.
<S209: Device notification process>
The device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 generates a signal for instructing a change in brightness for a set of addresses, and the lighting fixture 300 identified by the received address lights 100% for an unselected address. The generated signal is transmitted using the communicator 915 with the lower limit lighting instruction content for the previously selected address.
The luminaire 300 identified by the address that received the signal changes the brightness of the discharge lamp, and the operator recognizes the luminaire 300 that is lit at a different brightness from the other luminaires 300.

“Additional Information Input Process 2 (S102)”
<S210: Group setting input process>
The operator presses the input button 902 of the remote controller 200 to specify the operation content as to whether or not to set the group number specified in S201 for the recognized lighting fixture 300.
The information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 inputs an operator-specified operation content from the input button 902.
<S211: Setting Necessity Determination Process>
The information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 determines the operation content specified by the operator. If the operation content is “select”, the process proceeds to S205, if “determined”, the process proceeds to S212, and if “send”, the process proceeds to S213.
<S212: Group device handling processing>
When the operation content in S211 is “determine”, the information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 associates the group number input in S201 with the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 in S206, and stores the remote controller storage device. Store in 290. Then, the remote controller 200 moves the process to S210.
<S213: Group setting transmission processing>
When the operation content in S211 is “transmission”, the information output unit 220 of the remote controller 200 displays the group number input by the information input unit 210 in S201 and the address associated with the group number as a remote controller storage device. Obtained from 290 and transmitted to the device controller 100 using the communication device 915.
<S214: Additional Information Input Process>
The additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 receives the group number and the address associated with the group number from the remote controller 200 using the communication device 915.

“Additional Information Setting Process (S103)”
<S215: Additional information setting process>
The additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 stores the received group number and address in the device controller storage device 190 in association with each other.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the relationship between the lighting of the lighting fixture 300 and the input of the remote controller 200 in the first embodiment.
In FIG. 7, (1) to (7) show the same place where 20 lighting fixtures 300 are respectively installed, and show lighting states of the lighting fixtures 300 at different times.
As shown in FIG. 7, the operator wants to set the left 10 units to the group “G1”, the upper right 4 units to the group G2, and the lower right 6 units to the group “G3”. FIG. 7 shows the setting of the group “G1”.
Further, in FIG. 7, the luminaire 300 indicated by the rectangular frame line is lit at the brightness when not selected, for example, lit at the brightness of the dimming rate of 25%. The luminaire 300 indicated by the rectangular fill indicates that it is lit with the brightness at the time of selection, for example, indicates that it is lit with a brightness of 100% dimming rate.
Specific examples of S206 to S215 will be described below with reference to FIG.

(1) It is assumed that the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 of the remote controller 200 is the address of the luminaire 300a desired to be set in the group “G1” (S206). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting device 300a with a dimming rate of 100% (S209), the remote controller 200 presses the “decision button” (S210), and the information input unit 210 sets the group number. “G1” is stored in association with the address of the lighting apparatus 300a (S212).
(2) It is assumed that the remote controller 200 presses the “select button” (S210), and the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 is the address of the lighting fixture 300b that is not desired to be set in the group “G1” (S206). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting device 300b at a dimming rate of 100% (S209), and the remote controller 200 presses the “select button” (S210).
(3) It is assumed that the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 of the remote controller 200 is the address of the luminaire 300c desired to be set in the group “G1” (S206). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting fixture 300c with a dimming rate of 100% (S209), and turns on the lighting fixture 300b with a dimming rate of 25%. The remote controller 200 presses the “OK” button (S210), and the information input unit 210 stores the group number “G1” in association with the address of the luminaire 300c (S212).
(4) It is assumed that the remote controller 200 has pressed the “select button” (S210), and the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 is the address of the lighting fixture 300d to be set in the group “G1” (S206). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the luminaire 300d with a dimming rate of 100% (S209), the remote controller 200 presses the “decision button” (S210), and the information input unit 210 sets the group number. “G1” is stored in association with the address of the lighting fixture 300d (S212).
(5) It is assumed that the remote controller 200 has pressed the “select button” (S210), and the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 is the address of the lighting fixture 300e that is not desired to be set in the group “G1” (S206). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting device 300e with a dimming rate of 100% (S209), and the remote controller 200 presses the “select button” (S210).
(6) It is assumed that the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 is the address of the lighting fixture 300f that is not desired to be set in the group “G1” (S206). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting fixture 300f with a dimming rate of 100% (S209), and turns on the lighting fixture 300e with a dimming rate of 25%. The remote controller 200 presses the “select button” (S210).
(7) The process is repeated in the same manner as in (1) to (6), addresses are selected for all the lighting fixtures 300 that “want to be set” in the group “G1” (S206), and light is turned on at a dimming rate of 100% (S209). ) Turn on lighting fixtures that you do not want to set at a dimming rate of 25%. Assume that an address is stored in association with the group number “G1” (S212). At this time, the remote controller 200 presses the “Send button” (S210), and the information output unit 220 sends the group number “G1” and the addresses of all the lighting fixtures 300 of the group “G1” to the device controller 100 (S213). ), The additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 stores the addresses of all the lighting fixtures 300 in the group “G1” in association with the group number “G1”.

  In the above specific example, the selection may be 100% (lighted) and the non-selected may be turned off (dimming rate 0%), and the method of selecting the dimming rate is arbitrary.

<Example 2>
The appliance controller 100 changes the brightness of the luminaire 300 and notifies the luminaires 300 one by one (S101), and an operator designation indicating that the remote controller 200 does not “set” to the group “G1” is assigned to each luminaire 300. Example 2 in which the device controller 100 sets the group number “G1” for each lighting fixture 300 (S103) will be described below.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating device management processing (S101 to S103) in the second embodiment.
8, S301 to S315 of the second embodiment correspond to S201 to S215 of the first embodiment (FIG. 6), and S304, S311 and S312 are different from the first embodiment (S204, S211 and S212). Other processes are the same as those in the first embodiment.
The processing (S304, S311, and S312) of the second embodiment that is different from the first embodiment will be described below.

<S304: Individual Information Reception Processing>
The information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 receives the address of each lighting fixture 300 from the device controller 100 using the communication device 915 and stores it in the remote controller storage device 290 in association with the group number input in S210.
<S311: Setting Necessity Determination Process>
The information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 determines operation details designated by the operator. If the operation content is “select”, the process proceeds to S305, if “deletion is determined”, the process proceeds to S312; if “transmission”, the process proceeds to S313.
<S312: Group device handling processing>
When the operation content in S311 is “deletion decision”, the information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 stores the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 in S306 in association with the group number in S304. Delete from 290. Then, the remote controller 200 moves the process to S310.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the relationship between the lighting of the lighting fixture 300 and the input of the remote controller 200 in the second embodiment.
Similar to Example 1 (FIG. 7), a specific example (Example 2) of S306 to S315 will be described below based on FIG.
Here, in S304, the addresses of the respective lighting fixtures 300 that are desired to be set in the group “G1”, the addresses of the respective lighting fixtures 300 that are desired to be set in the group “G2”, and the addresses of the respective lighting fixtures 300 that are desired to be set in the group “G3”. The address of the luminaire 300 is stored in the remote controller storage device 290 in association with each group number.

(1) It is assumed that the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 of the remote controller 200 is the address of the luminaire 300a desired to be set in the group “G1” (S306). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the luminaire 300a at a dimming rate of 100% (S309), and the previously selected luminaire (the luminaire at the address stored at the end if the beginning). Is lit at 25%. The remote controller 200 presses the “select button” (S310).
(2) It is assumed that the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 is the address of the lighting fixture 300b that is not desired to be set in the group “G1” (S306). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting device 300b with a dimming rate of 100% (S309), the remote controller 200 presses the “deletion decision button” (S310), and the information input unit 210 sets the group. The address of the luminaire 300b stored in association with the number “G1” is deleted (S312).
(3) It is assumed that the remote controller 200 has pressed the “select button” (S310), and the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 is the address of the luminaire 300c desired to be set in the group “G1” (S306). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting device 300c with a dimming rate of 100% (S309), and the remote controller 200 presses the “select button” (S310).
(4) It is assumed that the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 of the remote controller 200 is the address of the lighting fixture 300d to be set in the group “G1” (S306). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting fixture 300d at a dimming rate of 100% (S309), and turns on the lighting fixture 300c selected last time at 25%. The remote controller 200 presses the “select button” (S310).
(5) It is assumed that the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 of the remote controller 200 is the address of the lighting fixture 300e that is not desired to be set in the group “G1” (S306). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting fixture 300e at a dimming rate of 100% (S309), and turns on the lighting fixture 300d selected last time at 25%. The remote controller 200 presses the “deletion decision button” (S310), and the information input unit 210 deletes the address of the luminaire 300e stored in association with the group number “G1” (S312).
(6) It is assumed that the remote controller 200 has pressed the “select button” (S310), and the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 is the address of the lighting fixture 300f that is not desired to be set in the group “G1” (S306). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting device 300f at a dimming rate of 100% (S309), the remote controller 200 presses the “deletion decision button” (S310), and the information input unit 210 sets the group. The address of the lighting fixture 300f stored in association with the number “G1” is deleted (S312).
(7) The process is repeated in the same manner as in (1) to (6), and addresses are selected for all lighting fixtures 300 that “do not want to be set” in the group “G1” (S306), and are lit at a dimming rate of 100%. (S309) All lighting fixtures 300 to be selected are turned on at a dimming rate of 25%. It is assumed that the address stored in association with the group number “G1” is deleted (S312). At this time, the remote controller 200 presses the “send button” (S310), and the information output unit 220 transmits the group number “G1” and the addresses of all the lighting fixtures 300 of the group “G1” to the device controller 100 (S213). ), The additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 stores the addresses of all the lighting fixtures 300 in the group “G1” in association with the group number “G1”.

  With the above (1) to (7), the device controller 100 can set the ten lighting fixtures 300 on the left side in FIG. 9 to the group “G1”.

  In the above specific example, the selection may be 100% (lighted) and the non-selected may be turned off (dimming rate 0%), and the method of selecting the dimming rate is arbitrary.

<Example 3>
The device controller 100 changes the brightness of the luminaire 300 and notifies the luminaire 300 one by one (S101), and the remote controller 200 sends an operator-specified “group number” to each luminaire 300 one by one. A description will be given below of a third embodiment in which input is made (S102) and the device controller 100 sets each group number for each lighting fixture 300 (S103).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating device management processing (S101 to S103) in the third embodiment.
The device controller 100 and the remote controller 200 use the CPU 911 to execute each process (S401 to S409) described below based on FIG.

“Individual Information Acquisition Processing / Device Notification Processing (S101)”
<S401: Operation Request Transmission Process 1>
The operator presses the input button 902 of the remote controller 200 and designates the start of device management processing.
In the remote controller 200, when the information input unit 210 inputs an operator designation indicating the start of the device management process from the input button 902, the information output unit 220 generates an operation request for requesting a change in the brightness of the lighting fixture 300. The data is transmitted to the device controller 100 using the communication device 915.
<S402: Individual information acquisition process 1>
The individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100 acquires the address of each lighting fixture 300 from the device controller storage device 190 when receiving an operation request from the remote controller 200 using the communication device 915.
<S403: Individual Information Existence Determination Process>
The individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100 determines whether the addresses of all the lighting fixtures 300 have been selected in S404. If there is an unselected address, the process proceeds to S404. If all addresses have been selected and there is no unselected address, the device management process ends.
<S404: Individual information acquisition process 2>
The individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100 selects one unselected address from the addresses of the respective lighting fixtures 300 acquired in S402 and outputs the selected address to the device operation unit 120.
<S405: Device notification process>
The device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 generates a signal instructing a change in brightness, and uses the communication device 915 to generate the signal generated in the lighting fixture 300 identified by the address selected by the individual information acquisition unit 110 in S404. To send.
The luminaire 300 identified by the address that received the signal changes the brightness of the discharge lamp, and the operator recognizes the luminaire 300 that is lit at a different brightness from the other luminaires 300.

“Additional Information Input Process (S102)”
<S406: Group Information Input Process>
The operator presses the input button 902 of the remote controller 200 to specify the group number to be set for the recognized lighting fixture 300.
The information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 receives the operator-specified group number from the input button 902 and outputs it to the information output unit 220.
<S407: Group setting transmission process>
The information output unit 220 of the remote controller 200 transmits the group number input by the information input unit 210 in S406 to the device controller 100 using the communication device 915.
<S408: Additional information input process>
The additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 receives the group number from the remote controller 200 using the communication device 915.

“Additional Information Setting Process (S103)”
<S409: Additional information setting process>
The additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 stores the group number received in S408 in association with the address selected by the individual information acquisition unit 110 in S404 in the device controller storage device 190.
<S410: Operation Request Transmission Process 2>
The operator presses the input button 902 of the remote controller 200 and designates continuation of the device management process.
In the remote controller 200, when the information input unit 210 inputs an operator designation indicating continuation of the device management process from the input button 902, the information output unit 220 generates an operation request for requesting a change in the brightness of the lighting fixture 300. The data is transmitted to the device controller 100 using the communication device 915. Then, the process proceeds to S403.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the relationship between the lighting of the lighting fixture 300 and the input of the remote controller 200 in the third embodiment.
In FIG. 11, (1) to (7) show the same place where 20 lighting fixtures 300 are respectively installed, and show lighting states of the lighting fixtures 300 at different times.
As shown in FIG. 11, the operator wants to set the left 10 units to the group “G1”, the upper right 4 units to the group G2, and the lower right 6 units to the group “G3”. FIG. 11 shows the setting of each group.
Similar to Example 1 (FIG. 7), specific examples of S403 to S410 will be described below based on FIG.

(1) It is assumed that the address selected by the individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100 is the address of the luminaire 300a desired to be set in the group “G1” (S404). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting device 300a with a dimming rate of 100% (S405). The remote controller 200 presses the “group button“ G1 ”” (S406), the information output unit 220 transmits the group number “G1” to the device controller 100 (S407), and the additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 sets the group. The number “G1” and the address of the lighting fixture 300a are stored in association with each other (S409).
(2) It is assumed that the remote controller 200 presses the “select button” (S410), and the address selected by the individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100 is the address of the luminaire 300b to be set in the group “G2” (S404). ). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting fixture 300b with a dimming rate of 100% (S405). The remote controller 200 presses the “group button“ G2 ”” (S406), the information output unit 220 transmits the group number “G2” to the device controller 100 (S407), and the additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 sets the group. The number “G2” and the address of the lighting fixture 300b are stored in association with each other (S409).
(3) It is assumed that the remote controller 200 has pressed the “select button” (S410), and the address selected by the individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100 is the address of the lighting fixture 300c to be set in the group “G1” (S404). ). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting device 300c with a dimming rate of 100% (S405). The remote controller 200 presses the “group button“ G1 ”” (S406), the information output unit 220 transmits the group number “G1” to the device controller 100 (S407), and the additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 sets the group. The number “G1” and the address of the lighting fixture 300c are stored in association with each other (S409).
(4) It is assumed that the remote controller 200 presses the “select button” (S410), and the address selected by the individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100 is the address of the luminaire 300d desired to be set in the group “G1” (S404). ). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting fixture 300d at a dimming rate of 100% (S405). The remote controller 200 presses the “group button“ G1 ”” (S406), the information output unit 220 transmits the group number “G1” to the device controller 100 (S407), and the additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 sets the group. The number “G1” and the address of the lighting fixture 300d are stored in association with each other (S409).
(5) It is assumed that the remote controller 200 has pressed the “select button” (S410), and the address selected by the individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100 is the address of the luminaire 300e desired to be set in the group “G3” (S404). ). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting device 300e with a dimming rate of 100% (S405). The remote controller 200 presses the “group button“ G3 ”” (S406), the information output unit 220 transmits the group number “G3” to the device controller 100 (S407), and the additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 sets the group. The number “G3” and the address of the lighting fixture 300e are stored in association with each other (S409).
(6) It is assumed that the remote controller 200 has pressed the “select button” (S410), and the address selected by the individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100 is the address of the lighting fixture 300f desired to be set in the group “G3” (S404). ). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the lighting fixture 300f at a dimming rate of 100% (S405). The remote controller 200 presses the “group button“ G3 ”” (S406), the information output unit 220 transmits the group number “G3” to the device controller 100 (S407), and the additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 sets the group. The number “G3” and the address of the lighting fixture 300f are stored in association with each other (S409).
(7) The process is repeated in the same manner as in (1) to (6), and addresses are selected for all lighting fixtures 300 (S404), lighted at a dimming rate of 100% (S405), and the group numbers correspond to the addresses. Add and store (S409).

  According to the above (1) to (7), the device controller 100 sets the left ten lighting fixtures 300 to the group “G1” and the four upper right lighting fixtures 300 to the group “G2” in FIG. The six lighting fixtures 300 in the lower right can be set to the group “G3”.

In the said Example 3, it is comprised from all including a control circuit, the lighting fixture 300, the illumination intensity sensor 410, the human sensitive sensor 400, the switch (wall switch 420), or a part containing the control circuit and the lighting fixture 300. The form of the control system (device management system 101) that automatically flashes and adjusts light has been described.
For example, the lighting control device (device controller 100, device management system 101) is characterized in that an operator can easily set a group by assigning a group number to each lighting fixture 300 randomly lit. ) Explained.

  In the above specific example, the selection may be 100% (lighted) and the non-selected may be turned off (dimming rate 0%), and the method of selecting the dimming rate is arbitrary.

  In the said Example 1-Example 3, although the apparatus controller 100 alert | reported to the operator the lighting fixture 300 made into setting object by changing the brightness of illumination, you may alert | report by the other method. For example, the device controller 100 may notify by blinking the illumination.

That is, in the first to third embodiments, for example, all of the control circuit, the lighting fixture 300, the illuminance sensor 410, the human sensor 400, the switch (wall switch 420), or a part including the control circuit and the lighting fixture 300. The following control system (equipment management system 101) configured and automatically blinking and dimming the lighting fixture 300 has also been described.
For example, the lighting control device (the device controller 100 and the device management system 101), in which the operator can easily set a group by confirming the blinking of the lighting fixture 300 desired to be assigned to the group, has been described.
For example, the lighting control device (device controller 100, device management system 101) is described, in which an operator can easily set a group by confirming blinking of the lighting fixtures 300 that are not desired to be assigned to the group. .
For example, a lighting control device (device controller 100, device management) is characterized in that an operator can easily set a group by assigning a group number to each lighting device 300 that is turned ON / OFF randomly. System 101) has been described.

<Example 4>
Moreover, in the said Example 1- Example 3, although the apparatus controller 100 set the group number to the lighting fixture 300, you may set a group number to electric devices other than the lighting fixture 300. FIG. For example, group numbers may be set for the human sensor 400 and the illuminance sensor 410.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating the relationship between the lighting of the LED lamp of the illuminance sensor 410 and the input of the remote controller 200 according to the fourth embodiment.
In FIG. 12, (1) to (3) each indicate the same place where three illuminance sensors 410 are installed, and indicate the lighting states of the LED lamps of the illuminance sensor 410 at different times.
In FIG. 12, an illuminance sensor 410 indicated by a circular frame indicates that the LED lamp is turned off, and an illuminance sensor 410 indicated by a circular fill indicates that the LED lamp is turned on.
The case where the illuminance sensor 410a is set to the group “G1” in the same manner as in the first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

(1) It is assumed that the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 of the remote controller 200 is the address of the illuminance sensor 410b that is not desired to be set in the group “G1” (S206). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the LED lamp of the illuminance sensor 410b (S209), and the remote controller 200 presses the “select button” (S210).
(2) It is assumed that the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 of the remote controller 200 is the address of the illuminance sensor 410c that is not desired to be set in the group “G1” (S206). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the LED lamp of the illuminance sensor 410c (S209), and the remote controller 200 presses the “select button” (S210).
(3) It is assumed that the address selected by the individual information selection unit 230 of the remote controller 200 is the address of the illuminance sensor 410a to be set in the group “G1” (S206). At this time, the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 turns on the LED lamp of the illuminance sensor 410a (S209), the remote controller 200 presses the “Send button” (S210), and the information output unit 220 sets the group number “G1”. And the address of the illuminance sensor 410a are transmitted to the device controller 100 (S213). Then, the additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 stores the address of the illuminance sensor 410a in association with the group number “G1” (S215).

By the above (1) to (3), the device controller 100 can set the illuminance sensor 410a in FIG. 12 to the group “G1”.
Similarly, a group may be set in the human sensor 400.

In the said Example 4, it is comprised from the control circuit, the luminaire 300, the illumination sensor 410, the human sensor 400, all the switches (wall switch 420) or a part including the control circuit and the luminaire 300. The form of the control system (device management system 101) that automatically flashes and adjusts light has been described.
For example, an illumination control device (device controller 100, device management system 101) in which an operator can easily set a group by confirming blinking of a display lamp of the illuminance sensor 410 desired to be assigned to the group. explained.
In addition, for example, an operator can easily set a group by confirming blinking of a display lamp of the human sensor 400 desired to be assigned to the group. 101).

<Example 5>
In the said Example 1- Example 4, although the apparatus controller 100 set the group number to the lighting fixture 300, the human sensitive sensor 400, and the illumination intensity sensor 410, even if it sets additional information other than a group number to other electric equipments I do not care. For example, control information for changing the brightness of illumination according to the passage of time (hereinafter referred to as scene number [scene information]) and control information for increasing or decreasing the dimming rate of illumination (hereinafter referred to as dimming information). ) And the like may be set in the wall switch 420.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating device management processing (S101 to S103) in the fifth embodiment.
FIG. 14 is a transition diagram of the setting screen of the wall switch 420 according to the fifth embodiment.
FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating the relationship between the group switch setting screen of the wall switch 420 and the input of the remote controller 200 according to the fifth embodiment.
FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating the relationship between the scene switch setting screen of the wall switch 420 and the input of the remote controller 200 according to the fifth embodiment.
FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating the relationship between the dimming switch setting screen of the wall switch 420 and the input of the remote controller 200 according to the fifth embodiment.
Device management processing (S101 to S103) of the fifth embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS.
The device controller 100 and the remote controller 200 use the CPU 911 to execute the processes (S501 to S515) described below based on FIG.

“Additional Information Input Process 1 (S102)”
<S501: Setting Type Input Process>
The operator presses the input button 902 of the remote controller 200 and designates the type of additional information (group number, scene number or dimming information) to be set in the wall switch 420.
The information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 inputs the type of additional information specified by the operator to be set in the wall switch 420 from the input button 902.
<S502: Setting Type Determination Process>
The information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 determines the type of additional information specified by the operator. If the type of additional information is “group switch setting”, the process proceeds to S503, if “scene switch setting”, the process proceeds to S504, and if “dimming switch setting”, the process proceeds to S505.
<S503, S504, S505: Setting Screen Display Processing a, b, c>
When the type of additional information is “group switch setting”, the information output unit 220 of the remote controller 200 displays a group switch setting screen on the display 901 as shown in the upper side of FIG. 14 (S503).
When the type of additional information is “scene switch setting”, the information output unit 220 of the remote controller 200 displays a scene switch setting screen on the display 901 as shown in the middle of FIG. 14 (S504).
When the type of additional information is “dimming switch setting”, the information output unit 220 of the remote controller 200 displays a dimming switch setting screen on the display 901 as shown in the lower side of FIG. 14 (S505).
As shown in FIG. 14, when the input button 902 corresponding to each screen is pressed, the remote controller 200 switches the setting screen displayed on the display 901 corresponding to the pressed input button 902.
The initial screen of “group switch setting” is shown in the screen state (1) of FIG. 15, the initial screen of “scene switch setting” is shown in the screen state (1) of FIG. 16, and the initial screen of “dimming switch setting” is shown. This is shown in the screen state (1) in FIG.
However, the screen state is not limited to this, and may be clearly shown as group switch setting, scene switch setting, and dimming switch setting.

“Individual Information Acquisition Processing / Device Notification Processing (S101)”
<S506: Setting Device Selection Process>
The operator presses the wall switch 420 for which additional information designated in S501 is desired.
The wall switch 420 having a plurality of channels (buttons and switches) outputs a signal indicating the address of the own wall switch 420 and the number of the pressed channel to the device controller 100.
<S507: Individual information transmission process>
The individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100 inputs a signal from the wall switch 420 pressed by the operator in S506, and uses the communication device 915 to send the address and channel number of the wall switch 420 pressed by the operator to the remote controller. 200.
<S508: Individual information reception processing>
The information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 receives the address and channel number of the wall switch 420 pressed by the operator from the device controller 100 using the communication device 915.
<S509: Individual information display processing>
The information output unit 220 of the remote controller 200 displays the address and channel number of the wall switch 420 received by the information input unit 210 in S508, as shown in the screen state (2) of FIG. 15, FIG. 16, or FIG. To display.
In the screen state (2) of FIGS. 15, 16, and 17, the address of the wall switch 420 in which “Add” is pressed by the operator, or an address is received.
Further, “4” in the screen state (2) in FIG. 15 and “1” in the screen state (2) in FIG. 16 indicate the channel numbers of the channels pressed by the operator. For example, “4” is a channel (button, switch) positioned fourth from the top in the wall switch 420, and “1” is a channel positioned on the top of the wall switch 420. In the screen state (2) in FIG. 17, the remote controller 200 displays “−” as the channel number, which indicates that the channel number is not necessary for “dimming switch setting”. In “dimming switch setting”, for example, the channel located on the upper side of the wall switch 420 is an UP switch (for example, the second) that increases the dimming rate, and the channel located on the lower side is a DOWN switch that lowers the dimming rate. (Eg, third).

“Additional Information Input Process 2 (S102)”
<S510: Group / Scene Information Input Processing>
The operator specifies the group number or scene number to be set to the wall switch 420 pressed in S501 by pressing the input button 902 of the remote controller 200.
The information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 inputs the operator-specified group number or scene number from the input button 902 and stores it in the remote controller storage device 290.
In the wall switch 420, additional information can be set for each channel (button, switch).
<S511, S512: Setting Continuation Determination Input Process, Setting Continuation Determination Process>
The operator presses the input button 902 of the remote controller 200 or the wall switch 420 to specify the operation content as to whether or not to continue setting the group number or scene number to the wall switch 420.
When the input button 902 is pressed, the information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 inputs operation details designated by the operator from the input button 902 (S511). Then, the information input unit 210 determines the operation content designated by the operator. If the operation content is “transmission”, the process proceeds to S513, where “group switch setting”, “scene switch setting”, or “dimming switch setting” is set. In such a case, the process proceeds to S502 (S512).
If the wall switch 420 is pressed, the process proceeds to S507, and the individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100 inputs a signal from the wall switch 420 pressed by the operator in S511, and the wall pressed by the operator. The address and channel number of the switch 420 are transmitted to the remote controller 200 using the communication device 915.
<S513: Group / Scene Information Transmission Processing>
The information output unit 220 of the remote controller 200 stores the address (and channel number) of the wall switch 420 and the group number or scene number of the wall switch 420 (and channel number) stored in association with the remote controller storage device 290. The data is transmitted to the device controller 100 using the communication device 915.
At this time, the information output unit 220 displays a “transmission mark” on the display 901 as shown in the screen state (3) of FIG. 15, FIG. 16, or FIG.
<S514: Additional Information Input Process>
The additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 receives the address (and channel number) of the wall switch 420 and the group number or scene number of the wall switch 420 (and channel number) from the remote controller 200 using the communication device 915. To do.

“Additional Information Setting Process (S103)”
<S515: Additional Information Setting Process>
The additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100 associates the received address (and channel number) of the wall switch 420 with the group number or scene number of the wall switch 420 (and channel number) in the device controller storage device 190. Remember.

In the fifth embodiment, the control circuit, the luminaire 300, the illuminance sensor 410, the human sensor 400, the switch (the wall switch 420), or a part including the control circuit and the luminaire 300 is configured. The form of the control system (device management system 101) that automatically flashes and adjusts light has been described.
For example, a lighting control device (device controller 100, device management system 101) that can simultaneously set the type (for example, dimming switch) of a wall switch 420 to be assigned to a group and a group or scene has been described. .

In the first embodiment, the remote controller 200 communicates with each electrical device via the device controller 100. However, the remote controller 200 may directly communicate with each electric device without using the device controller 100.
For example, in S202 to S204 of the first embodiment and S302 to S304 of the second embodiment, the remote controller 200 may request an address from the lighting fixture 300, and the remote controller 200 may receive the address from the lighting fixture 300. Further, for example, in S207 to S209 of the first embodiment and S307 to S309 of the second embodiment, a signal is transmitted to the lighting fixture 300 identified by the address selected by the remote controller 200 to change the brightness of the lighting fixture 300. Also good. In addition, for example, in S401 to S405 of the third embodiment, the remote controller 200 may select an address and transmit a signal to the lighting fixture 300 identified by the selected address to change the brightness of the lighting fixture 300. .

  In S506 to S509 of the fifth embodiment, the remote controller 200 acquires the address and channel output from the wall switch 420. However, even if the remote controller 200 sets the channel without the wall switch 420 outputting the channel. Good. Further, the remote controller 200 may acquire the address output from the wall switch 420 directly from the wall switch 420 without using the device controller 100.

  In the fifth embodiment, the remote controller 200 has a group button, a scene button, and a dimming button. However, the remote controller 200 may not have the dimming button. When the dimming button is not provided, the remote controller 200 may change the screen as follows, for example, with respect to the setting screen change method shown in FIG. The remote controller 200 switches the screen to the dimming switch setting screen when the group button is pressed while the group switch setting screen is displayed, and sets the group switch when the group button is pressed while the dimming switch setting screen is displayed. When the group button is pressed while the scene switch setting screen is displayed, the screen is switched to the group switch setting screen.

In the first embodiment, for example, additional information (group number and the like) specified by the operator is set for an arbitrarily arranged electrical device (such as the lighting fixture 300, the human sensor 400, the illuminance sensor 410, and the wall switch 420). The device controller 100 (device management apparatus) has been described.
For example, in this device management method, the individual information acquisition unit 110 performs individual information acquisition processing for acquiring one individual information from the device controller storage device 190 that stores a plurality of pieces of individual information (such as MAC addresses) that individually identify electric devices. Do.
In addition, the device operation unit 120 (device notification unit) notifies the operator of the electrical device A by causing the electrical device A identified by the individual information A acquired by the individual information acquisition unit 110 to operate differently from the other electrical devices. Device notification processing to be performed.
Further, the individual information acquisition unit 110 (additional information input unit) performs additional information input processing in which additional information specified by the operator for the electric device A notified by the device operation unit 120 is input from the communication device 915 (input device).
Further, the additional information setting unit 130 sets the additional information A for the electric device A by storing the additional information A input by the individual information acquiring unit 110 in the device controller storage device 190 in association with the individual information A. Perform additional information setting processing.

Each process of the device controller 100 and the remote controller 200 described in the first embodiment is stored in a storage device as a program and executed by the CPU 911.
In the first embodiment, for example, a device management program that causes a computer to execute the device management method has been described.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the first embodiment described above, an embodiment has been described in which electrical devices are managed by the single device controller 100 and the remote controller 200.
The second embodiment includes a control management device 500 that communicates with a plurality of device controllers 100 and a plurality of remote controllers 200, and the control management device 500 controls each device controller 100 and connects to each device controller 100. A mode for managing the electrical equipment will be described. That is, in the second embodiment, a control system 102 that controls a plurality of device management systems 101 will be described.
The description will focus on matters different from those in the first embodiment, and items that are not described here are the same as those in the first embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a system configuration diagram of the control system 102 according to the second embodiment.
The control system 102 according to the second embodiment communicates with a plurality of device controllers 100 and a remote controller 200 for each device controller 100 to control each device controller 100 and manage each electrical device connected to each device controller. A device 500 is included. That is, the control system 102 according to the second embodiment includes the control management apparatus 500 that controls the plurality of device management systems 101.
A personal computer including a keyboard, a mouse, a display 901, and the like is an example of a form of the control management device 500. The control management device 500 can also be realized by hardware as shown in FIG.

FIG. 19 is a functional configuration diagram of the control management apparatus 500 according to the second embodiment.
The control management apparatus 500 according to the second embodiment includes a control management information acquisition unit 510, a control management operation unit 520, a control management information setting unit 530, and a control management storage device 590.

The control management information acquisition unit 510 corresponds to the individual information acquisition unit 110 of the device controller 100, and the individual information acquisition unit 110 acquires the address of the electrical device connected to the device controller 100, whereas the control management information acquisition unit 510. Acquires the address of the electrical device connected to each device controller 100.
For example, the control management information acquisition unit 510 communicates with each device controller 100 using a communication device, and the address, group number, control information, and the like of each electric device stored in the device controller storage device 190 from each device controller 100. Information is acquired, and the acquired information is stored in the control management storage device 590. Then, the control management information acquisition unit 510 acquires, from the control management storage device 590, the address of the electrical device connected to the device controller 100 for the device controller 100 designated by the operator using the keyboard or mouse of the control management device 500. .
The control management information acquisition unit 510 corresponds to the individual information selection unit 230 of the remote controller 200, and selects one address from the addresses of the electrical devices connected to the device controller 100 specified by the operator.

The control management operation unit 520 includes a communication unit and a control unit, and corresponds to the device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100. The device operation unit 120 operates an electric device connected to the device controller 100, whereas the control management operation unit 520 operates an electric device connected to each device controller 100.
For example, the control management operation unit 520 receives an address from the remote controller 200, and sends a control command signal specifying the address received from the remote controller 200 and a predetermined operation to the device controller 100 with which the remote controller 200 communicates. Send. Further, for example, the control management operation unit 520 controls the device controller 100 designated by the operator using the keyboard or mouse of the control management device 500 and designates the address selected by the control management information acquisition unit 510 and a predetermined operation. Send command signal. The device operation unit 120 of the device controller 100 receives the control command signal transmitted from the control management operation unit 520 of the control management device 500, and performs a predetermined operation on the electric device identified by the designated address based on the received control command signal. Let

The control management information setting unit 530 corresponds to the additional information setting unit 130 of the device controller 100, and the additional information setting unit 130 sets additional information for the electrical device connected to the device controller 100, whereas each device Additional information is set for the electrical device connected to the controller 100.
For example, the control management information setting unit 530 receives the operator-specified group number / control information from the remote controller 200, and identifies the identification information of the device controller 100, the operator-specified group number / control information, and the specific information that the remote controller 200 communicates with. The address of the electric device is associated with and stored in the control management storage device 590. Further, for example, the control management information setting unit 530 inputs the identification information of the device controller 100 specified by the operator and the group number / control information from an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse included in the control management device 500, and the device controller 100 specified by the operator. And the group number / control information specified by the operator and the address of the specific electric device are stored in the control management storage device 590 in association with each other. Further, for example, the control management information setting unit 530 transmits the correspondence information between the group number / control information and the address stored in the control management storage device 590 to the remote controller 200. The information input unit 210 of the remote controller 200 receives the correspondence information between the group number / control information and the address transmitted by the control management information setting unit 530 of the control management device 500, and receives the correspondence information between the group number / control information and the address. It is displayed on the display 901 and provided to the operator.

The control management storage device 590 corresponds to the device controller storage device 190 of the device controller 100 and the remote controller storage device 290 of the remote controller 200. The control management storage device 590 stores information stored in the device controller storage device 190 and the remote controller storage device 290. Are associated with the identification information of each device controller 100 and stored.
For example, the control management storage device 590 stores the address, group number, and control information of each electrical device in association with the identification information of the device controller 100 to which the electrical device is connected. Further, for example, the control management storage device 590 stores the identification information of each remote controller 200 in association with the identification information of the device controller 100 with which the remote controller 200 communicates.

The control system 102 according to the second embodiment controls a plurality of device controllers 100 as follows.
Each device controller 100 is provided with an antenna (not shown) for transmitting and receiving wireless data and a wireless unit (device operating unit 120).
The control management device 500 collectively controls and manages an antenna (not shown) for transmitting and receiving wireless data to and from the plurality of device controllers 100, a communication unit (control management operation unit 520) for wireless communication, and the plurality of device controllers 100. The control part (control management operation part 520) which operates according to the program for this is provided. A program for collectively controlling and managing the plurality of device controllers 100 is stored in, for example, the control management storage device 590.
The device controller 100 and the control management device 500 transmit and receive data by wireless communication, and the state and setting information of each terminal (electric device) connected to the device controller 100 are transmitted from the device controller 100 to the control management device 500. Sequential data transmission. The control management device 500 comprehensively determines the state of the terminal to the device controller 100, and transmits control data (control command signal) to control each terminal. In this embodiment, the device setting device (remote controller 200) can also transmit and receive wireless data, and the control management device 500 can wirelessly communicate with the device setting device. The device setting device can set, change, and delete control parameters and the like of each terminal connected to the device controller 100 from the control management device 500, and issues a system control command to the control management device 500. It is also possible to operate the entire control system. Further, by monitoring the data of the control management device 500 by the device setting device, it is possible to grasp the state of the entire system using the device setting device.
As a result, in the control system 102 according to the second embodiment, the control management device 500 centrally manages the information on each electrical device via the device controller 100 and transmits the information on each electrical device that is centrally managed to the remote controller 200. It becomes possible to do. By using the control system 102 in the second embodiment, it is easy to grasp the entire system, and there is an effect that comprehensive control can be performed on the electric devices connected to the plurality of device controllers 100.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a device management system 101 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a device management method of the device management system 101 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of hardware resources of the device controller 100 and the remote controller 200 in the first embodiment. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of a device controller 100 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of a remote controller 200 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating device management processing (S101 to S103) in the first embodiment. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a relationship between lighting of a lighting fixture 300 and input of a remote controller 200 in the first embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating device management processing (S101 to S103) according to the second embodiment. 9 is a flowchart showing a relationship between lighting of a lighting fixture 300 and input of a remote controller 200 in Embodiment 2. 10 is a flowchart illustrating device management processing (S101 to S103) according to the third embodiment. 9 is a flowchart showing the relationship between lighting of a lighting fixture 300 and input of a remote controller 200 in Embodiment 3. 10 is a flowchart showing a relationship between lighting of an LED lamp of an illuminance sensor 410 and input of a remote controller 200 in Embodiment 4. 10 is a flowchart showing device management processing (S101 to S103) in the fifth embodiment. FIG. 10 is a transition diagram of a setting screen of the wall switch 420 in the fifth embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a relationship between a group switch setting screen of a wall switch 420 and an input of a remote controller 200 according to a fifth embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a relationship between a scene switch setting screen of a wall switch 420 and an input of a remote controller 200 according to a fifth embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a relationship between a dimming switch setting screen of a wall switch 420 and an input of a remote controller 200 according to a fifth embodiment. The system block diagram of the control system 102 in Embodiment 2. FIG. FIG. 6 is a functional configuration diagram of a control management device 500 in a second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  100 device controller, 101 device management system, 102 control system, 110 individual information acquisition unit, 120 device operation unit, 130 additional information setting unit, 190 device controller storage device, 200 remote controller, 210 information input unit, 220 information output unit, 230 Individual information selection unit, 290 Remote controller storage device, 300, 300a, 300b, 300c, 300d, 300e, 300f Lighting fixture, 400 Human sensor, 410, 410a, 410b, 410c Illuminance sensor, 420 Wall switch, 500 Control management Device, 510 control management information acquisition unit, 520 control management operation unit, 530 control management information setting unit, 590 control management storage device, 901 display, 902 input button, 911 CPU, 912 bus, 913 ROM, 914 RAM, 915 communication device, 920 magnetic disk device, 921 OS, 923 program group, 924 file group.

Claims (11)

An individual information acquisition unit that acquires one piece of individual information from a storage device that stores a plurality of pieces of individual information that individually identify electric devices;
A device notification unit for notifying an operator of an electrical device by causing the electrical device identified by the individual information acquired by the individual information acquisition unit to perform an operation different from other electrical devices;
An additional information input unit for inputting additional information specified by the operator for the electrical device notified by the device notification unit from an input device;
A device management apparatus comprising: an additional information setting unit that sets additional information for an electrical device by storing the additional information input by the additional information input unit in association with individual information in a storage device . The electrical device is a lighting fixture,
The device management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device notification unit blinks a discharge lamp mounted on a lighting fixture. The electrical device is a lighting fixture,
The device management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device notification unit lights a discharge lamp mounted on a lighting fixture with a brightness different from that of a discharge lamp connected to another lighting fixture.   The device management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device notification unit blinks a display lamp included in the electric device. The additional information input unit inputs group information as additional information,
5. The device management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional information setting unit stores group information in association with individual information. An operation request transmitting unit that transmits an operation request for causing one of the plurality of electric devices to perform an operation different from that of the other electric device using a communication device;
An additional information storage unit that inputs additional information specified by the operator for the electrical device from the input device and stores the additional information in the storage device;
A device setting device, comprising: a setting request transmission unit that acquires additional information stored in a storage device and transmits a setting request for setting the additional information to the electric device using a communication device. A group information input unit for inputting group information for identifying a plurality of electric devices as one group from the input device;
An individual information request transmission unit that transmits an individual information request for individually identifying an electric device to a device management apparatus that manages the electric device using a communication device;
An individual information receiving unit that receives a plurality of individual information from a device management apparatus using a communication device and stores the information in a storage device;
An individual information selection unit that selects individual information one by one from a plurality of individual information stored in the storage device;
An operation request transmitting unit that causes the electric device identified by the individual information transmitted by transmitting the individual information selected by the individual information selecting unit one by one using a communication device to perform different operations from other electric devices;
A setting request input unit for inputting an operator request from an input device to manage electric devices that have been operated differently from other electric devices as a group;
A group information storage unit for storing, in a storage device, individual information for identifying the electrical device that has been operated differently from other electrical devices when the group setting input unit inputs an operator request;
Each electrical device identified by each identification information transmitted by transmitting the group information stored in the storage device and the identification information stored in the storage device in association with the group information to the device management apparatus using the communication device. A device setting device, comprising: a setting request transmission unit that is managed by a device management apparatus as a group. An individual information acquisition unit for acquiring individual information for identifying a switch pressed by the operator from a storage device that stores a plurality of individual information for individually identifying the switch;
An additional information input unit that inputs additional information of at least one of group information, scene information, and dimming information designated by the operator for the switch;
A device management apparatus comprising: an additional information setting unit configured to set a switch by storing additional information input by the additional information input unit in association with individual information in a storage device. Multiple lighting fixtures;
An illumination control system comprising: the device management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 and claim 8. The lighting control system according to claim 9,
At least one of a wall switch, a human sensor, or an illuminance sensor is provided,
A lighting control system that controls brightness of a lighting fixture of the lighting control system based on information of a wall switch, a human sensor, or an illuminance sensor. A plurality of device management apparatuses according to any one of claims 1 to 5 and claim 8,
A control system having a control management device for controlling the plurality of device management devices;
The control management device includes:
A communication unit that communicates with the plurality of device management apparatuses via a communication device;
A control unit that generates a control command for controlling any one of the plurality of device management devices, and transmits the generated control command to the device management device via the communication device. And control system.

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