Illumination system, operation terminal, and setting method of illumination equipment in illumination system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10433407-B2
Application number	US-201816014814-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2018
Priority date	Jun 23, 2017
Publication date	Oct 1, 2019
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019

Abstract

An illumination system includes an alert unit connected to a control device. During work to connect the illumination equipment to the relay, the control device searches whether or not the illumination equipment is connected, through the relay; when the connection of the illumination equipment is detected, sends an inquiry on a type of the illumination equipment to the illumination equipment and acquires information on the type of the illumination equipment; when the information on the type of the illumination equipment is the same as the planned connection equipment type stored in advance, sets an identification number for the illumination equipment connected to the control device; and, when the information on the type of the illumination equipment differs from the planned connection equipment type stored in advance, causes the alert unit to generate a first alert.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An illumination system in which a plurality of illumination equipments are connected to a control device via a relay, the illumination system comprising:
an alert unit connected to the control device, wherein
the control device stores in advance information on the relay and a planned connection equipment type which is a type of the illumination equipment planned to be connected to the relay, and
during work to connect the illumination equipment to the relay, the control device: searches whether or not the illumination equipment is connected, through the relay; when the control device detects that the illumination equipment is connected based on a transmission signal from the illumination equipment, sends an inquiry on a type of the illumination equipment to the illumination equipment and acquires information on the type of the illumination equipment; when the information on the type of the illumination equipment is the same as the planned connection equipment type stored in advance, sets an identification number for the illumination equipment connected to the control device; and, when the information on the type of the illumination equipment differs from the planned connection equipment type stored in advance, causes the alert unit to generate a first alert.

2. The illumination system according to claim 1 , wherein
when the control device detects that the illumination equipment is connected based on the transmission signal from the illumination equipment, and the illumination equipment is not planned to be connected to a port on a side of the relay for which the connection of the illumination equipment is detected, the control device causes the alert unit to generate a second alert.

3. The illumination system according to claim 1 , wherein
when a completion command is input from a user or a predetermined time which is set in advance has elapsed, and the illumination equipment is not connected to a port on a side of the relay to which the illumination equipment is planned to be connected, the control device causes the alert unit to generate a third alert.

4. The illumination system according to claim 1 , wherein
the alert unit is a display, and
the first alert is provided as a display of an exchange equipment found icon on the display.

5. The illumination system according to claim 2 , wherein
the alert unit is a display, and
the second alert is provided as a display of an additional equipment found icon on the display.

6. The illumination system according to claim 3 , wherein
the alert unit is a display, and
the third alert is provided as a display of a no-setting found icon on the display.

7. An operation terminal used for forming the illumination system of claim 1 , comprising:
the control device and the alert unit.

8. A method of setting illumination equipment in an illumination system in which a plurality of illumination equipments are connected to a control device via a relay, wherein
the control device stores in advance information on the relay and a planned connection equipment type which is a type of the illumination equipment planned to be connected to the relay, and
the method comprises: during work to connect the illumination equipment to the relay, searching, with the control device, whether or not the illumination equipment is connected, through the relay; when the control device detects that the illumination equipment is connected based on a transmission signal from the illumination equipment, sending, with the control device, an inquiry on a type of the illumination equipment to the illumination equipment and acquiring information on the type of the illumination equipment; when the information on the type of the illumination equipment is the same as the planned connection equipment type stored in advance, setting, with the control device, an identification number for the illumination equipment connected to the control device; and, when the information on the type of the illumination equipment differs from the planned connection equipment type stored in advance, causing, with the control device, an alert unit connected to the control device to generate a first alert.

9. The method of setting the illumination equipment in the illumination system according to claim 8 , further comprising:
when the control device detects that the illumination equipment is connected based on the transmission signal from the illumination equipment, and the illumination equipment is not planned to be connected to a port on a side of the relay for which the connection of the illumination equipment is detected, causing, with the control device, the alert unit to generate a second alert.

10. The method of setting the illumination equipment in the illumination system according to claim 8 , further comprising:
when a completion command is input from a user or a predetermined time which is set in advance has elapsed, and the illumination equipment is not connected to a port on a side of the relay to which the illumination equipment is planned to be connected, causing, with the control device, the alert unit to generate a third alert.

11. The method of setting the illumination equipment in the illumination system according claim 8 , wherein
the alert unit is a display, and
the first alert is provided as a display of an exchange equipment found icon on the display.

12. The method of setting the illumination equipment in the illumination system according to claim 9 , wherein
the alert unit is a display, and
the second alert is provided as a display of an additional equipment found icon on the display.

13. The method of setting the illumination equipment in the illumination system according to claim 10 , wherein
the alert unit is a display, and
the third alert is provided as a display of a no-setting found icon on the display.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ihara Kosuke

Classifications

• H05B47/155 Primary

  Coordinated control of two or more light sources · CPC title

• F21V23/003

  the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array · CPC title

• H05B37/029 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B37/0254

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B47/184

  using digital multiplexed [DMX] communication protocols · CPC title