WO2009065522A1 - Operating device for illumination unit for data output - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B47/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
- H05B47/10—Controlling the light source
- H05B47/175—Controlling the light source by remote control
- H05B47/18—Controlling the light source by remote control via data-bus transmission
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B47/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
- H05B47/10—Controlling the light source
- H05B47/175—Controlling the light source by remote control
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- the present invention relates to the operation of light sources such as fluorescent lamps and gas discharge lamps and light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
- the invention relates to an operating device or an electronic ballast ("ECG”), which has an interface for outputting data and lighting systems with such operating devices.
- ECG electronic ballast
- DALI Digital Addressable Lighting Interface
- the digital DALI bus is also bidirectional and therefore allows bi-directional data exchange between this central control unit and the individual control gear.
- the central control unit for example, the status of a connected to the digital bus operating device or a interrogate the lighting device controlled by the operating device.
- a disadvantage of this known DALI interface is that the information about the status of the operating device can only be queried centrally and only via the digital bus. Incidentally, such a query is not possible if the operating device has no DALI interface.
- an operating device or an electronic ballast for operating a lamp has a connection device to which a light sensor for monitoring the brightness of a specific spatial area can be connected.
- the light sensor used for brightness control detects brightness actual values in a region illuminated by a lamp. These brightness actual values are fed to the operating device via this connection device. The lamp whose brightness is detected by the light sensor is controlled by this operating device according to the brightness actual values or the lighting is dimmed.
- this measuring terminal device is used to connect light sensors or brightness-dependent resistors and can not be used to query information from the operating device.
- the invention has accordingly set itself the task of providing an improved technique for operating a lamp, which in particular the reading of control gear data is improved or simplified.
- an operating device for at least one luminous means has a physical interface for connecting a light sensor and for inputting light sensor data in a first mode. This interface is switchable to a second mode for outputting data.
- the interface for outputting digital data may, for example, be formed by a control unit (ASIC, etc.) in the operating device.
- ASIC control unit
- the interface may be designed to output data according to the DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) standard.
- DALI Digital Addressable Lighting Interface
- the operating device may include a unit for modulating the output data by shorting a supply voltage applied to the sensor interface.
- the interface can be designed to be bidirectional in such a way that it can serve both for the output and for the input of data in the second mode.
- the operating device may have a control unit for switching the interface to the second mode.
- the control unit may be an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit).
- control unit may be a microcontroller.
- the status of the operating device can be read out of the operating device.
- the status of the luminous means can be read out of the operating device.
- the operating device may be designed to control a gas discharge lamp.
- the operating device can be designed as a converter for light-emitting diodes.
- the operating device may have control inputs for receiving control signals for switching between the first mode and the second mode.
- the operating device may include a switch for manually switching between the first mode and the second mode.
- a system for reading data from a lighting device has such an operating device and a read-out device for reading the data output from the operating device.
- the operating device may include a unit for modulating the output data by shorting a supply voltage applied to the sensor interface.
- the readout device may include a unit for detecting the voltage of the sensor interface and for demodulating the data read out.
- the readout device can be designed to apply a supply voltage to the sensor interface.
- an electronic ballast on such an operating device.
- the invention also relates to a lighting system, comprising lighting means, such as. Gas discharge lamps, organic or inorganic LEDs, comprising such an operating device.
- Fig. 1 shows schematically a system according to the present invention
- Fig. 3 shows a further embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 4 shows a system according to another embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of an embodiment of a system 1 according to the present invention.
- the system 1 essentially comprises an operating device 2 for operating one or more lamps 3 or generally "light sources", such as LEDs or gas discharge lamps 2.
- the operating device 2 may in particular be an electronic ballast 2 for at least one lamp 3, in particular for at least one Fluorescent lamp such as a gas discharge lamp.
- the bulbs can be different bulbs, such as light-emitting diodes.
- the operating device 2 can be designed, for example, as a light-emitting diode converter.
- the electronic ballast 2 shown has inputs 4a and 4b of a light sensor interface 5, and two control inputs 6a and 6b for connecting a preferably digital control bus or control lines 7a and 7b, on.
- the inputs 4a, 4b and the control inputs 6a and 6b are connected to a control device 8 of the electronic ballast 2, which serves in a known manner for controlling or regulating the lamp power.
- an external resistor can be connected to the light sensor interface 5 of the electronic ballast 2.
- a light sensor or photoresistor 9 can be connected to the light sensor interface 5.
- Such a known light sensor 9 is designed to measure the brightness of the incident light thereon.
- a light sensor 9 is actually connected to the sensor interface 5, then the brightness actual values of a region monitored by the light sensor can be supplied to the electronic ballast 2, the control device 8 of the electronic ballast being supplied by the light sensor 2 then depending on the supplied Brightness actual values can dim the serving for illumination of the monitored area lamp.
- the inputs 4a, 4b of the sensor interface 5 can alternatively for the connection of a potentiometer
- Potentiometer allows manual control or
- the control terminals 6a, 6b serve to receive external digital control information according to, for example, a DALI, DSI or DMX system.
- DSI Digital Signal Interface
- DALI Digital Addressable Lighting Interface
- DMX Digital Multiplexing
- control information may be received by the electronic ballast 2 via the control inputs 6a, ⁇ b, among others.
- Configuration information, status query or brightness information may be received by the electronic ballast 2 via the control inputs 6a, ⁇ b, among others.
- the electronic ballast 2 is configured to activate either the normal sensor mode in which a passive device such as a light sensor 9 is connected to the sensor interface 5 or a polling mode can, being in the the latter mode information is output from the operating device 2 via the sensor interface 5.
- This switching between sensor mode and interrogation mode i. between the reception of dimming or light sensor information and the transmission of digital information via the light sensor interface, is preferably carried out by the control device 8 via a corresponding line 10.
- the operating device 2 may e.g. be instructed via a corresponding signal via the control inputs 6a, 6b or via actuation of a switch, which mode is set.
- the mode setting may, for example, be caused by corresponding commands received via the control inputs 6a, 6b, in particular DALI commands.
- the ballast 2 can either be supplied with specific dimming setpoint values for the lamp 3 or a signal for switching or switching on a specific mode for the interface 5.
- FIG. 3 shows, as an alternative, that the mode of the mechanical sensor interface 5 can also be switched over by hand, ie manually by a user.
- the corresponding commands for the control device 8 for setting the one or the other mode can from the User triggered via a button 11 on the operating device 2 or the electronic ballast.
- Key 11 represents only one embodiment of the invention. In alternative embodiments, other known user interfaces may be employed.
- the key 11 or the alternative user interface is not connected to the control device 8, but directly to the sensor interface 5 in order to set the sensor or the polling mode can.
- the information that is interrogated may relate, in particular, to the operation of the operating device 8: status of the operating device 8 or of the luminous means 3, any error messages stored by the operating device 8, operating time, etc.
- the control device 8 can be embodied as a microcontroller with a processor or alternatively as a circuit, in particular ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit or English).
- ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
- the sensor interface 5 which is actually intended to evaluate the input signals from the light sensor, can provide signals and in particular DALI signals. External devices are then able to from the sensor interface 5 to read or retrieve information according to the DALI standard.
- FIG 4 shows an inventive operating device 2 with selectively switchable sensor interface 5 for reading out data by an external readout device 12.
- the read-out device 12 is preferably a DALI
- the reader 12 thus serves as a kind of diagnostic device for reading data.
- the read-out device 12 applies a supply voltage to the sensor interface 5.
- the sensor interface 5 thus has a voltage of, for example, 12 V, which can be modulated by a modulating unit 13 of the operating device 8 and subsequently demodulated by a demodulating unit 14 of the read-out device 12.
- the modulation by the operating device 2 can take place in that the two terminals 4a, 4b of the sensor interface 5 are short-circuited in a certain manner and then evaluated by the read-out device 12, for example as a DALI signal.
- the desired readout information is thus modulated, in which the sensor interface 5 is selectively short-circuited by the operating device 2. Will now this sensor interface 5 briefly pulled to zero, this is detected by the reader 12 and interpreted as a corresponding bit or symbol.
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