公开(公告)号：US08436542B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-07

申请号：US12662812

申请日：2010-05-04

申请人： Stuart Middleton-White ,  Gregory Smith ,  Robert Martin ,  Thomas J. Hartnagel ,  Theodore E. Weber ,  Mike Crane ,  Terry Arbouw ,  Dawn R. Kack ,  David J. Rector

发明人： Stuart Middleton-White ,  Gregory Smith ,  Robert Martin ,  Thomas J. Hartnagel ,  Theodore E. Weber ,  Mike Crane ,  Terry Arbouw ,  Dawn R. Kack ,  David J. Rector

IPC分类号： H05B37/02

CPC分类号： H05B37/0209 ,  H05B37/02 ,  H05B37/0218 ,  H05B37/0227 ,  H05B37/0245 ,  H05B37/029

摘要： System and method are provided where a plurality of luminaires, control switches, occupancy detectors, and photocells are connected to a central control module including a user interface which is used for setting up, testing, commissioning and maintaining the system; a memory card interface and associated memory card which can be used to load and save configuration data, update firmware, and log system operation. Lighting system can be set up and tested and then the configuration saved in a portable memory, such as on a memory card which can be transferred to another system where it is read to facilitate faster and easier configuring of the other system to parallel, or to be exactly like, the original system. Data stored on a portable memory can be automatically recognized to perform appropriate actions such as, for example: update configuration, or update firmware. Also provided is switching between different mutually exclusive lighting modes where the lighting of each mode is sequenced such that the second lighting mode is initiated before the first mode is terminated, resulting in a continuity of lighting in the controlled area. Other features include daylight harvesting control with multiple zone dimming and switching, programmable attack and decay dimming rates, the ability to return a system to its previous dimming level after the lights have been turned off, and the ability to start the controlled lights at full light level then dim down to the previous level to ensure the lighting ballast have sufficient voltage to start up.

摘要翻译： 提供了系统和方法，其中多个照明器，控制开关，占用检测器和光电管连接到包括用于建立，测试，调试和维护系统的用户接口的中央控制模块; 存储卡接口和相关联的存储卡，可用于加载和保存配置数据，更新固件和日志系统操作。 可以对照明系统进行设置和测试，然后将配置保存在便携式存储器中，例如存储卡上，可以将其传输到另一个读取系统的位置，以便更方便，更简便地配置其他系统并行，或者 就像原来的系统一样。 存储在便携式存储器上的数据可以被自动识别以执行适当的动作，例如：更新配置或更新固件。 还提供了在不同的相互排斥的照明模式之间进行切换，其中每个模式的照明被排序，使得在第一模式被终止之前启动第二照明模式，导致受控区域中的照明的连续性。 其他功能包括具有多区域调光和切换的日光捕获控制，可编程的攻击和衰减调光率，在关闭灯后将系统恢复到其先前的调光水平的能力，以及在全光下启动受控灯的能力 然后调低至上一级，以确保照明镇流器有足够的电压启动。

公开(公告)号：US20100289412A1

公开(公告)日：2010-11-18

申请号：US12662812

申请日：2010-05-04

申请人： Stuart Middleton-White ,  Gregory Smith ,  Robert Martin ,  Thomas J. Hartnagel ,  Theodore E. Weber ,  Mike Crane ,  Terry Arbouw ,  Dawn R. Kack ,  David J. Rector

发明人： Stuart Middleton-White ,  Gregory Smith ,  Robert Martin ,  Thomas J. Hartnagel ,  Theodore E. Weber ,  Mike Crane ,  Terry Arbouw ,  Dawn R. Kack ,  David J. Rector

IPC分类号： H05B37/02

CPC分类号： H05B37/0209 ,  H05B37/02 ,  H05B37/0218 ,  H05B37/0227 ,  H05B37/0245 ,  H05B37/029

摘要： System and method are provided where a plurality of luminaires, control switches, occupancy detectors, and photocells are connected to a central control module including a user interface which is used for setting up, testing, commissioning and maintaining the system; a memory card interface and associated memory card which can be used to load and save configuration data, update firmware, and log system operation. Lighting system can be set up and tested and then the configuration saved in a portable memory, such as on a memory card which can be transferred to another system where it is read to facilitate faster and easier configuring of the other system to parallel, or to be exactly like, the original system. Data stored on a portable memory can be automatically recognized to perform appropriate actions such as, for example: update configuration, or update firmware. Also provided is switching between different mutually exclusive lighting modes where the lighting of each mode is sequenced such that the second lighting mode is initiated before the first mode is terminated, resulting in a continuity of lighting in the controlled area. Other features include daylight harvesting control with multiple zone dimming and switching, programmable attack and decay dimming rates, the ability to return a system to its previous dimming level after the lights have been turned off, and the ability to start the controlled lights at full light level then dim down to the previous level to ensure the lighting ballast have sufficient voltage to start up.

摘要翻译： 提供了系统和方法，其中多个照明器，控制开关，占用检测器和光电管连接到包括用于建立，测试，调试和维护系统的用户接口的中央控制模块; 存储卡接口和相关联的存储卡，可用于加载和保存配置数据，更新固件和日志系统操作。 可以对照明系统进行设置和测试，然后将配置保存在便携式存储器中，例如存储卡上，可以将其传输到另一个读取系统的位置，以便更方便，更简便地配置其他系统并行，或者 就像原来的系统一样。 存储在便携式存储器上的数据可以被自动识别以执行适当的动作，例如：更新配置或更新固件。 还提供了在不同的相互排斥的照明模式之间进行切换，其中每个模式的照明被排序，使得在第一模式被终止之前启动第二照明模式，导致受控区域中的照明的连续性。 其他功能包括具有多区域调光和切换的日光捕获控制，可编程的攻击和衰减调光率，在关闭灯后将系统恢复到其先前的调光水平的能力，以及在全光下启动受控灯的能力 然后调低至上一级，以确保照明镇流器有足够的电压启动。