Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.

Takeshi Hatemata

Yuichi Yoshimura

Takashi Yoshida

A small-sized operation switch wiring mechanism which can easily set an address without using an address setting device. The operation switch wiring mechanism includes a device body formed at three-module size. Disposed on the front surface of the device body are operation buttons which cover operators of eight operation switches individually assigned with addresses corresponding to the addresses of relays, and an operator of a rotary switch which alternatively selects a combination of the addresses of the operation switches among a plurality of combinations. In the device body, a signal processor transmits a transmission signal including operation information due to the manipulation of the operation switch, and the address of the manipulated operation switch to a signal line is received. A face cover that covers the entire front surface is detachably attached to the front surface of the device surface.

Operation switch wiring mechanism

A setting device used in an illumination control system to realize a separate control, a group control, and a pattern control is disclosed. The object of the present invention is to enable a setting operation to be performed easily, and to prevent missing. In connection with the switch arranged on a wall side, the setting device sets a separate address of the separate control, a group number of the group control, and a pattern number of the pattern control by using an infrared ray communication. On the other hand, the corresponding relationships between each switch and the relay controlling the load actually is established by mounting the setting device on the operation terminal, and connecting it to the transmission unit via the communication line. Accordingly, it is possible to perform a setting operation easily by performing two kinds of setting as one pair. Further, missing can be prevented by mounting the movable setting device on the operation terminal arranged on the wall side.

Setting device of control system

A load terminal for use in a remote controlled load management system includes a control unit for starting to count a delay time and sending to a central controller monitoring data indicating that an illumination load has been turned off while controlling a power supply ON/OFF unit to keep the power supply to the illumination load when a transmission signal including a control data instructing to turn off the illumination load is received by a transmission signal transceiver unit. The control unit restarts the count of the delay time when the transmission signal transceiver unit receives a transmission signal including a control data instructing to turn on the illumination load during the count of the delay time from the central controller.

Load terminal for use in a remote controlled load management system

There is provided a remote control wiring mechanism, which makes it easy to construct a system by facilitating a connection work and treatment of members constructing the system. A main unit includes signal terminals connected to signal lines and power supply terminals to supply power for driving a relay. A relay unit having a relay is detachably connected to a relay socket of the main unit and is integrally coupled to the main unit. When a transmission signal including on-off information of a switch is received through the signal lines, the on-off state of the switch is reflected in the switching of the relay.

Remote control wiring mechanism

In an interface apparatus provided between a first remote control system of polling communication system and a second remote control system of contention communication system, a control section executes at least one processing of the following processings based on mapping information of addresses. A first control processing is to transmit a transmission signal for controlling a second load unit to a second node unit responsive to a transmission signal which represents reception of a first input signal and is transmitted from a first terminal unit, thereby controlling the second load unit based on the first input signal. A second control processing is to transmit a transmission signal for controlling a first load unit to the first load unit responsive to a transmission signal which represents reception of the second input signal and is transmitted from the second node unit, thereby controlling the first load unit based on the second input signal.

Interface apparatus provided between two remote control systems having different transmission modes

A timer processing section instructs a transmission processing section to control load in accordance with a time schedule stored in a program storage section . The transmission processing section is connected to a two-wire signal line and gives a load control instruction to each terminal to which load is connected according to a time-division multiplex transmission system. The time schedule stored in a program storage section is a set of the address related to the load to be controlled and the control contents and the control time of the load. Therefore, when the time set according to the time schedule is reached, the load specified by the address is controlled.

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Kadoma, Japan

Takeshi Hatemata