CN108415346A - Control method, switch, electrical equipment and control system - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosure relates to the field of automatic control of electrical equipment, and provides a control method, a switch, electrical equipment and a control system. Wherein, a control method is applied to a switch, and the method includes the following steps: receiving configuration information, the configuration information including the corresponding relationship between the key of the switch and a plurality of electrical equipment; sending the control information when it is detected that one or more keys of the switch are triggered , the control information includes address code information of the electrical device corresponding to the triggered key. The control method, switch, electrical equipment and control system provided by the embodiments of the present invention can make the control relationship between the switch and the electrical equipment flexible and changeable, so that a plurality of electrical equipment can be started and intelligently controlled on demand.

Description

A control method, switch, electrical equipment and control system

technical field

The present disclosure relates to but not limited to the field of automatic control of electrical equipment, and in particular relates to a control method, a switch, electrical equipment and a control system.

Background technique

In the traditional electrical equipment control system, once the wiring and electrical construction is completed, the corresponding relationship between switches and electrical equipment is a foregone conclusion and it is difficult to change. Often due to the unreasonable electrical design in the early stage, the switch control is unreasonable. Due to reasons such as time-consuming and labor-intensive re-construction, it is generally impossible to correct errors, which brings great inconvenience to work and life.

In recent years, with the gradual maturity of wireless communication technology, more and more electrical equipment can be remotely controlled through LAN or Bluetooth technology, but the control relationship is fixed, and flexible configuration cannot be realized when there are multiple electrical equipment to be controlled , Start on demand, intelligent control.

Contents of the invention

In order to solve the problem that the control relationship between the switch and the electrical equipment can be flexibly configured, the embodiment of the present invention provides a control method, a switch, the electrical equipment and a control system.

A control method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a switch, and the method includes: the switch receives configuration information, and the configuration information includes the corresponding relationship between the button of the switch and a plurality of electrical equipment; When the key is triggered, the control information is sent, and the control information includes the address code information of the electrical device corresponding to the triggered key. After receiving the configuration information, the switch can determine the corresponding relationship between the key and the electrical device according to the configuration information, thereby realizing the flexible configuration of the control relationship between the switch key and the electrical device.

In some embodiments, the control information further includes a switch command and/or an adjustment command of the electrical device corresponding to the triggered key.

An embodiment of the present invention also provides a control method, which is applied to electrical equipment. The method includes: the electrical equipment receives control information, and parses the address code information in the control information. When the parsed address code information contains its own address code information; or, when the address encoding information parsed from the control information contains its own address encoding information, perform the opening or closing action according to the switch instruction in the control information. According to the content of the control information, the electrical equipment determines whether it is triggered, realizes flexible control, and starts on demand.

In some embodiments, the electrical equipment can also adjust its own working state according to the adjustment instruction in the control information.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides a switch, the switch includes one or more buttons, and also includes a receiving module and a sending module; wherein, the receiving module is used to receive configuration information; the configuration information includes the buttons of the switch and a plurality of Correspondence of electrical equipment; the sending module is configured to send control information when one or more of the keys are detected to be triggered, and the control information includes address code information of the electrical equipment corresponding to the triggered keys.

In some embodiments, the control information may also include a switch command and/or an adjustment command of the electrical device corresponding to the triggered key.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides an electrical device, the electrical device includes a receiving module, an analyzing module and a control module, wherein the receiving module is used to receive control information; the analyzing module is used to analyze the address code information in the control information; when When the parsed address code information contains its own address code information, the control module controls the electrical equipment to perform an on or off action, or when the parsed address code information contains its own address code information, the control module command to perform an opening or closing action.

In some embodiments, the electrical equipment can also adjust its own working state according to the adjustment instruction in the control information.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides a control system, which includes a switch and electrical equipment; wherein, the switch receives configuration information, and the configuration information includes the corresponding relationship between the key of the switch and a plurality of electrical equipment; the switch detects Send control information when one or more of the keys are triggered, the control information includes the address code information of the electrical equipment corresponding to the triggered keys; the electrical equipment receives the control information, and when parsed from the control information When the address encoding information contains its own address encoding information, perform an opening or closing action, or when the address encoding information parsed from the control information contains its own address encoding information, perform an opening or closing action according to a switch instruction in the control information.

In some embodiments, the control system may also include a terminal, a base station, and a server; the terminal sends configuration information to the server, and the configuration information includes the correspondence between the keys of the switch and a plurality of electrical devices; the server sending the configuration information to the base station; the base station sending the configuration information to the switch; the switch receiving configuration information from the base station, the switch detecting one or more of the keys When triggered, send control information to the base station, the control information includes the address code information of the electrical device corresponding to the triggered button; the base station sends the control information to the electrical device, and the electrical device receives the control information, when the address encoding information parsed from the control information contains its own address encoding information, the opening or closing action is performed, or when the address encoding information parsed from the control information contains its own address encoding information The switch instruction in performs the opening or closing action.

The control method, switch, electrical equipment, and control system provided by the embodiments of the present invention can flexibly configure the corresponding relationship between the button of the switch and multiple electrical equipment, and when the button of the switch is activated, the corresponding electrical equipment can be activated or adjusted on demand.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the present disclosure.

Description of drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a control system for switches and electrical equipment;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the relationship between the button of the switch and the control of the electrical equipment;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a control method applied to a switch provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a method for controlling electrical equipment provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Fig. 5 is a structural block diagram of a switch provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a structural block diagram of an electrical device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a control system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is a flowchart of a network switch setting method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 9 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a network switch provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numerals in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary examples do not represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatuses and methods consistent with aspects of the present disclosure as recited in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the switch and electrical equipment control system. As shown in the figure, the control system 10 includes a switch 11 and an electrical device 12 . Wherein, switch 11 can be button switch, key switch, touch switch, or smart switch, network switch etc.; The electrical equipment 12 may be lighting equipment, an electric fan, an air conditioner, an air purification equipment, an electric heating equipment, an electric water dispenser, and the like. Each electrical device 12 has its own unique address coding information. The control relationship between the button 111 and the electrical device 12 can be flexibly configured. Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the relationship between the button of the switch and the control of the electrical equipment. As shown in Figure 2, in some embodiments, the control relationship between the button of the switch and the electrical equipment can be configured as the button 111-a controls the electrical equipment 12-a1, the electrical equipment 12-a2; the button 111-b controls the electrical equipment 111-b1, The electrical equipment 111-b2 and the electrical equipment 111-b3, the key 111-c controls the electrical equipment 12-c1. After the configuration is completed, if the button 111-a is triggered, the electrical devices 12-a1 and 12-a2 will start to work; or perform corresponding actions according to the control instructions.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a control method applied to a switch provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the following steps are included:

S301: Receive configuration information, where the configuration information includes the correspondence between the keys of the switch and multiple electrical devices;

S302: Send control information when it is detected that one or more of the keys are triggered, where the control information includes address code information of the electrical device corresponding to the triggered keys.

1 and 2, receiving configuration information in step S301 may be that the switch 11 receives configuration information from a terminal, where the terminal may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a platform computer, or a notebook computer, or a fixed terminal such as a desktop computer. In some embodiments, the user can group the electrical devices 12 by logging into a web page through a terminal or through an application program installed on the terminal, and configure the corresponding relationship between the keys 111 in the switch 11 and the electrical devices 12 . For example, the button 111-a may correspond to control a group of electrical equipment, and the group of electrical equipment may include electrical equipment 12-a1 and 12-a2; the button 111-b may correspond to control another group of electrical equipment. The implementation may be as follows: setting an address code information table for electrical equipment, each address code information table may contain address code information of one or more electrical equipment, and one address code information table corresponds to a group of electrical equipment. Each switch button corresponds to an address code information table, and the configuration information is the address code information table corresponding to each switch button. In some embodiments, the user can also configure the on, off and/or adjustment instructions corresponding to the key states; the on, off and/or adjustment instructions corresponding to the key states can also be carried in the configuration information. Wherein, the adjustment instruction may be a power adjustment instruction, a brightness adjustment instruction, a wind speed adjustment instruction, and the like. For example, when the electrical device 12 is a lighting device, the on, off and/or adjustment commands corresponding to the key state may be: the pressed state of the key represents the open command, the lifted state represents the close command, and the rotation represents the brightness adjustment command, etc.

After configuration by the user, the terminal can package and send the configuration information to the switch 11 through a wireless local area network (such as WiFi), a wireless cellular network or a wired connection. In some embodiments, the terminal may first package the configuration information and send it to the cloud server, then send the configuration information to the base station through the cloud server, and then the base station sends the configuration information to the network switch. In some embodiments, the user can simultaneously configure the corresponding relationship between multiple keys of multiple switches and electrical equipment. At this time, the configuration information needs to be sent to multiple switches. If these switches are located in different base station coverage areas, then The cloud server needs to send the configuration information to these base stations respectively, or to one of the base stations, and the base station forwards the configuration information to other base stations; each base station sends the configuration information to the switches within its coverage.

The switch 11 saves the configuration information after receiving the configuration information; sends control information when it detects that one or more keys are triggered. Wherein, being triggered may be pressed, lifted, rotated trigger state, touched, etc.; the control information may include the address code information of the electrical device corresponding to the triggered key, and in some embodiments may also include the corresponding The switching instructions and/or adjustment instructions of the electrical equipment, these switching instructions and/or adjustment instructions are determined according to the corresponding relationship between the previously configured switch state and the control instruction; for example, if the switch is detected to be pressed, the control information includes the start instruction. Sending the control information may be sending the control information directly to the electrical equipment, or sending the control information to the base station, and sending the control information to the electrical equipment through the base station. When the electrical equipment and the switch are not within the coverage of the same base station, or the electrical equipment is located within the coverage of multiple different base stations, the base station that receives the control information can forward the control information to other base stations; The information is sent to electrical equipment within its coverage.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a control method applied to electrical equipment provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the following steps are included:

S401: Receive control information;

S402: Parse the address encoding information in the control information;

S403: When the parsed address code information contains its own address code information, execute the opening or closing action, or when the parsed address code information from the control information contains its own address code information, according to the switch instruction in the control information Perform an open or close action.

1 and 2, step 401 may be that the electrical equipment 12 receives control information from the base station, and parses the address code information of the electrical equipment in the received control information; checks whether there is its own address code information, and when the parsed address code information When it contains its own address coding information, execute the opening or closing action, or when the address coding information parsed from the control information contains its own address coding information, perform the opening or closing action according to the switch instruction in the control information. In some embodiments, the control information further includes an adjustment instruction, and when the address encoding information parsed by the electrical device from the control information contains its own address encoding information, it can also adjust its own working state according to the adjustment instruction in the control information. Wherein, the adjustment instruction may be a power adjustment instruction, a brightness adjustment instruction, a wind speed adjustment instruction, and the like. For example, in some embodiments, when the address coding information parsed by the electrical device from the control information contains its own address coding information, it performs an opening action, and when it does not contain its own address coding information, it performs a closing action. In some other embodiments, when the address coding information parsed from the control information by the electrical equipment in the turned-on state contains its own address coding information, it executes the shutdown action; When the address code information includes its own address code information, the open operation is performed. Or in some embodiments, the control information also carries a control instruction, and when the address encoding information parsed by the electrical device from the control information contains its own address encoding information, it executes corresponding actions according to the control instruction in the control information, for example , the control command is open, then perform the open action; if the control command is broadcast, perform the close action; if the address code information parsed by the electrical equipment from the control information does not contain its own address code information, no action will be performed, and the control will be discarded. information packets.

5 is a block diagram of a switch structure provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, in some embodiments, a switch 11 includes a button 111, a receiving module 112 and a sending module 113; The modules 113 may be connected via a bus. In some embodiments, the receiving module 112 and the sending module 113 may also be integrated together as a transceiver module. In some embodiments, the receiving module 112 is configured to receive configuration information; the configuration information includes the corresponding relationship between the keys of the switch and multiple electrical devices; the sending module 113 is configured to detect that one or more keys of the switch are The control information is sent when triggered, and the control information includes the address code information of the electrical equipment corresponding to the triggered key.

In some embodiments, the configuration information may also carry on, off and/or adjustment instructions corresponding to the key state. Wherein, the adjustment instruction may be a power adjustment instruction, a brightness adjustment instruction, a wind speed adjustment instruction, and the like.

Fig. 6 is a structural block diagram of an electrical device provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, in some embodiments, the electrical device 12 includes a receiving module 121, an analysis module 122 and a control module 123, and the receiving module 121 is used to receive control information; Module 122 is used to analyze the address coding information in the control information; when the parsed address coding information matches its own address coding information, the control module 123 controls the electrical equipment to perform the opening or closing action, or when the parsed address When the coded information matches its own address coded information, the control module 123 executes the opening or closing action according to the switching instruction in the control information.

In some embodiments, the control information further includes an adjustment instruction, and when the address encoding information parsed by the electrical device from the control information contains its own address encoding information, it can also adjust its own working state according to the adjustment instruction in the control information. Wherein, the adjustment instruction may be a power adjustment instruction, a brightness adjustment instruction, a wind speed adjustment instruction, and the like.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a control system provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure: in some embodiments, the control system includes a switch 11 and an electrical device 12; the switch 11 receives configuration information, wherein the configuration information includes the corresponding relationship between the key of the switch and a plurality of electrical devices; the switch 11 detects Send control information when one or more keys 111 are triggered, wherein the control information includes address code information of the electrical device corresponding to the triggered key; the electrical device 12 receives the control information, when the address code information parsed from the control information When it contains its own address coding information, perform the opening or closing action, or when the address coding information parsed from the control information contains its own address coding information, perform the opening or closing action according to the switch instruction in the control information.

In some embodiments, the control system can also include a terminal 13, a base station 14, and a server 15; the terminal 13 sends configuration information to the server 15, and the configuration information includes the corresponding relationship between the button of the switch and a plurality of electrical equipment; the server 15 Send the configuration information to the base station 14; the base station 14 sends the configuration information to the switch 11; the switch 11 receives the configuration information, and the switch 11 sends control information to the base station 14 when it detects that one or more of the buttons are triggered , the control information includes the address code information of the electrical device corresponding to the triggered button; the base station 14 sends the control information to the electrical device 12, and the electrical device 12 receives the control information. When the address code information parsed from the control information contains perform the opening or closing action when the address encoding information of its own, or when the address encoding information parsed from the control information contains its own address encoding information, perform the opening or closing action according to the switch instruction in the control information.

Wherein: the server 15 can be a cloud server, which establishes a Socket connection with the base station; the terminal can be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a platform computer, a notebook computer, or a fixed terminal such as other desktop computers. In some embodiments, the user can group the electrical devices and configure the correspondence between the keys of the switches and the electrical devices 12 through a web page or an application program installed on the terminal.

In some embodiments, the user can simultaneously configure the corresponding relationship between multiple keys of multiple switches and electrical equipment. At this time, the configuration information needs to be sent to multiple switches. If these switches are located in different base station coverage areas, then The cloud server needs to send the configuration information to these base stations respectively, or to one of the base stations, and the base station forwards the configuration information to other base stations; each base station sends the configuration information to the switches within its coverage. In some embodiments, when the electrical equipment and the switch are not within the coverage of the same base station, or the electrical equipment is located within the coverage of multiple different base stations, the base station that receives the control information can forward the control information to other base stations; Each base station sends control information to electrical equipment within its coverage.

The lighting control system is taken as an example for description below. Referring to Fig. 1 to Fig. 7, the switch 11 is a network switch in this embodiment, and 12 lighting fixtures for electrical equipment; the base station is a lamp networking base station. The switch 11 can be installed on demand according to the spatial layout, connected to the topological network of the lighting system through the 2.4G WiFi network, and exchange switch information and group information through a custom protocol. After the installation of the switch 11 is completed, the lamps can be grouped and set through the Web page or APP application program, and the network switch buttons and the grouping relationship are one-to-one. Fig. 8 is a flow chart of a network switch setting method provided by an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in the figure, including the following steps:

S801: group lamps through web pages or applications;

S802: Configure the corresponding relationship between the network switch and the lamp group through the web page or the application program;

S803: Pack and send the corresponding relationship information between the network switch and the lamp group to the cloud server;

S804: the cloud server forwards the data packet to the base station;

S805: The network switch saves the corresponding relationship information.

In actual implementation, it is possible to enter the page of the intelligent lighting control system through the Web or APP, group the lamps into several groups as required, and save the name of each group and the address number code of each lamp in the group. Enter the network switch setting page, click any button of the network switch on the page, configure the corresponding group of the button, and set the corresponding on and off commands, or brightness adjustment commands after the button is pressed and lifted. The web or APP side will correspond to the switch and the group, that is, the switch corresponds to the address number code table of the lamp, and the instructions corresponding to the button operation are packaged according to the custom communication protocol and sent to the smart lighting network base station through the cloud server. The smart lighting network base station forwards the data packet to the network switch. The network switch unpacks the data packet, and saves the corresponding relationship between the switch and the group, that is, the code table of the address number of the switch corresponding to the lamp, and the corresponding setting of the button operation. After the configuration is successful, the network switch permanently saves the configuration information, and there is no need to reconfigure when it is powered on.

When controlling the lamps and lanterns, there is no need for any equipment, only the network switch is used, and the lighting equipment of each group can be controlled according to the corresponding relationship. Fig. 9 is a flowchart of network switch control provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 9, the following steps are included:

S901: Toggle the network switch button;

S902: The network switch numbers the group address corresponding to the button, and sends the operation instruction in a package;

S903: The upper-level base station forwards the data packet;

S904: receiving and forwarding the data packet by other base stations;

S905: The wireless controller receives the data packet and unpacks it;

S906: Execute an instruction to turn on or off a light or to adjust.

In the specific implementation, the staff can toggle the button as needed, the network switch detects the button state, and the button corresponds to the group information according to the button state, that is, the button corresponds to the address number code table of the lamp, the switch lamp instruction, and the brightness adjustment instruction Package and send to the light network base station. The lamp networking base station forwards data packets to other base stations. Other base stations forward data packets to the wireless controllers in the connected smart lighting fixtures. The wireless controller unpacks, parses the address code table, and finds whether there is its own address code; if there is, it executes the command to switch lights and dim lights. Otherwise, the packet is discarded. Completed the entire key operation. In this embodiment, the wireless controller in the lamp integrates a receiving module, an analyzing module and a controlling module.

Based on the control methods described in the above embodiments corresponding to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer-readable storage medium, for example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be a read-only memory (English: ReadOnly Memory, ROM), random access memory (English: Random Access Memory, RAM), CD-ROM, tape, floppy disk and optical data storage device, etc. The storage medium stores computer instructions for executing the data transmission method described in the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 3 or FIG. 4 above, which will not be repeated here.

The control method, switch, electrical equipment, and control system provided by the embodiments of the present invention make the control relationship between the switch and the electrical equipment flexible and variable by configuring the control relationship between the keys of the switch and the electrical equipment, so that multiple electrical equipment can be controlled as needed. Start, intelligent control.

Other embodiments of the present disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the embodiments disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any modification, use or adaptation of the present disclosure, and these modifications, uses or adaptations follow the general principles of the present disclosure and include common knowledge or conventional technical means in the technical field not disclosed in the present disclosure . The specification and examples are to be considered exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise constructions which have been described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A control method applied to a switch, characterized in that: receiving configuration information, the configuration information including the corresponding relationship between the key of the switch and a plurality of electrical equipment; When it is detected that one or more of the keys are triggered, the control information is sent, and the control information includes the address code information of the electrical equipment corresponding to the triggered keys. 2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control information further includes a switch command and/or an adjustment command of the electrical device corresponding to the triggered key. 3. A control method applied to electrical equipment, characterized in that: receiving control information; parsing address coding information in the control information; When the parsed address encoding information contains its own address encoding information, perform the opening or closing action, or When the address coding information parsed from the control information contains its own address coding information, the opening or closing action is performed according to the switch instruction in the control information. 4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising adjusting its own working state according to the adjustment instruction in the control information. 5. A switch comprising one or more buttons, further comprising: a receiving module and a sending module; The receiving module is used to receive configuration information, the configuration information includes the corresponding relationship between the key of the switch and a plurality of electrical equipment; The sending module is configured to send control information when it is detected that one or more of the keys are triggered, and the control information includes address code information of the electrical equipment corresponding to the triggered keys. 6 . The switch according to claim 5 , wherein the control information further includes a switch command and/or an adjustment command of the electrical device corresponding to the triggered key. 7. An electrical device, characterized in that the electrical device comprises a receiving module, an analysis module and a control module; The receiving module is used to receive control information; The parsing module is used to parse the address coding information in the control information; When the parsed address encoding information contains its own address encoding information, the control module controls the electrical equipment to perform an opening or closing action; or When the parsed address encoding information contains its own address encoding information, the control module executes an opening or closing action according to a switch instruction in the control information. 8. The electrical equipment according to claim 7, further comprising adjusting its own working state according to the adjustment instruction in the control information. 9. A control system, including switches and electrical equipment; The switch receives configuration information, and the configuration information includes the corresponding relationship between the buttons of the switch and a plurality of electrical devices; when the switch detects that one or more of the buttons are triggered, it sends control information, and the control information includes Address coding information of the electrical equipment corresponding to the triggered button; The electrical equipment receives the control information, and when the address coding information parsed from the control information contains its own address code information, it performs an opening or closing action, or when the address coding information parsed from the control information contains its own address When encoding information, the opening or closing action is performed according to the switch instruction in the control information. 10. The control system according to claim 9, further comprising a terminal, a base station and a server; The terminal sends configuration information to the server, and the configuration information includes the corresponding relationship between the key of the switch and a plurality of electrical equipment; The server sends the configuration information to the base station; The base station sends the configuration information to the switch; The switch receives configuration information from the base station, and when the switch detects that one or more of the keys are triggered, it sends control information to the base station, and the control information includes the address code of the electrical device corresponding to the triggered keys information; The base station sends the control information to the electrical equipment, The electrical equipment receives control information, and when the address coding information parsed from the control information contains its own address coding information, it performs an opening or closing action; or when the address coding information parsed from the control information contains its own address When encoding information, the opening or closing action is performed according to the switch instruction in the control information.