Method and circuit system for controlling a lighting electronics appliance
AssigneeOy Helvar
InventorTeijo Viljanen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a circuit system for controlling an appliance used in lighting electronics, especially an electronic ballast or an electronic light controller included in a discharge lamp. An analog or digital type of signal for controlling the operation of an appliance to be controlled is connectable to a common control circuit and. The appliance to be controlled identifies the type of control signal and deciphers the contents of information received thereby on the basis of the signal type.
Claims12
A method for controlling an appliance used in lighting electronics, especially an electronic ballast or an electronic light controller included in a discharge lamp, comprising:
- connecting an analog or digital type of signal foe controlling the operating status of an appliance to be controlled to a common control circuit and the appliance to be controlled, identifying the type of control signal, and deciphering the type of control signal and deciphering the contents of information in the analog or digital control signal received thereby on the basis of the signal type, including a circuit for separating the digital and analog information in the analog or digital control signal from each other, a logical element for deciphering the digital or analog information and an oscillator comprising an electronic switch element which is controlled by the logical element.
A circuit system for controlling an appliance used in lighting electronics, especially an electronic ballast or an electronic light controller, including a discharge lamp, comprising:
- an oscillator which produces a signal and includes an electronic switch element which is controlled by a logical element, whereby a digital or analog control signal containing digital or analog information for controlling the operating status of an appliance to be controlled is carried via a separation transformer to a unit for separating the digital and analog information from each other.
A circuit system for controlling an appliance used in lighting electronics, especially an electronic ballast or an electronic light controller included in a discharge lamp, comprising:
- a circuit for separating digital and analog information from each other;
- a logical element for deciphering the information;
- an oscillator comprising an electronic switch element which is controlled by the logical element;
- wherein an analog or digital type of control signal containing analog or digital information for controlling the operating status of an appliance to be controlled is connectable to a common control circuit, and the appliance to be controlled identifies the type of control signal and deciphers the contents of the information received thereby on the basis of the control signal type.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.