Electrical control system and method
AssigneeSane Pty Ltd
InventorTimothy Richard Bartlett
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Abstract
A system for controlling an appliance enables electrical circuits to be wired up more quickly, and electrical circuits to be reconfigured more easily. The electrical control system including a central control unit; one or more switch units connected in series forming a loop, the loop including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end of the loop are connected to the central control unit; and one or more appliance controllers connected to a respective appliance and in communication with the central control unit; wherein one or more electrical parameters are measured at the first end of the loop, and the central control unit sends a control code associated with the one or more electrical parameters to the one or more appliance controllers.
Claims16
An electrical control system for controlling an appliance, the electrical control system including:
- a central control unit;
- one or more momentary switch units connected in series with the central control unit to form a loop, the loop including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end of the loop are in communication with the central control unit;
- one or more appliance controllers in communication with the central control unit;
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- a constant current source connected to the first end of the loop and the second end of the loop connected to ground,
- wherein the central control unit is configured to measure one or more electrical parameters at the first end of the loop, and the central control unit is configured to associate each electrical parameter with a control code, and to send the control code to the one or more appliance controllers.
An electrical control method for controlling an appliance, the method including the steps of:
- connecting a first end of a loop to a constant current source and a second end of the loop to ground;
- measuring one or more electrical parameters at the first end of the loop, the loop including one or more momentary switch units connected in series with a central control unit;
- associating a control code with the one or more electrical parameters;
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- sending the control code to one or more appliance controllers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.