Patent ID: 8416200
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A panel switch device for use in a load control system, which includes the panel switch device and a control device connected thereto via a signal line, the panel switch device serving to monitor a pressing operation of icons of loads having individual addresses allocated thereto and output to the signal line a transmission signal including operation information and address information obtained by the pressing operation of the icons of the loads, the control device serving to control the loads having the individual addresses allocated thereto and control each of the loads corresponding to the address information if the address information included in the transmission signal coincides with the address of each of the loads, the panel switch device comprising: a frame; a touch panel display unit arranged in the frame and capable of switching an operation mode between a normal mode controlling a load to be controlled and a setting mode performing various settings including a switch name setting; and an output unit provided on a rear surface side of the touch panel display unit for outputting a setting content inputted through the display unit, wherein, while performing the switch name setting, the touch panel display unit of the panel switch device displays a switch name input screen image by which switch names of loads corresponding to regions of a displayed image of the touch panel display unit of the panel switch device are inputted by using characters by a user of the panel switch device, wherein the control device controls the loads based on the setting content outputted from the output unit, and wherein the display unit displays a page shift setting screen image used in setting an imaginary address for shifting a displayed screen image on a time basis and wherein the control device shifts the displayed screen image of the touch panel display unit of the panel switch device based on the imaginary address inputted through the page shift setting screen image, wherein the page shift setting screen image provides a plurality of page numbers, and an on-time page number and an off-time page number are selected among the page numbers, and wherein the on-time page number is displayed on the touch panel display unit in case a value of the imaginary address for shifting the displayed screen image is on, and the off-time page number is displayed on the touch panel display unit in case the value is off.