Remote control system
A remote control system ( 1 ) is described, in particular for regulating and controlling industrial drives, comprising at least one transmitting remote control ( 10 ) and at least one receiver ( 20 ) cooperating with the drive, such transmitting remote control ( 10 ) containing at least one inclination sensor ( 5 ).
1. A remote control system for regulating and controlling a mechanical drive, wherein the remote control system comprises at least one transmitting remote control and at least one receiver which cooperates with the mechanical drive, the transmitting remote control containing at least one inclination sensor;
wherein the transmitting remote control comprises:
a) means for manually entering data by an operator, for manually entering commands by an operator or for manually entering both data and commands by an operator;
b) processing means, where the at least one inclination sensor is adapted to send to the processing means information related to a position in space of the transmitting remote control; and
c) transmitting means of at least one command, control and regulation signal to the receiver;
wherein the means for manually entering data by an operation, for manually entering commands by an operator or for manually entering both data and commands by an operator comprise at least one keyboard;
wherein the processing means comprises at least one microcontroller;
wherein a piece of information about a pushbutton pressed on the keyboard is sent to the microcontroller that starts processing a piece of information about an inclination detected by the inclination sensor, where the piece of information about the pressed pushbutton together with a measure of the inclination of the transmitting remote control measured by the inclination sensor being transmitted to the receiver through the transmitting means;
wherein the remote control system has an operating mode of an ON/OFF type in which a corresponding linear movement of the mechanical drive is associated with pressure from a pushbutton of the remote control and with a rotary movement of the remote control, with an inclination movement of the remote control, or with both a rotary movement of the remote control and an inclination movement of the remote control; and
wherein the remote control system has an operating mode of a proportional type in which a corresponding movement of the mechanical drive proportional to the intensity or the speed is associated with pressure from a pushbutton of the remote control and with an intensity or a speed of a rotary movement of the remote control, with an inclination movement of the remote control, or with both a rotary movement of the remote control and an inclination movement of the remote control.
2. The remote control system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting remote control comprises at least one warning horn to communicate to an operator a degree of the inclination detected by the inclination sensor, a variation of acoustic intensity or frequency being proportional to the inclination of the remote control.
3. The remote control system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting remote control comprises luminous indicators to communicate to an operator a degree of the inclination detected by the inclination sensor.
4. The remote control system of claim 3 , wherein the luminous indicators comprise luminous bars or comprise graduated LED scales or comprise LED graphic displays, or comprise both luminous bars and LED scales or comprise both luminous bars and LED graphic displays.