System for landscape lighting customization and communication
First Claim
1. A communication system for controlling landscape lights, comprising:
- a transformer connected to a power source;
a plurality of landscape lights mounted at different locations being powered through the transformer; and
a computer controller wired between the transformer and the plurality of landscape lights, the controller for providing power to and for controlling operation of each of the landscape lights, the computer controller having a wireless receiver for receiving a schedule transmitted from a remote digital device, wherein the plurality of landscape lights includes a plurality of separate zones of landscape lights, each zone having at least one landscape light, and all of the zones are hardwired in series with the power source, and each zone is separately hardwired in parallel with the computer controller.
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Abstract
Systems, devices and methods for providing a controller to be wired between a transformer and zones of landscape lights to provide power to and for turning on and off different landscape lights, creating and deleting landscape light zones based on a schedule loaded onto the controller by a wireless communication from a portable digital device, such as a smart phone having a landscape scheduling App thereon. Additional embodiments include wireless receivers in the landscape lights which allow for the portable digital device to remotely change colors of the landscape lights. Additional embodiments for controlling other accessories used in landscapes such as but not limited to sprinkler systems, speakers, and the like.
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16 Claims
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1. A communication system for controlling landscape lights, comprising:
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a transformer connected to a power source; a plurality of landscape lights mounted at different locations being powered through the transformer; and a computer controller wired between the transformer and the plurality of landscape lights, the controller for providing power to and for controlling operation of each of the landscape lights, the computer controller having a wireless receiver for receiving a schedule transmitted from a remote digital device, wherein the plurality of landscape lights includes a plurality of separate zones of landscape lights, each zone having at least one landscape light, and all of the zones are hardwired in series with the power source, and each zone is separately hardwired in parallel with the computer controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communication system for controlling landscape lights, comprising:
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a transformer in combination with a computer controller hardwired to a power supply, the transformer combined with the computer controller having a wireless receiver for receiving a schedule transmitted from a remote digital device; and a plurality of landscape lights mounted at different locations being powered through the combined transformer and controller, wherein the transformer combined with the controller is useful for controlling operation of each of the landscape lights, the plurality of landscape lights includes a plurality of zones, each zone having at least one landscape light, the combined transformer and controller controls activating and deactivating individual landscape lights and individual zones, and all of the zones are hardwired in series with the power source, and each zone is separately hardwired in parallel with the computer controller.
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