System for integrated lighting control, configuration, and metric tracking from multiple locations
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1. An integrated lighting control and configuration system for a building, comprising:
- a controller having a control mode accessible to a first user and a configuration mode accessible to a second user;
a user wall module connected to the controller;
one or more circuits having one or more lights;
one or more relays connected the one or more circuits, respectively, and to the controller; and
a relay action indicator connected to the one or more relays connected to the one or more circuits, respectively, and to the controller; and
wherein the relay action indicator counts a number of times that the one or more relays switch.
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Abstract
A mechanism for control and configuration of a lighting system from a user interface. For instance, a wall module designed as a user interface for a tenant to control the system may be implemented so as to be used not only to control the lighting system but also to configure it. The lighting system may involve a controller, circuits of lights, relays, motion and ambient detectors, scenes, schedules, and more. An additional user interface such as a wall module may be connected to the lighting system for control and configuration of the system.
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1. An integrated lighting control and configuration system for a building, comprising:
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a controller having a control mode accessible to a first user and a configuration mode accessible to a second user; a user wall module connected to the controller; one or more circuits having one or more lights; one or more relays connected the one or more circuits, respectively, and to the controller; and a relay action indicator connected to the one or more relays connected to the one or more circuits, respectively, and to the controller; and wherein the relay action indicator counts a number of times that the one or more relays switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A control and configuration apparatus for a lighting system, comprising:
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two or more user interfaces; a controller connected to each of the two or more tenant user interfaces and to two or more relays, the controller having a control mode accessible to a first user and a configuration mode accessible to a second user; two or more circuits of one or more lights connected to the two or more relays, respectively; two or more motion detectors situated in an area of the one or more lights of the two or more circuits; and a monitoring mechanism configured to determine one or more metrics of the at least one circuit; and wherein at the two or more user interfaces, some of the two or more circuits of lights are configurable in the configuration mode relative to non-motion turn off durations of the two or more motion detectors using a template viewed on a display of the two or more tenant user interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for controlling and configuring a lighting arrangement for a building, comprising:
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providing one or more circuits of lights; connecting each of the one or more circuits to a controller via one or more relays; configuring one or more scenes with the one or more circuits at a user control module, the user control module operably coupled to the controller; and providing a monitoring mechanism connected to the one or more relays and the controller; and wherein; the monitoring mechanism is configured to determine one or more metrics of the one or more circuits; and a schedule for maintenance or replacement of a component of the one or more circuits is determined based on the one or more metrics of the one or more circuits. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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