Commissioning load control systems
First Claim
1. A load control system comprising:
- a plurality of control devices, wherein the plurality of control devices include a control-source device and a control-target device, wherein the control-target device is capable of controlling an amount of power provided to an electrical load at a location based on digital messages received from the control-source device, and wherein the control-source device or the control-target device is determined to be a load control discovery device configured to send a discovery message to the plurality of control devices; and
a system controller, wherein the system controller is configured to discover one or more of the plurality of control devices that received the discovery message from the load control discovery device, wherein the system controller is configured to notify a network device of the discovered one or more of the plurality of control devices that received the discovery message, and wherein the system controller is configured to receive association information from the network device that indicates an association of at least one of the discovered one or more of the plurality of control devices with the location of the electrical load for enabling control of the electrical load at the location.
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Abstract
A load control system may include control devices for controlling power provided to an electrical load. The control devices may include a control-source device and a control-target device. The control-target device may control the power provided to the electrical load based on digital messages received from the control-source device. The control devices may include a load control discovery device capable of sending discovery messages configured to discover control devices within a location. The discovered control devices may be organized by signal strength and may be provided to a network device to enable association of the discovered control devices within a location. The discovery messages may be transmitted within an established discovery range. The discovery range may be adjusted to discover different control devices. Different control devices may be identified as the load control discovery device for discovering different control devices.
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35 Claims
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1. A load control system comprising:
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a plurality of control devices, wherein the plurality of control devices include a control-source device and a control-target device, wherein the control-target device is capable of controlling an amount of power provided to an electrical load at a location based on digital messages received from the control-source device, and wherein the control-source device or the control-target device is determined to be a load control discovery device configured to send a discovery message to the plurality of control devices; and a system controller, wherein the system controller is configured to discover one or more of the plurality of control devices that received the discovery message from the load control discovery device, wherein the system controller is configured to notify a network device of the discovered one or more of the plurality of control devices that received the discovery message, and wherein the system controller is configured to receive association information from the network device that indicates an association of at least one of the discovered one or more of the plurality of control devices with the location of the electrical load for enabling control of the electrical load at the location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A load control system comprising:
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a plurality of control devices, wherein the plurality of control devices include a control-source device and a control-target device, wherein the control-target device is capable of controlling an amount of power provided to an electrical load at a location based on digital messages received from the control-source device, and wherein the control-source device or the control-target device is determined to be a load control discovery device configured to send a discovery message to the plurality of control devices, and wherein each of the plurality of control devices is configured to receive the discovery message at a signal strength and determine whether the signal strength is above a predefined signal strength threshold; and a system controller, wherein the system controller is configured to discover one or more of the plurality of control devices that received the discovery message from the load control discovery device above the predefined signal strength threshold, wherein the system controller is configured to notify a network device of the discovered one or more of the plurality of control devices that received the discovery message above the signal strength threshold, and wherein the system controller is configured to receive association information from the network device that indicates an association of at least one of the discovered one or more of the plurality of control devices for enabling control of the electrical load at the location. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A load control system comprising:
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a plurality of control devices, wherein the plurality of control devices include a first control-source device, a second control-source device, and control-target devices, wherein the control-target devices are capable of controlling an amount of power provided to an electrical load at a location based on digital messages received from associated control-source devices, and wherein the first control-source device and the second control-source device are capable of being a load control discovery devices configured to send discovery messages to the plurality of control devices; a system controller, wherein the system controller is configured to discover one or more of the control-target devices that received the discovery messages from the first control-source device or the second control-source device; and a network device configured to; display a first list of identifiers of the one or more of the discovered control-target devices on a visual display in response to a selection of a first control-source device located within the area, wherein the first list of identifiers is organized according to a signal strength at which each of the identified one or more of the discovered control-target devices received the discovery message from the first control-source device; receive a selection of a first identifier of a first control-target device from the first list displayed on the visual display; associate the first control-source device with the first control-target device selected from the first list; subsequently display a second list of identifiers of one or more of the control-target devices on the visual display in response to a selection of a second control-source device located within the area, wherein the second list of identifiers is organized according to a signal strength at which each of the identified one or more of the discovered control-target devices received the discovery message from the second control-source device; receive a selection of a second identifier of a second control-target device from the second list displayed on the visual display; and associate the second control-source device with the second control-target device selected from the second list. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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