Method of configuration a wireless-controlled lighting system
First Claim
1. In a wireless-controlled lighting system including a control master and a group of lighting units, all communicating via commonly-received wireless transmissions, a method of associating said group of lighting units, each having a unique identification code, with respective control elements of a remote control, said method comprising:
- a. each of the lighting units transmitting a modulated light signal carrying the respective identification code;
b. positioning the remote control at a location where it receives the modulated light signal from only one of the lighting units;
c. activating a selected one of the control elements of the remote control to associate said control element with the lighting unit transmitting the modulated light signal being received;
d. transmitting from the remote control to the control master a signal identifying the unique identification code for the lighting unit and the control element with which said lighting unit has been associated;
e. repeating each of steps b through d for each of the remaining lighting units in the group.
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Abstract
A method for associating a group of lighting units in a wireless-controlled lighting system to respective buttons or other control elements on a remote control. Each of the lighting units transmits, via modulation of its own illumination light, a unique identification code for the respective unit. The remote control is successively positioned to receive the modulated light from each lighting unit and, at each position, the user activates a respective control element of the remote control for association with the lighting unit. The remote control then transmits to a control master for the group the unique codes and codes identifying the respective control elements with which they have been associated.
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1. In a wireless-controlled lighting system including a control master and a group of lighting units, all communicating via commonly-received wireless transmissions, a method of associating said group of lighting units, each having a unique identification code, with respective control elements of a remote control, said method comprising:
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a. each of the lighting units transmitting a modulated light signal carrying the respective identification code;
b. positioning the remote control at a location where it receives the modulated light signal from only one of the lighting units;
c. activating a selected one of the control elements of the remote control to associate said control element with the lighting unit transmitting the modulated light signal being received;
d. transmitting from the remote control to the control master a signal identifying the unique identification code for the lighting unit and the control element with which said lighting unit has been associated;
e. repeating each of steps b through d for each of the remaining lighting units in the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of configuring a wireless-controlled lighting system including a group of lighting units, each having a unique identification code, and a remote control, all communicating via commonly-received wireless transmissions, said method comprising:
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a. emission by each of the lighting units of a modulated light signal carrying the respective identification code;
b. positioning of the remote control at a location where it receives the modulated light signal from only one of the lighting units;
c. activation of a selected one of a plurality of control elements of the remote control to associate said selected control element with the lighting unit transmitting the modulated light signal being received;
d. transmission from the remote control to a control master for the system of a signal identifying the unique identification code for the lighting unit and the control element with which said lighting unit has been associated;
e. repeating each of steps b through d for each of the remaining lighting units in the group. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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