CASCADING ADDRESSABLE MASTERING PROTOCOL-BASED LIGHTING SYSTEM

• US 20100109577A1
• Filed: 11/05/2009
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: James F. Loughrey
• Original Assignee: James F. Loughrey
• Inventors: LOUGHREY, James F.
• Application Number:
  US12/613,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20100109577A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/312
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/18 via data-bus transmission

Abstract

A method of controlling one or more light fixtures and system thereof are described. Each light fixture is communicably coupled with a lighting control system. The method comprises determining a value of a non-zero portion of a control signal, comparing the determined value with a portion of a component identifier value, and controlling a component corresponding to the component identifier value if the determined value and the portion of the component identifier value are the same.

Claims

1. A system for controlling one or more light fixtures comprising:

one or more light fixtures communicably coupled with one or more sub master controls, each of the one or more light fixtures comprising a unique component identifier;

each of the one or more sub master controls comprising a control determination method responsive to receipt of a control signal comprising a controlled component identifier to control one or more of the light fixtures based on execution of the control determination method.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, comprising:

one or more sub master controls communicably coupled with one or more area master controls, each of the one or more sub master controls comprising a unique component identifier;

each of the one or more area master controls comprising a control determination method responsive to receipt of the control signal comprising a controlled component identifier to control one or more of the sub master controls.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, comprising:

one or more area master controls communicably coupled with a grand master control, each of the one or more area master controls comprising a unique component identifier;

the grand master control comprising a control determination method responsive to receipt of the control signal comprising a controlled component identifier to control one or more of the area master controls.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, the control signal further comprising an illumination level identifier.

5. A system for controlling one or more light fixtures comprising:

a light fixture comprising a controller, the controller comprising one or more executable instructions which, when executed, cause the controller to perform a control determination method, the controller also comprising a component identifier; and

a master control communicably coupled with the light fixture and configured to generate and transmit a light control signal to the light fixture to control illumination of the light fixture.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5, the light control signal comprising a controlled component identifier.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, the control determination method comprising instructions which, when executed, control illumination of the light fixture based on the controlled component identifier.

8. The system as claimed in claim 6, the light control signal further comprising an illumination level identifier.

9. A method of controlling one or more light fixtures, each light fixture communicably coupled with a lighting control system, the method comprising:

determining a value of a non-zero portion of a control signal;

comparing the determined value with a portion of a component identifier value; and

controlling a component corresponding to the component identifier value if the determined value and the portion of the component identifier value are the same.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, comprising:

not controlling a component corresponding to the component identifier value if the determined value and the portion of the component identifier value differ.

11. A memory or a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 9.