Integrated lighting system and method
First Claim
1. A lighting system comprising:
- a plurality of high voltage devices;
a plurality of low voltage devices;
a central control module including a first low voltage connection to at least one of the low voltage devices and a high voltage connection to at least one of the high voltage devices; and
a display and a user interface, coupled to the central control module. for performing at least one of setting up, testing, commissioning and maintaining of at least one of the high voltage devices, and at least one of the low voltage devices connected to the central control module.
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Abstract
System and method are provided where a plurality of luminaires, control switches, occupancy detectors, and photocells are connected to a central control module including a user interface which is used for setting up, testing, commissioning and maintaining the system; a memory card interface and associated memory card which can be used to load and save configuration data, update firmware, and log system operation. Lighting system can be set up and tested and then the configuration saved in a portable memory, such as on a memory card which can be transferred to another system where it is read to facilitate faster and easier configuring of the other system to parallel, or to be exactly like, the original system. Data stored on a portable memory can be automatically recognized to perform appropriate actions such as, for example: update configuration, or update firmware. Also provided is switching between different mutually exclusive lighting modes where the lighting of each mode is sequenced such that the second lighting mode is initiated before the first mode is terminated, resulting in a continuity of lighting in the controlled area. Other features include daylight harvesting control with multiple zone dimming and switching, programmable attack and decay dimming rates, the ability to return a system to its previous dimming level after the lights have been turned off, and the ability to start the controlled lights at full light level then dim down to the previous level to ensure the lighting ballast have sufficient voltage to start up.
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26 Claims
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1. A lighting system comprising:
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a plurality of high voltage devices; a plurality of low voltage devices; a central control module including a first low voltage connection to at least one of the low voltage devices and a high voltage connection to at least one of the high voltage devices; and a display and a user interface, coupled to the central control module. for performing at least one of setting up, testing, commissioning and maintaining of at least one of the high voltage devices, and at least one of the low voltage devices connected to the central control module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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3. A control module comprising:
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a line voltage input; a low voltage section including a controller and a plurality of first low voltage connections; and a high voltage section including a plurality of high voltage connections; wherein the first low voltage connections receive first control signals as input to the controller, and the controller regulates the line voltage output on the plurality of high voltage connections based on the first control signals. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 12, 13)
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6. A lighting control method comprising the steps of:
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receiving first low voltage control signals; providing a high voltage output to at least one light fixture; and configuring a control module to process the first low voltage control signals received as input and to regulate the high voltage output according to the first low voltage control signals; and wherein the configuring step includes at least one of; inputting configuration information to the control module via a user interface coupled to the control module, and uploading configuration information from a non-transient memory medium via a data input/output interface of the control module. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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24. A lighting system comprising:
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at least one electrical device selected from the group comprising a luminaire, a photocell, an occupancy sensor, and a switch; and a central control module, electrically coupled to said at least one electrical device, having a display and a user interface configured to perform at least one of setting up, testing, commissioning and maintaining of said at least one electrical device. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A lighting system comprising:
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a plurality of high voltage devices; a plurality of low voltage devices; a central control module including a first low voltage connection to at least one of the low voltage devices and a high voltage connection to at least one of the high voltage devices; a user interface, coupled to the central control module for performing at least one of setting up, testing, commissioning and maintaining of the at least one of the high voltage devices and the at least one of the low voltage devices connected to the central control module; a data interface, coupled to the central control module; and a portable non-transient memory medium removably coupled to the data interface, wherein the central control module is configured to perform at least one of retrieving data from the non-transient memory medium and saving data to the non-transient memory medium, the data including information for the least one of the setting up, the testing, the commissioning and the maintaining, and wherein the high voltage devices are grouped into zones selectively associated with the low voltage devices, and the central control module controls high voltage output to at least one of the high voltage electrical devices based on input from at least one of the low voltage electrical devices associated with the at least one of the high voltage electrical devices.
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Specification