POWER AND DATA TRACK LIGHTING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A track lighting system comprising:
- an elongate track suitable for attachment to a support surface, said track including a plurality of longitudinal guideways and means for supporting a plurality of DMX and RDM compatible components selected from a group consisting of LED, incandescent, quartz halogen, compact fluorescent (CFL), high intensity discharge (HID) and ultra-violet (UV) luminaires;
a plurality of current conductors arranged in at least some of said longitudinal guideways, at least a first number of conductors being power conductors and a second number of conductors being data conductors, said conductors being electrically isolated from each other;
adapter means connected to a source of power for applying electrical power to said power conductors and connected to a source of control data for applying power to said data conductors;
at least one RDM component being an LED color changing luminaire including a plurality of LEDs, each generating one of a discrete plurality of colors when energized;
data converter means for converting data on said data lines to control signals for each individual group of color LEDs to create a desired composite color; and
connecting means for electrically connecting said at least one LED color-changing luminaire to said power conductors and data conductors within said track.
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Abstract
A combined power and data track lighting system includes an elongated track, having a number of longitudinal guide ways, for attachment to a support surface, as well as a number of current carrying conductors arranged within at least some of the guide ways. The first of these conductors are power conductors and the second conductors are data conductors, the conductors being electrically isolated from each other. The lighting system further contains a first adapter for connection to source of electrical power for the power conductors, and a second adapter for connection to a source of control data. There is at least one LED luminaire present in the system, and this luminaire contains a number of LEDs, each of which, when energized, generates a single color out of a discrete plurality of colors. A data converter converts data along the data lines to control the currents in the individual groups of color LEDs, so that they create a desired composite color. Further, at least electrically, the LED luminaire is electrically connected to the power conductors and data conductors located in the lighting track. Likewise, at least one each of a Quartz luminaire, Metal-Halide luminaire, Digital Light Processor (DLP) automated computer luminaire, Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) automated computer luminaire, and DMX controlled device can be used in the present system including support trusses. The main control data will be Remote Device Management RDM supplied by an external controller applied to the data conductors of the combined power and data track lighting system.
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15 Claims
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1. A track lighting system comprising:
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an elongate track suitable for attachment to a support surface, said track including a plurality of longitudinal guideways and means for supporting a plurality of DMX and RDM compatible components selected from a group consisting of LED, incandescent, quartz halogen, compact fluorescent (CFL), high intensity discharge (HID) and ultra-violet (UV) luminaires; a plurality of current conductors arranged in at least some of said longitudinal guideways, at least a first number of conductors being power conductors and a second number of conductors being data conductors, said conductors being electrically isolated from each other; adapter means connected to a source of power for applying electrical power to said power conductors and connected to a source of control data for applying power to said data conductors; at least one RDM component being an LED color changing luminaire including a plurality of LEDs, each generating one of a discrete plurality of colors when energized; data converter means for converting data on said data lines to control signals for each individual group of color LEDs to create a desired composite color; and connecting means for electrically connecting said at least one LED color-changing luminaire to said power conductors and data conductors within said track. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An LED luminaire track lighting system comprising:
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A support truss including means for supporting the truss from a support surface; an elongate track mounted on said support truss, said track including a plurality of longitudinal guideways; support means for supporting a plurality of DMX and RDM compatible components on said support truss; a plurality of current conductors arranged in at least some of said longitudinal guideways, at least a first number of conductors being power conductors and a second number of conductors being data conductors, said conductors being electrically isolated from each other; adapter means connected to a source of power for applying electrical power to said power conductors and connected to a source of control data for applying data signals to said data conductors; at least one component being an LED color changing luminaire including a plurality of LEDs, each generating one of a discrete plurality of colors when energized; data converter means for converting data on said data lines to control signals for each individual group of color LEDs to create a desired composite color; and connecting means for at least electrically connecting said at least one LED color-changing luminaire to said power conductors and data conductors within said track. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A track lighting system comprising:
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an elongate track including means for attachment to a support surface, said track including a plurality of longitudinal guideways and means for supporting a plurality of DMX and RDM compatible components; a plurality of current conductors arranged in at least some of said longitudinal guideways, at least a first number of conductors being power conductors and a second number of conductors being data conductors, said conductors being electrically isolated from each other; adapter means connected to a source of power for applying electrical power to said power conductors and connected to a source of control data for applying data signals to said data conductors; at least one component being an LED color changing luminaire including a plurality of LEDs, each generating one of a discrete plurality of colors when energized; data converter means for converting data on said data lines to control signals for each individual component; and connecting means for at least electrically connecting said at least one LED color-changing luminaire to said power conductors and data conductors within said track, said data converter means including programming means for selectively programming one of four control modes for controlling the mode of operation of a compatible component to one mode of operation selected from the group including manual control, full output control, DMX and RDM control. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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