AUTOMATICALLY COMMISSIONING OF DEVICES OF A NETWORKED CONTROL SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for automatically commissioning of devices of a networked control system, which comprises several devices arranged in a grid wherein each device is configured for routing messages between directly neighbored devices in the grid via light, method comprisingtransmitting a commissioning message, which comprises a hops counter, by a first device to a second device, which is neighbored to the first device in a predetermined direction in the grid,receiving the commissioning message from the first device by the second device,updating the hops counter by the second device and a location counter of the second device andtransmitting the commissioning message with the updated hops counter to one or more third devices.
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Abstract
The invention relates to automatically commissioning of devices of a networked control system, particularly to automatically commissioning (auto-commissioning) of light sources of a lighting system, where a control of light sources on an individual and local basis is required. A basic idea of the invention is to route commissioning messages through a grid, particularly an approximately rectangular grid of devices in that each device is able to receive commissioning messages from and to transmit commissioning messages to directly neighbored devices in the grid via light. An embodiment of the invention relates to a method for automatically commissioning of devices (10, 12, 14, 16, 18) of a networked control system, which comprises several devices arranged in a grid (20), wherein each device is adapted for routing messages, which were received from directly neighbored devices in the grid, to directly neighbored devices in the grid via light, wherein the commissioning comprises the acts of
- transmitting a commissioning message (S10), which comprises a hops counter, by a first device (10) to a second device (12), which is neighbored to the first device in a predetermined direction (22) in the grid,
- receiving the commissioning message (S12) from the first device by the second device,
- updating the hops counter (S14) by the second device and a location counter of the second device and
- transmitting the commissioning message (S16) with the updated hops counter to one or more third devices.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for automatically commissioning of devices of a networked control system, which comprises several devices arranged in a grid wherein each device is configured for routing messages between directly neighbored devices in the grid via light, method comprising
transmitting a commissioning message, which comprises a hops counter, by a first device to a second device, which is neighbored to the first device in a predetermined direction in the grid, receiving the commissioning message from the first device by the second device, updating the hops counter by the second device and a location counter of the second device and transmitting the commissioning message with the updated hops counter to one or more third devices.
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9-11. -11. (canceled)
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12. A system for automatically commissioning of devices of a networked control system, which comprises several devices arranged in a grid, wherein each device is adapted for routing messages, which were received from directly neighbored devices in the grid, to directly neighbored devices in the grid via light, wherein the system is configured to commission the devices by performing the acts of
transmitting a commissioning message, which comprises a hops counter, by a first device to a second device, which is neighbored to the first device in a predetermined direction in the grid, receiving the commissioning message from the first device by the second device, updating the hops counter by the second device and a location counter of the second device and transmitting the commissioning message with the updated hops counter to one or more third devices.
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13. (canceled)
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