MASTER/SLAVE ARRANGEMENT FOR LIGHTING FIXTURE MODULES
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1. A lighting fixture comprising:
- a driver module adapted to drive an associated light source and to facilitate communications over a communication bus as a slave communication device; and
a communications module adapted to facilitate wireless communications with other elements in a lighting network and communications as a master communication device with the driver module over the communication bus.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a lighting fixture that includes a driver module and at least one other module that provides a lighting fixture function, such as a sensor function, lighting network communication function, gateway function, and the like. The driver module communicates with the other modules in a master/slave scheme over a communication bus. The driver module is configured as a slave communication device, and the other modules are configured as master communication devices. As such, the other modules may initiate communications with the driver to send information to or retrieve information from the driver module.
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28 Claims
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1. A lighting fixture comprising:
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a driver module adapted to drive an associated light source and to facilitate communications over a communication bus as a slave communication device; and a communications module adapted to facilitate wireless communications with other elements in a lighting network and communications as a master communication device with the driver module over the communication bus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A driver module for a lighting fixture comprising:
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a wired communication interface; and control circuitry associated with the wired communication interface and adapted to; drive a light source; and facilitate communications over a communication bus as a slave communication device with at least one other module that is part of the lighting fixture, is adapted to provide a lighting fixture function, and is adapted to communicate over the communication bus as a master communication device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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