Programmable multicircuit wall-mounted controller
First Claim
1. A programmable circuit controller connected to a source of AC power for controlling a plurality of AC lighting circuits, comprising:
- (a) level adjustment switch means for controlling the levels of AC power provided to each of said AC lighting circuits, respectively;
(b) learn switch means for storing signals representing power levels established by said level adjustment switch means in a memory;
(c) preset switch means for designating a plurality of power levels established by said level adjustment switch means to be stored in a memory as a predetermined set when said preset switch means is actuated simultaneously with the actuation of said learn switch means; and
(d) wherein said preset switch means comprises a plurality of switches, each switch representing one predetermined set of lighting levels to be recalled from said memory and established as current lighting levels when one of said switches is actuated independently of said learn switch means.
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Abstract
A programmable lighting circuit controller for controlling a plurality of household lighting circuits includes a microprocessor and an electronically erasable programmable read only memory for programming the household lighting circuits for a variety of loads. The lighting circuits may be configured as a combination of incandescent and fluorescent loads by designating one output of the controller as a heater circuit for any of the fluorescent loads. The microprocessor is controlled by a set of nonlatching pushbuttons on a front panel which raise and lower lighting levels, set lighting levels in memory and recall preset levels from memory. Combination of two pushbuttons simultaneously pushed may initiate special programming features such as heater designation of one channel for fluorescent lighting.
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9 Claims
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1. A programmable circuit controller connected to a source of AC power for controlling a plurality of AC lighting circuits, comprising:
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(a) level adjustment switch means for controlling the levels of AC power provided to each of said AC lighting circuits, respectively; (b) learn switch means for storing signals representing power levels established by said level adjustment switch means in a memory; (c) preset switch means for designating a plurality of power levels established by said level adjustment switch means to be stored in a memory as a predetermined set when said preset switch means is actuated simultaneously with the actuation of said learn switch means; and (d) wherein said preset switch means comprises a plurality of switches, each switch representing one predetermined set of lighting levels to be recalled from said memory and established as current lighting levels when one of said switches is actuated independently of said learn switch means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A programmable circuit controller connected to a source of AC power for controlling a plurality of AC lighting circuits comprising:
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(a) a control panel including a plurality of input switches; and (b) a microprocessor responsive to a predetermined combination of signals from certain ones of said input switches for designating one or more of said AC lighting circuits as fluorescent lighting circuits, and for designating one other of said AC lighting circuits as a heating circuit, and storing said designations in a memory, such that whenever at least one of said fluorescent lighting circuits is turned on, said heater circuit is automatically turned on at full power. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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