Multi-room controlled for individual light controls
DCFirst Claim
1. A multi-room controller for controlling a plurality of individual light controls, each light control adapted to control directly lighting within an associated room of a partitionable space and to respond to other light controls that can indirectly control the lighting, comprising:
- assignment means operable for linking individual light controls in a group for control by each individual control within the group; and
controller means in communication with each individual control and responsive to operation of the assignment means for enabling each individual light control within the group of linked controls upon activation to control the lighting within the rooms associated with the group,the lighting thereby responsive to each of the linked individual light controls.
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Abstract
A multi-room controller for controlling a plurality of individual light controls, each associated with a room of a partitionable space. The individual light controls each control the light individually in the control'"'"'s room. An assignment panel associated with the multi-room controller is operable to link several individual light controls in a group under the control of a selected individual control within the group. This linking occurs when several rooms have been combined into a larger room and it is desirable to have uniform control of the lighting within the larger room. The multi-room controller is in communication with each individual light control and responsive to the assignment panel for transferring control of the group to the selected individual light control. In one operation mode, the lighting is controlled by a preselected individual control. In another mode, the lighting is controlled by any of the linked controls in the group. All linked controls mimic the last activated control.
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1. A multi-room controller for controlling a plurality of individual light controls, each light control adapted to control directly lighting within an associated room of a partitionable space and to respond to other light controls that can indirectly control the lighting, comprising:
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assignment means operable for linking individual light controls in a group for control by each individual control within the group; and controller means in communication with each individual control and responsive to operation of the assignment means for enabling each individual light control within the group of linked controls upon activation to control the lighting within the rooms associated with the group, the lighting thereby responsive to each of the linked individual light controls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A lighting control system for controlling the lighting in multiple rooms of a partitionable space, comprising:
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a plurality of individual light controls each having switch means for controlling directly the lighting individually in an associated room of the space and having I/O means for communicating the switch settings to other individual light controls for indirect control of lighting in other rooms; assignment means operable for linking individual light controls in a group for control by each individual control within the group; and controller means in communication with each individual control and responsive to operation of the assignment means for receiving the switch settings and communicating said switch settings to the other individual light controls within the group to enable each individual light control to control directly or indirectly via its switch means the lighting within the rooms associated with the groups, the lighting thereby responsive to each of the switch means as it is activated. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An individual light control for setting the lighting in a room, comprising:
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central processing means for controlling directly the light intensity of the associated lights in the room; and I/O means for communicating light intensity information between the central processing means and other central processing means of other individual light controls to enable the individual light control to mimic the setting of the other individual controls. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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