Radio paging electrical load control system and device
First Claim
1. A radio paging electrical load control device, connected to and located within or nearby an electrical light fixture for controlling the operational state of an electrical light fixture or groups of fixtures, comprising:
- a. a receiving mechanism located within or nearby an electrical light fixture for accepting coded digital commands;
b. a processing mechanism connected to the receiving mechanism for decoding received commands;
c. a lighting control mechanism connected to the processing mechanism and to the lighting unit for accepting the decoded command and performing the command operation on the electrical light or device;
d. a power supply connected to the receiving, processing and lighting control mechanisms;
e. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely control the operational state of a single electrical light fixture;
f. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely program and reprogram the electrical light fixtures into groups;
g. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely control the operational state of a group of electrical light fixtures with one command while still being able to individually control the state of any single light fixture even while the fixture is part of the larger group of electrical light fixtures; and
h. said control of the operational state of a light fixture, a group of light fixtures and light fixtures within a group, and remote programming and reprogramming of the electrical light fixtures into groups is independent of signal and power connections.
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Abstract
A system for remote control of electrical load devices, particularly electrical lighting where the commands are broadcast over a radio pager system. A radio pager receiver is located within or nearby the electrical light fixture and is normally in a standby state, receives the commands broadcast. The radio pager receiver is connected to a computer processor and electronic circuitry. The computer processor interprets the commands and instructs the electronic circuitry to perform a desired operation. These operations include but are not limited to turning an electrical light element or group of electrical light elements on or off, dimming the light element or reprogramming the electrical light element to be included in a different control group of lights. In addition, before the operation is accomplished, the computer processor checks for the appropriate security code entry. In addition, there are protection mechanisms built into the computer processor so that if the decoding of the commands indicates that a large block of devices is to be turned on at the same time, the operation will be staggered so as to prevent a huge inrush of current and potential for tripping of the building'"'"'s main electrical overcurrent device or circuit.
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24 Claims
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1. A radio paging electrical load control device, connected to and located within or nearby an electrical light fixture for controlling the operational state of an electrical light fixture or groups of fixtures, comprising:
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a. a receiving mechanism located within or nearby an electrical light fixture for accepting coded digital commands; b. a processing mechanism connected to the receiving mechanism for decoding received commands; c. a lighting control mechanism connected to the processing mechanism and to the lighting unit for accepting the decoded command and performing the command operation on the electrical light or device; d. a power supply connected to the receiving, processing and lighting control mechanisms; e. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely control the operational state of a single electrical light fixture; f. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely program and reprogram the electrical light fixtures into groups; g. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely control the operational state of a group of electrical light fixtures with one command while still being able to individually control the state of any single light fixture even while the fixture is part of the larger group of electrical light fixtures; and h. said control of the operational state of a light fixture, a group of light fixtures and light fixtures within a group, and remote programming and reprogramming of the electrical light fixtures into groups is independent of signal and power connections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A radio paging electrical load control system using a paging network and paging receiver for controlling the operational state of an electrical light fixture or groups of fixtures, comprising:
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a. a means of sending commands to a radio paging network; b. a receiving mechanism located within or nearby an electrical light fixture for accepting commands from the radio paging network; c. a processing unit connected to the receiving mechanism for decoding the received commands; d. a lighting controller circuit connected to the processing unit for accepting the decoded command and performing the command operation on the electrical light or device; e. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely control the operational state of a single electrical light fixture; f. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely program and reprogram the electrical light fixtures into groups; g. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely control the operational state of a group of electrical light fixtures with one command while still being able to individually control the state of any single light fixture even while the fixture is part of the larger group of electrical light fixtures; and h. said control of the operational state of a light fixtures, a group of light fixtures and light fixtures within a group, and remote programming and reprogramming of the electrical light fixtures into groups is independent of signal and power connections. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of using a radio paging electrical load control system for controlling the operational state of the electrical light fixture or groups of fixtures, comprising:
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a. sending electrical light fixture control commands; b. receiving electrical light fixture control commands; c. decoding the received control commands using a processing unit connected to the receiving means; d. using a lighting controller circuit for accepting the decoded command and performing the controlling operation on the electrical light; e. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely control the operational state of a single electrical light fixture; f. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely program and reprogram the electrical light fixtures into groups; g. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely control the operational state of a group of electrical light fixtures with one command while still being able to individually control the state of any single light fixture even while the fixture is part of the larger group of electrical light fixtures; and h. said control of the operational state of a light fixture, a group of light fixtures and light fixtures within a group, and remote programming and reprogramming of the electrical light fixtures into groups is independent of signal and power connections. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A radio paging electrical load control device, connected to and located within or nearby an electrical device for controlling the operational state of an electrical device or group of electrical devices, comprising:
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a. a receiving mechanism located Within or nearby an electrical device for accepting coded digital commands; b. a processing mechanism connected to the receiving mechanism for decoding received commands; c. a control mechanism connected to the processing mechanism and to the electrical device for accepting the decoded command and performing the command operation on the electrical device; d. a power supply connected to the receiving, processing and control mechanisms; e. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely control the operational state of a single electrical device; f. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely program and reprogram the electrical devices into groups; g. the digital commands received by the receiving mechanism and processed by the processing mechanism can remotely control the operational state of a group of electrical devices with one command while still being able to individually control the state of any single device even while the device is part of the larger group of electrical devices; and h. said control of the operational state of a device, a group of devices and a device within a group, and remote programming and reprogramming of the electrical devices into groups is independent of signal and power connections.
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