Remote controlled intelligent lighting system
First Claim
1. An addressable lighting device and control system comprising:
- a remote control;
at least one addressable lighting device with an electronic address and having a detecting means for detecting signals from said remote control, and a means for switching said addressable lighting device into a programming mode;
a microcontroller; and
a lighting means controlled by said addressable lighting device;
wherein the improvement comprises;
said remote control transmitting said signal as a single channel signal wherein said single channel signal is a serially transmitted data protocol, and further comprising;
A. a means for synchronizing said lighting devices to signal a beginning of transmission of said serially transmitted data protocol; and
B. a means for generating said serially transmitted data protocol with an address field wherein a first byte of the address field being different than zero, and with an intensity level field corresponding to an intensity of a specific address defined by said address field.
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Abstract
An addressable lighting device and control system uses a user-actuable infrared or radio frequency operated remote control(s) to selectively or collectively generate an electronic address for the addressable lighting device on which the device will respond to all future signals from the remote control corresponding to that electronic address. The addressable lighting device has a programming mode for setting the address and a working mode for receiving control signals on the set address and correspondingly setting the desired intensity level of light. The addressable device may have the address set and changed locally (manually) or remotely using the remote control to switch modes, thereby avoiding the problems, expenses and mistakes associated with using dual in-line package (DIP) switches, binary, hex rotary switches, or thumbwheel switches normally used to set each one of the system'"'"'s unit'"'"'s unique address.
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18 Claims
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1. An addressable lighting device and control system comprising:
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a remote control; at least one addressable lighting device with an electronic address and having a detecting means for detecting signals from said remote control, and a means for switching said addressable lighting device into a programming mode; a microcontroller; and a lighting means controlled by said addressable lighting device; wherein the improvement comprises;
said remote control transmitting said signal as a single channel signal wherein said single channel signal is a serially transmitted data protocol, and further comprising;A. a means for synchronizing said lighting devices to signal a beginning of transmission of said serially transmitted data protocol; and B. a means for generating said serially transmitted data protocol with an address field wherein a first byte of the address field being different than zero, and with an intensity level field corresponding to an intensity of a specific address defined by said address field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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