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Distributed intelligence ballast system and extended lighting control protocol

  • US 7,369,060 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2004
  • Issued: 05/06/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for processing electronic photosensor information in a ballast of a multi-ballast lighting system, the ballast coupled directly to a photosensor, the multi-ballast lighting system having a plurality of ballasts connected together for exchanging data over a communication link, the method comprising:

  • receiving at the ballast the electronic photosensor information from the photosensor;

    determining in the ballast whether the ballast is operating in a default configuration; and

    broadcasting the electronic photosensor information from the photosensor on the communication link if the ballast is operating in the default configuration.

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