Locating reference nodes for positioning devices in a wireless network
First Claim
1. A method for commissioning a plurality of devices according to a plan comprising the steps of:
- providing a plan comprising a plurality of planned devices corresponding to a plurality of installed devices;
identifying a planned device in the plan having a unique characteristic compared to the other devices in the plan;
receiving data comprising characteristics of an installed device from the wireless network;
comparing the received characteristics to the unique characteristic; and
in response to the received characteristics including the unique characteristic, matching the installed device with the planned device.
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Abstract
A method for matching an actual device in a wireless network to a corresponding device indicated in a plan of such devices is provided. The method is suitable for initiating the commissioning process for a lighting control network or an automated home network and it enables the program controlling the system to establish a number of reference nodes, with respect to which the coordinates of the rest of the nodes in the network are established, without the engineer having to manually enter the identification details of the reference nodes in the computer system. The method includes identifying a device in the plan having unique characteristics compared to the other devices in the plan, receiving data comprising the characteristics of the actual device from the wireless network, and in response to the characteristics of the actual device including the unique characteristics, matching the physical device with the identified device.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for commissioning a plurality of devices according to a plan comprising the steps of:
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providing a plan comprising a plurality of planned devices corresponding to a plurality of installed devices; identifying a planned device in the plan having a unique characteristic compared to the other devices in the plan; receiving data comprising characteristics of an installed device from the wireless network; comparing the received characteristics to the unique characteristic; and in response to the received characteristics including the unique characteristic, matching the installed device with the planned device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. Apparatus comprising:
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means for connecting to a wireless network; a memory configured to store a predetermined plan comprising a plurality of planned devices in said wireless network; means for identifying, from said plurality of planned devices, a planned device having a unique characteristic compared to the other planned devices in the plan; means for receiving data comprising characteristics of an installed device from the wireless network; means for comparing the received characteristics to the unique characteristic; and means for matching the installed device to the planned device if the received characteristics include the unique characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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an apparatus comprising means for connecting to a wireless network; a memory configured to store a predetermined plan comprising a plurality of devices in said wireless network; means for identifying from said plurality of devices a planned device having a unique characteristic compared to the other devices in the plan; means for receiving data comprising characteristics of an installed device from the wireless network; means for comparing the received characteristics to the unique characteristic; means for matching the installed device to the planned device if the received characteristics include the unique characteristic; and a plurality of devices in said wireless network, the plurality of devices comprising at least one gateway controller configured to communicate with said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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