Lighting controller with integrated wide area network interface
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1. A photo controller, comprising:
- a central processing unit (CPU);
a local area network (LAN) interface in communication with the CPU;
a wide area network (WAN) interface in communication with the CPU, wherein the WAN interface communicates directly with a WAN base station in a wide area network without first communicating with and by-passing a bridge or a gateway to receive a control signal and send monitoring information over a two-way communication path from a remote server for controlling a lighting device coupled to the photo controller, wherein the control signal comprises an on and off functionality of the lighting device, a control of a light intensity of the lighting device, scheduling information of the lighting device and a color mixing code of the lighting device, wherein the monitoring information comprises a power metering information of the lighting device, a temperature information of the lighting device and a diagnostic information of the lighting device; and
an electrical power control component in communication with the CPU to control the lighting device coupled to the photo controller in accordance with the control signal.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a photo controller. In one embodiment, the photo controller includes a central processing unit (CPU), a local area connection (LAN) interface in communication with the CPU, a wide area network (WAN) interface in communication with the CPU and an electrical power control component in communication with the CPU to control a lighting device.
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1. A photo controller, comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU); a local area network (LAN) interface in communication with the CPU; a wide area network (WAN) interface in communication with the CPU, wherein the WAN interface communicates directly with a WAN base station in a wide area network without first communicating with and by-passing a bridge or a gateway to receive a control signal and send monitoring information over a two-way communication path from a remote server for controlling a lighting device coupled to the photo controller, wherein the control signal comprises an on and off functionality of the lighting device, a control of a light intensity of the lighting device, scheduling information of the lighting device and a color mixing code of the lighting device, wherein the monitoring information comprises a power metering information of the lighting device, a temperature information of the lighting device and a diagnostic information of the lighting device; and an electrical power control component in communication with the CPU to control the lighting device coupled to the photo controller in accordance with the control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling a plurality of lighting devices, comprising:
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receiving, at a wide area network (WAN) interface of a photo controller directly coupled to one of the plurality of lighting devices, a control signal to control another one of the plurality of lighting devices over a wide area network from a server, wherein the WAN interface communicates directly with a WAN base station in the WAN without first communicating with and by-passing a bridge or a gateway when receiving the control signal and when sending monitoring information over a two-way communication path from the server, wherein the control signal comprises an on and off functionality of the lighting device, a control of a light intensity of the lighting device, scheduling information of the lighting device and a color mixing code of the lighting device; forwarding the control signal to a remaining one or more of the plurality lighting devices via a local area network (LAN) interface of the photo controller until the control signal reaches the another one of the plurality of lighting devices that the control signal is to control; receiving the monitoring information from the another one of the plurality of lighting devices, wherein the monitoring information comprises a power metering information of the lighting device, a temperature information of the lighting device and a diagnostic information of the lighting device; and sending the monitoring information to the server via the WAN interface. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A lighting control communications network, comprising:
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a plurality of lighting devices, wherein each one of the plurality of lighting devices comprises a photo controller having only a local area network (LAN) interface; a main lighting device comprising a photo controller having a LAN interface and a wide area network (WAN) interface, wherein each one of the plurality of lighting devices is in communication with the main lighting device via the LAN interface; and a server in communication with the main lighting device via the WAN interface via two way communication path, wherein the WAN interface communicates a control signal for controlling one of the plurality of lighting devices directly with a WAN base station in a wide area network without first communicating with and by-passing a bridge or a gateway when communicating with the server and receives a monitoring information via the WAN base station, wherein the control signal comprises an on and off functionality of the lighting device, a control of a light intensity of the lighting device, scheduling information of the lighting device and a color mixing code of the lighting device, wherein the monitoring information comprises a power metering information of the lighting device, a temperature information of the lighting device and a diagnostic information of the lighting device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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