System for integrated lighting control, configuration, and metric tracking from multiple locations
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1. An integrated lighting control and configuration system for a building, comprising:
- a controller;
a tenant user wall module connected to the controller;
one or more circuits having one or more lights;
one or more relays connected the one or more circuits, respectively, and to the controller; and
a relay action indicator connected to the one or more relays connected to the one or more circuits, respectively, and to the controller;
one or more scenes comprising the one or more circuits; and
wherein some of the one or more circuits of the one or more scenes are configured at the tenant user wall module; and
wherein the relay action indicator counts a number of times that the one or more relays switch.
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Abstract
A mechanism for control and configuration of a lighting system from a user interface. For instance, a wall module designed as a user interface for a tenant to control the system may be implemented so as to be used not only to control the lighting system but also to configure it. The lighting system may involve a controller, circuits of lights, relays, motion and ambient detectors, scenes, schedules, and more. An additional user interface such as a wall module may be connected to the lighting system for control and configuration of the system.
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19 Claims
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1. An integrated lighting control and configuration system for a building, comprising:
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a controller; a tenant user wall module connected to the controller; one or more circuits having one or more lights; one or more relays connected the one or more circuits, respectively, and to the controller; and a relay action indicator connected to the one or more relays connected to the one or more circuits, respectively, and to the controller; one or more scenes comprising the one or more circuits; and wherein some of the one or more circuits of the one or more scenes are configured at the tenant user wall module; and wherein the relay action indicator counts a number of times that the one or more relays switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A control and configuration apparatus for a lighting system, comprising:
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two or more tenant user interfaces; a controller connected to each of the two or more tenant user interfaces and to two or more relays; two or more circuits of one or more lights connected to the two or more relays, respectively; and two or more motion detectors situated in an area of the one or more lights of the two or more circuits; and wherein; at the two or more tenant user interfaces, some of the two or more circuits of lights are configurable relative to non-motion turn off durations of the two or more motion detectors using a template viewed on a display of the two or more tenant user interfaces; and one or more scenes comprise the two or more circuits of lights. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for controlling and configuring a lighting arrangement for a building, comprising:
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providing one or more circuits of lights; connecting each of the one or more circuits to a controller via one or more relays; and configuring one or more scenes with the one or more circuits at a user control module via corresponding signals to the controller; providing one or more relay action indicators connected to the one or more relays and the controller; and wherein the one or more relay action indicators count a number of connecting actions and measure durations of connections of the one or more relays to power, over a pre-determined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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