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Timed lighting control

  • US 9,538,616 B2
  • Filed: 07/25/2013
  • Issued: 01/03/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling a lighting system, the lighting system comprising a number of luminaires, a network router configured to be coupled to the number of luminaires and a control device configured to be coupled to the network router via a control network, the method comprising:

  • providing, by the control device, a control message, the control message including timing information and command information;

    receiving, by the network router, the control message via the control network;

    generating, by the network router, a command in dependence on the command information;

    determining, by the network router, in dependence on the timing information, a first point in time for forwarding the command to at least one of the number of luminaires identified in the control message; and

    forwarding, by the network router, at the determined first point in time the command to the at least one of the number of luminaires identified in the control message.

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