Systems and methods for commissioning a lighting system

• US 9,763,310 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2013
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kenall Manufacturing Company (Legrand SA)
• Original Assignee: Kenall Manufacturing Company (Legrand SA)
• Inventors: Dahlen, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Owens, Douglas W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chan, Wei
• Application Number:
  US14/069,818
• Publication Number:
  US 20150123563A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• Field of Search: 345156, 315224, 315291, 315247, 315152, 315201, 362252, 362249, 362231
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/195 the transmission using visible or infrared light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/1965 using handheld communication devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/199 Commissioning of light sources

Abstract

Embodiments are provided for commissioning a lighting system that includes a plurality of luminaires. According to certain aspects, an electronic device can, for each of the plurality of luminaires, connect to a luminaire and retrieve an identification of the luminaire. The electronic device can associate its location as the location of the luminaire, as well as prompt a user to associate a layout tag of existing layout data for the lighting system with the luminaire. The electronic device can transmit the commissioning data for the lighting system to a server for remote storage. The server enables remote access to the commissioning data by various electronic devices and users thereof.

Claims

1. A method in a wireless communication device of commissioning a lighting system, the method comprising:

directly connecting, by the wireless communication device, to a luminaire via a short range communication;

upon directly connecting to the luminaire, receiving, by the wireless communication device directly from the luminaire via the short range communication, an identification of the luminaire;

identifying a location of the wireless communication device;

displaying, in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the wireless communication device, an indication of a layout tag corresponding to the luminaire;

receiving, via the GUI, a first user selection of the layout tag;

responsive to receiving the first user selection, displaying, in the GUI concurrently with displaying the indication of the layout tag, a window that (i) prompts a user to confirm luminaire association, and (ii) indicates the location of the wireless communication device;

receiving, via the window displayed in the GUI, a second user selection to associate the identification of the luminaire and the location of the wireless communication device with luminaire;

responsive to receiving the second user selection, generating, by a processor of the wireless communication device, a data record for the luminaire, the data record including the identification of the luminaire and the location of the wireless communication device; and

sending, by the wireless communication device, the data record to a server via a network connection.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the data record comprises generating the data record further including the layout tag corresponding to the luminaire.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

connecting to an additional luminaire using the wireless communication device;

receiving, from the additional luminaire, an identification of the additional luminaire;

identifying an additional location of the wireless communication device;

generating an additional data record for the additional luminaire, the additional data record including the identification of the additional luminaire and the additional location of the wireless communication device; and

sending the additional data record to the server via the network connection.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the data record and the additional data record are concurrently sent to the server via the network connection.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the location of the wireless communication device comprises identifying, using a global positioning system (GPS) receiver of the wireless communication device, a GPS location of the wireless communication device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the identification of the luminaire comprises:

receiving a media access control (MAC) address.

7. A wireless communication device for commissioning a lighting system, comprising:

a transceiver;

a user interface configured to display content;

a memory for storing a set of non-transitory computer-readable instructions; and

a processor coupled to the transceiver and the memory, and configured to execute the set of non-transitory computer-readable instructions to;

directly connect, by the wireless communication device, to a luminaire via a short range communication,

upon directly connecting to the luminaire, receive, by the wireless communication device, directly from the luminaire via the short range communication, an identification of the luminaire,

identify a location of the wireless communication device,

cause the user interface to display an indication of a layout tag corresponding to the luminaire,

receive, via the user interface, a first user selection of the layout tag,

responsive to receiving the first user selection, cause the user interface to display, concurrently with displaying the indication of the layout tag, a window (i) that prompts a user to confirm luminaire association, and (ii) indicates the location of the wireless communication device,

receive, via the window displayed in the user interface, a second user selection to associate the identification of the luminaire and the location of the wireless communication device with the luminaire,

responsive to receiving the second user selection, generate a data record for the luminaire, the data record including the identification of the luminaire and the location of the wireless communication device, and

send, by the wireless communication device to a server using the transceiver, the data record.

8. The wireless communication device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the set of non-transitory computer-readable instructions to:

generate the data record further including the layout tag corresponding to the luminaire, and

send, to the server using the transceiver, the data record further including the layout tag.

9. The wireless communication device of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the set of non-transitory computer-readable instructions to:

connect to an additional luminaire,

receive from the additional luminaire, an identification of the additional luminaire,

identify an additional location of the wireless communication device,

generate an additional data record for the additional luminaire, the additional data record including the identification of the additional luminaire and the additional location of the wireless communication device, and

send, to the server using the transceiver, the additional data record.

10. The wireless communication device of claim 9, wherein the data record and the additional data record are concurrently sent to the server using the transceiver.

11. The wireless communication device of claim 7, further comprising a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the set of non-transitory computer-readable instructions to identify, using the GPS receiver, a GPS location of the wireless communication device.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 7, wherein the identification of the luminaire is a media access control (MAC) address.