System for integrated lighting control, configuration, and metric tracking from multiple locations
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1. A lighting control system for a building, comprising:
- a controller;
a user interface in communication with the controller;
at least one circuit having one or more lights;
at least one relay connected the at least one circuits and to the controller; and
two or more scenes stored in a memory of the controller, the two or more scenes including configurations of the one or more lights of the at least one circuit; and
a monitoring mechanism configured to determine one or more metrics of the at least one circuit; and
wherein;
the two or more scenes are configurable at the user interface to specify a dim percentage of the one or more lights of the at least one circuit;
the two or more scenes are each configured to be in use at a predetermined period of time;
a maximum of a number of times that the at least one relay can switch for a lifetime of the at least one relay is determined;
the number of times that the at least one relay has switched indicates an amount of lifetime of the at least one relay has expended; and
a schedule for maintenance or replacement of the at least one relay before an end of the lifetime of the at least one relay is determined.
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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. A lighting control system for a building, comprising:
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a controller; a user interface in communication with the controller; at least one circuit having one or more lights; at least one relay connected the at least one circuits and to the controller; and two or more scenes stored in a memory of the controller, the two or more scenes including configurations of the one or more lights of the at least one circuit; and a monitoring mechanism configured to determine one or more metrics of the at least one circuit; and wherein; the two or more scenes are configurable at the user interface to specify a dim percentage of the one or more lights of the at least one circuit; the two or more scenes are each configured to be in use at a predetermined period of time; a maximum of a number of times that the at least one relay can switch for a lifetime of the at least one relay is determined; the number of times that the at least one relay has switched indicates an amount of lifetime of the at least one relay has expended; and a schedule for maintenance or replacement of the at least one relay before an end of the lifetime of the at least one relay is determined. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A control and configuration system for a lighting system, comprising:
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two or more user interfaces, the two or more user interfaces each capable of individually receiving a user input; a controller in communication with each of the two or more 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 least some of the two or more circuits of lights are configurable at the two or more user interfaces to turn off in response to non-motion detected at least one of the two or more motion detectors. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for controlling and configuring a lighting arrangement for a building, comprising:
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configuring one or more scenes with one or more circuits at a user control module, the one or more circuits connected to a controller via one or more relays; communicating the one or more scenes to the controller, the controller configured to control one or more lights on each of the one or more circuits in accordance with the one or more scenes, the one or more scenes configured to be activated at a one or more predetermined times at a predetermined dim percentage; providing one or more monitoring mechanisms connected to the one or more relays and the controller; and wherein the one or more monitoring mechanisms are configured to determine one or more metrics of the one or more circuits including at least a maximum of a number of times that a relay can switch for a lifetime of the relay; and wherein the controller is configured to determiner a schedule for maintenance or replacement of the relay before an end of the lifetime of the relay. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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