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Light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers

  • US 7,603,184 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2006
  • Issued: 10/13/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A management system for managing a plurality of luminaires, comprising:

  • a plurality of intelligent luminaire managers, each intelligent luminaire manager being collocated with an associated luminaire and configured to monitor and transmit status information for the associated luminaire, the status information including at least an indication of a bad fixture condition upon occurrence of a bad fixture condition, wherein the bad fixture condition is determined by an intelligent luminaire manager calculating real power for an associated luminaire and determining whether the calculated real power exceeds a threshold value; and

    a network server within a network operation center for receiving transmitted status information from the plurality of intelligent luminaire managers and for communicating at least a portion of the status information to a computer of an operator of the plurality of luminaires.

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