Commissioning and controlling load control devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022345363-A1
Application number	US-202217864039-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 13, 2022
Priority date	Mar 8, 2019
Publication date	Oct 27, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A load control system may be commissioned using beacons. The load control system may include control devices that each include a beacon transmitting circuit configured to transmit a beacon that comprises an identifier associated with the control device. A network device, such as a mobile device, may discover a control device based on the beacon received from the control device. In response to discovery of the control device, the control device may be added to a temporary group of control devices for being collectively configured and/or controlled. Control devices may be discovered based on the signal strength at which the beacons are received. The control devices may provide feedback to a user in response to confirmation messages to indicate to a user that the lighting control device has been added to the temporary group. The control devices may stop providing the feedback after they are removed from the temporary group.

First claim

1 . A method for configuring lighting control devices of a load control system installed in a load control environment, the method comprising:
receiving beacons, each beacon comprising a unique identifier associated with one of the lighting control devices of the load control system, wherein the unique identifier is configured to identify the lighting control device in messages transmitted to control an amount of power provided to a lighting load; determining a configuration identifier based on configuration data associated with the load control system, wherein the configuration identifier identifies one or more of a zone, an area, or a location of one or more lighting loads or fixtures comprising one or more lighting loads; automatically selecting a first lighting control device to be assigned to the configuration identifier based on received signal strengths of the respective beacons of the lighting control devices; causing the first lighting control device to provide a first feedback type in response to being automatically selected to be assigned to the configuration identifier; automatically selecting a second lighting control device to be assigned to the configuration identifier in response to changes in one or more of the received signal strengths of the respective beacons of the lighting control devices; causing the first lighting control device to stop providing the first feedback type and the second lighting control device to provide the first feedback type in response to automatically selecting the second lighting control device to be assigned to the configuration identifier; and causing the second lighting control device to provide a second feedback type in response to being assigned to the configuration identifier.

Assignees

• Lutron Tech Co Llc

Inventors

• Anderson Todd G
• Anselm Maxwell
• Garg Vidur
• Karmani Ashok
• Kumar Sanjeev
• Raghuram Sandeep Mudabail
• Rahul Somesh
• Nemmani Ananthanag
• Shukla Jaykrishna A
• Dias Alcides J
• Singh Surjith Bhagavath

Classifications

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• G06K7/1417

  2D bar codes · CPC title

• G06K7/1413

  1D bar codes · CPC title

• G06K7/10722

  Photodetector array or CCD scanning · CPC title

• H05B45/22

  using optical feedback · CPC title