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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Tridonic Gmbh & CO KG, Dornbirn, AT;
Abhinav Somaraju, Dornbirn, AT;
TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KG, Dornbirn, AT;
Abstract
A system for controlling a plurality of building technology devices, in particular lighting units, by sending messages over a network, is provided, the system comprising: a plurality of building technology devices, and a network functionally connecting said building technology devices, wherein at least one of the building technology devices is a message issuing building technology device configured to send multicast or broadcast messages to a plurality of or all of the remaining building technology devices. The network is arranged such that at least three, preferably each of the remaining building technology devices form at least one ring network topology, and wherein the remaining building technology devices in such ring network topology are configured to exchange unicast messages in this at least one ring network topology.