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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc., Madison, AL (US);
Stephen D. Mays, II, Madison, AL (US);
Reggie Anglin, Madison, AL (US);
John J. Dernovsek, Madison, AL (US);
Scott Price, Madison, AL (US);
Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc., Madison, AL (US);
Abstract
A luminaire otherwise lacking connectivity is provided hereby with an isolated method for connecting to a lighting control system. The luminaire comprises an NFC-equipped LED driver having a first antenna. A digital control device with a second antenna is permanently or semi-permanently mounted in or on the luminaire wherein the second antenna is positioned in operable proximity with the first antenna. The digital control device includes a first transceiver in communication with the external device and a first controller to receive and store device configuration data from the external device in volatile memory associated with a second transceiver linked to the first antenna. A controller associated with the LED driver selectively obtains the device configuration data from the volatile memory via the NFC field, and generates output current reference signals for regulating the output current from the LED driver, said reference signals corresponding to the device configuration data.