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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2019
Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US);
Theodore E. Weber, Round Rock, TX (US);
Mark A. Rosenau, West Lake Hills, TX (US);
Thomas J. Hartnagel, Round Rock, TX (US);
Michael L. Muecke, Round Rock, TX (US);
Terrence R. Arbouw, Georgetown, TX (US);
Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods for controlling electrical loads in one or more areas. A method includes transmitting, with a microcontroller via a transceiver, a sync packet including a unique address of the lighting fixture control module to a bus. The method includes listening, via the transceiver, on the bus. The method includes placing the microcontroller into a master operation mode when a master sync timeout period expires without receiving a second sync packet including a unique address for a second master device from the bus. The method includes placing the microcontroller into a subordinate operation mode when the second sync packet is received from the bus during the master sync timeout period.