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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1987
Gordon W Pearlman, Portland, OR (US);
Steven B Carlson, Portland, OR (US);
Lightolier Incorporated, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Abstract
A multi-room controller for controlling a plurality of individual light controls, each associated with a room of a partitionable space. The individual light controls each control the light individually in the control's room. An assignment panel associated with the multi-room controller is operable to link several individual light controls in a group under the control of a selected individual control within the group. This linking occurs when several rooms have been combined into a larger room and it is desirable to have uniform control of the lighting within the larger room. The multi-room controller is in communication with each individual light control and responsive to the assignment panel for transferring control of the group to the selected individual light control. In one operation mode, the lighting is controlled by a preselected individual control. In another mode, the lighting is controlled by any of the linked controls in the group. All linked controls mimic the last activated control.