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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Tony Petrus Van Endert, Eindhoven, BE;
Markus Wilhelmus Maria Coopmans, Eindhoven, NL;
Tony Petrus Van Endert, Eindhoven, BE;
Markus Wilhelmus Maria Coopmans, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In a lighting device, a primary control unit () and a group of light units () are arranged in a power supply chain, each light unit () of said group being arranged for receiving commands from the primary control unit () via a light unit interface () of the light unit (), wherein each succeeding unit () of the chain has a power input () which is connected to a switchable power output () of a respective preceding unit (), each preceding unit () being arranged to supply power at the power output () only after initializing an address identification of the unit, and each succeeding unit () being arranged to initialize an address identification of the unit upon being supplied with power at the power input ().