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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Tridonic Gmbh & CO KG, Dornbirn, AT;
Inventors:
Giulio Borsoi, Dornbirn, AT;
Abhinav Somaraju, Dornbirn, AT;
Assignee:
TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KG, Dornbirn, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H04L 27/04 (2006.01); H04L 27/12 (2006.01); H04L 27/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0272 (2013.01); H04L 27/04 (2013.01); H04L 27/12 (2013.01); H04L 27/2003 (2013.01); H05B 37/0263 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lighting control system includes a master unit and a plurality of slave units. The slave units are respectively designed to consume power by operating lighting means, are supplied by a common power supply unit, can be provided with commands from the master unit, and are respectively provided with a control unit which modulates the power consumption of the associated slave unit according to a defined protocol. The master unit is designed to measure the power consumed by all slave units.