Patent ID: 11886269
Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. A power source on a control network for supplying DC current to devices on the network, the power source comprises:
a communication subsystem configured to monitor the network; and
a controller configured to register an amount of available current out of a maximum current of the power source;
the communication subsystem is further configured to:
send a reply over the control network with information about the amount of available current at the power source upon receipt of the query;
the controller is further configured to:
allocate a requested current of a current request upon receipt of the current request;
release a to-be released current of a release request upon receipt of the release request, wherein the release request is transmitted by a first control device requested to release current by a second control device; and
update the amount of available current in accordance with allocations and releases.