Patent ID: 11937355
Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A dimmer switch system for dimming a load, the dimmer switch system comprising:
a master dimmer structured to be electrically connected to a power source and the load and to control dimming of the load by regulating power provided from the power source to the load; and
at least one accessory dimmer structured to be electrically connected to the master dimmer via a traveler conductor,
wherein the master dimmer is structured to generate a first control signal on the traveler conductor to indicate a functionality type of the master dimmer,
wherein, for each given accessory dimmer of the at least one accessory dimmer, the given accessory dimmer itself is structured to selectively enable or disable one or more functions of the given accessory dimmer based on the functionality type of the master dimmer,
wherein the at least one accessory dimmer is structured to generate a second control signal on the traveler conductor,
wherein the master dimmer is structured to generate the first control signal on the traveler conductor in response to the second control signal,
wherein the master dimmer is structured to generate the first control signal on the traveler conductor during one of a positive or negative half-cycle of power from the power source, and
wherein the at least one accessory dimmer is structured to generate the second control signal on the traveler conductor during the other of the positive or negative half-cycle of power from the power source.