Patent ID: 11934161
Assignee: HLI SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A method for controlling lighting, the method comprising
configuring a plurality of luminaires for illuminating a space;
associating a plurality of actuators with said luminaires, each of said actuators selectively controlling illumination output by at least one of said luminaires;
configuring said plurality of actuators to form a corresponding plurality of nodes in a wireless self-healing self-forming mesh network;
configuring a plurality of input modules to process information associated with at least a portion of said space and to communicate results of said processing to at least one of said plurality of actuators;
associating at least one selectively designated input module of said plurality of input modules with a first identifier indicative of a logical control perimeter within said space;
associating at least one selectively designated actuator of said plurality of actuators with said first identifier;
wirelessly communicating said results of said processing by said selectively designated input module to said selectively designated actuator using said first identifier;
controlling illumination output of at least one of said luminaires associated with said selectively designated actuator based on said wirelessly communicated results of said processing; and
configuring a controller to communicate with said actuators and said input modules via an access point,
wherein wireless communication between said access point, said plurality of actuators, and said input modules includes:
first messages received from said access point by said plurality of actuators and said input modules Broadcast for reply by said plurality of actuators and said input modules, or Multicast for reply by certain of said plurality of actuators and said input modules, said first messages comprising a request including a destination address of said access point in a data field of said first message and said first messages excluding a from address field;
second messages in reply to said first message by each of said plurality of actuators and input modules, said second messages comprising at least one of a destination address and configuration parameters of said addressed actuators and said input modules, said second messages being Unicast to said access point included in the data field of said first messages and said second messages excluding a from address field;
third messages from the access point to a specific one of said plurality of actuators and said input modules Unicast for reply by said specific one of said plurality of actuators and said input modules, said third messages comprising a request including the destination address of said access point in a data field of said third messages and said third messages excluding a from address field;
fourth messages in reply to said third messages, whereby said specific one of said plurality of actuators and said input modules sends said fourth message comprising data to said access point, a destination address of the fourth messages being populated by the destination address of said access point included in the data field of the third messages and said fourth messages excluding a from address field; and
wherein the access point is configured to:
track the requests of said first and third messages, including said access point therein;
match the replies of said second messages to the requests of said first messages in an internal database; and
match the replies of said fourth messages to the requests of said third messages in the internal database.