Patent ID: 9743489
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H02J,H05B,Y02B

Claim:
1. A load control system for controlling power delivered from a power source to a lighting load, the load control system comprising: a daylight sensor configured to transmit a first message; a remote control configured to transmit a second message; and a load control device adapted to be electrically coupled in series between the power source and the lighting load, the load control device configured to be associated with at least one of the daylight sensor and the remote control; wherein the load control device is configured to automatically operate in a first mode of operation if the daylight sensor is associated with the load control device and the remote control is not associated with the load control device, and automatically operate in a second mode of operation if the daylight sensor and the remote control are associated with the load control device; the first mode of operation characterized by the load control device being configured to turn the lighting load on and off in response to the first message transmitted by the daylight sensor; and the second mode of operation characterized by the load control device being configured to turn the lighting load off in response to the first message transmitted by the daylight sensor, but not turn the lighting load on in response to the first message transmitted by the daylight sensor, and the load control device being operable to turn the lighting load on in response to the second message transmitted by the remote control.