Patent ID: 9538616
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H05B

Claim:
1. A method of controlling a lighting system, the lighting system comprising a number of luminaires, a network router configured to be coupled to the number of luminaires and a control device configured to be coupled to the network router via a control network, the method comprising: providing, by the control device, a control message, the control message including timing information and command information; receiving, by the network router, the control message via the control network; generating, by the network router, a command in dependence on the command information; determining, by the network router, in dependence on the timing information, a first point in time for forwarding the command to at least one of the number of luminaires identified in the control message; and forwarding, by the network router, at the determined first point in time the command to the at least one of the number of luminaires identified in the control message.