Patent ID: 9560727
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04B,H05B

Claim:
1. An apparatus for creating functional lighting groups, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of wireless devices, configured to enter a grouping mode responsive to commands sent over a wireless network, and configured to send messages over said wireless network indicating that they have been power cycled, wherein said plurality of wireless devices comprises one or more wireless lighting fixtures and one or more wireless switches, and wherein said one or more wireless lighting fixtures are power cycled via activation of a corresponding legacy line voltage switch; and a gateway, coupled to said plurality of wireless devices over said wireless network, configured to send said commands, and configured to receive said messages, and configured to create a functional lighting group comprising said plurality of wireless devices, wherein, subsequent to formation of said functional lighting group for said one or more wireless lighting fixtures, an operator toggles said one or more wireless switches, and said gateway receives said messages and adds said one or more wireless switches to said functional lighting group.