Patent ID: 9596737
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: F21V,F21Y,H05B

Claim:
1. A multi-port communications gateway comprising: a lighting communications interface configured to be coupled to an LED based illumination device, wherein the lighting communications interface is operable to transmit both data signals and power signals; a lighting control network interface configured to be coupled to a lighting control system, wherein the lighting control system is operable to generate control commands; a building management network interface configured to be coupled to a building management system, the building management network interface is operable to receive and transmit information from one or more sensors coupled to the LED based illumination device, wherein the lighting communications interface, the lighting control network interface and the building management network interface are separate interfaces and use different communication protocols; a memory configured to store an amount of information received from the LED based illumination device; and a processor configured to determine a summary status value associated with the LED based illumination device based at least in part on the amount of information stored in the memory of the multi-port communications gateway.