Patent ID: 9655213
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G08C,H05B

Claim:
1. A modular wireless lighting control device, the device comprising: a wireless interface device comprising a wireless transceiver, a first controller, and a power supply, wherein the wireless transceiver is in electrical communication with the first controller, the wireless interface device to receive lighting control instructions wirelessly via the wireless transceiver; a lighting control device in electrical communication with the wireless interface device via a serial interface, the lighting control device comprising a second controller, a first control interface circuitry, and a second control interface circuitry, wherein the first control interface circuitry and the second control interface circuitry provide dim control signals through an output port of the modular wireless lighting control device, wherein the power supply receives AC power and provides a first voltage to the first controller and a second voltage to the first control interface circuitry, and wherein the first voltage is different from the second voltage; and a driver detection circuitry comprising a comparator coupled to the second controller and to the output port of the modular wireless lighting control device, wherein the second controller and the driver detection circuitry are configured to determine a type of a driver of a light fixture coupled to the output port of the modular wireless lighting control device at least based on a voltage level at the output port of the modular wireless lighting control device provided to the comparator.