Patent ID: 8214061
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A distributed intelligence lighting system, comprising: a global controller having at least one processor operably coupled to a global bus; a first local controller having a first processor, wherein the first local controller is operably coupled to the global bus and a local bus, and wherein the first local controller receives a first group of control signals from the global controller through the global bus, and further wherein the first group of control signals configure the first local controller in a first operational state; a second local controller having a second processor operably coupled to the local bus, wherein the second local controller receives a second group of control signals from the first local controller, wherein the second group of control signals configure the second local controller in a second operational state, and wherein the second local controller transmits a third group of control signals to the first controller, and further wherein the second local controller controls at least one lighting fixture in accordance with at least the second operational state; modular wiring comprising power wiring and control wiring in interlocking sections, wherein the modular wiring forms at least in part the global bus and the local bus, the modular wiring operably coupling a power supply and the global controller with at least the first local controller and the second local controller, the at least one lighting fixture, at least one sensor, and at least one wall station; and wherein the first local controller operates the at least one lighting fixture coupled to the local bus in accordance with one or more of the first group of control signals or the third group of control signals.