Patent ID: 8593264

Claim:
A remote lighting control system for remote lighting control of a plurality of lamps, the system comprising: a plurality of electronic circuits for controlling lamp current of the plurality of lamps, each of said plurality of electronic circuits being associated with one of said plurality of lamps, wherein each of said electronic circuits comprises: a transceiver for receiving an external control command; and a controller for exchanging control information with the transceiver; wherein the external control command includes identifiable information for identifying at least one of said plurality of electronic circuits associated with one of said plurality of lamps, and wherein each transceiver: (a) forms a wireless network with other transceivers of the system; (b) transfers received external control commands to other electronic circuits of the system via the wireless network; and (c) includes a judging section for judging whether the identifiable information identifies the electronic circuit associated with the lamp, and if the identifiable information identifies the electronic circuit associated with the lamp, sends control information based on the received external control command to the associated controller, causing the controller to control the lamp in accordance with the control command, wherein each of the plurality of electronic circuits further comprises a power supply circuit for the transceiver, which does not supply power to the transceiver while the controller is generating a high-voltage pulse for starting or restarting the lamp thereby preventing formation of the wireless network while the high-voltage pulse is being generating by the controller, and wherein after lighting is stabilized and the high-voltage pulse is no longer being generated, the power supply circuit for the transceiver supplies power to the transceiver and the wireless network can be formed.