Patent ID: 6859644

Claim:
In a wireless-controlled lighting system including system components and a control master which communicate via commonly-received wireless transmissions, a method of initializing said system components, said method comprising: a. transmission by one of the system components of a request for initialization; b. allocation and transmission by the control master of a unique ID code for the requesting system component, said transmission also being receivable by ones of the system components other than the requesting system component; c. transmission by the control master of a verification signal indicating that the ID code has been transmitted; d. transmission by the requesting system component of an affirmative response to the verification signal if the transmitted ID code has been received; e. if the affirmative response is not received by the control master, transmission by the control master of a signal indicating that an error has occurred; f. if the affirmative response is received by the control master, storing the ID code allocated to the requesting component.