Patent ID: 8398253

Claim:
A data cable powered light fixture system, comprising: a light fixture, including: a housing; a data cable receptacle attached to the housing, the data cable receptacle operative to connect to a data cable, wherein the data cable carries a plurality of control signals from a remote device and an alternating current (AC) electrical power; a set of magnetics configured to isolate the plurality of control signals from the AC electrical power both supplied by the data cable receptacle; a power circuit having a rectifier circuit configured to convert the AC power received from the data cable receptacle to a direct current (DC) power and a power controller circuit configured to provide a plurality of DC power sources using the converted DC power; and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) of at least three different colors, powered by at least one of the plurality of DC power sources and operative to produce a light output; and a control circuit having a processing device powered by at least one of the plurality of DC power sources and configured to control the light output of the plurality of LEDs, wherein the processing device receives the plurality of control signals from the set of magnetics and instructs an LED driver to control the plurality of LEDs according to the plurality of control signals, and wherein the processing device receives an environmental input from a sensor fixture through the data cable and transmits information based on the environmental input to the remote device.