# US 10,485,079 B1 · Centralized controller interface, system, and method for configuring devices in a lighting control system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,485,079 B1 - Document ID: US10485079B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/148,850 - Filed: 2018-10-01 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-29 - Assignees: Douglas Lighting Controls - Applicants: Douglas Lighting Controls - Inventors: John Cavacuiti; Arif Hossain; Russell Kramer; Tony Lee; Rob Mahaffey - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10485079B1 ## CPC - H05B 45/10: Controlling the intensity of the light - H05B 47/105: in response to determined parameters - H05B 47/175: by remote control - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - H05B 47/196: {characterised by user interface arrangements} - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for configuring a device of a lighting control system. The method begins by providing a configuration interface by a centralized controller of the lighting control system. Device configuration information is received via the configuration interface. A communication network of the lighting control system is then placed into a programming mode. A programming request received at the device is detected, and configuration data representing at least a portion of the received device configuration information is transmitted from the centralized controller to the device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of configuring a device of a lighting control system, the method comprising: providing a configuration interface by a centralized controller of the lighting control system; receiving device configuration information via the configuration interface, wherein the device configuration information comprises a device type; placing a communication network of the lighting control system into a programming mode, wherein one or more elements are caused to flash for each of one or more devices coupled to the lighting control system and matching the received device type; detecting a programming request received from a first device of the one or more devices coupled to the lighting control system and matching the received device type; and transmitting configuration data representing at least a portion of the received device configuration information from the centralized controller to the first device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving the configuration data at the first device; and modifying at least one setting of the first device based at least in part upon the received configuration data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the programming request received at the first device comprises detecting a physical input at the first device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration interface is presented to a user via a display section of the controller. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the providing the configuration interface by the centralized controller comprises providing remote access to the controller via a communication network. ### Claim 6 A control system for configuring devices, comprising: a communication network; one or more devices coupled to the communications network, each of the one or more devices including at least one input; a centralized controller, having a network interface; a storage section; a display section configured to provide an input interface, the display section configured to display at least one configuration parameter corresponding to the input interface; a processing section configured to receive a configuration parameter via the input interface, wherein the configuration parameter is associated with a particular device type, to define at least one setting associated with the configuration parameter, to place the communications network into a programming mode via the network interface, wherein one or more elements are caused to flash for each of the one or more devices coupled to the communications network and matching the device type, to store at least a portion of the configuration parameter at the storage section, and to transfer at least one set of programming information to a first device of the one or more devices via the network interface while the communications network is in the programming mode and after determining that the input of the first device was selected. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The control system of claim 6, wherein each of the one or more devices has an associated configuration designation, the configuration designation configured to enable programming of the respective device while the communications network operates in the programming mode. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The control system of claim 6, wherein the control system is a lighting control system comprising a plurality of relays and at least one configurable input device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The control system of claim 6, wherein each of the one or more devices is configured to receive the configuration parameter and to modify at least one setting of the respective device based at least in part upon the received configuration parameter. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The control system of claim 6, wherein the determining that the input of the first device was selected comprises detecting, by the first device, a physical user interaction at the input of the first device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The control system of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the configuration parameter to all devices coupled to the control system matching the received device type. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The control system of claim 6, wherein the input interface is configured to be presented to a user via the display section of the controller. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The control system of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to provide remote access to at least a portion of the input interface via a communication network. ### Claim 14 A method of configuring a device of a lighting control system, the method comprising: providing a configuration interface by a centralized controller of the lighting control system; receiving device configuration information via the configuration interface, wherein the device configuration information comprises a device type of the device; placing a communication network of the lighting control system into a programming mode; detecting a programming request received at the device; and transmitting configuration data representing at least a portion of the received device configuration information from the centralized controller to all devices coupled to the lighting control system matching the received device type. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: receiving the configuration data at the devices coupled to the lighting control system matching the received device type; and modifying at least one setting of the respective devices based at least in part upon the received configuration data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the detecting the programming request received at the device comprises detecting a physical input at the device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the configuration interface is presented to a user via a display section of the controller. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the providing the configuration interface by the centralized controller comprises providing remote access to the controller via a communication network.