Smart luminaire group control using intragroup communication

A luminaire system, comprising:

• one or more secondary luminaires, each of which is communicatively connected to a primary luminaire via a respective hybrid, wired communication interface, and each secondary luminaire of the one or more secondary luminaires including:
• respective one or more processors;
• respective one or more illumination sources;
• respective one or more drivers;
• the respective hybrid, wired communication interface communicatively connecting the each secondary luminaire to a respective hybrid communication link;
• and
• respective one or more memories storing a respective set of computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the respective one or more processors, cause the each secondary luminaire to:
• receive a driving command from the primary luminaire via the respective hybrid, wired communication interface and an analog portion of the respective hybrid, wired communication link;
• at least one of:
• (i) receive, via the respective hybrid, wired communication interface and a digital portion of the respective hybrid, wired communication link, a first administrative message from the primary luminaire, or (ii) send, via the respective hybrid, wired communication interface and the digital portion of the respective hybrid, wired communication link, a second administrative message to the primary luminaire;
• and
• instruct the respective one or more drivers to energize the respective one or more illumination sources of the each secondary luminaire based on the driving command from the primary luminaire.

A method for delivering administrative messages in a luminaire system, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a primary luminaire communicatively connected to one or more secondary luminaires via one or more hybrid wired communication interfaces and one or more hybrid wired communication links, multiple administrative messages from the one or more secondary luminaires via respective digital portions of the one or more hybrid wired communication links;
• generating, by the primary luminaire, based on the multiple administrative messages received from the one or more secondary luminaires, a single message having a content that is based on a combination of the multiple administrative messages received from the one or more secondary luminaires;
• sending, by the primary luminaire, to a controller via a wireless communication interface, the single message;
• and
• sending, by the primary luminaire, via respective analog portions of the one or more hybrid wired communication links, one or more driving commands to the one or more secondary luminaires.