Method and system for managing power delivery and fixture operation for power over ethernet systems
OwnerJesus Rodriguez, Egidio Eneainventors
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Abstract
A system for providing power and controlling a plurality of ethernet devices, a driver, wherein the driver provides for the control of the system; a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors collect sensor specific data and are in communication with the driver; a Power over Ethernet (POE) switch, wherein the POE switch is in communication with the plurality of sensors; a plurality of fixtures in communication with the driver and the POE switch, wherein the plurality of fixtures are light sources; and a local power source, wherein the local power source is in communication with the POE switch.
Claims10
A method of controlling and amending fixtures in a power over ethernet (POE) system, the method comprising:
- a driver identifying at least one fixture within a POE system and establishing a first state of the POE system and wherein at least one group of the at least one fixture is created;
- the driver incorporating at least one new fixtures which were not identified in the first state of the POE system, wherein a second state of the POE system is formed;
- the driver incorporating the at least one new fixture into one of the at least one groups;
- the driver receiving a power signal and a control signal from at least one fixture;
- a control module processing the received power signal and the received control signal, wherein the control module determines if the received power signal from the at least one fixture are operating with a predetermined operating range, wherein if it is determined that the received power signal is not within the operating range of the at least one fixture;
- the control module signaling the driver to adjust the power signal for the at least one fixture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.