Wireless network for horticultural systems
AssigneeFluence Bioengineering, Inc.
InventorsCristin Dziekonski, Gregory Hovagim
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Abstract
Systems and methods disclosed herein include a wireless horticultural system, which includes a computer, an adapter configured to receive an input from the computer, in which the input is formatted in a first native communications protocol of the computer, convert the input from the first native communications protocol into a first wireless signal, and transmit the first wireless signal to one or more controllers. The system further includes the one or more controllers, in which a first controller in the one or more controllers is connected to the adapter and configured to receive the first wireless signal from the adapter, and provide the input encoded in the first wireless signal to a device connected to the first controller.
Claims24
A wireless horticultural system, comprising:
- a computer;
- an adapter configured to:
- receive an input from the computer, wherein the input is formatted in a first native communications protocol of the computer;
- convert the input from the first native communications protocol into a first wireless signal;
- and
- transmit the first wireless signal to one or more controllers;
- and
- the one or more controllers, wherein a first controller in the one or more controllers is connected to the adapter and configured to:
- receive the first wireless signal from the adapter;
- provide the input encoded in the first wireless signal to a device connected to the first controller;
- receive data from the device, the data comprising at least one of sensor data, operational data of the device, and status data of the device;
- and
- transmit the data encoded in a second wireless signal to at least one of (i) the adapter or (ii) one or more other controllers
- wherein at least one of (i) the adapter is further configured to store schedules for controlling devices connected to the one or more controllers, and the adapter further comprises a first onboard clock and is further configured to generate wireless signals comprising control commands at scheduled times based on the stored schedules and the first onboard clock, and (ii) the first controller is further configured to store schedules for controlling the device connected to the first controller, and the first controller further comprises a second onboard clock and is further configured to generate inputs comprising control commands to provide to the device at scheduled times based on the stored schedules and the second onboard clock.
A method of operating a wireless horticultural system, comprising:
- receiving, at an adapter, an input from a computer, wherein the input is formatted in a first native communications protocol of the computer;
- converting, by the adapter, the input from the first native communications protocol into a first wireless signal;
- storing, by the adapter, schedules for controlling devices connected to one or more controllers;
- generating, by the adapter, wireless signals comprising control commands at scheduled times based on the stored schedules and a first onboard clock on the adapter;
- transmitting, by the adapter, the first wireless signal to the one or more controllers;
- receiving, at a first controller in the one or more controllers, the first wireless signal from the adapter;
- providing, by the first controller, the input encoded in the first wireless signal to a device connected to the first controller;
- storing, by the first controller, schedules for controlling the device connected to the first controller;
- generating, by the first controller, inputs comprising control commands to provide to the device at scheduled times based on the stored schedules and a second onboard clock on the first controller;
- receiving, at the first controller, data from the device, the data being formatted in a second native communications protocol;
- and
- converting, by the first controller, the data into a second wireless signal;
- and
- transmitting the data encoded in the second wireless signal to at least one of (i) the adapter or (ii) one or more other controllers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.