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Method for configuring a luminaire system and device for use therein

AssigneeSchreder S.A.

InventorLaurent Secretin

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Abstract

A method for configuring a luminaire system comprising a first device and a second device, and a control line between said first device and said second device, wherein said second device is configurable to send and/or receive signals through the control line to/from the first device using any one of a plurality of different protocols, and wherein said first device is configured to use one of the plurality of different protocols, the method comprising: measuring at least one value representative for an impedance of the first device as seen from the control line, such as a voltage and/or current at the control line; based on the at least one measured value, selecting a corresponding protocol of said plurality of protocols; and configuring the second device to use the selected corresponding protocol.

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Dependent claims

a) determining at least one value representative for a characteristic of the first device as seen from the control line;
and
b) based on the at least one determined value, selecting a corresponding protocol of said plurality of protocols;
and configuring the second device to use the selected corresponding protocol,
wherein the second device is configured to switch between a listening mode and a steering mode, said listening mode being a mode in which the impedance of the second device as seen from the control line allows performing the determining of step a) and said steering mode being such that signals in accordance with the selected protocol can be exchanged between the second device and the first device, and wherein the second device is put in the listening mode for performing step a) and put in the steering mode after step a).

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A device of a luminaire system intended for being connected to at least an other device via a control line, wherein said device is configurable to send and/or receive signals through said control line to/from the other device using any one of a plurality of different protocols, and wherein the other device is configured to use one of the plurality of different protocols, wherein the device is configured to control the following steps:

a) determining at least one value representative for a characteristic of the other device as seen from the control line;
and
b) based on the measured at least one value, selecting a corresponding protocol of said plurality of protocols;
and configuring the device to use the selected corresponding protocol;
wherein the device comprises switching circuitry configured to switch the device between a listening mode and a steering mode, said listening mode being a mode in which the impedance of the device as seen from the control line allows performing the determining of step a) and said steering mode being such that signals in accordance with the selected protocol can be exchanged between the device and the other device, and wherein the device is configured to put itself in the listening mode for performing step a) and to put itself in the steering mode after step a).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/551,574Filed 22 Mar 2022
Priority: NL 202779222 Mar 2021
Published: US 2024/0179820 A130 May 2024
Granted: 7 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H05B 47/183
Via data-bus transmission: using digital addressable lighting interface [DALI] communication protocols
H05B 47/14
In response to determined parameters: by determining electrical parameters of the light source
H05B 47/175
Controlling the light source: by remote control
H05B
Electric heating

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