Protocol for out of band commissioning of lighting network element

A first lighting control device comprising:

• a dual-band wireless radio communication interface system configured for two way wireless communication for:
• unicast and multicast communication, over a wireless lighting control network communication band, of control and systems operations information, during illumination operation and during control network operation over the lighting control network communication band;
• and
• point-to-point communication, over a wireless commissioning network communication band, of information other than the control and systems operations information, concurrently with at least some communications over the lighting control network communication band;
• a processor;
• a memory accessible to the processor;
• and
• programming in the memory which configures the processor to:
• transmit an advertisement packet via the commissioning network communication band to a mobile device;
• establish a commissioning network connection with the mobile device via the commissioning network communication band;
• receive a lighting control group network table listing an entry for each of a plurality of lighting control devices in a lighting control group to establish a lighting control group that communicates over the lighting control network communication band, the lighting control group including the first lighting control device;
• and
• after receiving the lighting control group network table, terminate the commissioning network connection between the first lighting control device and the mobile device,
• wherein receiving the lighting control group network table places the first lighting control device in an operational state to receive lighting control event messages for lighting control operation of the lighting control group via the lighting control network.