Configuring communications for a load control system
AssigneeLutron Technology Company LLC
InventorsJohn H. Bull, Jordan H. Crafts, James P. Steiner
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AssigneeLutron Technology Company LLC
InventorsJohn H. Bull, Jordan H. Crafts, James P. Steiner
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A load control system may include multiple control devices that may send load control messages to load control devices for controlling an amount of power provided electrical loads. To prevent collision of the load control messages, the load control messages may be transmitted using different wireless communication channels. Each wireless communication channel may be assigned to a load control group that may include control devices and load control devices capable of communicating with one another on the assigned channel. A control device may send load control messages to a load control device within a transmission frame allocated for transmitting load control messages. The transmission frame may include equal sub-frames and load control messages may be sent at a random time within each sub-frame. Control devices may detect a status event within a sampling interval to offset transmissions from multiple control devices based on detection of the same event.
A control device for controlling an amount of power provided to an electrical load, the control device comprising:
A load control system configured to control an amount of power provided to an electrical load using load control messages from a plurality of one-way sensors, the load control system comprising:
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