Dynamic Reconfiguration of Control-Group Pairing in Response to Operational Failure

A computing system for dynamically reconfiguring control pairing, the computing system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one non-transitory data storage;
• and
• program instructions stored in the at least one non-transitory data storage and executable by the at least one processor to carry out operations including:
• determining, when a controlling device is set to control state of a first controlled device, that the first controlled device has experienced an operational failure, and
• responsive to the determining, engaging in dynamic reconfiguration, the dynamic reconfiguration causing the controlling device to control state of a second device instead of or in addition to the controlling device controlling state of the first controlled device,
• wherein the computing system is disposed at the first controlled device, and wherein the dynamic reconfiguration comprises updating operational data in the first controlled device to indicate that, when the first controlled device receives a first control command seeking to control state of the first controlled device, the first controlled device is to responsively send a second control command seeking to control state of the second controlled device.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions executable by at least one processor to carry out operations comprising:

• determining, when a controlling device is set to control state of a first controlled device, that the first controlled device has experienced an operational failure;
• and
• responsive to the determining, engaging in dynamic reconfiguration, the dynamic reconfiguration causing the controlling device to control state of a second device instead of or in addition to the controlling device controlling state of the first controlled device,
• wherein the at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium is disposed at the first controlled device, and wherein the dynamic reconfiguration comprises updating operational data in the first controlled device to indicate that, when the first controlled device receives a first control command seeking to control state of the first controlled device, the first controlled device is to responsively send a second control command seeking to control state of the second controlled device.