Wireless system commissioning
AssigneeDaintree Networks, Pty. Ltd.
InventorsJason Yew Choo Choong, Peter Graeme Cobb
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for commissioning a wireless network. In one aspect, a method includes instructing the switch devices of the controlled circuits to provide power to the controlled circuit wiring of the controlled circuits to enable joining of wireless adapters to the wireless network; monitoring the joining of wireless adapters to the wireless network; monitoring for the occurrence of a joining expiration event; and in response to the occurrence of the joining expiration event, determining whether each wireless adapter that joined the wireless network during a joining time period ending at the occurrence of the joining expiration event belongs to the controlled circuits.
Claims26
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of controlled circuits in a wireless network, each controlled circuit comprising:
- a switch device connected to a power circuit and connected to controlled circuit wiring, the switch device configured to control power provided by the power circuit to the controlled circuit wiring, to receive data wirelessly, to transmit data wirelessly and to take one or more control actions in response to the received data and the transmitted data;
- at least one wireless adapter connected to the controlled circuit wiring and connected to a controlled device, the wireless adapter powered by the controlled circuit wiring and configured to control power at the controlled device;
- and
- a commissioning device configured to receive data wirelessly and to transmit data wirelessly, and further configured to commission each controlled circuit, the commissioning comprising the operations of:
- instructing the switch devices of the controlled circuits to provide power to the controlled circuit wiring of the controlled circuits to enable joining of wireless adapters to the wireless network;
- monitoring the joining of wireless adapters to the wireless network;
- monitoring for the occurrence of a joining expiration event;
- and
- in response to the occurrence of the joining expiration event, determining whether each wireless adapter that joined the wireless network during a joining time period ending at the occurrence of the joining expiration event belongs to the controlled circuits.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- selecting controlled circuits in a wireless network, each of the controlled circuits comprising:
- a switch device connected to a power circuit and connected to controlled circuit wiring, the switch device configured to control power provided by the power circuit to the controlled circuit wiring, to receive data wirelessly, to transmit data wirelessly and to take one or more control actions in response to the received data and the transmitted data;
- at least one wireless adapter connected to the controlled circuit wiring and connected to a controlled device, the wireless adapter powered by the controlled circuit wiring and configured to control power at the controlled device;
- instructing the switch devices of the controlled circuits to provide power to the controlled circuit wiring of the controlled circuits to enable joining of wireless adapters to the wireless network;
- monitoring the joining of wireless adapters to the wireless network;
- monitoring for the occurrence of a joining expiration event;
- and
- in response to the occurrence of the joining expiration event, determining whether each wireless adapter that joined the wireless network during a joining time period ending at the occurrence of the joining expiration event belongs to the controlled circuits.
A controlled circuit in a wireless network, comprising:
- a switch device connected to a power circuit and connected to controlled circuit wiring, the switch device configured to control power provided by the power circuit to the controlled circuit wiring, to receive data wirelessly, to transmit data wirelessly and to take one or more control actions in response to the received data and the transmitted data;
- and
- at least one wireless adapter connected to the controlled circuit wiring and connected to a controlled device, the wireless adapter powered by the controlled circuit wiring and configured to control power at the controlled device;
- wherein the switch device is further configured to commission the wireless providing power to the controlled circuit wiring of the controlled circuits to enable joining of wireless adapters to the wireless network;
- monitoring the joining of wireless adapters to the wireless network;
- monitoring for the occurrence of a joining expiration event;
- and
- in response the occurrence of the joining expiration event, determining whether each wireless adapter that joined the wireless network during a joining time period ending at the joining expiration event belongs to the controlled circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.