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US 9,320,114 B1Granted
Lighting controller
AssigneeOrbit Irrigation Products, Inc.
InventorsKent C. Ericksen, Stuart Eyring, Karl L. Connolly, Landon T. Gwilliam, Brad Wardle
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Abstract
A lighting controller comprising a control module is disclosed. The control module transmits electrical current to various sets of lights in accordance with scheduling data for each set of lights. The scheduling data may include start data and stop data for each set of lights.
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A lighting controller comprising:
- a control module configurable to transmit electrical current in accordance with a first set of scheduling data to a first set of one or more lights, in accordance with a second set of scheduling data to a second set of one or more lights, and in accordance with a third set of scheduling data to a third set of one or more lights, the first set of scheduling data including at least first start data and first stop data, the second set of scheduling data including at least second start data and second stop data, and the third set of scheduling data including at least third start data and third stop data;
- a light-detected module configurable to receive a first type of light-detected signal from a first light detector, the first light detector being separate and discrete from the control module and being remotely positionable relative to the control module;
- a start-mode module configurable to receive a first start-mode signal indicating either a first start mode in which the first start data specifies a particular time of day for transmission of electrical current to the first set of one or more lights or a second start mode in which the first start data specifies transmission of electrical current to the first set of one or more lights in response to receipt of the first type of light-detected signal from the first light detector;
- a start-time module configurable to receive a time-of-day signal specifying a particular time of day for the first start data when in the first start mode;
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- a motion-detected module configurable to receive a first motion-detected signal from a first motion detector and to signal the control module to transmit electrical current to the first and second sets of one or more lights and to not transmit electrical current to the third set of one or more lights in response to receipt of the first motion-detected signal.
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A lighting controller comprising:
- a control module configurable to transmit electrical current in accordance with a first set of scheduling data to a first set of one or more lights and in accordance with a second set of scheduling data to a second set of one or more lights, the first set of scheduling data including at least first start data and first stop data and the second set of scheduling data including at least second start data and second stop data;
- a light-detected module configurable to receive a first type of light-detected signal from a first light detector, the first light detector being separate and discrete from the control module and being remotely positionable relative to the control module;
- a start-mode module configurable to receive a first start-mode signal indicating either a first start mode in which the first start data specifies a particular time of day for transmission of electrical current to the first set of one or more lights or a second start mode in which the first start data specifies transmission of electrical current to the first set of one or more lights in response to receipt of the first type of light-detected signal from the first light detector;
- a start-time module configurable to receive a time-of-day signal specifying the particular time of day for the first start data when in the first start mode;
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- a test control configured to cause the control module to simultaneously transmit electrical current to each of the lights of the first and second sets of lights in response to a first activation of the test control.
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A lighting controller comprising:
- a control module configurable to transmit electrical current in accordance with a first set of scheduling data to a first set of one or more lights, in accordance with a second set of scheduling data to a second set of one or more lights, and in accordance with a third set of scheduling data to a third set of one or more lights, the first set of scheduling data including at least first start data and first stop data, the second set of scheduling data including at least second start data and second stop data, and the third set of scheduling data including at least third start data and third stop data;
- a light-detected module configurable to receive a first type of light-detected signal from a first light detector, the first light detector being separate and discrete from the control module and being remotely positionable relative to the control module;
- a start-mode module configurable to receive a first start-mode signal indicating either a first start mode in which the first start data specifies a particular time of day for transmission of electrical current to the first set of one or more lights or a second start mode in which the first start data specifies transmission of electrical current to the first set of one or more lights in response to receipt of the first type of light-detected signal from the first light detector;
- a start-time module configurable to receive a time-of-day signal specifying a particular time of day for the first start data when in the first start mode;
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- a motion-detected module configurable to receive a first motion-detected signal from a first motion detector and to signal the control module to transmit electrical current to at least one of the first, second and third sets of one or more lights in response to receipt of the first motion-detected signal.
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