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Methods and apparatus for configuration of control devices

A controller and lighting control technology, which is applied to lighting devices, data exchange through path configuration, remote control adjustment, etc., can solve the problems of cumbersome, difficult to identify and control representation, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2014-11-19
SIGNIFY HLDG BV
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However, existing methods of utilizing mobile devices to directly control lighting can be cumbersome
For example, when multiple lighting fixtures are available in a lighting infrastructure, it may be difficult in a lighting control software application to identify representations of controls for specific ones of those lighting fixtures and / or multiple user actions may be required to initiate lighting Representation of control software and / or controls positioned for a particular lighting fixture
Furthermore, conventional approaches to controlling lighting fixtures using mobile devices fail to enable association of lighting actions at the mobile device with events at the physical control panel such that execution of events at the control panel causes associated lighting actions to be performed

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[0043] In home automation and lighting control systems, physical control panels are often used to control lighting. Some home automation and lighting control systems can also utilize mobile devices to control lighting. However, existing direct control of lighting using mobile devices can be cumbersome. For example, it may be difficult in lighting control software to identify a representation of a control for a particular one of those lighting fixtures and / or multiple user actions may be required to launch the lighting control software and / or locate the representation of a control for a particular lighting fixture. express. Furthermore, existing methods of utilizing mobile devices to control lighting fixtures are not capable of detecting the physical control panel used to control the lighting fixture and are unable to associate actions with such a physical control panel such that execution of specific physical events at the control panel is operationally correlated. linked ac...

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Methods and apparatus for configuration of a physical control panel (120). In some embodiments at least one property (128) of a physical control panel (120) is detected at a mobile device (150); a plurality of events (122, 124, 126) that can be generated by the physical control panel (120) are identified; one or more control actions (154) are associated with one or more of the identified events, at the mobile device (150); and those associations are transmitted (159) to a controller (130).

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technical field [0001] The invention is generally directed to the configuration of control devices. More specifically, various inventive methods and apparatus disclosed herein relate to commissioning and configuring physical control devices, such as lighting control panels, with mobile devices. Background technique [0002] In home automation and lighting control systems, fixed-installed or portable control devices are often used to control lighting. For example, a control panel containing one or more on / off switches and / or dimmer slides may be utilized. Also for example, a control panel containing multiple lighting scene buttons may be used in certain environments (eg, conference rooms). Each of said lighting scene buttons may be associated with a specific lighting setup for a certain event and / or a desired atmosphere. Such a control panel (referred to herein as a "physical control panel") may be fixedly mounted on a wall or other user-accessible location in the environm...

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IPC IPC(8): H05B37/02H03J9/00H04B10/114
CPCH05B37/0254H05B37/0272H04B10/1143G08C17/02H04W4/80H04L67/1095H04L12/281H04L12/282H04L2012/2841H04L2012/285H04W4/50H05B47/18H05B47/19H05B47/175H05B47/10H05B47/165H05B47/1965
Inventor D.V.R.恩格伦R.P.G.科彭R.A.W.克劳特D.V.阿里亚克塞耶尤T.A.拉斯纳B.M.范德斯卢伊斯
Owner SIGNIFY HLDG BV
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