Lighting Device Commissioning by Power-On Order
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting device systems require users to manually reorder and rename newly added devices, which is cumbersome when the devices are mounted in a random order, disrupting the user's mental model of their actual installation sequence.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that determine the power-on time of each new lighting device and use this time as a basis for displaying and ordering the devices on a user interface, allowing them to be presented in the order they were mounted, with optional adjustments for network join and selection times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If new lighting devices join the network in random order, then the network can accept devices flexibly, but the user interface displays devices in random order making it cumbersome to manage them
Solution Approach 1:
The system determines and records the power-on time of each lighting device before the commissioning process begins. This preliminary timing information is stored and used to establish the correct display order, allowing devices to be presented to users in the sequence they were physically installed rather than in random network join order.
2Device complexity
If devices are displayed in random order, then network joining is simplified, but users must manually reorder and rename devices which is time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The power-on time is determined and recorded in advance during the device mounting process. This timing data is stored in the commissioning device and used to automatically sort and display devices in the correct installation order, eliminating the need for users to manually reorder devices after commissioning.
3Ease of operation
If the system records power-on time for each device, then devices can be displayed in installation order, but more data must be obtained and processed
Solution Approach 1:
Each lighting device determines and provides its own power-on time to the commissioning device. The lighting devices self-report this timing information, which is then stored and used for ordering. This self-service approach minimizes the processing burden on the commissioning device while still achieving accurate chronological ordering.
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AI summary
A method of commissioning of a number, n, of new lighting devices (10) joining or being added to a network, where n is an integer equal to or larger than 2, where the network comprises at least one bridge device (9) and a commissioning device (30), and where the method comprises determining (101), for each new lighting device (11, 12, 13, 14), at or by the new lighting device (11, 12, 13, 14), a first time, t1, at which the new lighting device (11, 12, 13, 14) is powered on, or a value derived from the first time, t1, obtaining (102), by the commissioning device (30), the first time, t1, or the value derived from the first time, t1, and displaying (103), by the commissioning device (30), on a user interface (4), the new lighting devices (11, 12, 13, 14), wherein the order of the new lighting devices (11, 12, 13, 14) as displayed on the user interface (4) is defined by the first time, t1, or the value derived from the first time, t1, as obtained by the commissioning device (30).