Lighting Device Pre-Installation Connectivity Test Routine
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting devices require significant installation effort due to difficulties in adjusting their wireless transceiver units for optimal connectivity, which is time-consuming and challenging, especially when the devices are not yet installed at their intended positions.
Innovation Solution
The lighting device incorporates a secondary power supply that allows a pre-installation connectivity test routine to be performed without primary power, enabling the device to test wireless connectivity with external devices and adapt its transceiver unit settings before installation, thereby reducing installation complexity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the lighting device performs connectivity testing after installation, then the connectivity can be tested, but the installation effort and time are significantly increased due to the need to adjust transceiver unit settings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables connectivity testing to be performed before the lighting device is installed at its final position. The test routine executes during the commissioning phase while the device is still accessible, allowing connectivity parameters to be validated and adjusted without the constraints of final installation positioning. This preliminary testing approach eliminates the need for time-consuming post-installation adjustments.
2Reliability
If the transceiver unit settings are adjusted after installation, then connectivity can be improved, but the process becomes difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs connectivity testing and parameter optimization during the commissioning phase before final installation. The test routine allows technicians to adjust transceiver settings, antenna orientations, and connectivity parameters while the device is still in a flexible, pre-installed state. This preliminary optimization ensures connectivity is established under ideal adjustment conditions, avoiding the difficulty of making adjustments after the device is firmly installed.
3Device complexity
If the lighting device performs pre-installation connectivity testing, then installation complexity is reduced, but the device requires power supply capability before installation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the connectivity test routine to execute during the commissioning phase before final installation, when the device can still be powered via portable means. The system is designed to perform all connectivity validation, parameter optimization, and network integration testing while the device is in a pre-installed, power-accessible state. This approach reduces installation complexity by ensuring connectivity is verified and optimized before the device is placed in its final position where power access may be limited.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a lighting device (200), which comprises a power input (202) unit for reception of primary operating power from an external primary power supply, a lighting control unit (204) configured to control a lighting function of the lighting device, a secondary power supply unit (206) for storing operating energy and providing secondary operating power in absence of reception of the primary operating power, a wireless-transceiver unit (208), which is configured, in performing a pre-installation connectivity test routine under supply of only the secondary operating power, to generate and transmit, upon detecting reception of a trigger input signal (210), a first wireless test signal (212), to monitor for reception of a second wireless test signal (214) from an external wireless-transceiver unit; and to determine whether or not the received second wireless test signal fulfills predetermined test-signal criteria and to provide an output signal indicative thereof.