Method and apparatus for commissioning a lighting system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9326358
APP PUB NO 20160044765A1
SERIAL NO

14498436

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An apparatus and method for commissioning a lighting system include monitoring a clock source signal to identify the presence of a feature in the clock source signal, wherein the clock source signal is a power line communication signal carried by an AC or DC signal used to provide power to the plurality of light fixtures, generating a trigger signal with a triggering module in response to identifying the presence of the feature in the clock source signal, providing the trigger signal to each of the plurality of light fixtures to command each of the plurality of light fixtures to stop outputting light, measuring ambient light with the light sensor assigned to each light fixture; and designating each light fixture to a lighting group based on the ambient light measured with the light sensor assigned to each fixture.

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NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA5650 IBERVILLE STREET SUITE 603 TRANSIT NO 0897-1 MONTREAL QUEBEC H2G 2B3

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Anderson, James William Montreal, CA 5 238
Campbell, Gregory Walpole, US 47 810
Franzosa, Paul Arlington, US 8 205
Hamel, Yvan Laval, CA 18 386
Racine, Philippe Saint-Basile-le-Grand, CA 10 230
Shea, Casey Cambridge, US 4 135

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