METHOD FOR INTEGRATION OF PLUG LOAD CONTROLLERS IN A LIGHTING SYSTEM

• Main Authors: FITSKI PETER, ABBO ANTENEH ALEJANDRO, NATARAJAN GANAPATHY SUBRAMANIAN, ERDMANN BOZENA, SANTANA ARNAIZ OCTAVIO ALEMU, DE JONG LAMBERTUS ANDRIANUS MARINUS
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 26.03.2021
• Subjects: CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY

A distributed control system including a plurality of controllers, each controller of the plurality of controllers being in communication with the remaining controllers of the plurality of controllers, each controller being configured to control at least one device, each controller being further configured to: initiate a first timer, in response to a received signal, the first timer having a length that is unique with respect to the first timer lengths of the remaining controllers of the plurality of controllers; send a first notification signal, upon the expiration of the first timer, to theremaining controllers notifying the remaining controllers of an intent to send a command signal; send the command signal to the at least one device, wherein the controller is configured to cancel sending the notification signal and the command signal if the notification signal is first received from one of the remaining controllers of the plurality of controllers prior to the expiration of the first timer. 一种分布式控制系统，其包括多个