Sensor lighting control systems and methods

摘要

A sensor lighting control system automatically controls lighting on a home automation network without creating unnecessary network traffic. A sensor module uses the light level to determine when a command to turn the light ON should be resent over the network.

主权项

1. A method to automatically control lighting on a home-control network, the method comprising:
automatically transmitting over a home-control network a lighting control command from a sensor module to control a state of a light, the home-control network configured to propagate the lighting control command, the lighting control command being one of an ON command and an OFF command; detecting motion and ambient light with the sensor module; transmitting the ON command through the home-control network and starting a timer having a timer count in response to detected motion when the ambient light is less than a threshold; determining whether the light is OFF, the light being further controlled independently of the sensor module by a switch configured to send the lighting control commands over the home-control network in response to a physical input by a user; and setting the timer count to an end count when the light is OFF in response to the physical input by the user.