Identification of load control devices

摘要

A load control system may include a load control device for providing power to an electrical load and a control device that may send instructions to the load control device for providing the power to the electrical load. The control device may communicate with the load control device using a link address assigned to the load control device. The load control device may provide power to the electrical load in a manner that causes the electrical load to indicate the link address assigned to the load control device. The link address may be identified by a user or a user device. The identified link address may be associated with a load control device identifier that may identify a physical location of a load control device that is assigned the link address. A user may control a load control device at a physical location by sending instructions via the link address.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a load control device configured to provide an amount of power to a lighting load; and a control device configured to:
assign a link address to the load control device, wherein the link address is indicated by a number of digits;instruct the load control device to perform a flashing of the lighting load in a manner that causes the lighting load to identify each digit of the link address assigned to the load control device by turning the lighting load on and off or increasing and decreasing an intensity of the lighting load; andassociate the link address that is identified from the flashing of the lighting load with a load control device identifier to define an association between the link address and the load control device identifier, wherein the load control device identifier indicates a physical location of the load control device and the associated link address is used to communicate instructions to the load control device.