SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING LOADS IN RESPONSE TO CONFIGURATION RULES AND NETWORKED ACCESSORIES

摘要

The pending disclosure describes embodiments of systems, devices and methods of controlling lighting and appliances on a customer premises based on configuration rules. Such embodiments include responsive to the receipt of at least one configuration instruction, one or more participant zone(s) is selected from a plurality of zones that designate predefined sections of at least one customer premise based upon the received configuration instruction and a plurality of stored output control configuration rules of the plurality of zones. For the selected participant zone(s), one or more output configuration is generated and outputted based upon the selected participant zone(s), the received configuration instruction, and the stored output control configuration rules of the selected participant zone.

主权项

1. A method for controlling a lighting system and/or various electrical loads comprising:
receiving at least one configuration instruction; selecting at least one participant zone from a plurality of zones that designate predefined sections of at least one customer premise based upon the received configuration instruction and a plurality of stored output control configuration rules of the plurality of zones; generating at least one output configuration based upon the selected at least one participant zone, the received at least one configuration instruction, and the plurality of stored output control configuration rules of the selected at least one participant zone; and outputting the generated at least one output configuration.