LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A LIGHTING SYSTEM USING POWER CONSUMPTION FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION

摘要

A lighting control system includes a master unit and a plurality of slave units. The slave units are respectively designed to consume power by operating lighting means, are supplied by a common power supply unit, can be provided with commands from the master unit, and are respectively provided with a control unit which modulates the power consumption of the associated slave unit according to a defined protocol. The master unit is designed to measure the power consumed by all slave units.

主权项

1. A lighting system (1, 2, 3) comprising:
a master unit (10, 20, 40), a plurality of slave units (15, 25, 26, 27, 45, 46, 47),wherein the slave units (15, 25, 26, 27, 45, 46, 47)
are respectively designed to consume power by operating lighting means (19), are supplied by a common power supply unit (13), can be provided with commands from the master unit (10, 20, 40), are respectively provided with a control unit (17) which modulates the power consumption of the associated slave unit (15, 25, 26, 27, 45, 46, 47) according to a defined protocol, andwherein the master unit (10, 20, 40) is designed to measure the power consumed by all slave units (15, 25, 26, 27, 45, 46, 47).