MESH NODE FOR A COMMUNICATION MESH NETWORK STRUCTURE OF A NETWORKED CONTROL SYSTEM

摘要

The invention relates to a mesh node for a communication mesh network structure of a networked control system, particularly a lean and mean infrared mesh node for a communication mesh network infrastructure of a lighting system such a green house lighting system. A basic idea of the invention is to implement a mesh node with a technical simple construction in the form of a base, on which optical transmitters are and optical receivers are arranged. An embodiment of the invention relates to a mesh node (10) for a communication mesh network structure of a networked control system comprising - a base (12), - optical transmitters (14) arranged on the base such that they can transmit data to optical receivers of other mesh nodes, - optical receivers (16) arranged on the base such that they can receive data from optical transmitters of other mesh nodes, - a processor (18) for interpreting data received via the optical receivers from other mesh nodes and routing data to other mesh nodes via the optical transmitters. This construction allows implementing a communication mesh network structure for example for controlling a complex networked lighting system such as it may be applied in a green house, in which thousand of lamps are provided for creating a lighting atmosphere, which may controlled on a local basis.