SYSTEM BRIDGE AND TIMECLOCK FOR RF CONTROLLED LIGHTING SYSTEMS

摘要

A method for operatively interconnecting a first and second lighting control subnet is disclosed. In the method, a link claim is transmitted to the first and second lighting control subnets from a bridge. The link claim directs th e first and second lighting control subnets to wait for a lighting control command, which is transmitted to the lighting control command to the first lighting-control subnet. A random wait time is assigned to the first lightin g control subnet and a maximum random wait time is assigned to the second lighting control subnet. Finally, an acknowledgement is received from the first lighting control subnet.