CONTROL DEVICE FOR USE WITH A THREE-WAY LAMP SOCKET
A control device may be configured to be installed in a three-way screw-in socket that includes multi-position switches. The control device may be configured to control one or more lighting loads in response to the respective positions of the multi-position switches of the three-way screw-in socket. The lighting loads may include a lighting load that is integral with the control device, a lighting load that is installed in a threaded receptacle of the control device, and/or one or more lighting loads controlled by respective devices that are associated with the control device. The control device may include a wireless communication circuit that is configured to transmit messages in response to operation of the multi-position switches into respective positions. The control device may be configured to control the lighting loads in response to messages received at the wireless communication circuit.
1 . An electric load control apparatus, comprising:
a housing couplable to a 3-way socket;
wireless communication circuitry; and
control circuitry disposed within the housing and communicatively coupled to the wireless communication circuitry, the control circuitry to:
receive at least one of:
a first input responsive to placement of the 3-way socket in a first state; or
a second input responsive to placement of the 3-way socket in a second state;
generate an output signal that includes one of:
a first message responsive to receipt of the first input;
a second message responsive to receipt of the second input; or
a third message responsive to receipt of both the first input and the second input; and
communicate the output signal via the wireless communication circuitry.
2 . The electric load control apparatus of claim 1 , the control circuitry to further:
retrieve, from communicatively coupled memory circuitry, one of:
data representative of the first message responsive to receipt of the first input;
data representative of the second message responsive to receipt of the second input; or
data representative of the third message responsive to receipt of both the first input and the second input.
3 . The electric load control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to receive at least one of the first input or the second input, the control circuitry to further:
receive at least one of:
the first input responsive to application of line voltage to a first terminal in the 3-way socket; or
the second input responsive to application of line voltage to a second terminal in the 3-way socket.
4 . The electric load control apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to communicate the output signal via the wireless communication circuitry, the control circuitry to further:
broadcast the output signal via the wireless communication circuitry.
5 . An electric load control method, comprising:
receiving, by control circuitry disposed in a housing couplable to a 3-way socket, at least one of:
a first input responsive to placement of the 3-way socket in a first state; or
a second input responsive to placement of the 3-way socket in a second state;
generating, by the control circuitry, an output signal that includes one of:
a first message responsive to receipt of the first input;
a second message responsive to receipt of the second input; or
a third message responsive to receipt of both the first input and the second input; and
communicating, by the control circuitry, the output signal via communicatively coupled wireless communication circuitry.
6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
retrieving, by the control circuitry from communicatively coupled memory circuitry, one of:
data representative of the first message responsive to receipt of the first input;
data representative of the second message responsive to receipt of the second input; or
data representative of the third message responsive to receipt of both the first input and the second input.
7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein receiving at least one of the first input or the second input further comprises:
receiving, by the control circuitry, at least one of:
the first input responsive to application of line voltage to a first terminal in the 3-way socket; or
the second input responsive to application of line voltage to a second terminal in the 3-way socket.
8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein communicating the output signal via the wireless communication circuitry further comprises:
broadcasting, by the control circuitry, the output signal via the wireless communication circuitry.
9 . A non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device that includes instructions that, when executed by control circuitry disposed in a housing couplable to a 3-way socket, cause the control circuitry to:
receive at least one of:
a first input responsive to placement of the 3-way socket in a first state; or
a second input responsive to placement of the 3-way socket in a second state;
generate an output signal that includes one of:
a first message responsive to receipt of the first input;
a second message responsive to receipt of the second input; or
a third message responsive to receipt of both the first input and the second input; and
communicate the output signal via communicatively coupled wireless communication circuitry.
10 . The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 9 wherein the instructions, when executed by the control circuitry, further cause the control circuitry to:
Retrieve, from communicatively coupled memory circuitry, one of:
data representative of the first message responsive to receipt of the first input;
data representative of the second message responsive to receipt of the second input; or
data representative of the third message responsive to receipt of both the first input and the second input.
11 . The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 9 wherein the instructions that cause the control circuitry to receive at least one of the first input or the second input further cause the control circuitry to:
receive at least one of:
the first input responsive to application of line voltage to a first terminal in the 3-way socket; or
the second input responsive to application of line voltage to a second terminal in the 3-way socket.
12 . The non-transitory, machine-readable, storage device of claim 9 wherein the instructions that cause the control circuitry to communicate the output signal via the wireless communication circuitry further cause the control circuitry to:
broadcast the output signal via the wireless communication circuitry.