CPC G02F 1/163 (2013.01) [E06B 9/24 (2013.01); G02F 1/13306 (2013.01); G02F 1/161 (2013.01); H04B 10/807 (2013.01); E06B 3/66314 (2013.01); E06B 7/28 (2013.01); E06B 2009/2464 (2013.01); G02F 1/13324 (2021.01); Y02B 80/00 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |
1. A system comprising:
i) at least one electrochromic (EC) window;
ii) an EC window controller configured to control tint states of the at least one EC window;
iii) a photovoltaic (PV) power converter; and
iv) an optical fiber; wherein:
the PV power converter is configured to receive photonic energy by way of the optical fiber; and
the EC window controller is configured to receive status information concerning the EC window and encode the status information for upstream transmission on the optical fiber.
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