US 12,446,125 B2
Lighting system control using integrated control device especially useful for lights of swimming pools and spas
Hwa Heng, Carlsbad, CA (US); Barton Lu, Shanghai (CN); and Ricky Lo, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/490,458.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,289, filed on Oct. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0110196 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 45/10 (2020.01); E04H 4/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); H05B 45/20 (2020.01); H05B 47/175 (2020.01); H05B 47/18 (2020.01); H05B 47/185 (2020.01)
CPC H05B 45/20 (2020.01) [E04H 4/148 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H05B 47/18 (2020.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting system for a swimming pool or spa, comprising:
an integrated control device, comprising:
an enclosure;
a transformer within the enclosure, the transformer having a high voltage input configurable to receive first power from an external source, and a low voltage output configurable to transport second power from the transformer; and
a controller within the enclosure and configured to receive the second power from the transformer; and
a lighting device electrically connectable to receive the second power from the transformer via an electrical connection with the low voltage output, wherein the controller is configured to:
receive control instructions from an external computing system; and
send, using a power line communication scheme and without passing through the transformer, control information based on the control instructions to the lighting device using the electrical connection when the lighting device is connected to the low voltage output via the electrical connection.