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Hardware setup<br />

Each troffer was retrofitted with a 2-lamp dimmable ballast, a third generation<br />

wireless ballast actuation module <strong>and</strong> two T-8 fluorescent lamps as shown in Figure<br />

9-2. A local server was built <strong>for</strong> coordinating the wireless ballast actuator network,<br />

controlling <strong>and</strong> monitoring the lights, <strong>and</strong> bridging the occupants <strong>and</strong> the system with a<br />

web interface. Figure 9-3 illustrates the operation of this implementation. The<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation flow is bi-directional between the client web browsers <strong>and</strong> the local server<br />

<strong>and</strong> between the local server <strong>and</strong> the luminaires. The route from client web browser<br />

through the local server to the luminaires is <strong>for</strong> actuation activities, while that from the<br />

luminaires via the local server to web browsers is <strong>for</strong> status feedback.<br />

Figure 9-2 <strong>Wireless</strong>-enabled dimming luminaire.<br />

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