UPDATING SCENES IN REMOTE CONTROLLERS OF HOME CONTROL SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC H05B37/02 

FIELD: physics, control.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to synchronising settings in a home control system such as settings for lighting scenes in a lighting system with a plurality of light units. The basic idea of the invention is to synchronise settings such as lighting scene settings in a home control system with a network of devices such as light units and multiple control devices for controlling the network devices. An embodiment of the invention provides a device (Sync) for synchronising settings in a home control system comprising memory (12) for storing settings of one or more of devices (L1-L9) of the home control system, a communication unit (14) for receiving signals (16) from and transmitting signals (18) to control devices (RC3-RC4) of the home control system, and a processor (10) for synchronising stored settings in the home control system upon receiving a signal (16) from a control device (RC3, RC4) of the home control system by transmitting a synchronisation signal (18). All control devices may have access to all settings.

EFFECT: simplifying device control due to that a user may control all settings with one control device and does not have to remember which settings are stored in which control device.

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