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Infrared controllers for lighting

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Morning Chaps and Chapesses, 


Has anyone had any experience with infrared lighting controls? I've seen the downlights you can get with a remote control, but this situation is different. The lighting in the space is LED strip recessed in the ceiling coffers, and the client has no mobility so would be turning the lighting on and off with a remote that they also use for other things. Thing is the lighting also needs to be operation by a switch for the other people in the house, and in some rooms they would like it dimmable. Would love to hear if anyone has done something similar.
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    Chris Pearson:

    I don't doubt Sparkingchip for one moment, but that has to be nonsense. How does the information from whatever chip is in these alarms get to the antennae if it is not by wires? ?




    It's actually quite plausible. For example the wired control connection might just use one of a few crude states (e.g. connected to L / connected to N / open circuit) to signal some basic info such as "there is a fire" or "please reset yourself"). Whereas a wireless connection can use off-the-shelf technology to transmit arbitrary binary data, such as ids, commands, queries etc. In theory the wired connection could be used to do similar, except that (a) it might be kept that way for backwards compatibility with existing devices, (b) using a spare conductor in a cable holding other 230V conductors to do "ethernetty" type stuff might be quite difficult. Wired ethernet is normally done using twisted pairs and not at mains voltages.


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    Chris Pearson:

    I don't doubt Sparkingchip for one moment, but that has to be nonsense. How does the information from whatever chip is in these alarms get to the antennae if it is not by wires? ?




    It's actually quite plausible. For example the wired control connection might just use one of a few crude states (e.g. connected to L / connected to N / open circuit) to signal some basic info such as "there is a fire" or "please reset yourself"). Whereas a wireless connection can use off-the-shelf technology to transmit arbitrary binary data, such as ids, commands, queries etc. In theory the wired connection could be used to do similar, except that (a) it might be kept that way for backwards compatibility with existing devices, (b) using a spare conductor in a cable holding other 230V conductors to do "ethernetty" type stuff might be quite difficult. Wired ethernet is normally done using twisted pairs and not at mains voltages.


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