A control system including a plurality of high voltage devices grouped into a plurality of zones including a first zone and a second zone, a plurality of low voltage devices, wherein a first low voltage device is associated with the first zone and a second low voltage device is associated with the s
A control system including a plurality of high voltage devices grouped into a plurality of zones including a first zone and a second zone, a plurality of low voltage devices, wherein a first low voltage device is associated with the first zone and a second low voltage device is associated with the second zone, and a central control module. The central control module includes a first low voltage connection for receiving at least one first control signal from at least one of the low voltage devices and a high voltage connection for providing at least one second control signal to at least one of the high voltage devices. The central control module is configured to determine a daylight conversion factor based on the at least one control signal. Wherein the at least one second control signal is based at least in part on the daylight conversion factor.
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1. A control system comprising: a plurality of high voltage devices grouped into a plurality of zones including a first zone and a second zone;a plurality of low voltage devices, wherein a first low voltage device is associated with the first zone and a second low voltage device is associated with t
1. A control system comprising: a plurality of high voltage devices grouped into a plurality of zones including a first zone and a second zone;a plurality of low voltage devices, wherein a first low voltage device is associated with the first zone and a second low voltage device is associated with the second zone; anda central control module including a first low voltage connection for receiving at least one first control signal from at least one of the low voltage devices and a high voltage connection for providing at least one second control signal to at least one of the high voltage devices, the central control module configured to determine a daylight conversion factor based on the at least one control signal, wherein the at least one second control signal is based at least in part on the daylight conversion factor. 2. The system of claim 1 further comprising: a data interface, coupled to the central control module,wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium is removably coupled to the data interface. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the high voltage devices includes a luminaire. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the central control module further includes a second low voltage connection to at least one of the high voltage devices, and the central control module receives at least one first control signal as input via the at least one first low voltage connection and outputs at least one second control signal via the at least one second low voltage connection. 5. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one of the high voltage devices includes a light source, and the at least one second control signal is indicative of light level output of the light source. 6. The system of claim 1 comprising a plurality of high voltage connections, wherein the high voltage devices receive high voltage outputs from the high voltage connections, respectively in the zones, the low voltage devices are respectively associated with the zones, and the central control module regulates the high voltage outputs to the high voltage devices in the zones, respectively, based on the input from the low voltage connections associated with the low voltage devices. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of low voltage devices includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a control switch, an occupancy detector, and a photocell. 8. A control module comprising: a line voltage input;a low voltage section including a controller and a plurality of first low voltage connections; anda high voltage section including a plurality of high voltage connections; andwherein the first low voltage connections receive first control signals as input to the controller, and the controller determines a daylight conversion factor based on the first control signals and regulates the line voltage output on the plurality of high voltage connections based at least in part on the daylight conversion factor and the plurality of high voltage connections control the respective outputs of a plurality of rows of lighting fixtures, wherein the plurality of rows of lighting fixtures include a first row and a second row, and wherein a first low voltage connection is associated with the first row and a second low voltage connection is associated with the second row. 9. The control module of claim 8, wherein the first control signals comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of an ON/OFF signal, a dimming light level signal, an ambient light indication signal, and an occupancy indication signal. 10. The control module of claim 9, wherein the low voltage section further comprises a plurality of second low voltage connections outputting second low voltage control signals. 11. The control module of claim 10, wherein the high voltage connections supply the regulated line voltage to high voltage devices and the second low voltage control signals regulate operation of the high voltage devices. 12. The control module of claim 11, wherein at least one of the high voltage devices includes a luminaire, and at least one of the second low voltage control signals regulates a dimming operation of the luminaire. 13. A lighting control method comprising the steps of: receiving first low voltage control signals from a plurality of low voltage devices, the plurality of low voltage devices including a first low voltage device and a second low voltage device;determining, based on the first low voltage control signal, a daylight conversion factor;providing high voltage outputs, based at least in part on the daylight conversion factor, to a plurality of light fixtures grouped into a plurality of zones, the plurality of zones including a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first low voltage device is associated with the first zone and the second low voltage device is associated with the second; andconfiguring a control module to process the first low voltage control signals received as input and to regulate the high voltage outputs according to the first low voltage control signals. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first low voltage control signals comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of ON/OFF signal, dimming light level signal, ambient light indication signal, and occupancy indication signal. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising providing a second low voltage control signal to at least one of the light fixtures to affect light level output of the at least one fixture. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the configuring step further comprises setting the configuration of the control module to output the second low voltage control signals to regulate the operation of the at least one light fixture. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the second low voltage control signal is indicative of the light level output of the at least one light fixture. 18. The method of claim 13, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium includes one of a USB device and an SD device.
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