Control Systems Escape Traditional Boundaries A “Lon” Day at the Office… And at Home

Abstract

From my Steelcase desk high above Wall Street I glance down at
my Casio watch and then out the office window. White snowflakes are
drifting slowly down to the street below. It’s 7 PM, way past time to go
home. “Looks cold out there,” I shiver to myself.
Fingering my Logitech mouse, I click the “good-night” icon on my
Windows NT PC screen, grab my overcoat, and stroll out the door of the
office. Soon after I leave, the Leviton occupancy sensor high on the wall
above detects my absence and conveys a digital signal over the
LonWorks® building control network to an array of Phillips dimmable
fluorescent light fixtures perched above my cube. The lights fade away
to a dusky minimum.