Los Angeles Streetlights to Be Controlled via Cellular Network [telecom]

>>> The City of Los Angeles, California recently announced a plan to >>> monitor and control all of its streetlights via a cellular >>> network, allowing city workers to control the lights remotely >>> from a Web browser, CNNMoney reports. >>> The system will identify each streetlight's location via GPS, and >>> will allow workers to turn lights on or off and to dim them or >>> brighten them as needed.

"Identify themselves" how? Every streetlight has to have some sort of identifying name in order to identify itself. What kind of naming convention would you suggest?

The purpose isn't to identify a streetlight so a tech can "adjust" it; it's to make instantaneous adjustments throughout the day. As Bill's original post notes it's to "allow workers to turn lights on or off and to dim them or brighten them as needed."

See the original CNN article here:

Neal McLain

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If I had to guess, I'd say that you're both right: a GPS transponder and logic would allow any streetlight within the bounds of a specified area to respond to an "all on" command for that area.

And, it would also simplify and speed up maintenance: work crews are prone to manage records badly, so having a stock of "one size fits all" lights in a truck, which can be put in place and /automatically/ tracked, would speed up road crew work and assure more accurate recordkeeping.

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