A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COPYING SETTINGS OF A DEVICE TO ANOTHER DEVICE, PARTICULARLY FOR COPYING SETTINGS BETWEEN LAMPS

The invention relates to copying of settings of a device to another device so that a user does not have to set up each device of a network of devices, such as to set up each lamp of a lighting system with a network of lamps. A basic idea of the invention is to equip a device such as a lamp with a network transmitter and receiver with a form of proximity detection in order to enable a user to easily copy the settings of one device to another device within their proximity. An embodiment of the invention provides a system for copying settings of one device to another device, comprising - a network transmitter (10) coupled to a first device (12), - a network receiver (14) coupled to a second device (16), wherein - the network transmitter and the network receiver may establish a network connection (18) if their distance is essentially equal or less than a predetermined distance (20), - the network transmitter is adapted to read device settings of the first device and to transmit the read device settings over the established network connection, and - the network receiver is adapted to receive the device settings, being transmitted by the network transmitter over the established network connection, and to configure the second device in accordance with the received device settings.