MESH NODE FOR A COMMUNICATION MESH NETWORK STRUCTURE OF A NETWORKED CONTROL SYSTEM

The invention relates to a mesh node for a communication mesh network structure of a networked control system, particularly a lean and mean infrared mesh node for a communication mesh network infrastructure of a lighting system such a green house lighting system. A basic idea of the invention is to implement a mesh node with a technical simple construction in the form of a base, on which optical transmitters are and optical receivers are arranged. An embodiment of the invention relates to a mesh node (10) for a communication mesh network structure of a networked control system comprising a base (12), optical transmitters (14) arranged on the base such that they can transmit data to optical receivers of other mesh nodes, optical receivers (16) arranged on the base such that they can receive data from optical transmitters of other mesh nodes, a processor (18) for interpreting data received via the optical receivers from other mesh nodes and routing data to other mesh nodes via the optical transmitters. This construction allows implementing a communication mesh network structure for example for controlling a complex networked lighting system such as it may be applied in a green house, in which thousand of lamps are provided for creating a lighting atmosphere, which may controlled on a local basis.