Patent ID: 8814707
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A light tower for a gaming machine, the light tower comprising: a first input; one or more stage drivers configured to receive first lighting control signals communicated from a game controller to the first input, wherein the first lighting control signals from the first input are in a first control signal protocol, wherein the one or more stage drivers provide one or more driver output signals in response to the first lighting control signals; one or more stages configured to be lit in one or more of a plurality of colors in response to the one or more driver output signals; and an adapter having a second input, an adapter controller, and a control signal output, wherein the adapter is configured to receive second lighting control signals communicated from the game controller to the second input in a second control signal protocol that is different from the first control signal protocol, wherein the adapter controller is responsive to the control signals provided at the second input in the second control signal protocol to generate, based on a predefined set of conversion rules, lighting control signals in the first control signal protocol for provision at the control signal output to the one or more stage drivers for use in generating the one or more driver output signals to the one or more stages, wherein the adapter controller is configured to: