Patent ID: 8207821
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: F21K,F21V,F21W,F21Y,G06F,H05B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A lighting system, comprising: a plurality of lighting units contained within a single housing selectable on a user interface; a first selector in said user interface for selecting a base address for the lighting system from a plurality of lighting systems; said user interface displaying groups of said plurality of lighting units to be controlled based upon said base address; a second selector in said user interface for selecting and partitioning the displayed plurality of lighting units into a number of differently addressable groups; and a controller for controlling the plurality of lighting units based on the number of selected differently addressable groups and the base address, such that each of the plurality of lighting units in a given addressable group responds identically to commands issued to the given addressable group wherein said controller dynamically partitions said plurality of lighting units into said selected differently addressable groups, said selected differently addressable groups representing said partitioned lighting units from said plurality of lighting units in said single housing; said dynamic partitions of said plurality of lighting units being a selectable dynamic grouping of said plurality of lighting units for individual control of said addressable groups; and further having an interface for displaying a plurality of candidate base addresses from which said base address is selected.