Mobile appliance for configuring at least one operating appliance for operating a lamp , the mobile appliance having at least one optical sensor which is intended to detect lighting parameters, for example via appliance-internal image processing , and the mobile appliance being designed to receive a configuration parameter from the operating appliance via the optical sensor , the configuration parameter being determined by the mobile appliance on the basis of the detected lighting parameters, the mobile appliance being designed to read and store an identifier, preferably an address, from the operating appliance as a configuration parameter, the mobile appliance being designed to automatically recognize the operating appliance by means of the identifier and to output the identifier via a user interface or an interface and/or communication interface , the mobile appliance being designed to simultaneously output and store position data relating to the operating appliance and/or a lamp having the operating appliance when the identifier is output, the mobile appliance being designed to transmit the configuration parameters to the operating appliance or the lamp, characterized in that the mobile appliance is further designed to change configuration parameters depending on the detected lighting parameters and/or the position data on a user interaction by means of the user interface , and in that the mobile appliance is further designed to transmit predetermined configuration parameters to the operating appliance automatically and/or in response to a user interaction when the mobile appliance is at a certain distance from the operating appliance . the mobile appliance having at least one optical sensor which is intended to detect lighting parameters, for example via appliance-internal image processing , and the mobile appliance being designed to receive a configuration parameter from the operating appliance via the optical sensor , the configuration parameter being determined by the mobile appliance on the basis of the detected lighting parameters, the mobile appliance being designed to read and store an identifier, preferably an address, from the operating appliance as a configuration parameter, the mobile appliance being designed to automatically recognize the operating appliance by means of the identifier and to output the identifier via a user interface or an interface and/or communication interface , the mobile appliance being designed to simultaneously output and store position data relating to the operating appliance and/or a lamp having the operating appliance when the identifier is output, the mobile appliance being designed to transmit the configuration parameters to the operating appliance or the lamp, characterized in that the mobile appliance is further designed to change configuration parameters depending on the detected lighting parameters and/or the position data on a user interaction by means of the user interface , and in that the mobile appliance is further designed to transmit predetermined configuration parameters to the operating appliance automatically and/or in response to a user interaction when the mobile appliance is at a certain distance from the operating appliance . <EOS>