Patent ID: 8459815

Claim:
A method comprising: storing a plurality of lamp positions on a storage unit in a lamp controlling console, where said lamp positions each are indicative of a current position of a lamp, said lamp positions including a first position which is indicative of a current position of a first lamp, and a second position which is indicative of a current position of a second lamp, wherein said first position is initially indicative of a first initial installed position of said first lamp, and said second position is initially indicative of a second initial installed position of said second lamp, where said first and second initial installed positions are different at different installed locations of said first and second lamps; first sending first information about a difference between an expected lamp mounting position and an actual lamp mounting position for said first lamp by sending first offset data to said first lamp, and-second sending second information about a difference between an expected lamp mounting position and an actual lamp mounting position for said second lamp by sending second offset data to said second lamp wherein said lamp controlling console is remote from the plurality of lamps whose positions are stored including said first and second lamps, but connected thereto; and using said first and second lamp positions that are stored in said lamp controlling console to control movement of said first and second lamps using prerecorded cues that are set to said expected lamp mounting positions of both said first lamp and said second lamp, sending said prerecorded cues to both said first lamp and said second lamp, whereby said first lamp and said second lamp use said prerecorded cues in conjunction with said first and second offset data to move to desired positions as set in the prerecorded cues by compensating for the difference between an expected lamp mounting position and an actual lamp mounting position.