Patent ID: 8224170

Claim:
A control system for use with preconfigured photographic equipment that includes a controllable photographic device controllable by a controlling photographic device, wherein the controllable photographic device has a housing and a controllable device circuit that is included substantially within the housing and that has an upstream portion and a downstream portion coupled by one or more control lines; the control system comprising: an internal module configured to be physically located substantially within the housing, the internal module including a signal directing arrangement configured to be electrically and logistically coupled with the one or more control lines of the controllable device circuit between the upstream portion and the downstream portion; and an external module configured to be physically located substantially outside of the housing, and further configured to be electrically and logistically coupled with the internal module, the external module including a signal receiving device capable of receiving at least one wireless control signal from the controlling photographic device, the external module further configured to cause a module generated signal to be sent by the internal module to the downstream portion upon receipt of the wireless control signal in order to effect a predetermined output by the controllable photographic device.