Patent ID: 7961075

Claim:
A programmable lighting unit comprising: a radio interface for receiving parameter data; a parameter adjuster for adjusting one or multiple parameters of the programmable lighting unit using the parameter data; a controllable lamp for emitting light; a control input for receiving control data for the controllable lamp; and a controller for controlling the controllable lamp using the control data, wherein the controller is adapted to be programmed using the parameters such that a reaction by the controller to the control data depends on the one or the multiple parameters, wherein the controller has a unique ID assigned to the programmable lighting unit, wherein the controller is adapted to send the unique ID to a distant remote control in a log-on operation, wherein the programmable lighting unit is adapted to receive several signals from the remote control, wherein every signal comprises a unique ID of one of the programmable lighting units and a start address allocated to the unique ID or an indication to an allocated channel allocated to the unique ID in a multiple-access method, and wherein the programmable lighting unit is adapted to use only that start address as its own start address or only that allocated channel in a multiple-access method that is allocated to the unique ID of the programmable lighting unit.