Patent ID: 7272014

Claim:
A portable device, comprising: a housing, defining a first outer wall, and a second outer wall opposite said first outer wall, and including a first signal carrying connector and a second signal-carrying connectors on said first outer wall, and at least a plurality of signal-and-power carrying connectors on said second outer wall; a power supply, having an output which supplies output power; at least one logic assembly, connected to receive an output of signal from said first signal carrying connector, and to process said signal to produce individual output signals intended for plural separate lighting fixtures, and producing a plurality of outputs intended for a plurality of different lighting devices, said at least one logic assembly receiving power for its operation from said output of said power supply; both the output power from said power supply and said outputs from said logic assembly being each connected to one of said signal-and-power carrying connectors on said second outer wall, with each of said second connectors being connected to one of said individual output signals from said logic assembly, and to said output power from said power supply.