Patent ID: 8083034

Claim:
A lift control interface for governing a lift system including a plurality of lift columns, the lift control interface comprising: (a) a display operable to display information relating to the lift system, wherein the display comprises: (i) a plurality of visual representations that correspond to lift columns in the lift system, and (ii) at least one visual representation corresponding to a vehicle, wherein the display is configured to show relationships between the lift columns in the lift system and the vehicle through the visual representations; and (b) a column configuration panel including a plurality of user input features, wherein at least one of the user input features is operable to assign at least one selected lift column of the plurality of lift columns to a column control group, wherein the column configuration panel is operable to simultaneously control the selected lift columns assigned to the column control group, wherein the display is further configured to visually indicate selected lift columns assigned to the column control group in relation to the vehicle.