Patent ID: 8421268

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first controlling console, providing a first universe of DMX control information, said control information being first information to control plural different controlled elements including at least one controlled light; a second controlling console, providing a second version of said first universe, said second universe of DMX control information controlling similar information to said first information in said first universe of controlling information; a remote box, having a housing, and having multiple electrical outlets thereon, a connection for said first and second universes of DMX control information, and at least one Ethernet connector, said remote box also have a mounting device attached to said housing that connects the housing to a separate unit that also holds lighting devices; a rack of equipment that also distributes electrical power via said remote box, said rack of equipment being separate from said housing of said remote box, said first controlling console connected for distributing said first universe of control information over said rack of equipment to said controlled elements including said at least one controlled light; and said rack of equipment allowing selection of either said first controlling console or said second controlling console to provide said first universe of information to said controlled elements.