Patent ID: 8174408

Claim:
A system for wirelessly controlling marker lights comprising: a remote controller comprising a transmitter, a plurality of marker lights, each said marker light comprising a receiver and a processor, and each said marker light having a configuration mode, wherein upon entry into said configuration mode, said processor is adapted to cause said receiver to wirelessly receive configuration data from said transmitter, said configuration data comprising one or more group identifiers to assign one or more groups to each said marker light and wherein upon exit from said configuration mode, said processor is adapted to cause said receiver to cease accepting said configuration data, and wherein said processor of each said marker light is adapted to cause said receiver to wirelessly receive one or more commands from said transmitter for controlling the operation of said marker light, and said processor is adapted to carry out said commands when said commands comprise the same one or more group identifiers that correspond to said one or more groups to which said marker light was assigned.