Patent ID: 8267557

Claim:
An illumination system for an aircraft, comprising: at least one light-module carrier comprising at least one bus system that is indirectly or directly connectable to a central control unit; and a plurality of light-module interfaces for connection to interfaces of a light module comprising: at least one illumination element; and at least one interface for connection to a light-module carrier; wherein the light module is configured to provide information relating to characteristics of the light module by way of the at least one interface, and, on the basis of the information relating to provided characteristics of the light module, the at least one illumination element is controllable by way of the interface; and a control device that is configured to control, by way of the bus system of the light-module carrier, a multitude of the light modules, which light modules are connectable to the light-module carrier by way of the at least one interface, on the basis of information relating to characteristics of the corresponding light module.