Patent ID: 7502034

Claim:
A method of authoring a lighting show using a graphical user interface, the lighting show to be performed by a plurality of lighting units, the lighting show including at least one lighting effect, the method comprising acts of: A) identifying a number of the plurality of lighting units available to perform the lighting show by transmitting at least one query via at least one network communication connection to which the number of the plurality of lighting units are coupled; B) assigning communication addresses to the identified number of the plurality of lighting units available to perform the lighting show; C) displaying a two-dimensional map of points representing a multi-dimensional configuration of the number of the plurality of lighting units available to generate the lighting show, each point in the two-dimensional map representing one lighting unit of the plurality of lighting units; D) mapping the assigned communication addresses of the number of the plurality of lighting units to respective positions of the points in the two-dimensional map; E) selecting at least one point of the two-dimensional map to which the at least one lighting effect of the lighting show is applied; and F) selecting the at least one lighting effect for generation by at least one lighting unit corresponding to the at least one point of the two-dimensional map selected in the act E).