Patent ID: 8412354

Claim:
A solid state luminaire control system, comprising: a plurality of light sources in a luminaire; wherein each of said light sources has: a plurality of solid state light elements, a plurality of light element controllers, each connected to a respective one of said light elements, and arranged to obtain light element data; and a bus interface, which is connected to said light element controllers via a light source bus, wherein said bus interface is arranged to provide each of said light element controllers with a general command, wherein said light element controllers are arranged to generate light element drive signals on basis of said general command and said light element data; a luminaire controller connected to said bus interfaces of said light sources via a luminaire bus and receiving said general command with at least one associated symbol tag by a system bus, wherein the luminaire controller communicates to said bus interfaces said general command with said at least one associated symbol tag; said luminaire controller further including a symbol tag interpreter which includes a one associated symbol tag comparator operable to compare said at least symbol tag with a plurality of active symbol tags for said plurality of light elements.