Patent ID: 7995040

Claim:
A method for operating a lighting control console for controlling a lighting system, wherein digital adjustment commands are generated in the lighting control console and are able to be transmitted to lighting devices of the lighting system via data connections, and wherein the lighting control console includes at least one digital processor and at least one digital memory for generating, managing and storing the adjustment commands, and wherein the lighting control console includes at least one display unit, and wherein graphical elements are able to be displayed graphically for the operator on the display unit, wherein the display unit includes a touch-sensitive sensor surface, wherein touching the touch-sensitive sensor surface in the area of a contact surface on the display unit enables an operator input associated with each of these contact surfaces to be selected, and wherein a) contact with the touch-sensitive sensor surface in the area of a first contact surface is detected, wherein a first operator input is associated with the first contact surface; b) simultaneous touching of the touch-sensitive sensor surface in the area of at least a second contact surface is detected, wherein a second operator input is associated with the second contact surface; c) the first and second operator inputs are processed further; in which a diaphragm aperture of at least one of the lighting devices is displayed as a symbol on the display unit, wherein the position of a diaphragm slider that partially shutters the diaphragm aperture of the at least one of the lighting devices is defined by the position of the first contact surface and the second contact surface.