Patent ID: 8738158

Claim:
A method for managing a configuration of a plurality of lighting controllers, the method comprising: creating a template including a single set of configuration information applicable to operational parameters of each of the plurality of lighting controllers, the single set being sufficient to configure a subset of the operational parameters that are common among each of the plurality of lighting controllers; associating the template with the plurality of lighting controllers, wherein associating the template includes associating the template with a plurality of objects stored in the plurality of lighting controllers, each of the plurality of objects being stored on a different lighting controller of the plurality of lighting controllers and associating the template with the plurality of objects stored in the plurality of lighting controllers includes associating the template with a plurality of objects having a common class, and wherein some of the plurality of objects have a sequence of instances, each sequence having a number of member instances, each member instance of each sequence having a relative position within each sequence, and wherein associating the template further includes associating the template with a member instance of each sequence, at least two of an associated member instances having different relative positions; and providing the template to each of the plurality of lighting controllers, whereby causing each of the plurality of lighting controllers to apply the configuration information included in the template.