Patent ID: 8344655

Claim:
A track lighting system comprising: an elongate track suitable for attachment to a support surface, said track including a plurality of longitudinal guideways and means for supporting a plurality of DMX and RDM compatible components selected from a group consisting of LED, incandescent, quartz halogen, compact fluorescent (CFL), high intensity discharge (HID) and ultra-violet (UV) luminaires; a plurality of current conductors arranged in at least some of said longitudinal guideways, at least a first number of conductors being power conductors and a second number of conductors being data conductors, said conductors being electrically isolated from each other; adapter means connected to a source of power for applying electrical power to said power conductors and connected to a source of control data for applying data signals to said data conductors; at least one RDM component being an LED color changing luminaire including a plurality of LEDs, each generating one of a discrete plurality of colors when energized; and data converter means for converting data on said data lines to control signals for each individual group of color LEDs to create a desired composite color; and a housing between said adaptor means and a compatible component for housing at least said data converter means.