Patent ID: 8410724

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a lighting control console for controlling a lighting system, wherein digital adjusting commands, which are being transferred to the lighting devices of the lighting system via data connections, are generated by the lighting control console, wherein the lighting control console comprises at least one housing in which hardware components are arranged so as to be protected from external influences, wherein the lighting control console further comprises a plurality of operating elements, particularly pushbuttons, slide controls and/or rotary controls, which are arranged on an upper side of the housing and are operable for inputting operating commands, and wherein the lighting control console further comprises at least one display device on which an user interface is being displayed, and at least two external input modules and at least two external display modules are connected to the lighting control console, wherein each of the input modules and the display modules encompass their encompasses module housings, which are being positioned independently of the housing of the lighting control console, wherein each input module comprises other operating elements, particularly pushbuttons, slide controls and/or rotary controls, which are arranged on an upper side of the module housing, wherein a configuration file in which an allocation of at least individual operating element of the input modules to certain display modules is being stored, is stored in an electronic storage element of the lighting control console, and wherein operating commands, which are input at an operating element of the input module, are displayed at the display module, which is respectively allocated according to the configuration file.