File system for a stage lighting array system
First Claim
1. A system, comprisinga first computer system, including memory therein, said computer system also having a configuration file, which file represents a plurality of different effects which can be displayed by the computer system, and which includes a first controlling input, allowing control from a remote console, and a second output, which produces an output signal based on a selected one or more of said different effects from within said configuration file, wherein said configuration file lists the effects in a specified hierarchy.
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Abstract
A file system for a stage lighting system that maintains the different files associated with the stage lighting system. Each of the files that can represent an effect are maintained within the system within a configuration file. The configuration file can be updated on each start of the system so that the system can maintain information indicative of current configuration files. A test mode can also be entered in which a pre-formed show can be tested against the current state of the configuration files.
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40 Claims
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1. A system, comprising
a first computer system, including memory therein, said computer system also having a configuration file, which file represents a plurality of different effects which can be displayed by the computer system, and which includes a first controlling input, allowing control from a remote console, and a second output, which produces an output signal based on a selected one or more of said different effects from within said configuration file, wherein said configuration file lists the effects in a specified hierarchy.
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15. A system, comprising
a first computer system, including memory therein, said computer system also having a configuration file, which file represents a plurality of different effects which can be displayed by the computer system, and which includes a first controlling input, allowing control from a remote console, and a second output, which produces an output signal based on a selected one or more of said different effects from within said configuration file, further comprising a user interface which displays contents of said configuration file, and includes information about at least a plurality of said effects within said configuration file, wherein said information includes metadata about effects within the information file, wherein said configuration file is an XML file.
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16. A system, comprising
a first computer system, including memory therein, said computer system also having a configuration file, which file represents a plurality of different effects which can be displayed by the computer system, and which includes a first controlling input, allowing control from a remote console, and a second output, which produces an output signal based on a selected one or more of said different effects from within said configuration file, wherein said computer system includes processing parts which analyzes a routine to look for all different files and effects which can be used during the program to form said configuration file.
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17. A method, comprising:
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storing a plurality of lighting effects within a memory associated with a computer system, said lighting effects including at least a shape for output light to be projected; forming a configuration file which represents a list of a plurality of different lighting effects; and accepting a command to produce a lighting effect from within a list of different lighting effects, and producing an output signal representing the lighting effect from the list, further comprising allowing the user to test a precompiled show, comprising a plurality of different effects, by retrieving stored files for the precompiled show, displaying information of the stored file is available, or displaying an error screen if the stored file is not available.
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18. A system, comprising
a first computer system, including memory therein, said computer system also having a configuration file, which file represents a plurality of different effects which can be displayed by the computer system, and which includes a first controlling input, allowing control from a remote console, and a second output, which produces an output signal based on a selected one or more of said different effects from within said configuration file, further comprising a plurality of additional computer systems, and a user interface which is common for said computer systems, allowing local operation on each of said additional computer systems, and further comprising an input to each of said computer systems from a remote console, wherein said user interface allows operating a test mode which determines if specified files are available.
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19. A method, comprising:
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storing a plurality of lighting effects within a memory associated with a computer system, said lighting effects including at least a shape for output light to be projected; forming a configuration file which represents a list of a plurality of different lighting effects; and accepting a command to produce a lighting effect from within a list of different lighting effects, and producing an output signal representing the lighting effect from the list, wherein said producing an output signal comprises combining a plurality of different effects as different layers to produce a final output signal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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- 27. A method as in 19, wherein said forming a configuration file comprises controlling a processor to search for each of a plurality of different files and effects which can be used to produce lighting effects.
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