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Controls for digital lighting

  • US 8,624,895 B2
  • Filed: 01/13/2006
  • Issued: 01/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lighting system, comprising:

  • a control part which produces controls for controlling digital light effects of a plurality of separate digitally controllable lighting devices, and which produces media clips which include multimedia information to be displayed on said plurality of separate digitally controllable lighting devices;

    said control part including a first network connection, producing first outputs which are connected over a first network cable to plural remote devices that are connected to said first network cable, and which are remote from said control part, said first network connection having only data that is formatted to control said only said light effects, and said first network connection not having data that is formatted to provide any content for said media clips; and

    said control part including a second network connection, producing an output which is totally separate from said first network connection, producing second outputs which are connected over a second network cable to plural remote devices that are connected to said second network connection, and which are remote from said control part, said second network connection having only data that is formatted to produce content for said media clips, and said second network connection not having data formatted for controlling said light effects; and

    said control part receiving a version back from at least one of said plural remote devices, indicative of what the at least one of said plural remote devices is actually playing, and controlling display of said version.

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