Methods and apparatus for configuration of control devices
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1. A method of configuring a physical lighting control panel, comprising:
- detecting at least one property of said lighting control panel at an electronic mobile device;
identifying, based on the at least one property, a plurality of events that can be generated by said lighting control panel and transmitted to at least one lighting controller in response to user interaction with the lighting control panel;
associating, at said electronic mobile device, a first lighting control action with a first event of said events and a second lighting control action with a second event of said events; and
transmitting associations between said first lighting control action and said first event and said second lighting control action and said second event to said at least one lighting controller to cause said at least one lighting controller to effectuate said first lighting control action in response to said first event of said lighting control panel and to effectuate said second lighting control action in response to said second event of said lighting control panel;
wherein the method further comprises;
receiving a representation of said lighting control panel at said electronic mobile device, wherein said representation of said lighting control panel is transmitted to said electronic mobile device from a configuration database.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for configuration of a physical control panel (120). In some embodiments at least one property (128) of a physical control panel (120) is detected at a mobile device (150); a plurality of events (122, 124, 126) that can be generated by the physical control panel (120) are identified; one or more control actions (154) are associated with one or more of the identified events, at the device (150); and those associations are transmitted (159) to a controller (130).
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1. A method of configuring a physical lighting control panel, comprising:
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detecting at least one property of said lighting control panel at an electronic mobile device; identifying, based on the at least one property, a plurality of events that can be generated by said lighting control panel and transmitted to at least one lighting controller in response to user interaction with the lighting control panel; associating, at said electronic mobile device, a first lighting control action with a first event of said events and a second lighting control action with a second event of said events; and transmitting associations between said first lighting control action and said first event and said second lighting control action and said second event to said at least one lighting controller to cause said at least one lighting controller to effectuate said first lighting control action in response to said first event of said lighting control panel and to effectuate said second lighting control action in response to said second event of said lighting control panel;
wherein the method further comprises;receiving a representation of said lighting control panel at said electronic mobile device, wherein said representation of said lighting control panel is transmitted to said electronic mobile device from a configuration database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of configuring a physical lighting control panel, comprising:
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detecting at least one property of said lighting control panel at an electronic mobile device; identifying, based on the at least one property, a plurality of user touches of the lighting control panel in response to which the lighting control panel transmits commands to at least one lighting controller; associating, at said electronic mobile device, a first lighting control action with a first user touch of the plurality of user touches and a second lighting control action with a second user touch of the plurality user touches; and transmitting associations between said first lighting control action and said first user touch and between said second lighting control action and said second user touch to said at least one lighting controller to cause said at least one lighting controller to effectuate said first lighting control action in response to said first user touch of said lighting control panel and to effectuate said second lighting control action in response to said second user touch of said lighting control panel;
wherein the method further comprises;receiving a representation of said lighting control panel at said electronic mobile device, wherein said representation of said lighting control panel is transmitted to said electronic mobile device from a configuration database.
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