Claims
- 1. A lighting system comprising:
a plurality of light fixtures, each of said light fixtures producing a light beam, and each of said light fixtures having identifying characteristics; a plurality of dimmers, each of said dimmers capable of adjusting the intensity of said light beam of at least one of said light fixtures, said dimmer having at least one input, and adjusting said intensity responsive to a value received via said input; a controller, said controller having at least one output, said output coupled with said input of a plurality of said dimmers, said controller capable of producing said values for each of a plurality of said dimmers at said output; means for maintaining a database of said identifying characteristics; a plurality of terminals at spaced-apart locations, each of said terminals coupled with said means for maintaining, each of said terminals capable of accessing said database.
- 2. The lighting system according to claim 1, wherein said controller includes means for selecting at least one of said light fixtures, and wherein said selection causes the display of said characteristics of said selected light fixtures.
- 3. The lighting system according to claim 1, wherein accessing said identifying characteristics via one of said terminals identifying characteristics for a light fixture causes an increase in the intensity of said fixture.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This represents a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/901,933 filed Jul. 29, 1997, entitled “Improvements to Lighting Systems, Including for Management and Integration of System Specification Data”, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. This application includes material disclosed in Disclosure Documents Nos. 380187 and 380229.
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