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Improvements are disclosed to systems adapted for the control of automated or variable parameter lighting fixtures and devices capable of varying a plurality of beam parameters such as the pan, tilt, size, shape, color, and focus on the basis of desired adjustments stored by the control system for e

Improvements are disclosed to systems adapted for the control of automated or variable parameter lighting fixtures and devices capable of varying a plurality of beam parameters such as the pan, tilt, size, shape, color, and focus on the basis of desired adjustments stored by the control system for each of a plurality of desired lighting effects. Such a control system is provided with a means, such as a port, for coupling to an external device having at least one output and capable of a plurality of conditions each of which may be used to identify a different lighting effect so that the operation of the control system and the external device may be synchronized. One such external device may be a lighting memory controller adapted for the adjustment of desired intensity values and coupled to dimmers, such that the selection of a desired lighting effect by one such control system can automatically cause the other such control system to recall any stored adjustments for the same lighting effect, whereby the operation of large numbers of conventional lighting fixtures can be synchronized with that of automated fixtures while permitting the use of a separate control system for each.

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A control system for a lighting system, said lighting system including: a plurality of light projectors, said projectors each generating a beam suitable for entertainment lighting and illuminating a common area, and each of a first plurality of said plurality of projectors provided with means to var

A control system for a lighting system, said lighting system including: a plurality of light projectors, said projectors each generating a beam suitable for entertainment lighting and illuminating a common area, and each of a first plurality of said plurality of projectors provided with means to vary a plurality of parameters of said beam, such as the pan, tilt, size, shape, color and focus of said beam, and with means to conform, said means to conform operable from a remote location, having an input, having an output coupled to said means to vary, and cooperating with said means to vary to produce a desired adjustment of said parameters of said beam in response to the presense of a corresponding first value set at said input; and each of a second plurality of said plurality of projectors provided with dimming means for adjusting the intensity of said beam, said dimming means having a control input and capable of producing a desired adjustment of the intensity of said beam of at least one of said projectors in response to the presense of a corresponding third value at said control input, said control system comprising: (a) at least one first controller, said first controller adapted to the requirements of the control of said plurality of parameters of said beam of a light projector, said first controller comprising at least: (i) at least one short-term memory capable of storing at least five of said first value sets, each of said first value sets corresponding to the desired adjustment of said plurality of said parameters of said beam of at least one of said first plurality of projectors in at least one desired lighting effect; (ii) at least one means adapted for entering at least one of said first value sets corresponding to a desired adjustment of said parameters for at least one of said projectors, said means adapted for entering disposed at and operable from a location remote from said projector and having at least one output; (iii) means, coupled to said at least one output of said means adapted for entering and to said short term memory, cooperating with said means for entering to store said first value set entered by said means for entering in said short-term memory, and further for associating said first value set with at least one second value identifying a desired lighting effect; (iv) means, having a selection input, for causing said control system to produce said first value set stored in said short-term memory at said input of said means to conform in response to the presense of an associated second value identifying a desired lighting effect at said selection input; (b) a second controller, said controller having at least one output suitable for coupling to said control input of said dimming means, adapted for the adjustment of values corresponding to desired intensity values, said first and said second controller each capable of functioning substantially independent of the other, said second controller comprising at least: (i) at least one short-term memory capable of storing a plurality of digitally-encoded third values corresponding to desired intensity adjustments for each of a plurality of light projectors in each of a plurality of desired lighting effects; (ii) at least one means for entering said third values corresponding to desired intensity adjustments in at least one lighting effect for at least one of said projectors, said means for entering having at least one output; (iii) means, coupled to said at least one output of said means for entering and to said short term memory, cooperating with said means for entering to store said third values corresponding to desired intensity values entered by said means for entering in said short-term memory, and further for associating said desired intensity values with at least one additional value identifying said lighting effect; (iv) means, having a selection input, for causing said second controller to produce said desired intensity value stored in said short-term memory at said output suitable for coupling in response to the presense of said additional value identifying said desired lighting effect at said selection input; (v) a first means for selecting a desired lighting effect to be reproduced, said means for selecting disposed at a location remote from said projectors, having at least a first output coupled to said selection input of said means for causing of said second controller, and capable of producing a plurality of said additional values at said first output, each of said additional values associated with a desired lighting effect; (c) electronic means for coupling at least said first and said second controllers and for automatically producing the substantially simultaneous presense of a value associated with a given lighting effect at said selection input of said means for causing of one of said controllers and of said value associated with the same lighting effect at said selection input of said means for causing of the other of said controllers, such that the selection of a desired lighting effect may result in the presense of said corresponding first value set at said input of said means to conform and said corresponding third values at said control input of said dimming means.